Tengen Toppa Solvernia



Tengen Toppa Solvernia (天元突破ソルバーニア Tengen Toppa Sorubānia) is Nia's Tengen Toppa Gunmen formed during the final battle with the Granzeboma in the second movie adaptation of the series, The Lights in the Sky are Stars. It is later lost when it is used with the other Tengen Toppa Gunmen to form Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Mecha
Tengen Toppa Solvernia has no smaller mech from which it draws its design, as Nia has never piloted anything on her own previous to it. It is the first of the Tengen Toppa mechs to appear after the Grand Zamboa destroys Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

In The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Tengen Toppa Solvernia prevents the Granzeboma from drilling through what later becomes Tengen Toppa Lagann. The mech is shortly defeated after its appearance, but is saved by Viral's own Tengen Toppa Enki Durga. It later joins the rest of Team Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren in focusing fire on the Granzeboma before it is used in conjunction with the other Tengen Toppa Gunmen to form Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Attacks
Tengen Toppa Solvernia has a spiral-design staff with a flower on the end that becomes a drill.

Trivia

 * There was a Solvernia design in a Gurren Lagann booklet by You Yoshinari, the main mecha designer for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
 * Solvernia's name (and, by extension, Tengen Toppa Solvernia's) is derived from the Japanese phrase soba ni iru, meaning "by your side", reflecting on Nia's relationship with Simon.