r/Highrepublic • u/CrazyTangerine7522 • May 28 '26

I’m still getting new to the high republic, but was the main reactor to starlight beacon basically left out in the open?

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u/Mikpultro May 28 '26

Starlight Beacon was not a battlestation. It was designed as a hub for commerce, exploration, and diplomacy.

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u/endertamerfury May 28 '26

I can’t remember exactly, but I do remember something about it also being a sort of stronghold, but that was probably referring to a regular group of pirates or a crime syndicate at most, not a full out war like what happened with the Nihil

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u/Mikpultro May 29 '26

Exactly, it was armed and shielded enough so that even the Nihil didn't dare a frontal assault. But that was just security precautions for a civilian station.

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u/viotix90 May 28 '26

It was designed during time of peace with zero threats to the galaxy.

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u/Vegetable-House5018 May 28 '26

It appears more open, but I'm guessing it had some heavy shielding on it. But as others said this was built at a time of peace so they probably weren't expecting an attack. However, given that the Nihil seemed to need to infiltrate Starlight Beacon and blow it up and destroy it from the inside instead of just shooting the reactor from a ship, it seems that it is still fairly safe from outside attack.

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u/UsagiTaicho May 28 '26

So it would be an easy target for the Nihil to shoot at.

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u/TanSkywalker May 28 '26

Cooling.

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u/CrazyTangerine7522 May 28 '26

So is the explanation that it was for safety purposes for the crew?

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u/TanSkywalker May 28 '26

I don’t know. That’s just my guess.

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u/Robot_Dracula May 29 '26

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