:::Colonel, TRE Navy
:Grand Inquisitor
History has shown that empires rise and fall, and nations thirve on economics. Such was the Old Republic, who without their massive trade routes would not have beenable to mintain their hold over the populated galaxy.
Thus it was with the original " Death Star"-dubbed so by the Rebel Alliance. The Galactic Empire, a massive conglomerate that stretched from one end of the galaxy to the other, relied on resources to survive.
In accordance with this law of materialistic survival, the Empre built the " Death Star," whose sole purpose was the break up dead planetoids and break them down into materials that could be used by first the Imperial Defense Fleet, and secodly the populace.
This station was destroyed wih all hands when the Alliance attacked it on its way to Yavin VI, which was scheduled for recyclng.
The diligent Imperial Center for Engineering and Supply built another recycling plant, above Endor, which was to be the base of operations for hte Outer Rim Detachment. This station had a shield or defense. It was attacked by the Rebels also, even after the brave defense of the station by the Moddell Sector Anti-Pirate Fleet.
The curret station in question is being hidden to avoid the fate of its last two brothers. It possesses massive amounts of equipment for breaking down more materials and feeding the dilpomatic staff and technical support personnel required to operate such a monstrous piece of machinery.
Whilst its proportions and location baffles the mind, its purpose is clear:
To act as a SELF-SUFFICIENT hub of intergalactic relations-better protected than any before it.
PS_EDit-I took thise summation from Imperial propganda in the movies and books, and others. If you look carefully, this would have been the opinion of a standard IMperial citizen on Coruscant during the reign of the Emperor and immediately thereafter. I was speaking a devout and fanaticly loyal IMperial citizen and soldier.
Do you really think I am that naive?>??"?