Secret landing platform

A secret landing platform was located just outside of the main structures of Tipoca City on the planet Kamino. The platform remained hidden underwater until a ship approached the coordinates that would make the platform appear. The clone Omega had knowledge of the platform and knew it led to Nala Se's private lab in Tipoca City. Omega would guide her squad, Clone Force 99, to the platform when they undertook a mission to save their leader, Hunter, from the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY.
==Description==
Normally hidden underneath Kamino's planetary ocean, the secret landing platform was circular with minimal lighting and would appear when a starship approached the water's surface at the correct coordinates. The platform was part of Tipoca City and connected to Kamino's secret tube system, which allowed transit to locations such as Nala Se's private lab.
==History==
In 19 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines the rogue clone commando squad Clone Force 99 was directed to use the platform by their newest member, the young clone Omega, when they sought to rescue their leader, Hunter, from the Galactic Empire. Landing their ship, the Marauder, on the platform, the squad succeeded in infiltrating Tipoca City and rescuing Hunter. They returned to the platform following the Empire's bombardment of Tipoca City with their former companion Crosshair, who had previously joined the Empire but had escaped the bombardment alongside his former squad. Despite the complete annihilation of the main city structures, the landing platform survived the destruction. However, as day broke and the clones reached the landing platform and prepared to leave Kamino, Crosshair chose not to rejoin them, instead waiting on the platform for thirty-two rotations until an Imperial patrol discovered him.
==Behind the scenes==
The landing platform first appeared in the episode "Return to Kamino," the fifteenth episode in the first season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The episode released on August 6, 2021. Concept art of the secret landing platform was done by Lucasfilm Animation artist Jim Moore, with one artistic rendering being dated to May 30, 2020. 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Landing platforms
Category:Tipoca City locations