Detainment Center

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The Detainment Center was an Imperial prison on the planet Talus at the time of the Galactic Civil War.

History

The Imperial Detainment Center was an holding facility for political prisoners built by the Galactic Empire in an isolated area of the Talus mountains. The detainment center was a large underground facility with small cells and holding pens for prisoners. Many Imperial officers worked here, along with stormtroopers and prison guards.[1]

In 1 ABY,[2] the Imperial Detainment Center had become a contested hotspot in the Galactic Civil War and Imperial and rebel forces fought several times for the control of the prison. The Rebel Alliance attacked the facility and temporarily took control of it. But the fight between the Empire and rebels over the control of this institute continued. The Empire eventually succeeded, forcing the rebels to retreat.[1] Around the same time, a spacer managed to infiltrate the prison and stole a piece of shock trooper armor.[3]

Behind the scenes

The Detainment Center was a Point of Interest in Sony Online Entertainment's MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies. A waypoint pointing to this location is included in every player's datapad.[1] The Detainment Center was intended to be a "Factional NPC Base". Groups of Rebel players could attack Imperial NPCs and achieve several objectives to take control of the base.[4] It was originally intended that players could use terminals inside the facility to gain control of the prison for their faction. However, this functionality was broken very early on and has never been fixed. Since then, the detainment center was populated with Imperial NPCs.

A copy of this facility was later used for the Imperial Detainment Facility on Yavin 4 during the Empire Day/Remembrance Day events of 2009 to 2011.[5]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Point of Interest: "Detainment Center" on Talus
  2. ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
  3. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Collection: "Lost Imperial Shock Trooper Armor"
  4. ↑ Gal-icon Swaying the War on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Game Update 17: Empire Day VII / Remembrance Day VII

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