Outpost 327

For other uses, see 327 (disambiguation).

Outpost 327

Production information
Manufacturer	Golan Arms
Product line	Golan space colonies
Model	Golan Space Colony 2
Class	Space station
Technical specifications
Length	2,100 meters
Location information
Region	Outer Rim Territories
System	Zhar system
Usage
Role(s)	Space Colony
Era(s)	Rebellion era
Affiliation	Galactic Empire

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Outpost 327 was a Golan Space Colony 2-type facility located in the Zhar system, it appeared to function as a cargo depot of sorts and was usually surrounded by various types of freighters and cargo containers, as well as provide a docking facility for shuttles and transports. It was heavily defended, at one point in 4 ABY its defenses included a squadron of TIE/ln starfighters, two squadrons of TIE/In interceptors and a squadron of TIE/sa bombers, as well as the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Judicator. However, it was unclear whether these were the actual station's defenses, or Judicator's own complement of starfighters.

At this time, the Lambda-class shuttles Tydirium, Illudium, Xiridium, Viridium, Uranium, Mercurium, Iridium and Deuterium were also docked on the outpost, until the former was stolen by Rebel Alliance pilot Ace Azzameen.

1 Behind the scenes
2 Appearances
3 Sources
- 3.1 In other languages

Behind the scenesEdit

Some of the names of the shuttles found inside the station are real-life chemical elements: uranium (U, 92), iridium (Ir, 77), deuterium (isotope of H, 1); The others are evidently fictional elements, though "Mercurium" can be interpreted as a reference to the element mercury (Hg, 80). They all create a comical effect rhyming with "Tydirium".

Years after X-Wing Alliance was released, Kyle Katarn's Tale recently established that Tydirum is also named after tydirium, a fictional element newly conceived for the Star Wars universe.

Other references are:

The fictional element "Illudium" can be found in the game System Shock in "Illudium-Cadmium battery"

In "Star Trek VI: The undiscovered country" Captain Spock places a "viridium patch" on the uniform of Captain James T. Kirk for the purpose of rescuing him later.