Hosk Station/Legends

Hosk Station is a major trading port and space station that covers the surface of Kalabra's largest moon. Its entire surface is covered by one large city. The station's close proximity to several wealthy systems allowed it to become an important trading center.

Description
Hosk Station is used as a docking and transfer point for many starships. It is a typical space station and contains 5 million sentients. Artificial gravity and atmosphere generators provide a comfortable climate for Humans, while different sections of the station have different gravities and atmospheres to accommodate exotic Alien life-forms. A computerized map of Hosk Station can be accessed from any public data terminal.

Hosk Station maintains almost any form of business, from small shops and droid dealerships to opulent restaurants and luxurious hotels. The station's interior is filled with starship repair and construction bays. For defense, the station has ten turbolasers and a contingent of 8 short-range Hyrotii Zerbra fighters. Twelve tractor-beam projectors are also mounted near the main docking bay clusters. Incoming starships are required to slave their computers to the starport controllers and allow the tractor beams to handle docking procedures.

History
Hosk Station was first built as a supply and repair station by the Old Republic. It was chosen because of it's close proximity to the Colonies and its low gravity which was useful for capital ships coming in to dock. The Kalabra system's asteroid belts also provided a convenient supply of metals and ores.

After thousands of years of activity, Hosk Station became a base. The former Colonies had become sovereign worlds and galactic trouble spots increasingly occured in areas close to other supply stations. As a result, the Republic sold the station to civilian interests.

Appearances
In the Droids Cartoons, C-3PO and R2-D2 had several adventures in Hosk Station while in the service of Nak Pitareeze, the grandson of a skilled starship designer.