Stenness Hyperspace Terminal

Stenness Hyperspace Terminal, also known as the Stenness Spaceport, was a space station located near a hyperspace beacon in the Stenness system in the Inner Rim. The terminal, which featured hundreds of levels of brothels, was located on the mining frontier. Consequently, a large number of criminals on their way to stealing mining rights from the Nessies passed through the station. Stenness Node-based crime lord Bogga the Hutt and his gang also maintained a presence on the station.

In 4,000 BBY, Jedi Knight Andur Sunrider and his family, while on their way to deliver a shipment of valuable Adegan crystals to Jedi Master Thon, stopped on the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal. Their shipment piqued the interest of Bogga, who sent three of his enforcers to retrieve the crystals. Andur Sunrider was killed in the ensuing struggle, and his wife Nomi Sunrider took up his lightsaber and struck down the thugs. Nomi Sunrider then left the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal in her ship, the Lightside Explorer, determined to finish her late husband's delivery.

Description
"What a dreadful place!"

- Nomi Sunrider, after stepping foot inside the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal

The Stenness Hyperspace Terminal was a space station located in the Stenness system in the Inner Rim. It was a large, gray structure, with many appendages and protrusions from the main frame of the station. The spaceport had three levels of docking bays, four levels of food courts, and nine hundred forty-seven levels of brothels. As the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal had a high number of travelers that passed through, there were many traders and merchants that wandered the halls, trying to sell wares such as Novanian grog.

History
"Hey boss&hellip;see that Jedi with the woman and the kid? I heard 'im talkin' about some Adegan crystals he's carryin'! "Hawr hawr hawr Adegan crystals! I have a client who'll pay me a grand sum for those pretties."

- Gudb and Bogga

In 4,000 BBY, hyperspace beacons were vital to facilitate hyperspace travel. The beacons were constructed at jump points known to be safe and reliable, guiding the way for ships going into hyperspace. At many of the beacons complex spaceports were built, to house and service the ever-expanding trans-galactic traffic. One such beacon was located in the Stenness system in the Inner Rim, and it was at this site that the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal was created. The terminal was located on the mining frontier, and by 4,000 BBY many criminals were known to pass through the station on their way to stealing mining rights from the natives of the Stenness Node region, the Nessies. In 4,000 BBY, Jedi Knight Andur Sunrider and his family, while on their way to deliver a shipment of valuable Adegan crystals to the Tchuukthai Jedi Master Thon, landed at the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal in their ship, the Lightside Explorer. Little did they know, they had caught the eye of local crime lord Bogga the Hutt, who maintained a presence on the station, and wanted the Adegan crystals to sell for a profit.

Bogga sent a group of three enforcers, consisting of Gudb, Rek, and Quanto, and sent them to accost the Sunriders as they waited for their ship to go through customs. Rek and Quanto began to push around Andur Sunrider's protocol droid, A-3DO, drawing the Jedi's attention; when Sunrider turned his back, Gudb released his pet gorm worm, Skritch, who killed Sunrider with its poisonous bite. As Sunrider's wife, Nomi knelt over her husband's corpse, Andur's Force ghost appeared and directed Nomi to take up his lightsaber and defend herself from the thugs. Nomi did as she was told, and struck down the thugs with her fallen husband's weapon. Soon afterward, Nomi departed the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal in the Lightside Explorer, committed to finishing the delivery of the Adegan crystals. Around the same time as the Sunrider incident, Satal Keto, the co-ruler of the Empress Teta system, visited the station in his royal yacht, the Krath Enchanter. He was en route to the Galactic Republic capital of Coruscant, and stopped by to refuel. As he had no cargo, he was cleared to land at Docking Bay Four.

Inhabitants
"The scum of the galaxy pass through this station&hellip;on their way to stealing mining rights from the Nessies."

- Andur Sunrider

Many travelers passed through the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal, many of them criminals on their way to stealing mining rights from the Nessies. As such, many traders and merchants were present on the spaceport, hoping to do business with passersby. Local crime lord Bogga the Hutt maintained a presence on the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal, along with several of his enforcers, who kept busy by monitoring incoming vessels. Also, there were hundreds of levels of brothels located on the station, indicating that there was a high number of prostitutes working on the spaceport.

Locations
The Stenness Hyperspace Terminal had a thousand levels; three of them reserved for docking bays, four for food troughs, and nine hundred forty-seven reserved solely for brothels. The space station's docking bays, such as Docking Bay Four, where Satal Keto landed in the Krath Enchanter, were all numbered. There was a room where Bogga the Hutt and his gang stayed while on the terminal. The room contained monitoring equipment that Bogga's enforcers used to track incoming ships and to discern which ones they should hijack. The station's food courts were bustling and full of sentient beings, and fountains could be found nearby.

Behind the scenes
The Stenness Hyperspace Terminal first appeared in Tales of the Jedi: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider, the second arc of the Tales of the Jedi comic book series, written by Tom Veitch and released over late 1993-early 1994. The station only appeared in the arc's first issue, but was also mentioned at the beginning of the second issue. In these appearances, it was illustrated by Janine Johnston. The Stenness Hyperspace Terminal was also mentioned in an article of Star Wars Insider 26, George R. Strayton's 1996 reference book Tales of the Jedi Companion, and in 2008 it was referred to in several entries in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi 3: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider, Part 1
 * Tales of the Jedi 4: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider, Part 2
 * Tales of the Jedi audio adaptation