Pondut
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[1] Corporate Sector[1]
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

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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.

HistoryEdit

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.

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AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: TIE Fighter (First appearance)

SourcesEdit

• The Essential Atlas
•  Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link on Archive.org)

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