Azzameen Station Azzameen Station , also known as Azzameen Home Base , was the space station residence of the Azzameen family and the headquarters for its trading company , Twin Suns Transport Services , during the Galactic Civil War . Located in orbit of a volcanic planet in the Outer Rim Territories , the station hosted a number of amenities for the Azzameens and their company ' s employees , including a holosimulator and a hangar large enough to store and service several YT - series light freighters , including the family ' s twin YT - 1300s , " Sabra " and " Selu " , and the YT - 2000 " Otana " . Azzameen Station ' s design was unique in the galaxy , with its distinctive semi - circular arms flanking a tall central tower . Shortly after the war ' s pivotal Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY , family patriarch Tomaas Azzameen thought it time to teach his youngest son , Ace , the family business . Assisted by his siblings throughout his piloting training , Ace conducted a number of missions from Azzameen Station . During Ace ' s training , Tomaas , sympathetic to the Rebel Alliance ' s cause , planned to covertly deliver a black - market supply of the healing substance bacta to the Alliance XQ2 Platform " Hospital " and requested his family ' s help . However , the delivery ended disastrously for the Azzameens , who lost Tomaas and his eldest son , Galin , in the ensuing battle ; the Azzameens , labeled traitors to the Galactic Empire for their actions , were forced to flee the family ' s holdings , including Azzameen Home Base , which were captured and turned over to Viraxo Industries , a competing trading company allied with the Empire . Later , the station was occupied by a collection of mercenaries who renamed it Falcon ' s Nest and erected a number of static defenses to protect the unarmed structure . After the mercenaries interrupted a meeting between the Alliance and the Bothan Spynet , the Rebels requested members of the Azzameen family to find the mercenary base . Ace , now a decorated starfighter pilot in the Alliance Fleet , and his sister , Aeron , tracked the mercenary bulk cruiser " Redhawk " to Falcon ' s Nest . Upon arrival , the Azzameens were shocked to realize it was their old home . Acting on this information , the Alliance launched a mission to liberate the station from the mercenary group , in which Ace participated alongside his civilian siblings , Aeron and Emon . After the destruction of the external defenses , an Alliance strike team captured Falcon ' s Nest , and Aeron thwarted the mercenaries ' attempt to destroy the station . With the mercenaries routed , the Alliance took control of the station . As thanks for the Azzameens ' continued assistance , Azzameen Station was returned to the family , who restored its original moniker . Description . Azzameen Station was a unique orbital space station produced by VenteX Construction Yards and suspended over a volcanic planet in a star system of the Outer Rim ' s Garis sector . The station was owned and operated by the Azzameen family , successful traders who often referred to the station as Azzameen Home Base . It functioned both as a home for the Azzameens and as a base of operations for their shipping company , Twin Suns Transport Services . In all , the station housed 120 crew members and had a passenger capacity of 325 beings . Members of the Azzameen family were quite fond of their Home Base and spent much of their time aboard it . Family patriarch Tomaas Azzameen ' s youngest child , Ace , spent his entire life on the station prior to his employment with Twin Suns Transport Services . Measuring 1 . 45 kilometers , Azzameen Station ' s structure was largely semi - circular : A tall , steeply - sloping tower , located between the station ' s two flanking crescent - shaped arms , extended both dorsally and ventrally from Azzameen Station ' s central horizontal plane , forming a cross - like shape when facing the station ' s fore . The central tower structure ' s most prominent feature was a large hangar capable of holding the family ' s numerous YT - series Corellian transports as well as various types of cargo containers . The station ' s hangar was equipped to install various weapon payloads , warhead countermeasure s , and other starship devices on landed ships . At the hangar ' s mouth sat a landing platform . On the top of the tower , flanked on either side by two thin spires , sat a docking port that allowed crew members to enter the station from a docked starship . Each of the station ' s two arms contained various mooring points that larger craft , such as a modular conveyor , could utilize to dock with the station . A tower was positioned at the end of each of the two flanking arm structures . The station was protected by a deflector shield generator rated at 1920 SBD and had a hull rating of 1664 RU . The station ' s communications systems allowed it to contact ships in the immediate vicinity . The station itself was unarmed and relied on static defenses and starfighter protection in an attack . A tractor beam projector assisted pilots with landing their ships in the station ' s main hangar . Azzameen Station included a central computer and a communications datacore , which stored all communications entering and leaving the station . In addition , a holosimulator was kept aboard Azzameen Home Base , which Ace Azzameen frequently used to improve his piloting skills . As a result of the family company ' s longstanding feud with fellow shipping conglomerate Viraxo Industries as well as the Imperialization of Azzameen assets by the Galactic Empire following a failed Azzameen supply run for the Alliance to Restore the Republic , control of the station was turned over to a mercenary group , which renamed it Falcon ' s Nest . Under mercenary ownership , the station ' s interior was kept unkempt , and bombs were installed into the station ' s wiring to prevent it from changing hands again . These bombs could be dismantled by someone with knowledge of the station ' s systems . History . Azzameen Home Base . Built by VenteX Construction Yards , Azzameen Station entered the Azzameen family ' s possession sometime significantly prior to 3 ABY . The space station was placed into orbit over a volcanic planet , located in a system of the Garis sector in the Outer Rim Territories . The Azzameens — family patriarch Tomaas and his four children , Galin , Emon , Aeron , and Ace — used Azzameen Station as their home , earning the orbital station the moniker Azzameen Home Base , as well as the headquarters for the family ' s successful trading company , Twin Suns Transport Services . The Azzameens stored and serviced their two YT - 1300 light freighters , the " Selu " and the " Sabra " , as well as the YT - 2000 light freighter " Otana " , in the station ' s main hangar . These duties as well as general upkeep and cleaning often fell to the family ' s maintenance droid , MK - 09 , known as Emkay . Some of the Azzameens used the station as a permanent residence . Ace , the youngest of Tomaas ' s four children , had lived his entire life aboard Azzameen Station prior to his employment with Twin Suns Transport Services . The family often used the station as a rally point for deliveries , ferrying cargo to and from their home base . After narrowly escaping from the ice planet Hoth in 3 ABY at the outbreak of the Battle of Hoth — a pivotal engagement in the Galactic Civil War , fought between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic — Tomaas used Azzameen Station to repair the " Otana " , which had sustained some damage while fleeing the Hoth system , as his brother , Antan , had denied the ship access to Twin Suns Transport Service ' s repair facility , Twin Suns Station . Shortly after his escape from Hoth , Tomaas decided it was time for his youngest son to learn the family trade . Azzameen Station served as the staging ground for a multitude of training missions for Ace , including a delivery to the XQ1 Platform Harlequin Station and a combat exercise . During Ace ' s training , his sister , Aeron , accidentally deleted records for three of the family ' s cargo storage areas and had to rebuild them by inspecting the containers manually . She and Ace departed Azzameen Station to perform the inspection , eventually discovering a container filled with illicit spice left by Viraxo Industries , a rival shipping company , in order to frame the Azzameen family . Aeron retrieved the contraband and brought it back to Azzameen Station . Using the container of spice , Antan devised a plan of retribution against the Viraxo for their continued meddling in Azzameen affairs . He dispatched Ace , Aeron , and Emon to the Viraxo cargo facility Viraxo 54 to instigate a feud between the Viraxo and their Imperial allies . Antan ' s mission was not fully completed and cost the family the " Selu " , though the Azzameens managed to escape back to Azzameen Home Base and considered the day a success . A family dispersed . A later mission , led by Tomaas , to supply the Rebel XQ2 Platform " Hospital " with a black - market supply of the healing substance bacta also failed . During the cargo transfer , an Imperial task force led by Admiral Garreth Holtz arrived and engaged the Alliance and Azzameen forces present at the hospital . The resulting battle proved disastrous for the Azzameens , as the family lost its GR - 75 medium transport , " Vasudra " . Tomaas and Galin , who were aboard the ship , were presumed to have perished . The surviving Azzameens involved in the battle , Ace and Emon , escaped the system and returned to Azzameen Home Base with the news of the family ' s apparent loss . Shortly after the battle at " Hospital " , the Empire issued warrants for the arrests of Azzameen family members and the seizure of all Azzameen assets due to the family ' s ties to the Rebellion as well as its multiple altercations with the Imperial - aligned Viraxo Industries , including the mission at Viraxo 54 . Antan Azzameen , now the chief officer of Twin Suns Transport Services , ordered both Azzameen Station and Twin Suns Station evacuated . Antan also instructed Ace and Aeron to fetch a container of warheads and the contents of the family safe aboard the emptying Twin Suns Station , while he and Emon left Azzameen Station to retrieve supplies from one of the family ' s storage yards . The family parted ways at Azzameen Station , intending to regroup there before leaving for a safe place that Antan had arranged . While Ace and Aeron were able to successfully collect the materials and return to the rally point at the evacuated family base , Antan was captured by the Viraxo . Emon escaped and made his way back to Azzameen Station , where he relayed the news . The trio argued the best option to take — as Antan never revealed the location to where he had planned to escape — while opportunistic Viraxo ships arrived near Azzameen Station , intending to capture the station themselves . Though the family managed to keep Azzameen Home Base secure from the Viraxo starfighters , the entry of Admiral Holtz aboard the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Corrupter " forced the Azzameens to finally abandon the system and seek asylum with the Alliance Fleet . After the Azzameens ' flight , a boarding party of Imperial Zero - G assault stormtrooper s approached the station ' s hangar , where they fell prey to the Azzameen family ' s final stand : The hangar , rigged with explosives , detonated upon their entry . Despite the sabotage , the station itself was largely unscathed and fell under Imperial control nonetheless . Upon their capture of Azzameen Station , the Empire deemed it and its sector off - limits to civilian traffic and gave provisional control of Azzameen Station as well as the Azzameen ' s other facilities to Viraxo Industries . During Azzameen Station ' s occupation , the family ' s communications datacore was removed from the station and sent to Junkyard Control , though a later Azzameen mission recovered it for the data stored within . Falcon ' s Nest . Sometime between the Imperial capture of Azzameen Station in 3 ABY and the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , a collection of mercenaries took control of the former Azzameen home and renamed it Falcon ' s Nest . To protect the station , the mercenaries erected a number of static defense platforms around Falcon ' s Nest and employed a starfighter complement of " Preybird " - class and IRD starfighter s . The mercenaries also hardwired a number of explosive devices into the station ' s wiring . These bombs were set to detonate if Falcon ' s Nest changed ownership again and could only be deactivated by someone with existing knowledge of the station ' s onboard systems . The bulk cruiser " Redhawk " , under the mercenaries ' employ , occasionally visited the space station , as would Antan Azzameen , who had been rescued from his earlier Viraxo capture by the surviving Azzameens . Without the knowledge of the rest of his family — with whom he had been conducting missions since his escape — Antan made contact with Falcon ' s Nest in an attempt to restore Twin Suns Transport Services to its former standing by cooperating with the mercenaries and their Imperial connections . During these proceedings , Antan docked his ship , the Action IV transport " Big Score " , with Falcon ' s Nest . The Imperials had noticed an opportunity to sow distrust within the Rebel Alliance based on damage caused by the Hurrim , a pirate group that betrayed a brief alliance with the Rebellion . The Empire contacted the mercenaries at Falcon ' s Nest shortly after the destruction of the Hurrim and instructed them to interrupt a key meeting between the Alliance and a contact from the Bothan Spynet , an intelligence agency operated by Bothans with key information that the Alliance needed . Though the mission ' s main focus was the capture of Borsk Fey ' lya , leader of the Bothan Spynet , the Imperials were more focused on the mission ' s potential to strain relations between two species whose contributions to the Rebel Alliance were crucial : the Bothans and Sullustans , the latter being the supposed employers of the mercenary group . The mercenaries failed to capture Fey ' lya . However , the Alliance managed to apprehend one of the mercenary operatives , who claimed to be working for the Sullustans , thereby creating the desired tension as the Empire instructed . The Alliance , frustrated with the constant involvement of mercenary groups in its affairs but unable to allocate the necessary resources into finding their base of operations , requested Ace , now a decorated Alliance pilot ; Aeron ; and MK - 09 to locate the base in an unofficially - sanctioned mission . The Alliance gave the Azzameen duo , flying together in the family ' s " Otana " , the coordinates to the " Redhawk " last known location , gathered from the captured operative , who claimed that the bulk cruiser contained the location of the mercenary base known as Falcon ' s Nest in its navigation computer . The Azzameens successfully intercepted the " Redhawk " at the cargo platform " Cargo Station " and downloaded the suspected coordinates before heading off to what they expected to be the mercenary base . However , the coordinates had been falsified and led the Azzameens instead to a weapons testing range in the Carida system . Soon after the departure of the Azzameens ' ship , the " Redhawk " departed for the correct location of Falcon ' s Nest . After narrowly avoiding the live fire of five Star Destroyers located in the Carida system , the " Otana " returned to " Cargo Station " to find that the bulk cruiser had left . Figuring that the " Redhawk " would have returned to the mercenary base , the Azzameens sliced through " Cargo Station " departure records and discovered the location of the " Redhawk " flight . The " Otana " followed the trail and emerged from hyperspace just out of range of Falcon ' s Nest — which the Azzameens immediately recognized as their former home . After processing the shock of seeing their home converted to a mercenary base and verifying the station ' s identity with a quick scan , the Azzameens left as the mercenaries of Falcon ' s Nest began to scramble their defense force . When the " Otana " returned to the Alliance Fleet , Ace and Aeron reported their findings . Azzameen Station once more . The Alliance was determined to strike back at the mercenaries and cease their operations after receiving the data on Falcon ' s Nest . Due to the Azzameens ' familiarity with the station , they were asked to join the Rebel strike force , though Ace was the only Azzameen enlisted . The civilian Azzameens agreed , offering their own ships in the battle . Ace joined them , flying for the Alliance in a brand new B - wing starfighter . The strike force , consisting of a group of B - wings ; a group of X - wing starfighters ; Emon ' s " Firespray - 31 " - class starship , " Andrasta " ; the " Otana " ; and the assault transport " Storm Unit " , departed from the MC80 Star Cruiser " Liberty " and began the assault on Falcon ' s Nest after a brief trip through hyperspace . The mercenary Preybird and IRD starfighters as well as the present " Redhawk " moved to engage the approaching Rebellion forces . As the X - wing starfighters intercepted the mercenary ships , the B - wings targeted the station ' s static defenses in order to clear a path for " Storm Unit " approach . As they engaged enemy forces , Aeron and Emon noted the presence of their uncle Antan ' s " Big Score " docked at the mercenary base . Antan , seeing the upcoming battle , fled the system without replying to any of his relatives ' inquiries . The Azzameens were unable to pursue their uncle due to their mission , though Aeron assured her brothers that she would be contacting him after the battle was over . Ace destroyed the gun emplacements , and the B - wing group disabled Falcon ' s Nest , allowing " Storm Unit " to begin its approach . As " Storm Unit " entered the system and moved to Falcon ' s Nest , the mercenary group ' s " Marauder " - class corvette " Plague " and another group of IRD starfighters arrived and began attacking the assault transport . Ace piloted his B - wing to intercept the incoming starfighters and destroyed them , allowing " Storm Unit " to land in the hangar of Falcon ' s Nest . As a team of Alliance commandos disembarked from the assault transport and fought its way through the station , the Alliance strike force destroyed the " Redhawk " , the " Plague " , and the rest of the mercenary starfighters . The commandos took control of the station soon after . The capture triggered a countdown to the destruction of Falcon ' s Nest due to the mercenary group ' s efforts to keep the station from falling out of its possession , which the commando team reported to the rest of the Alliance strike force . Aeron piloted the " Otana " to a dorsal access port and docked her YT - 2000 freighter there just as a group of GAT - 12 Skipray Blastboat s entered the system and began attacking the docked freighter . As Aeron moved swiftly to the commando team to assist in disarming the explosives in Falcon ' s Nest ' s wiring , the Rebel starfighters engaged and dispatched the oncoming Skipray Blastboats , giving Aeron the time needed to reach the commandos . Due to her knowledge of the space station ' s internal systems , Aeron managed to stop the station ' s destruction with merely seconds remaining . With the mercenary force defeated and the station in Alliance hands , the group returned to the " Liberty " . As a way of saying thanks for the family ' s continued service , including its actions against the mercenary base , the Alliance gave control of the freshly liberated station back to the Azzameens . Returned to its former moniker , Azzameen Home Base served as a meeting place for the Azzameens as signs of mercenary occupation were removed from the station . Eventually , Antan called a family meeting with Emon , Aeron , and Ace to discuss his reasons for appearing at the station during the Alliance ' s assault . After a tense argument , Antan revealed that he was working with the mercenaries to secure the freedom of Tomaas and Galin — whom Antan claimed had not perished in the " Vasudra " destruction and instead were being held at Kessel Station , a maximum - security space prison orbiting Kessel — even though working for the mercenaries , and thus the Empire , meant working against the Rebel Alliance . Using the knowledge of the pair ' s supposed location , Antan pitched a rescue attempt ; though reluctant , Tomaas ' s children agreed that family was most important , and , at Antan ' s insistence , the group left Azzameen Station and made its way to the Kessel system . However , once there , they found that Antan ' s claim was a lie and that he had led them into an Imperial trap . The Azzameen children barely managed to escape Antan ' s treachery with the help of family friend Dunari and fled to the sanctuary of the Rebel Fleet . Inhabitants . Azzameen Station primarily served as a home for the Azzameen family , comprising Tomaas Azzameen and his four children : Galin , Emon , Aeron , and Ace , as well as Tomaas ' s brother , Antan . The family ' s MK - series maintenance droid , MK - 09 , known as Emkay , lived with the Azzameens aboard the station as well . Acting as the station ' s caretaker , the droid formed a close bond with the youngest of Tomaas ' s children , Ace , and spent enough time with the Azzameens that he considered himself a part of their family . Due to its use as the family ' s home , the station was often referred to as Azzameen Home Base . The Azzameens ' residence was also used as the headquarters for the family ' s trading company , Twin Suns Transport Services , and housed 120 crewmembers with a capacity of over 300 passengers . When arrest warrants for the Azzameens were issued , they left their home as the Empire descended upon it and their trading facility . The Empire turned over the abandoned and captured station to the Viraxo . Sometime later , the station ended up in the possession of a mercenary group that renamed it Falcon ' s Nest . These mercenaries used the former Azzameen Station as their base , striking out from it while conducting a mission for the Empire against the Rebel Alliance . Their actions spurred a counterattack against the mercenaries , who were eventually driven out of their base by a joint Alliance and Azzameen assault . Once the space station was liberated , the Alliance gave it back to the Azzameen family , who returned it to its former name . Behind the scenes . Azzameen Station appeared in " " , the fourth installment in the " X - Wing " series of computer games , released in February 1999 . The station serves a twofold purpose in acting as a menu for players to access parts of the game as well as featuring in missions as a setting and goal . Aside from the game ' s accompanying Prima , the station would not be referenced again until the to the 2009 reference book " The Essential Atlas " established Azzameen Station ' s location in the Garis sector . In each mission in which Azzameen Station appears , the player can attack the station . While most missions restrict the player from outright destroying it , some missions , including the station ' s liberation , allow the destruction of Azzameen Station .