Iol Station was a space station located on the edge of the Iol system in the Unknown Regions. The station was owned and operated by the company Tangan Industries, and it was used primarily as a customs port, to inspect all starships en-route to the planet Iol. At some point during galactic history, a merchant landed on Iol Station while carrying a vindinax—a species of dangerous humanoid creature—which he planned to sell to a zoo on another Unknown Regions world. However, the merchant did not have the paperwork required to be able to ship the creature and as a consequence, the customs officers confiscated the creature and fined the merchant for bringing a potential threat to the station. The vindinax's shipping container was placed in one of the station's cargo bays, from where it escaped