The Imperial research base was a Galactic Empire installation situated in Carbon Ridge on the planet of Jakku. Prior to and during the Battle of Jakku, the Galactic Empire ran the base. The Empire's ultimate objective in the battle was to impede the New Republic fleet's access to the installation. The remaining Imperial troops annihilated the facility before their withdrawal into the Unknown Regions.
As a desperate measure to defend the base during the battle, All Terrain Armored Transports belonging to the Hellhound attack force were launched from the Star Destroyer called Interrogator. Before the base was destroyed, a wrecked Imperial II-class Star Destroyer tried to dispatch TIE bombers to bolster the forces stationed there, but Iden Versio and Shriv Suurgav thwarted their attempt by eliminating the ship's remnants. A CR90 corvette, under the command of Captain Lindsey, was en route to the base, but it was shot down before reaching its intended location. In the years following the Battle of Jakku, stories about the facility, though unconfirmed, spread among the inhabitants of the planet. It was a common belief that the enigmatic group known as the dead-enders were still protecting the facility.