Outpost 327

Outpost 327 was a Golan Space Colony 2-type facility located in the Zhar system, it appeared to function as a cargo depot of sorts and was usually surrounded by various types of freighters and cargo containers, as well as provide a docking facility for shuttles and transports. It was heavily defended, at one point in 4 ABY its defenses included a squadron of TIE/ln starfighters, two squadrons of TIE/In interceptors and a squadron of TIE/sa bombers, as well as the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Judicator. However, it was unclear whether these were the actual station's defenses, or Judicator's own complement of starfighters. At this time, the Lambda-class shuttles Tydirium, Illudium, Xiridium, Viridium, Uranium, Mercurium, Iridium and Deuterium were also docked on the outpost, until the former was stolen by Rebel Alliance pilot Ace Azzameen.

Behind the scenes
Some of the names of the shuttles found inside the station are real-life chemical elements: uranium (U, 92), iridium (Ir, 77), deuterium (isotope of H, 1). The others are evidently fictional elements, though "Mercurium" can be interpreted as a reference to the element mercury (Hg, 80). Also, the fictional element "Illudium" can be found in the game System Shock in "Illudium-Cadmium battery"

Kyle Katarn's Tale recently established that tydirium is an fictional element, years after X-Wing Alliance was released.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: X-wing Alliance
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novelization

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