Pendretronics

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"Be careful when going after Kazic Pendre. As far as we can tell, all of the employees at his business, Pendretronics, are normal, hard working people with no criminal records."
―Captain Baize, to a spacer[1]

Pendretronics was a Corellian engineering company based in Doaba Guerfel during the Galactic Civil War.

History

"You were warned not to harm any of the Pendretronics employees."
―Captain Baize, to a spacer[1]

Pendretronics was named after its owner, the businessman Kazic Pendre, who was also a member of the criminal organization known as the Chirq Council.[1]

The Pendretronics headquarters, in Doaba Guerfel.

The Pendretronics headquarters, in Doaba Guerfel.

After the Battle of Yavin, an engineer by the name Shobbo Durron designed a power cell that was more efficient and potentially cheaper to manufacture than those on the market.[2] In 1 ABY,[3] Kazic Pendre stole Durron's design notes and her schematic for the benefit of his own company. Kazic Durron later hired a spacer to recover her power cell schematic from Pendre. The spacer thus entered the Pendretronics headquarters and sliced Kazic Pendre's data terminal, successfully recovering the data.[2]

Around the same time, the Corellian Security Force started an investigation against the Chirq Council following the increase of ryll traffic on Corellia.[4] Captain Vitala Baize led the investigation and discovered that Kazic Pendre was part of the criminal organization. A spacer working for Captain Baize killed Pendre soon after.[1]

Behind the scenes

Pendretronics appeared 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.[5] Pendretronics was added to the game with the update named "Chapter 1: The Corellian Captives," published on June 8, 2006.[6]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "The Chirq Council: Assumed Identity" on Corellia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "The Stolen Power Cell Schematic" on Corellia
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "The Chirq Council: Seek Council" on Corellia
  5. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  6. ↑ Gal-icon "Chapter 1: The Corellian Captives", Publish Notes, June 8th on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)

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