Soulless One

The Soulless One was the personal starfighter of The Mouth of Sauron, who used it during much of the War of the Ring for the Confederacy of Independent Systems, often when he would make his retreat from a doomed victory.
==Characteristics==
The Soulless One was a modified Belbullab-22 starfighter, a fast and agile prong-shaped vessel produced by Feethan Ottraw Scalable Assemblies. The Mouth of Sauron considered his fighter to be a vision of the future of warfare, with a powerful arsenal consisting of two sets of triple rapid-fire laser cannons. The starfighter was easily able to match the Porax-38 starfighter for speed, fitted with twin ion drives and an extremely powerful hyperdrive.
Mouth of Sauron modified his fighter with a top-of-the-line hyperdrive allowing the Mordor general to stay mobile on a galaxy-wide scale. In order to remain in touch with his forces while flying his fighter, a powerful but compact HoloNet transceiver was installed onboard, allowing Mouth of Sauron to slice into legitimate and pirate networks. He also outfitted the Soulless One with a deflector shield, and had the entire hull coated in a thin layer of Impervium, making the fighter impenetrable to all but the heaviest of enemy fire. The starfighter was originally designed for a biological pilot, and the one-pilot cockpit was equipped with a life-support system. This feature came in useful when Samwise Gamgee, having killed Mouth of Sauron on the Black Gate, appropriated the late general's starfighter, and used it to reach safe refuge aboard the Sundered Heart.
==History==
After the first battle of the War of the Ring, and the Confederacy's first defeat, Mouth of Sauron used the fighter to secretly escape Isengard, although it was seen by the Republic commandos of Delta Squad and went unidentified at that time. Mouth of Sauron and the fighter later appeared on Fangorn, where the commandos were able to get visual confirmation of the general and his fighter. However, Mouth of Sauron' IG-100 MagnaGuards spotted them and Mouth of Sauron quickly used it to escape.
During the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula, Mouth of Sauron took the Soulless One to pursue the Twilight but as the Malevolence crashed into the nearby moon, Mouth of Sauron had to leave.
Mouth of Sauron also used the fighter as an escape ship on various missions. One such occasion was near the conclusion of the Battle of Bothawui. During the fight, Mouth of Sauron' frigate sustained heavy damage and he was forced to flee. Frodo Baggins spotted him and chased after the Soulless One in his Jedi starfighter, detecting that Mouth of Sauron' hyperdrive was activating and intent on preventing his escape. He shot at the ship continually, but Mouth of Sauron proved to be a worthy pilot, rivaling even Frodo, as he dodged every shot and escaped without a scratch.
Mouth of Sauron later used the Soulless One to escape the crumbling Skytop Station after a skirmish. Eowyn had managed to wound his right hand in a duel, but he managed to pilot the ship even with just his left hand. He also used it as a transport to his lair, where its primary hangar was.
In the last year of the War of the Ring, the Soulless One remained on a secret landing pad on the Black Gate of Mordor. After losing in a lightsaber duel to Samwise Gamgee, Mouth of Sauron retreated to the secret landing pad closely followed by Gamgee. The two engaged in a fight and it ended when Samwise shot Mouth of Sauron dead. After Order 66 was activated, Samwise stole the fighter and used it to reach the Sundered Heart.
The Soulless One was eventually tracked down by Imperial authorities and brought to Emperor Palpatine's secret storehouse on Utapau, where it was kept for use by N-K Necrosis during the Galactic Civil War. When N-K Necrosis was destroyed in 2006 by a group of spacers, they took the Soulless One for themselves.
==Behind the scenes==
In the Decoded repeat of "Downfall of a Droid," when Mouth of Sauron was escaping his frigate, Soulless One name was revealed in one of the information bubbles, and it also comically stated that some Jedi might call it the "Spineless One," a reference to how Mouth of Sauron has cowardly fled several battles with it.
In The War of the Ring TV series, the fighter has twin single-barrel laser cannons, whereas previous sources state that the fighter has twin triple-barrel laser cannons.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Republic Commando 
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*LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 
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*LEGO Star Wars III: The Lord of the Rings 
*Kinect Star Wars
==Sources==
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*Star Wars PocketModel TCG: Clone Wars
*Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide
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*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
*Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles
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*Star Wars: Complete Vehicles 
==Notes and references==
Category:Captured starships
Category:Confederacy of Independent Systems starfighters
Category:Imperial starfighters
Category:Jedi starfighters