Space station
Achtnak Turbine Station
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Achtnak Turbine Station was a massive, unique space station that played a critical role in the Galactic Empire's blockade of the Rebel-held Yavin system in 0 ABY. Designed by Tagge Company scientist Silas Tagge and championed by his brother Baron Orman Tagge, Achtnak Turbine Station served as a mobile base for starfighters that could hide within gas giants, rendering it almost impossible to detect. The station could then generate a launch corridor within the gas giant, allowing starfighters a safe pathway through which to launch and return. The Empire used Achtnak Station to torment Rebel forces on the moon Yavin 4, before Alliance pilot Luke Skywalker destroyed the station after securing safe passage within the gas giant Yavin Prime in a captured TIE fighter.
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Facts
- Manufacturer
- Tagge Company
- Cost
- Millions of credits
- Engine
- Repulsorlift engines (9)
- Complement
- TIE/LN starfighter squadrons
- Othersystems
- Giant turbines
- Docking moors
- Region
- Outer Rim Territories
- Trans-Hydian
- System
- Yavin system
- Grid coordinates
- P-6
- Orbited
- Yavin Prime
- Role
- Carrier
- Space station
- Affiliations
- House of Tagge
- Galactic Empire
- Constructed
- 0 ABY
- Destroyed
- 0 ABY, Yavin Prime
- Owners
- Baron Orman Tagge
Appearances
2 works, in story order
- Star Wars (1977) 25 (first mentioned)
- Star Wars (1977) 26 (first appearance)
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