Nocturnô

The Nocturn&#244; was a Death Star prototype, never fully completed, and concealed by the Galactic Empire in low orbit around a gas-giant in an unknown system. At some point, apparently in the years between the Battle of Yavin and the Battle of Endor, the female shapeshifter known as the Hydra took the place of the Nocturn&#244;'s commander, General Tarkhan, and attempted to sieze control of the battlemoon for her own nefarious purposes.

The Imperial forces assigned to the station seems to have served primrily as a protective garrison, including an extensive array of security droids, plus a force of elite Stormtroopers in black armour, who spent much of their time in cryopreservation cassions, and were no longer entirely sane after years serving aboard the station. The garrison also had some light armour, including AT-ST scout walkers, which - perhaps in a manifestation of their state of mind - they stationed inside the docking bays.

The habitable areas aboard the Nocturn&#244; were distinguished from those of the other Death Stars by sombre lighting and an air of neglect, but although incomplete, the station did boast a number of docking bays, powerful tractor beams, and detention blocks similar to those of her sisters, and a functional superlaser prime weapon. The main generator appears to have been deactivated, but the Hydra brought with her a stolen Imperial energy-source capable of rendering the superlaser fully armed and operational.

However, there is no indication that the psychopathic shapeshifter was ever allowed to make any effective use of the battlemoon's planet-cracking firepower; although direct evidence is lacking, it seems likely that the Rebel Alliance team who arrived at the same time prevented her plans, but whether the Nocturn&#244; was actually destroyed in the process remains unknown.

Behind the Scenes
The Nocturn&#244; appears only in the French-language RPG magazine Casus Belli 99; as a result, its canonical status is unclear.

Appearances

 * Casus Belli 99