Benevolence, a medical frigate, started as an altered EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate. Melchi, a Herglic who captained the Benevolence, found the ship abandoned in orbit surrounding the planet Pelagon following the Mecetti Purge that impacted House Pelagia. After taking command, he initiated a mission to provide medical aid. His operation grew to encompass disaster-stricken areas throughout the Tapani sector, eventually receiving financial support from the Great Council located on Procopia. The frigate was equipped with 550 beds, a dozen Bacta tanks, and a total of five operating rooms. The medical staff consisted of 25 medics along with 50 Emdee medical droids. However, most people outside the Pelagia government and a small number of his senior officers were unaware that Melchi was using the relief operation as a front to secretly transport resources to House Pelagia.