Halo Station

Halo Station was an ancient ring-shaped space station in the Corusca sector. It was about twenty kilometers in diameter, making it the largest known civilian space station of its time.

History
Its fame came from its age, believed by the modern era to be at least thirty millennia old. It was quite possibly a refueling station, and created by Human slaves during the Rakata's reign over the galactic community. The station sustained heavy damage during some sort of conflict at least four millennia after its construction; historians believe, based on evidence found in the station, that it was damaged during a revolt by Human slaves that were performing maintenance on the station. During the Great Hyperspace War, the station was recommissioned briefly to serve as a repair station for Coruscanti warships, however it was soon after abandoned for unknown reasons. It would not be forgotten, however, as during the New Sith Wars the station was once against repurposed to serve as a prison station, and held over 75,000 prisoners-of-war brought in from Outer Rim warzones. Its role as a prison station too was abandoned following the Ruusan Reformation and for the following centuries remained largely a tourist destination and also provided refueling and repair services to civilian starships.

In 90 BBY, the "Halo Pilgrim Mission" was founded, who used Halo Station to house over 50,000 refugees from various wartorn planets, and also hosted "sub-stations" that housed more refugees and staff. The Halo Pilgrim Mission remained active until 40 BBY, though Halo Station continued operating as a "wealthy refugee camp" where affluent refugees were allowed to live indefinitely so long as they paid. In 27 BBY, a series of bombings aboard the station killed more than 110 refugees and staff, and security personnel claimed they saw a man adorning Mandalorian insignia fleeing the station in an unlicensed starship, leading investigators to believe the terrorist was quite possibly a Supercommando extremist; another bombing at a hospital on Coruscant that killed seventeen people just four days earlier were also eventually linked to this same extremist. During the closing months of the Clone Wars, Halo Station was damaged beyond repair by Separatist warships during the Battle of Coruscant; refugees who survived were relocated to other haven stations, and Halo Station remained abandoned (though still highly regarded by historians) for the following years. The derelict station became a hotbed for scavengers.