Kill the add that drops down in front of the console then click it to overload it. When you kill this add it will overload one of the shields in front of the consoles. One of the adds will get hit by a blue light from the ceiling and have a buff on their bar. Put your companion on passive and let the adds reach the center of the room. When the adds come out you can't kill them right away. The problem stems that everyone is so overpowered now and we're trained to kill enemies as soon as we see them. This is a common bug I've seen lots of people getting in solo mode Star Fortress. Went back in and did the EPHEMERIS fight again, no problems. Came back, was able to login another character.

UPDATE 3: Alt+F4'd yet again, went and took a shower. UPDATE 2: Alt+F4'd out again and trying to log in another character, but I keep getting a message saying that I can't, because my original character is still logged in. And I can't Fleet Pass or Quick Travel or anything.

So now what? In-game help takes weeks or months to get a callback, not like most games where you can get an in-game GM to help you within a reasonable amount of time. Aaaaand.I'm back in the room, stuck in combat, just as I was before. UPDATE: After checking to make sure none of the control consoles activated prematurely and without a message (they didn't), I alt+F4'd and relogged. Can't Exit Area or logout because I'm in combat, can't leave the room, can't do anything.

I'm standing here for five minutes so far and can't do anything. Started the fight, had two groups of enemies come out, and now the fight stalled. In addition to the typical host of bugs (enemies unable to be seen and targeted by non-AoE attacks even though they're standing *right there*, etc), I just got a very interesting bug when fighting EPHEMERIS on the Tatooine Star Fortress.

Swtor star fortress bug