On May 26th 3302 Alliance Prime Minister Edmund Mahon announced that the new outpost was complete. In a statement, Mahon said:

„It gives me great pleasure to announce the formal opening of the Cooper Research Centre. In addition to functioning as a base for scientific research, the station will bolster the Alliance‘s reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering capabilities in a strategically valuable region of space.“

An Alliance spokesman confirmed that the new outpost would offer reload, repair and refuel services to pilots operating in the HIP 19072 system. Tourist Beacon 0695