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Stalgasin Hive

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this colony of Geonosians was ruled by Archduke Poggle the Lesser during the years leading up to the Battle of Geonosis, after his rebellion against Hadiss the Vaulted was secretly funded by Darth Sidious. The Stalgasin colony produced immense hordes of battle droids for Count Dooku and the Separatists in one of the few factories which remained active during the last centuries of the Old Republic. The factory used a huge superlaser - based on the same design principles as the primary weapon of the first Death Star - to melt ores and raw materials, and its entire operation was controlled and performed by droids and advanced automation. Hidden deep within the Hive was an immense war chamber, equipped with sophisticated equipment that allowed the Separatists to monitor every aspect of the Battle of Geonosis, and provided them with enough leadtime that they could anticipate their defeat and put evacuation plans into place. In the wake of the Battle of Geonosis, the Stalgasin Hive remained a viable droid production facility, and survived the tumult of the Clone Wars and the upheaval of the so-called Jedi Rebellion to produce technologies for the Imperial Department of Military Research.