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Haven Base

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Haven Base

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Chronological and political information

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Alliance to Restore the Republic

Haven Base, also known asArbra Base,^[1] and more informally known as theHole in the Ground, was the name given by theRebels to the base they established in a cavern on theplanet Arbra. The base was powered by the cave'spower rods. It was the main base that replacedEcho Base, after a brief layover atGolrath Station.

History[]

The cave that eventually housed Haven Base was discovered during aRebel Alliance reconnaissance mission led byPrincess Leia Organa. For the Alliance, the remoteplanet, namedArbra, seemed a good choice for the location of a new base of operations after the evacuation of Echo Base onHoth andthe short-lived outpost onGolrath.

The Rebels soon found the planet's nativehoojibs draining the energy from their equipment. The hoojibs' "spokesmind,"Plif communicated with Leia telepathically to explain they had been driven from the cave that supplied them with the energy they needed for sustenance by a creature called theslivilith. After the Rebels helped the hoojibs defeat the slivilith, they discovered the immense crystalline formations known as power rods inside the cave. The crystals captured the planet's geothermal energy and technicians realized they could tap into that energy to power a new base. Their new allies, the hoojibs, agreed to let the Rebels occupy their home.

The main underground cavern and its many offshoots proved vast enough to house nearly eight thousand Rebels, their equipment, vehicles and facilities. A camouflaged, blast-shielded door sealed off the entrance grotto, where engineers built hangar facilities for Rebel ships. Additional tunnels were built to provide alternate escape routes for personnel andtransports. Other facilities included briefing rooms, soldiers' and officers' quarters, laboratories, a mess hall and -- in a particularly immense cavern -- theGreat Hall, used for larger gatherings and ceremonies. All these areas were organized as numbered modules.

The surrounding wilderness was regularly patrolled by camouflagedT-47 airspeeders, while Rebel sentries stood guard outside the grotto entrance. TheRebel fleet, originally maintainingorbit around Arbra, was eventually hidden inside thestar Arbran's chromosphere using a number ofKerts-Bhrg field generators.

Haven Base was maintained by the Alliance until theBattle of Endor.