Citadel Station

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For the space station in the computer game System Shock, see Citadel Station (System Shock).

Citadel Station is, in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, an orbital platform used to terraform the planet of Telos in the 2004 video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.

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Citadel Station was constructed five years after the surface of Telos was devastated by orbital bombardment by the Sith during the Jedi Civil War. The surviving population of Telos relocated to the space station after its construction and are employed in a number of jobs ranging from security to station operations.

It was the headquarters of a restoration project by the Ithorians to return Telos to a habitable world, a project they intended to extend to other dead worlds if successful. Unfortunately, the station and project faced several major obstacles, including the destruction of the Peragus Mining Facility (and the planet Peragus itself) by the Jedi Exile in his escape from the Sith Lord Darth Sion. Without the fuel provided by Peragus, Citadel was in danger of falling out of orbit and into Telos' atmosphere.

The station also faced interference by both Czerka Corporation and The Exchange criminal organization. Czerka attempted to wrestle control of the restoration project from the Ithorians, with the aid of The Exchange, to gain the influence of both the station and the Telosian government - as well as making a profit. The Exchange, for their part, wanted to use the space station for their smuggling operations. Depending on the character's path, the Ithorians can either remain in control of the restoration project or lose it to Czerka.

The player can also secure a new source of fuel for the station from the crime lord Vogga the Hutt on the smuggler's moon of Nar Shaddaa.

Later on, the station comes under assault by Sith forces led by Darth Nihilus and his warship, The Ravager. This leads to a heated space battle between Sith and a newly arrived Republic fleet. The Exile defends the station from an invading force of Sith troopers and apprentices.

Trivia: The name Citadel station might be a reference to Citadel station in the System Shock series.