Desolation Station / Legends Desolation Station was an asteroid - based Imperial facility that was used to assemble and transport superlaser components to the first Death Star battlestation . Commanded by an Imperial captain and overseen by the Force - sensitive clone X1 , the facility became the target of a Rebel Alliance raid at some point between 2 BBY and 0 BBY . Alliance agent X2 , assisted by a small group of Rebels , infiltrated the facility , rescued Wookiee prisoners being held there , and deactivated the shield corridor protecting a transport carrying the last of the superlaser components , the tributary beam . After securing the transport itself , X2 used the tributary beam to destroy Desolation Station . Description . Desolation Station was a construction facility operated by the Galactic Empire during the early days of the Galactic Civil War against the Alliance to Restore the Republic . The facility was built on the surface of a large , misshapen asteroid within an asteroid belt in a star system located in the Atrivis sector of the Outer Rim Territories . Desolation Station ' s primary purpose was the construction of superlaser components for the Imperial Death Star battlestation project , which itself was being assembled near the planet Despayre in the nearby Horuz system . Once completed , the components were loaded onto armed transports that delivered them to the Death Star . The transports were protected by a defensive shield corridor that connected the facility to the Death Star construction site . The shield corridor was projected by Desolation Station , and the shield controls were located in a special section inside the facility . The facility also doubled as a penal colony , possessing an area containing holding cells for a number of prisoners , such as several Wookiees being held aboard the station shortly prior to its destruction . In addition to the shield control section and the holding cells , the facility had at least two hangar bays , one of which served as a combat station for the facility ' s complement of TIE fighters . Desolation Station ' s corridors were filled with various types of machinery and computers . Heavy blast doors separated different areas of the facility , while ray shields protected the exits from the station to the surface of the asteroid . The station had a life support system capable of maintaining atmosphere breathable to Humans , as well as an intruder detection system capable of putting the entire facility in a state of high alert in case of a security breach . Multiple bacta tanks and weapons caches were spread throughout Desolation Station , in addition to a number of E - Web heavy repeating blaster positions . History . Desolation Station had been in operation by the time of the latter stages of the construction of the first Death Star . At some point between 2 BBY and 0 BBY , the final component of the Death Star ' s superlaser , the tributary beam , was assembled at the facility and prepared for transport to the Death Star ' s construction site in the Horuz system . During that time , the facility was commanded by an Imperial captain , who in turn answered to X1 , a high - ranking Force - sensitive clone who was overseeing the project away from the facility . In its effort to destroy the Death Star , the Rebel Alliance learned about the existence of the facility and the transportation of the tributary beam that was supposed to take place . A lone Rebel agent named X2 , X1 ' s brother and a recent recruit into the Alliance by way of Jedi Master Rahm Kota , was dispatched to stop the Imperial operation . Following a plan developed by Kota , X2 infiltrated the facility itself , landing in one of its hangars . He was then informed of a number of Wookiee prisoners being held there , awaiting transportation to Despayre . After liberating the Wookiees , X2 reached the shield control center and deactivated the defensive corridor protecting the transport carrying the tributary beam . Assisted by a number of Rebel agents sent as his reinforcements , X2 reached the TIE fighter combat station and stole one of the starfighters to escape the facility . At that point , a number of Rebel X - wing fighters dispatched by Kota arrived to assist X2 . Fighting through the TIE fighters launched from the station to intercept him , X2 flew to the transport , destroyed its turbolaser defenses , infiltrated it , and defeated all Imperial opposition aboard . Reaching the tributary beam controls aboard the transport , he then used the beam to destroy Desolation Station itself , although some personnel , including the station ' s commander , had been able to escape prior to its destruction . The surviving commander was subsequently brought before X1 , who executed him for his incompetence . The destruction of Desolation Station served as a major setback in the construction of the Death Star and bought the Rebellion more time in its campaign to stop the superweapon . The Death Star was eventually finished nonetheless but was later destroyed by the Alliance at the Battle of Yavin . Commanders and crew . In the days prior to its destruction , Desolation Station was commanded by an Imperial captain , who escaped from the station , only to be executed later by X1 . The facility had a large number of Imperial stormtroopers stationed aboard and was generally considered to be well defended , especially the areas near the holding cells . Behind the scenes . Desolation Station first appeared in the 2009 video game " " , which featured its destruction . It appeared exclusively in the Nintendo DS version of the game , developed by N - space , in the second level of the game ' s Act II .