LiMerge Power
this energy producer and weapons manufacturer was accused to producing and distributing prohibited weapons during the years leading up to the Battle of Naboo. It was rumored that LiMerge had also funded specific acts of piracy against the Trade Federation during this time, and these rumors eventually led to the Old Republic's concession to allow Federation transports to be escorted by droid starfighters. LiMerge was originally based on the planet Tythe, where it originally was established to exploit the planet's natural plasma deposits. Their attempts caused massive geological disruptions, leaving the planet a desolate wasteland. LiMerge fled Tythe and established a presence on Coruscant, in the form of a weapons manufacturing facility in The Works sector. It was this building that eventually became the meeting place for Darth Sidious and his apprentices, during the build-up to the Clone Wars.