Palamecia ( Final Fantasy XIII ) The " Palamecia " [ ˌpæləˈmiːsiːə ] is a location in " Final Fantasy XIII " . It is a PSICOM airship that serves as the base of the Sanctum Skyfleet . It is first seen moving the Pulse Vestige through the hanging Edge , and later is where Sazh Katzroy and Oerba Dia Vanille are held after being captured by Jihl Nabaat . In " Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega " , it is revealed that the " Palamecia " is a fal ' Cie modified by the Sanctum military to use as an airship . On the underside of the ship , one can see the shape of a face , which is the mark of Cocoon fal ' Cie . The reveal that the " Palamecia " is , in fact , a fal ' Cie seems to contradict its Datalog entry that mentions the craft is " an anti - Pulse juggernaut built using the latest in military technology " . The " Palamecia " is an unrevisitable location and comprises the game ' s ninth chapter . Datalog . " The flagship of the Sanctum Skyfleet , this imposing craft is an anti - Pulse juggernaut built using the latest in military technology . The Palamecia bristles with powerful weaponry , and its multiple decks hold several dozen warships , as well as hundreds of crew members . " " During the Purge , the Palamecia transported the entire Pulse Vestige to the Hanging Edge . " Story . In the Hanging Edge during the Purge , the " Palamecia " transports the Pulse Vestige into the warzone amid the Purgees fighting PSICOM . Later , the " Palamecia " lands on the surface of the crystallized Lake Bresha , and deploys PSICOM troops to hunt down Purge survivors . When Vanille and Sazh are captured in Nautilus , Jihl Nabaat imprisons them upon the " Palamecia " to take them to Eden for a public execution . Lightning , Snow , Fang and Hope mount a rescue mission with the aid of Cid Raines and the Cavalry . During their imprisonment , Vanille tells Sazh how she became a l ' Cie on Gran Pulse centuries before and came out of crystal stasis in Cocoon . Hearing of the others onboard trying to rescue them , Sazh and Vanille escape their confinement . After the alarm system passes through red , green and purple , Galenth Dysley , who is also on board , changes it to code white , shutting down the engine and allowing the Kalavinka raiders to approach ship ' s exterior and attack Lightning ' s party . They destroy one and Sazh and Vanille blast their way out , meeting up with the others . On the ship ' s external shell , they defeat another of the raiders , which gives Fang an idea about how to infiltrate the main cabin on the " Palamecia " where Dysley and Nabaat are . Vanille uses her weapon to entangle a Garuda Interceptor , and Fang subdues it . The six of them ride on the Garuda ' s back , evading gunfire from the " Palamecia " , and jump into the airship ' s central part . The l ' Cie reach the bridge where Nabaat confronts them . Dysley strikes Nabaat and the PSICOM soldiers with his magic , killing them and dissolving the roof of the " Palamecia " . After revealing his ideology on humanity , Dysley assumes his true form as the fal ' Cie Barthandelus and attacks the party . He resumes his human form after the battle and tells the group their Focus is to destroy the fal ' Cie Orphan that sustains Cocoon and wreak destruction upon the planetoid by one of them becoming Ragnarok . The fal ' Cie Menrva assumes an airship form and the party uses it to escape the " Palamecia " as it falls from the sky . Dysley ensures their escape from the sinking air fortress with an arranged destination to Eden . The party is attacked by Yaag Rosch in " the Proudclad " before Menrva takes Lightning ' s group to Fifth Ark below the city of Eden . Etymology . The airship ' s name derives from the Empire of Palamecia in " Final Fantasy II " .