Homing Beacon

A device that can be placed anywhere on an object, primarily used to track ships across the universe by the Empire. When activated, it would send a signal to a previously programed location (ship's mainframe), the signal would be used as a GPS code that could be used to find whatever the homing beacon was attached to. Most ships in the Imperial Navy have homing beacons, as well as many other things in the universe. Some Droids, and clones even had special Homing Beacons integrated into their systems. Homing beacons placed on imperial probe droids allowed the empire to figure out where the droid was reporting from.

"I hope the homing beacon is secure aboard their ship, Vader. We wouldn't want any mistakes." Grand Moff Tarkin As seen in Star Wars Episode V: Empire Stirkes Back, Grand Moff Tarkin had Darth Vader place a homing beacon on the Millenium Falcon, anticipating its escape. This homing beacon led the Empire to the Jungle Moon of Yavin IV, Yavin, where the Death Star's next target would be.