The Tantiss vault, Necromancer Vault, or simply the vault, was a highly secure location within the Imperial cloning program's Tantiss Base on Mount Tantiss. The vault was vital to the Galactic Empire's efforts to introduce a viable M-count into a specimen. The vault was home to specimen capsules related to Project Necromancer as well as a prison for live subjects, specifically Force-sensitive children that had been kidnapped and brought to the base.
Description[]
Security[]
The access corridor leading to the interior of the vault
Built inside the Tantiss Base at Mount Tantiss, the Tantiss vault was a secret and highly secure area critical to the Imperial cloning program. The sector was preceded by an antechamber observed by security cameras and guarded by ten Imperial royal guards who stood guard around the corridor leading to the vault's gate, while additional troopers watched over the antechamber from an observation room on top of the entrance. Behind the gate, which could be opened via an access card, was an additional corridor with at least six [2] ray shield[3] barriers which opened one at a time to allow a single person to pass through. The only individuals allowed access to the sector behind the corridor was the Chief Scientist of the Imperial Advanced Science Division, Tantiss Base's head of security Clone Commander Scorch and the Galactic Emperor himself.[2]
Vault interior[]
Necromancer vault[]
- "As you can see, the specimens are well-guarded to ensure they remained viable for testing."
- ―Royce Hemlock, to Emperor Palpatine
The Necromancer vault
One of the rooms inside the Tantiss vault was called the Necromancer Vault;[4] this area housed a chamber with several reinforced capsules[5] that served as specimen tanks related to Project Necromancer. The room itself was decorated with intricate red patterns on the floor similar to Sith[4] temple designs and on a lower level than the rest of the vault, requiring access through a narrow staircase.[1]
The specimens were kept in tanks of three different sizes, including human-sized ones,[5] and were preserved for the event that successful M-count replication was achieved. The contents of this particular vault were regarded by Palpatine to be of the greatest importance to the Empire.[1]
Prisoner living quarters[]
The Force-sensitive children's living quarters
Another area of the Tantiss Vault was used as living quarters where Force-sensitive children were held. This section consisted of a large circular room with three circular tables in the center for the prisoners to interact with various hologames or other toys, which were designed to keep their minds stimulated. The prisoners were held in four windowless cells that were arranged around the room[2] and included a tube where the prisoner's blood samples were sent through.[6] Above the space where the prisoners were kept there was an observation deck for various Imperial scientists and personnel to observe them.[7] The area could be sealed in a moment's notice in the event of an escape attempt and all access cards were disabled.[2] However, an alternative exit route existed behind the removable tiles in the children's cells, as the blood sample collection tunnels were large enough to accommodate a child-sized humanoid.[8]
Other locations[]
Other locations inside the vault included a solitary confinement cell which was used as punishment for the children in the living quarters.[2] The vault was also connected to the sublevel containment chamber where Zillo Beast clones were held.[8]
History[]
In around 18 BBY,[9] Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine paid a visit to Tantiss Base and was to see the progress in the vault on Project Necromancer. Chief Scientist Doctor Royce Hemlock[1] then gave the Emperor a tour of the facility.[1]
After Nala Se helped her medical assistant Omega flee Mount Tantiss, she was replaced by Hemlock's assistant Doctor Emerie Karr to the Chief Medical Scientist of Project Necromancer. Karr was consequently given access to the vault, where she discovered the existence of the child prisoners there.[2]
Following Omega's recapture,[10] she was returned to Tantiss and imprisoned in the vault alongside the other prisoners.[6]
Appearances[]
Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Confined" (First appearance) (Entrance only)- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Shadows of Tantiss"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Return" (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Identity Crisis"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Juggernaut"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Flash Strike"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Cavalry Has Arrived"
Sources[]
"Shadows of Tantiss" Episode Guide | Star Wars The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link)- "Identity Crisis" Episode Guide | Star Wars The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Bad Batch Declassified: 5 Highlights from "Identity Crisis" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Into the Breach" Episode Guide | The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link)
Tantiss vault in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Shadows of Tantiss"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Identity Crisis"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Confined" (Audio description from Disney+)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Shadows of Tantiss" Concept Art Gallery | Star Wars The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 8)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Shadows of Tantiss" Concept Art Gallery | Star Wars The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 2)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Into the Breach"
- ↑ Tantiss vault in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Flash Strike"
- ↑ Per the reasoning here, Season 2 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch takes place around 18 BBY. The tally marks made by Omega in The Bad Batch Season 3's first episode, "Confined," indicate the episode must take place at least 21 standard days following her capture, as depicted in the Season 2 episode "Plan 99." According to "Confined" Trivia Guide | Star Wars The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link), Omega then spends about one hundred and sixty-four further days in captivity by the end of "Confined." As such, the events of Season 3 must begin around 18 BBY and carry on from there.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Point of No Return"