[SW Factions: HSY, The Tower]

HSY have myriad small development centres across the quadrant, some are known only to individual members of the board who silently compete with one another to gain power and influence. Ord Vaxal hosts one such site, code named the Tower.

There is little landmass on Ord Vaxal but many small island archipelagos, on one such the Tower is located. The planet has been home to several communities and groups going back eons including several bands of pirates and a rebel cell. No one knows who originally built the Tower; it has been repaired, rebuilt and adapted so many times the most eminent galactic archaeologist would struggle to work out its full history. Some clues remain, bars on lower windows on one side suggest its use as a prison at one point and underground caves have been exploited and linked to the main structure possibly for use by smugglers.

Now it houses engineers and developers who have struggled to fit into corporate HSY culture, in this sun-drenched paradise location they are free to explore their more outlandish ideas and theories.  A series of landing platforms have been built nearby, balanced on the few specks of land to accommodate protype starships. The calm surrounding ocean has proved to be the perfect location to try unique drive systems and unusual engine configurations.