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"It's an Alliance signal receiver. When the light starts blinking, it means we're close to a broadcasting base-homing device."
―A Rebel operative in the Roche asteroid field[1]

A signal receiver was a communication device capable of receiving signals from base-homing devices. The Alliance to Restore the Republic used signal receivers aboard their starships to locate hidden bases.[1]

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