Kaliida Shoals Medical Center: Misc

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Kaliida Shoals Medical Center

Production information
Class	Space station^[1]
Technical specifications
Passengers	At least 60,000 patients^[2]
Other systems	Bacta tanks (at least 60,000)^[2]
Usage
Role(s)	Space station^[1] Medical center^[1]
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era^[1]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic^[1]

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The Kaliida Shoals Medical Center was a space station that served the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.^[1]

1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references

Characteristics

The docking bays of Kaliida Shoals.

The space station was powered by a reactor slung underneath the main structure of the station. The control hub was located in a tower at the top of the structure, while the eight main medical bays, filled with bacta tanks, covered much of the interior. Each medical station had a vertical gap for accommodating a Republic medical frigate. The station was painted in the characteristic red stripes of other Republic vessels.^[2]

History

The station began as a merchant hub in the Enarc system. At some point before the war, it was abandoned as a derelict station, and at the beginning of hostilities was bought by the Republic.^[1] It was refurbished with standardized habitation modules and medical facilities and towed by Republic tugs to the Ryndellia system near the Kaliida Nebula, where it served as a medical center. The station received injured clone troopers, who were treated by the staff, which included the empathic Kaminoan doctor Nala Se.^[1]

During the Clone Wars, the station fell under the assault of General Grievous' forces, however Anakin Skywalker and Shadow Squadron foiled the attack.^[2] This marked one of the earliest deployments of the new BTL-B Y-wing starfighter.^[3] At the time of the attack, the station was caring for some 60,000 wounded clones.