Solar towers harnessed the energy of a sun to energize particular buildings. A notable application was their use in supplying power to Cavik Toth's Trihexalon manufacturing plant. These towers generated a focused energy stream that served to activate the factory's central mechanism. If the control mechanism of a solar tower was compromised, its beam could be redirected. In such cases, the towers would aim their beams in unpredictable directions. These energy beams possessed sufficient intensity to inflict significant damage, potentially even destruction, upon a starfighter that entered its path.