User:Darth Hydren/Celestials

Gathered Data
Here's all the information I've been able to find on the Celestials, mostly from Dark Nest, The Essential Atlas, and Wookieepedia. If you think of anything else, please put something on my talk page (not here!).

Constructions
I note that it seems from all the examples of Celestial technology (Centerpoint, the Cosmic Turbine, machinery beneath Kessel, etc.) that it was based primarily on harnessing gravity, with almost no examples of more standard powering systems.
 * 1) Centerpoint Station; the planetary repulsors on Corellia, Drall, Selonia, Talus, and Tralus; and the entire Corellian system
 * 2) The Vultar system and huge machines like the Cosmic Turbine(I infer, based on their common origins, that the planets of the system had repulsors like those in the Corellian system, and the Cosmic Turbine could have served much the same purpose as Centerpoint, perhaps even more powerful)
 * 3) The Cron Cluster
 * 4) The Hapes Cluster
 * 5) The Maw (including the Maw black-hole cluster and Sinkhole Station)
 * 6) Many aspects of Kessel, including powerful machinery under the surface; the bogeys who apparently acted something like librarians, exhibiting relevant data; mysterious tombs on the surface no one ever opened; and evidence, including the native life and Kessel's irregular shape, that the planet had broken off a larger body millennia ago, an event possibly caused by the Celestials
 * 7) Kathol Rift, and perhaps the Force-warping in that region, navigational difficulties, hallucinations, and other odd aspects of the area
 * 8) Possibly, the "briar-patch" of hyperspace anomalies separating the Unknown Regions from the rest of the galaxy, perhaps constructed to shield the Celestials from the Rakata.

Other Influences
I note that, although it is unconfirmed, there is a strong possibility in my mind that the Sacred Scroll of Gurrisalia is a Celestial artifact, perhaps the only one in existence that is of literature, not machinery or construction. Abeloth, for some reason, was captured and imprisoned by the Celestials, who built Sinkhole Station, and possibly the entire Maw, to contain her. This inprisonment bound her for many millennia, and she only broke free in 44 ABY. Celestial technology seems to have had strong relations with each other, with the destruction of Centerpoint causing the machinery inside Kessel to start exploding. Similarly, it was only after Centerpoint was destroyed that Sinkhole's systems began to fail, and only then Abeloth started to break free and extend her influence. Many highly advanced species, such as the Sharu and the Killiks, seem to have been affectly greatly by the Celestials, with the Sharu going into hiding for 100 millennia, and the Killiks being enslaved to work on projects like Centerpoint and Sinkhole. The Killiks were then transplanted to the Unknown Regions, where they stayed for the next 30,000+ years.