Polis Massa Research Base



The Polis Massa Research Base was a facility set up by the Kallidahin people on the largest of the asteroid fragments of the former planet Polis Massa. The Kallidahin archaeologists hoped to uncover an evolutionary link between their species and the extinct natives of Polis Massa, the Eellayin.

Research at Polis Massa Base continued for around five hundred years, with surveys and excavations taking place throughout the asteroid belt. Fifty years prior to the formation of the Galactic Empire, researchers uncovered the ruins of the ancient city of Wiyentaah in close proximity to the base itself. A Local Dig project was quickly set up, with artefacts found during excavation taken back to the Research Base for study.

The researchers were not content with merely studying their finds, however. With cloning skills learned from the Kaminoans, the xenobiologists at Research Base hoped to resurrect extinct organisms from ancient biological material found at the Local Dig. This project necessitated the need for a sophisticated biomedical facility, constructed as part of the Polis Massa Base.

The sterile medical facility was stocked with the latest scientific technology, and contained rooms dedicated to the study of relics, and medcenters designed for experimentations on genetic material brought to the facility. Observation domes looked out over the complex, and two landing bays provided access to the main base. Larger ships could touch down on the surface of the asteroid itself.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi brought Padmé Amidala, gravely injured at the hands of Darth Vader, to Polis Massa Base for immediate treatment. Padmé's treatment was overseen by a GH-7 meddroid, who was soon joined by a midwife droid when Amidala went into labour. Though the droid successfully delivered her twins, Padmé herself succumbed to her injuries - both physical and mental - and died on the operating table.