IM-455 modular garrison



The Prefabricated Garrison Base was the Empire's standard base deployed on planets to keep the peace and serve as a home for its troops.

Deployed by Imperial-class Star Destroyers and other large capital ships, they were dropped from orbit in ready-made pieces and assembled on-site by Imperial engineers and construction droids. Garrison Bases consisted of eight levels, topped by a sensor and communications tower. Levels one through to five, all identical in size and shape, consisted mainly of the large surface vehicle bays where all the surface vehicles were stored, maintained and deployed from. They also contained most of the personnel quarters as well as the armoury, detention cells and most other key base areas. Level six held the officer's quarters, TIE Fighter Pilot's quarters, command rooms and so on. Level Seven consisted entirely of the TIE Fighter hangers. Level Eight was the deployment chutes and control rooms for the base's TIEs. TIES were launched, retrieved and manipulated by the base's powerful suite of tractor beam projectors. Garrison Bases also had underground sub-levels which contained the generators and main infrastructure. They housed 1720 base personnel and 1280 combat troops, the breakdown of which is as follows:

Base forces:
300 Command Personnel, 500 Support/Services Personnel, 200 Technical Personnel, 200 Science Personnel, 100 Medical Personnel, 100 Gunners/Weapons Technicians, 80 Walker Technicians, 70 Trade Mission/Diplomatic Personnel, 60 Ground Crew Technicians, 25 Controllers, 25 Sensor Technicians, 10 Speeder Bike Technicians, 50 Imperial Intelligence Officers

Combat forces:
50 Walker Crewers, 40 TIE Fighter Pilots, 800 Stormtroopers, 200 Perimeter Support Troops, 150 Base Security/Detention Troops, 40 Scout Troopers

The garrison bases were armed with:

3 heavy twin turbolaser turrets, 6 heavy laser turrets, An known number of tractor beam projectors,

Each Garrison Base also contained:

40 TIE Fighters / 30 TIE FIghters & 5 TIE Bombers, 10 AT-ATs, 10 AT-STs, 40 Speeder Bikes, 60 Landspeeders, 100 Miscellaneous Vehicles (construction vehicles, cargo vehicles, maintenance vehicles etc.)

They also possessed extensive ground defences such as anti-infantry and anti-vehicle minefields and a 10 metre high electrified 'death fence'. This had variable power settings, so it could either severely shock an individual or fry them outright in an instant, depending on the base commander's choice. To get through the fence and into the base units had to pass through force field gates. These were flanked by 2 guard towers with stormtroopers on constant duty and positioned evenly around the fence's perimeter. Running behind the fence and parallel to it was an elevated catwalk patrolled by stormtroopers with guard towers (each equipped with electrobinoculars, floodlights and alarm systems) spaced every 100 metres. Some Garrison Bases were positioned to use the terrain to their advantage, such as setting them into mountainsides or on outcroppings. These tailored their ground defences accordingly.

Garrison Bases also possessed air recyclers and advanced environment and filter systems allowing them to be deployed almost anywhere, from hostile worlds to asteroids.

Sources:
Star Wars Role-Playing Game sourcebooks, West End Games

Galactic Empire Databank