Imperial Depot 4290 - 1 Imperial Depot 4290 - 1 was established by Moff Kentor Sarne on the planet Shintel as part of his plan to set up a series of supply depots across the Kathol sector . In 8 ABY , the depot was commanded by Colonel Heget . Layout . Imperial Depot 4290 - 1 was built in the northwestern hemisphere , and housed around 1 , 500 men who served in ordnance and supply units . It was built at the foot of a mountain range on bedrock , and was surrounded by marshland . The depot was built in two sections - the depot itself , and the landing field . The depot was a series of modular buildings consisting of little more than barracks , storage area , and AT - ST storage hangars . The depot was surrounded by a permacrete ditch . The landing field was away from the depot , connected by a road . The landing field had twenty - five TIE racks , command and control buildings , hangars and fuel tank storage . The landing field itself was big enough to land a Corellian corvette on , and still have room for other ships . The standard complement of the base was 1 , 500 personnel , but when Sarne stranded some of his least loyal troops there , the contingent was increased to 2 , 000 . The depot had only five old TIE / LN starfighter s and four cargo shuttles available to it . History . Betrayal . Following the Battle of Kal ' Shebbol , Sarne ' s fleet arrived at Shintel and the depot to pick up the arsenal supplies stored there . Sarne also took the opportunity to alter the back - ups of his navigational data that he kept at the base . Finally , he performed the last purge of his forces at the depot by picking up those personnel that were loyal to him , and leaving behind those that were more loyal to the Empire . Sarne never intended to return to Shintel , but realized that he might need the base one day . He ordered his men to secretly sabotage the hyperdrive engines on all hyperspace capable craft at the base . Sarne left orders for the personnel to hold the depot and construct a new landing field designed to house blastboats . As a last act , he blockaded the planet using Merr - Sonn Mark III Defender ion mines . Divisions . After discovering what Sarne had done , the base fell into two camps . One faction , led by Colonel Heget , saw the actions for what they were — treachery . Heget was intent on re - establishing communications with the galaxy , particularly Imperial High Command . They concerned themselves with trying to repair the hyperdrives on the cargo shuttles . The other faction , led by Major Danthe , held that Sarne would return , and that his actions were part of a grand plan to ensure the depot ' s secrecy and security . Danthe ' s faction were intent on completing the task of building the new landing field as per Sarne ' s orders . However , a third faction was operating , lead by Lieutenant Palme . Palme , an agent of Sarne ' s , had been entrusted with uploading doctoring navigational documents to the " FarStar " . He also commanded a squad of four men who were extremely loyal to Sarne , and were members of his personality cult . These men were active within both camps , and had scuppered at least one effort to repair one of the shuttles . Intrigue . A week after Sarne left , the New Republic CR90 corvette " FarStar " arrived at Shintel . They managed to clear a path through the minefield orbiting the planet , then land on the planet . Captain Kaiya Adrimetrum met with Colonel Heget and agreed a deal — the " FarStar " would transport Heget and an aide to " Tanquilla Beach " to file a report with Imperial authorities . In return , Heget would supply the " FarStar " with navigational data and information regarding Sarne ' s probable destination . While preparing to leave , Lieutenant Palme offered a set of navigational data to the crew of the " FarStar " , while his agents infiltrated the ship and attempted to steal a hyperdrive motivator from one of the X - wings onboard . The datacard contained a virus program designed to trigger a hyperdrive failure the next time the " FarStar " hyperdrive engines were engaged , while his agent ' s attempt to steal hyperdrive parts was meant to cast doubt on Heget . Soon after the attempt on the X - wing ' s hyperspace motivator , the " FarStar " left the planet , bound for " Tanquilla Beach " . However , Sarne ' s virus stranded the " FarStar " in orbit , and the ship was attacked by Qulok ' s Fist . Heget , intent on his own priorities , ordered his remaining TIE fighters into battle to assist the " FarStar " .