Maw Installation

The Maw Installation was an Imperial research center established by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin for the creation of superweapons. It was built from asteroids in the midst of the Maw Cluster, a virtually unnavigatable cluster of black holes.

History
The installation itself was Tarkin's secret technology resource. He held complete control there, as he gave the responsibility for its defense to Daala, making her the sole woman Admiral in the Imperial Navy. This indicated that Emperor Palpatine was unaware or unconcerned with its existence, given his distrust of women.

Daala's defense consisted of four Star Destroyers: Gorgon, Hydra, Basilisk, and Manticore. The Maw Installation's existence was exposed after Han Solo and Kyp Durron, fleeing the nearby Kessel, found themselves inside the cluster. The installation was left undefended for a time, as Daala went on a brief guerrilla assault on the New Republic. It was later destroyed in a self-destruct, but not before Daala returned and recovered all the new weapons concepts from the main computer.

Numerous experiments were made into producing revolutionary new sources of technology while under Imperial rule. It seems that certain members of the 'think tank' were unaware of the military role of the projects and many saw that the developments would be used on a peaceful basis. For example, the Ionic Ring was developed on the basis of being a terraforming tool while the World Devastators were to be used as automated factories that would mine asteroids. Instead, these creations became some of the most destructive weapons known in the galaxy. While working on the Death Star, certain scientists believed that the superlaser was designed to destroy dead planets for harvesting to be made on the materials hidden nearer the core of the world.

The installation's fragments were later used to build Shelter, a Jedi facility located in the installation's former position.

Creations

 * Metal-Crystal Phase Shifter
 * Death Star I
 * Death Star Prototype
 * Sun Crusher
 * Ion Ring
 * World Devastators

Notable personnel

 * Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin
 * Tol Sivron, Director of Maw Installation and acting director of PCDS division
 * Admiral Daala, Maw Commander
 * Doxin, Director of HECIL division
 * Yemm, Director of Administration and Personal resources division
 * Wermyn, Director of Plant Operations
 * Qwi Xux, Sun Crusher project director
 * Bevel Lemelisk, Death Star project director
 * Commander Kratas, Captain of the Gorgon
 * Captain Sten Thanas, Captain of the Hydra
 * Captain Brusc, Captain of the Manticore
 * Captain Mullinore, Captain of the Basilisk
 * General Odosk, Commander of the Star Destroyer army units
 * Captain Fredja, Garrison command
 * Golanda, Maw scientist
 * Grodon Lakky, Wookiee keeper

Appearances

 * The Hutt Gambit
 * Death Star Designer
 * Death Star
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * Jedi Search
 * Champions of the Force
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
 * The Unifying Force
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * Revelation