Resh 9376 Resh 9376 , was a comet in the Outer Rim Territories that was host to a secret shadowport called Point Nadir . Geographic features . Resh 9376 followed an elliptical route traveling many light year s and though it passed close to several inhabited star systems , it never actually crossed into any of them . The oblong comet was composed of ice , several basic ores , gypsum and granite , and it measured 30 kilometers long and 10 wide . The comet had a 24 hour day and due to its extensive route through the Outer Rim , had an orbital year of 7 , 241 local years . It was home to native arachnid creatures known as Nadir spider s . History . Resh 9376 was first discovered more than 25 , 000 years before the Battle of Yavin and primarily ignored as an astrogation hazard until many millennia later , an automated Corellian exploration vessel , called the " Saving Grace " , surveyed the comet , taking ore samples and holomapping the surface topography . The entire scan of the comet took a mere 22 minutes , after which the " Saving Grace " sent a burst - transmission report back to astronomers on Corellia , who after a brief analysis , filed the report leaving it forgotten by the galaxy at large . Under Solovan Fische . Two hundred years after the " Saving Grace " ' s survey , a Corellian pirate named Salovan Fische discovered the location of Resh 9376 and set out with his crew to locate the mysterious comet . After completely exploring the comet , Fische decided it was the perfect location to set up a base of operations , far from any authority or individual who consciously know of its existence . Over the next decade , Fische and his band of pirates made use of the rock as sparsely - furnished home base . Over time , they gang developed the base , storing booty in holds of captured ships and creating sealed chambers from some of the smaller interior caverns . As their wealth increased , they spared no expense making the base a more comfortable place to live . Fische became obsessed with making Resh 9376 a place he could call his own , obtaining mining droid s and other equipment to hollow out more of the comet ' s interior . Following a run of misfortune and failed pirating ventures , Fische ' s crew mutinied and marooned him on the comet that had become his obsession . They had become tired of constantly - under - construction living conditions and recent run of bad luck . Fische died a hermit and alone on the comet that had become his life . Fische ' s crew in turn sold the information of the abandoned base to the Anjiliac clan of the Hutts . Shadowport . The Hutts showed little interest in assuming control over the comet until over 100 years later . When they finally took interest in Resh 9376 , they took the rudimentary complex created by Fische and using their extensive wealth and resources , established Point Nadir . Point Nadir , an Outer Rim base of operations for several criminal organizations , including Epsis and Sable Dawn , was cloaked in secrecy and those who knew of its location either paid for the information from the Anjiliac kajidic , the de facto rulers of the shadowport , or were invited by one of the two other governing criminal organizations . It was protected by a small fleet of starfighters , including modified Z - 95 Headhunters , CloakShape fighters , and R - 41 Starchaser s .