Novastar Corporation focused its efforts on manufacturing navigation computers, with the L-17A Quickjump being one of their notable products. Various unconfirmed stories circulated about the company, one being the alleged development of a navigation computer that would function independently of an astromech droid. Another unverified claim was that the corporation had secretly obtained an Imperial TIE/LN starfighter for research purposes. The period of the Galactic Empire marked the peak of the company's prosperity.