The Research Outpost,[1] also known as the Imperial Research Station, was a research outpost established on the Forest moon of Endor during the Galactic Civil War. It was built by the Galactic Empire along with the Endor Space Station that provided services to the outpost.[2] Nevertheless, the Empire had almost no presence in the outpost, the area being patrolled by mercenaries. The Research Outpost was mainly used as a spaceport by spacers visiting the planet.[1]
After the Battle of Yavin, Admiral Kilnstrider of the Imperial Storm Squadron was based at the Research Outpost.[3] The collector Jener Mich also resided in the outpost.[4] In 1 ABY,[5] the Meatlumps, a gang of fanatical technology-hating criminals and terrorists from Corellia, placed a bomb in the Research Outpost. Fortunately, a spacer who had infiltrated the group discovered the plot and defused the bomb before it could explode.[6] The same year, another spacer visited the outpost and collected knuckles of the katarn.[7]
Behind the scenes
The Research Outpost was a location in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[8]
Appearances
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (First appearance)
- Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE)
Sources
"Gamescape" — Star Wars Insider 70- Jump to Lightspeed: Space Tour Part 2 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct) (First identified as Imperial Research Station)
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Chart: Endor System on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Chart: Endor System on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑
Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Collection: "Meatlump Explosive Device Sabotage"
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Collection: "Rare Melee Weapons Mark III"
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
External links
- Endor Research Outpost on the SWG Wiki
