- "We can sneak through the cluster and likely reach a hyperspace beacon without drawing attention…"
- ―Sana Starros
Hyperspace beacons, also known as jump beacons[2] and hyperwave beacons,[3] were supercomputers used for navigation in the early days of hyperspace travel. As starship technology of the time was too primitive for most starships to possess onboard navigation computers, the beacons would calculate hyperspace jumps for passing ships. They would typically be placed at the ends of hyperspace routes. When technology advanced enough for every starship to have its own navicomputer, the beacons became largely obsolete.[2] In the early days of the Galactic Republic, beacons were used to link the Greater Seswenna and the Core Worlds.[3] During the Imperial Era, at least one hyperspace beacon was present near the Dene Gois Cluster, and Sana Starros hoped to navigate the cluster and reach it without being noticed by the Galactic Empire.[1]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: Quest for Planet X (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Quest for Planet X audiobook (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Light of the Jedi audiobook (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Out of the Shadows audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Tarkin (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Tarkin audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars (2015) 56 (Mentioned only) (First identified as hyperspace beacon)
- Victory's Price (Mentioned only)
- Victory's Price audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- "Before the dark times…" — Star Wars - The Official Magazine 101
- In Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy, Go Inside the Crucible of War on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy