- "You can find a Hyperdrive yard where I marked it on your datapad. Mind you, I'm not going to help you with blowing up the place, but it sure will keep me warm at night knowing they got their just desserts for snubbing me."
- ―A commoner, to a spacer
The Hyperdrive Research Facility was a research facility of the Galactic Empire on the Nabooian moon Rori.
History
- "I used to work on making some real fine hyperdrives for them, but then they went off and bought my company right out from under me. That place used to be mine, and I swear I'm not going to see it owned by anyone else!"
- ―A commoner, to a spacer
The Hyperdrive Research Facility was home to some of the top hyperdrive research in the galaxy.[1] It was originally a Rorian company that manufactured hyperdrive systems for the Galactic Empire. However, at some point, the Empire decided to buy the facility and forced its owner to sell the company.[3]
After the Battle of Yavin, the facility was staffed by a number of Imperial forces, including stormtrooper riflemen and a Brigadier General.[1]
In 1 ABY,[4] the Imperial Hyperdrive Research Facility had become a contested hotspot in the Galactic Civil War and Imperial and Rebel forces fought several times for the control of the facility. Rebel forces managed to capture the facility several times but Imperial forces had always taken it back.[2]
Behind the scenes
The Hyperdrive Research Facility was a location in the 2003 massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided,[1] prior to the game's closure on December 15, 2011.[5] With the release of the "Publish 1" update on August 3, 2003,[6] the Imperial Stronghold was turned into a "Factional NPC Base". Groups of Rebel players could attack Imperial NPCs and achieve several objectives to take control of the base.[2]
Appearances
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (First appearance)
Sources
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Quick Reference Guide
Swaying the War on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)- Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Point of Interest: "Hyperdrive Research Facility" on Rori
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
Swaying the War on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Herald NPC: "a commoner" on Rori
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Publish 1: Nightsisters Cave on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)