Zirtran ' s Anchor One of the most curious sights in recent galactic history , Zirtran ' s Anchor was a space station located in the Phosphura Belt Nebula , consisting of several freighters , barges and other starships joined together by accessways and pressure tunnels into one giant oddly shaped space station . Its shape would change frequently as new space ships arrived and joined with it . Services . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , " Zirtran ' s Anchor " was owned by the Geelan . The space station was in many ways a free - trader ' s paradise as it was not within the scope of Imperial interest . Thus is offered a quite safe place for free - traders to engage in various business negotiations - legal or otherwise . In addition " Zirtran ' s Anchor " offered services that were useful , if not vital , to many a spacer , such as food , lodging , repair , resupply , spacer documents , goods transferal , independent transport hiring and medical services . In addition to ordinary docking bays , the Geelan owners also offered more private docking facilities , charging 50 credits per day . History . The history of the station was from the very beginning full of bizarre events counting a failed financial adventure , a mysterious disappearance from its original location in the Besberra system , and equally mysterious reappearance in the Phosphura Belt Nebula , and random mysterious and strange happenings taking place from time to time at the station . The Zirtran brothers . The history of the space station begins with two entrepreneurs haunted by bad luck . The Zirtran brothers had purchased an enormous prototype space barge identified as " KV - 29233 - 44B " . On its virgin trip , the ship ' s hyperdrives failed during the initial hyperspace jump . While the Zirtran brothers were on this catastrophic trip , the builder of the space barge went out of business and left the Zirtran brothers stuck in the middle of nowhere with a stranded malfunctioning and useless space vessel . Indebted from the purchase of the ship , and with no help from its builder , the Zirtran brothers decided to sell it to a group of Geelans who offered to take the stranded barge off their hands . The brothers retired from business and had not been heard of since . The Geelan . In " KV - 29233 - 44B " , the Geelan saw the opportunity for establishing a trade station , which welcomed all free - traders , regardless of affiliation and species . The trade station quickly became a huge success and gained popularity , with time , more and more merchants decided to settle at the space station and began to attach their own vessels to " KV - 29233 - 44B " , creating an ever growing collection of interconnected starships . This myriad of joined spaceships became known as " " Zirtran ' s Anchor " " as an homage to the unfortunate Zirtran brothers . " Zirtran ' s Anchor " became a trade hub in the Besberra system . In addition to wealthy merchants and fortune hunters , several crime lords and criminal syndicates took interest in the station and attached their ships to it . Although rivals and enemies were side by side in the station , they generally refrained from warring each other . Instead , traders adopted the unwritten rules of Geelan trade , which meant that anything was possible as long as it would not harm the station . Imperial occupation . Soon the news of the successful enterprise reached the Empire . The Empire started exerting increasing pressure on the denizens of the space station to abide by the Imperial laws of trade . This amounted in the Empire taking complete control over the station , placing Admiral Vence Tabok in command of " Zirtran ' s Anchor " . The Imperials immediately declared martial law and arrested numerous suspected Rebel sympathizers and suspected criminals . The Geelan , worried with the acts of the Empire , sent a delegate to confer with the admiral . The delegate , a Geelan called Whisk the Elder , warned the admiral that great tragedy would hit the station if the Imperials did not leave immediately . The Geelan was literally laughed out of the admiral ' s office . The mysterious disappearance . A number of days after the conversation , a Corellian trade fleet appeared at the location of " Zirtran ' s Anchor " to sell some goods , only to find the entire conglomeration of starships to be gone . Some time later , the station reappeared in the Phosphura Belt Nebula , several light years away from the Besberra system . The station itself was intact , but all of its inhabitants were gone . Upon its reappearance , a new group of Geelan claimed the station in an attempt to reestablish it as a trade station . Eventually , the station regained some of its popularity as new merchants settled there and opened up new businesses . After its mysterious disappearance , the Empire lost interest in the station , and only a small customs force was stationed there , whose presence was hardly felt . The mystery of the disappearance and reappearance was never solved , but a number of rumors circulated the space lanes of the galaxy involving theories of sabotage , Rebel surprise attacks , pirates , and Imperial secret weapons . Some of the more common theories were : Smuggler Platt Okeefe who frequented the station thought that the most likely theory was the one with the faulty hyperdrive . She also claimed to have some theories about the disappearance of all life - forms aboard the station but did not reveal these — " don ' t take my word for it " was all she had to say about that . Layout . At the center of the station was the original barge , and from there , the station expanded outwards with the additional starships attached to it . The station was divided up into four main sectors . Sector Alpha . Sector Alpha was the central part of the station . Point of interests were The Hub - the original Zirtran barge - , Chabak ' s , and Pandor ' s Hydrospanner . The Geelan mostly resided in this sector which was also the principal center of activities of the station . Sector Beta . Sector Beta was a group of battleships attached to Zirtran ' s Anchor and it served as the headquarters of Defensus Solar , who were in charge of the security aboard the station . There was also as small barge in this sector serving as the base of operations of an undermanned an inefficient Imperial Customs force . Sector Delta . Sector Delta housed a varied number of businesses and services . Points of interest were the " Death Mark " , Reenogga Personal Services , the " Rusted Cutlass II " , and the " Laughing Sullustan " . Sector Epsilon . The newest sector , Sector Epsilon was reserved for newcomers wanting to become part of the space station . It was populated by a variety of species , but most mysterious were the Kalai who arrived in their spaceship , the " Destiny " .