Designed to circumvent natural spatial disturbances to the HoloNet, such as the Tatoo system's frequent solar flares and quirky gravitational fluxes, HoloNet Waystations were more or less powerful versions of the simple HoloNet transceivers which operated on the solar power from nearby stars. They were built to monitor transmissions, boosting and refreshing those which had been faded or warped. However, once the Galactic Republic collapsed and Emperor Palpatine assumed control of his new Galactic Empire, astute people knew that it was only a matter of time before the horrendous expense of the HoloNet was deemed impractical. And so it was no surprise when one day the HoloNet simply stopped transmitting and, within months, Imperial technicians had shut down hundreds, if not thousands, of Hol