When explorers from Corellia discovered Centerpoint Station, the first thing they did was fill up and buy some sodas and beef jerky. The second thing they did was scout it out and establish a colony in the open space at the very center. This little open space was a great place to live. You could set up living quarters, parks, and markets on the inside surface, and at the very center was this great artificial sun. At least, that's what everybody thought. Turned out the artificial sun was actually part of the unthinkably powerful generator that powered the tractor beams, and when somebody activated the machine, the "artificial sun" flared and killed everybody living around it. (Oddly enough, Al Gore had been warning them for years, but nobody listened.)