Star-Lord's New Ship Is the Most Powerful in Guardians History (& It Belongs to Peter Quill's Replacement)

Summary Meet the new Star-Lord and her impressive sentient spaceship, the Umbingeleli.

Learn about the unique powers and abilities of the Umbingeleli in Annihilation 2099 #2.

The Umbingeleli proves to be a worthy addition to Star-Lord's legendary arsenal of spaceships.

Warning: Spoilers for Annihilation 2099 #2!There's a new Star-Lord in town, and with her, a new version of the Guardians of the Galaxy's spaceship. Whether he's flying solo or he's flying with the Guardians, Peter Quill always kept a competent spaceship on his person. In his arsenal he's had the Milano, the Bowie, the Almond (in honor of Marc Almond, one-half of Soft Cell) and perhaps the most perfectly named of them all, the Pryde.

Now, the new Star-Lord introduces the Umbingeleli to the Marvel Universe in Annihilation 2099 #2 by Steve Orlando, José Luis, Oren Junior, and Arif Prianto. In the distant future, Amandla Estrellas adopts the Star-Lord mantle and makes it her duty to protect the cosmos.

In the same breath that establishes the new Star-Lord's costume and origin story, her debut issue does the same for her sentient ship. Annihilation 2099 showcases how highly the new ship lives up to expectations set by those belonging to the original Star-Lord.

The New Star-Lord Debuts New Ship, the Umbingeleli

Powers and Abilities Explained

By the time the story kicks off, Amandla has long been operating as the new Star-Lord and already has an established relationship with the Umbingeleli. While she doesn't explain what inspired the ship's name, it is worth noting that the word Umbingeleli translates to "The Priest" in Xhosa, the Nguni language spoken by the people of South Africa and Zimbabwe. In this comic, the Umbingeleli is introduced as having once belonged to a fleet that guards the star systems and was built on the grounds of Planet Wakanda. As such, it's made of vibranium and equipped with adamantine cavorite anti-gravity.

This ship is sentient and can carry on full-blown conversations with Star-Lord, conversations, which the Umbingeleli can adjust in its banter quota system. Thankfully, there's no need, as the synchronous chemistry between the two proves useful in defeating Quasar during the comic's climax. The Umbingeleli can simultaneously achieve long-range scans of far-out regions of the solar system. To salvage its inhabitant's eyeballs when orbiting around the sun, the spaceship can tint the glass of its windows. While combating Quasar, the Living Star, Amandla sets her ship on autopilot.

How The Umbingeleli Compares to Peter Quill's Spaceship Collection

A Ship Worthy of Star-Lord's Arsenal

The Umbingeleli reads as wholly impressive in its on-panel debut, and the best part is that, while it unleashes a bevy of useful abilities, there is likely more to come from it in future appearances. There's still a lot that readers have yet to learn about the spaceship, and yet what is learned manages to still reveal the Umbingeleli to be an elite ship. It's not hard to imagine Peter Quill being impressed himself if he ever stepped aboard the Umbingeleli, as the spaceship stands tall in comparison to the original Star-Lord's ships of old.