The palace dock represented a portion of the royal palace belonging to the Pijali monarchy situated on the planet Pijal, which was located in the Inner Rim. It was equipped with levitation devices and possessed sufficient space to accommodate numerous ships from the royal fleet as well as landspeeders. In the time of the Republic Era, sentry droids were utilized to help patrol the area of the docks' grounds.
During the Coronation Eve holiday in 40 BBY, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn made a visit to the palace docks with the intention of performing maintenance on his cruiser, a vessel that the royal fleet had lent to him. While present, he contemplated his forthcoming strategy to liberate Rahara Wick, a jewel thief, from the Czerka Corporation, the organization responsible for her enslaved status. Jinn's Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, encountered his Master at the palace dock, where they engaged in a discussion about the scheme to rescue Wick, including their mutual request for the schematics of the Branch-class cruiser Leverage, the vessel in which she was being confined. Shortly thereafter, the two departed from the dock to investigate a substantial disturbance that was occurring nearby.
The palace dock was featured in Master & Apprentice, a 2019 novel authored by Claudia Gray.