Chopper Base

Chopper Base was a base located on the isolated planet Atollon. After an extensive search for a suitable planet to house their base, the rebellion at first decided that the moon of Berzite was a suitable location. However, thanks to the rebel astromech droid named "Chopper" and his recent acquaintance AP-5, the rebels learned that the Empire had recently set up a blockade around Berzite. AP-5 instead recommended the planet Atollon, where the rebels then built the base named in Chopper's honor.

Description
Chopper Base was built on top of the Atollon Coral Mesa, a broad flat-topped elevation covered in huge coralline formations. The northern perimeter was near a nest inhabited by Krykna, large spidery creatures that devoured sentient beings. To ward off the krykna, a perimeter fence consisting of sensor beacons was constructed in the northern perimeter. The base hosted runways for landing ships and a command center that was equipped with holograms for receiving and sending offworld transmissions. Most of the base's inhabitants appeared to reside in rebel ships like the Spectres' VCX-100 light freighter Ghost.

History
In 3 BBY, the Phoenix rebel cell discovered the uncharted planet of Atollon after receiving coordinates for a safe world from AP-5, a former Imperial inventory droid that the rebel astromech droid Chopper had befriended. To honor Chopper for his part in discovering Atollon, the base was named Chopper Base. After the Krykna devoured Lieutenant Dicer and attacked the Spectres and the former Clone Captain Rex, the rebels constructed a fence consisting of sensor markers around Chopper Base's northern perimeter. Later, the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano rendezvoused with Kanan Jarrus, his apprentice Ezra Bridger, and Chopper for a mission to Malachor.

Ahsoka was lost during the mission but Kanan, Ezra, and Chopper managed to return to Chopper base in the shuttle Phantom. There, they were received by Hera, the other crew of the Ghost, Rex, AP-5, and the Phoenix rebel cell's Commander Jun Sato. A year later, Chopper Base's command center hosted a visitor in the form of Hondo Ohnaka, a Weequay pirate whom Ezra had rescued from the Imperial prison on Naraka. During the briefing, Hondo informed the Spectres, Rex, and Commander Sato about an Imperial starship reclamation plant called Reklam Station in return for the rebels giving him a starship after the recon mission. After Ezra's recon mission went away, Kanan, Hera and the rest of Phoenix Squadron departed to rescue Ezra and his team.

Later, the Spectres and Commander Sato attended a briefing at Chopper Base's command center where the rebels received a transmission from a Fulcrum informant that several cadets from the Imperial Skystrike Academy were wanting to defect. The Mandalorian weapons expert Sabine Wren was placed in charge of the mission. After escaping with the cadets Wedge Antilles and Derek Klivian, Sabine and the cadets were greeted by Commander Sato at Chopper Base's runway. He personally welcomed Wedge and Derek into the rebellion.

During a recon mission to the third moon of Concord Dawn, Sabine and her former adversary Fenn Rau worked together to prevent Gar Saxon, the leader of the Imperial Super Commandos from taking the shuttle Phantom II and discovering the location of Chopper Base. Following a successful mission to evacuate rebel sympathizers on Mykapo, Commander Sato had an emotional reunion with his nephew Mart Mattin, the leader of the Iron Squadron, on Chopper Base's runway.

During Ezra's undercover mission at the Lothal Imperial Armory Complex, Hera, Sabine, Zeb, and Commander Sato corresponded with Ezra, Kanan, and the Lothalian rebel leader Ryder Azadi via hologram from the safety of the Chopper Base command center. As a result of Ezra and his team's mission, the Phoenix Squadron learned that Grand Admiral Thrawn was developing a new starfighter initiative and that the Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus had become a Fulcrum operative.

Using Ezra and his team's information, Hera began planning a strike on the Lothal Imperial factory. During a briefing at the Chopper Base command room, Ezra began experiencing dark side visions of the former Sith Maul, whom he had previously encountered at Vizsla Keep 09. Despite insisting that he was fit, Hera was forced to relieve Ezra of his duties after the young Jedi almost killed a rebel trooper, whom he had mistaken for Maul. At the advice of Kanan, Hera and the other rebels proceeded with the mission while Ezra, Kanan, and Sabine stayed behind to confront Maul.

Ezra agreed to follow Maul to the planet Dathomir after the latter threatened to activate a homing beacon that would alert the Empire to Chopper Base should he die. Sabine managed to track Ezra using a tracker she had planted on his wrist comm. Kanan and Sabine followed Ezra on the shuttle Phantom II

Later, most of the Phoenix rebels and Spectres departed for a training exercise. Captain Zeb, Chopper, AP-5 and a communications officer stayed behind to guard the base. During that time, an Imperial Infiltrator Droid designated EXD-9 discovered the base but was knocked out by two krykna. Later, Zeb and Chopper found him and brought him back to the base to be repaired. After repairing him, AP-5 set EXD-9 to work as an assistant inventory droid. After receiving a warning from Fulcrum about the Infiltrator Droid, Zeb along with Chopper and AP-5 joined forces to overpower EXD-9 before he could alert the Empire. After reprogramming him, they sent him back as a rigged bomb to the Empire. EXD-9 destroyed an Imperial Star Destroyer and managed to delay the Empire's efforts to locate Chopper Base.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow
 * Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow
 * Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow