Pondut Station

Pondut Station

Pondut Station

Production Information

Manufacturer: Bengel Shipbuilders

Product Line: XQ Platform series

Model: XQ2 Platform

Class: Space Station

Technical Specifications

Length: 884 meters

Width: 1,001 meters

Height/Depth: 240 meters

Crew: 1,598

Passengers: 10,000

Cargo Capacity: 100,000 tons

Consumables: 5 years

Location Information

Region: Outer Rim Territories & Corporate Sector

Usage

Role(s): Research facility

Era(s): Rebellion era

Affiliation: Galactic Electronics

Earliest Sighting: 3 ABY

Latest Sighting: 3 ABY

Present for battles/events: Galactic Civil War

Description

Pondut was a research station for the Galactic Electronics company in the Corporate Sector. The station developed the magnetic pulse warhead which had the ability to temporarily knock out the weapons systems on an enemy craft.

History

They decided to sell it to the Rebel Alliance. However, there was an Imperial law banning the sale of such weapons, although, since the Corporate Sector was neutral in the war, they could easily bypass this law. The Rebels used the magnetic pulse in a raid on an Imperial Research Station. The station security forces managed to capture a Rebel B-wing starfighter using the warhead, and traced it back to the Corporate Sector, Galactic Electronics, and more specifically, research station Pondut.

Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin was sent to capture Pondut, and freeze Galactic Electronic's assets. This would mean entering neutral Corporate Sector territory, but the deed was still completed. Zaarin was "infrantic about capturing everybody!" according to an Assault Gunboat pilot. Pondut was captured with all personnel accounted for. Needless to say the Imperial-Corporate Sector relations were at an all time low after the skirmish at Pondut.