Centerpoint Station



Centerpoint Station was an ancient space station that was capable of moving entire planets with its tractor beams. It was created by the Celestials c. 1,000,000 BBY.

Eons ago, it was used to move the planets of the Corellian system, including Corellia, Selonia, Drall, and possibly even Talus and Tralus to their current location. The station sat at a lagrangian point between the two worlds of Talus and Tralus, and it generated power from their gravity wells.

With a circumference of 350 kilometers and 1000 kilometers across, it was larger than the first Death Star. From a distance, it appeared as a huge partially translucent sphere with two small cylyndrical poles facing the two worlds. The interior consisted of a hollowed area known as Hollowtown (which was at one point inhabited), as well as the station's immensely powerful tractor beam arrays. The station was built before the invention of artificial gravity and so it rotated to simulate gravity. In actuality, Hollowtown and the Glowpoint, an artificial sun-like spot, at its center was the power source for the station.

Centerpoint Station had within its mass an extremely intricate collection of systems. The best minds in the Galaxy had been studying, mapping, and pondering its workings for ages, but there were still gaping holes in the understanding of its key processes. What had been discovered was that the system was capable of generating huge amounts of nuclear, magnetic, electric, tractor beam, and hyperspace generation power for use in a type of "hyperspace tractor beam." The station could project a huge tractor beam through a hyperspace path, grabbing an object as large as a superstar for moving anywhere within its operational range. The station could also harness this power for the destruction of stars and planets, collapsing their cores through massive gravitational fluxes. The powerful hyperspace tractor beam arrays consisted of huge conelike structures within the station surrounded by three smaller cones. During the system's operation, this specifically designed geometric array acted as the source of the beam's power.



It was discovered, during the Corellian Crisis in 18 ABY, that the unique tractor beam system could be used as a weapon; a weapon capable of destroying entire stars, making it at least as powerful as a Sun Crusher. In this crisis, Thrackan Sal-Solo intended to use the station to force entire star systems into submission and restore the Imperial system. After a gripping battle, the "Starbuster Plot" was averted.

Hollowtown was incinerated by the Glowpoint when the Sacorrian Triad used the Station to supernova their first star. The few survivors returned to their planets.

A few years later during the Yuuzhan Vong War, Anakin Solo refused to use Centerpoint Station to destroy an entire Yuuzhan Vong fleet in the Battle of Fondor, so Thrackan Sal-Solo did instead; however, his aim was off, resulting in the destruction not only of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet but a great deal of the allied Hapan fleet as well.

In 40 ABY, Centerpoint Station was once again used as a weapon for the Corellians to rebel; however, the station took on the conciousness of Anakin Solo.

The Killiks had claimed they built Centerpoint, which they called "Qolaraloq", but this is uncertain. The collective memory of the Killik species is gathered from Joiners (other species which joined the hive mind), and it is possible that one of Centerpoint's designers joined the collective mind, therefore bringing the memory of the creation of Centerpoint.

Appearances

 * Ambush at Corellia
 * Assault at Selonia
 * Showdown at Centerpoint
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Betrayal