KORRIBAN (PART 1)

Planet History: Korriban

Part I

Astrographical information:

-Region: Outer Rim Territories; Stygian Caldera
-Sector: Esstran sector (Sith Worlds)
-System:Horuset system
-Suns:1: Horuset
-Orbital position 2
-Moons 7
-Grid coordinates R-5
-Rotation period 28 standard hours
-Orbital period 780 local days

Physical information

-Class Terrestrial
-Diameter 16,890 km
-Atmosphere Type I (Breathable)
-Climate Cold and dry
-Gravity Heavy (1.4 standard)
-Primary terrain Mountains, Canyons, Dry riverbeds, Tombs, Ruins
-Points of interest Valley of the Dark Lords, Eternal Pyre, Valley of Golg, Sith Academy, Sith Citadel, Shyrack cave, Korriban Arrival Port

Societal information

Native species
Modern: None
Formerly: Sith, Terentatek, Shyrack
Immigrated species:Rakata, Theelin, Hssiss, Tuk'ata, Wraid, Human

Primary language(s)
Modern: Galactic Basic Standard
Formerly: Sith
Government
Modern: None
Formerly: Sith Empire, Magocratic dictatorship
Population
Historic (Sith Empire): 9.6 billion. 94% Sith 6% Other
Historic (Jedi Civil War): 25,000
Historic(Rise of the Empire era): few thousands
Modern (Legacy era): 1,000+
Demonym
Korribanian
-Major cities Dreshdae (capital)
-Major imports Foodstuff, High technology, Raw material, Weapons
-Major exports Sith artifacts
Affiliation Sith, Infinite Empire, Adas's Sith Empire, Xim's empire, Old Sith Empire, Brotherhood of the Sith/Exar Kun's Sith Empire, Revan's Sith Empire, Czerka Corporation, Sith Triumvirate, Resurgent Sith Empire, New Sith Empire/Brotherhood of Darkness, Galactic Republic, Commerce Guild, Confederacy of Independent Systems, Order of the Sith Lords/Galactic Empire, Empire Reborn, Imperial Remnant/Disciples of Ragnos One Sith/Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire

"Korriban shall be as it always was. A graveyard for the darkest of the Sith Lords, still whispering within their tombs. It shall always be a source of evil, spawning threats throughout the millennia."
―Darth Traya

Korriban, known as Pesegam during the reign of Xim, and also known as Moraband by the time of the Clone Wars, was the sole planet in the Horuset system, located across the galaxy from Koros Major. It was the original homeworld of the Sith species and a sacred planet for the Sith Order, housing the tombs for many ancient and powerful Dark Lords of the Sith, and containing immense dark side power.

After the Hundred-Year Darkness, the remaining Dark Jedi interbred with the Sith species and ruled the Sith using their Force powers. After the Great Hyperspace War, Korriban was abandoned and became a barren world. It was the site of a Sith Academy, and became the headquarters of the One Sith.

It was close to Bosthirda and was located on the Nache Bhelfia and Kamat Krote hyperspace lanes.

SURVIVING SOLAR STORMS: COULD THE 'SCORCH TRIALS' BECOME REAL?

In the recently released “Maze Runner: Scorch Trials” trailer, kids have to survive in a world destroyed by solar flares.

Some researchers are warning not all states in the U.S. will be ready for the threat of solar storms. Will your state survive a mega-blast from the sun?

According to research from The Pew Charitable Trusts, some states are taking steps to protect the power grid from solar flare damage, while others are not.

A major solar storm with an intense radiation burst from the sun can produce an electromagnetic pulse (EMP).  An EMP is a high-intensity burst of electromagnetic energy caused by the rapid acceleration of charged particles.

On the minor end of the spectrum, an EMP can create temporary radio blackouts and disrupt GPS navigation. On the larger scale, an EMP attack could devastate the US power grid and technological infrastructure sending the US back to the 1800s.

A near miss
Scientists recently revealed in Nature Communications that the Earth had a very near miss last year.
In early 2014, there was a giant solar eruption that scientists expected would strike Earth.

In terms of “space weather,” coronal mass ejections are like hurricanes. When these ejections happen, a billion tons of ultra-hot matter lashes out from the sun.

This one from 2014 was traveling at a speed of more than 5.3 million mph toward Earth. What would have happened if it made contact?  Well, if it had struck, then it would have triggered a very strong geomagnetic storm.

Scientists believe the sun's magnetic field unexpectedly deflected it away from Earth.

The consequences could have been serious.

In 1989, in the span of a few seconds, a coronal mass ejection blacked out the entire Canadian province of Quebec. The damage traveled to the United States as well as to New Jersey. It very nearly succeeded in shutting down the U.S. power grids from the mid-Atlantic through the Pacific Northwest.

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An X1.6 class solar flare flashes in the middle of the sun in this image taken September 10, 2014, in this image courtesy of NASA. (REUTERS/NASA/SDO/Handout)

The threat
Space weather is very unpredictable. While scientists may be able to identify when a coronal mass ejection will strike Earth, they cannot predict how powerful an impact it will have until it strikes.

The concern is that an EMP could disrupt the nation’s electrical grid.

If a solar flare collapsed the national electrical grid, it would create many problems for security.  Electricity and telecommunications would be unavailable for weeks and months. Other essential aspects of life could be affected as well from emergency services and sanitation to access to food and water.

The National Governors Association research on the threat identified that seventy percent of the country’s transmission lines and transformers are at least twenty-five years old. The research also revealed that 60 percent of the nation’s circuit breakers are at least thirty years old.

The researchers note that most electrical infrastructure was designed in the 1950s, making the larger system particularly vulnerable to solar flare disruption.

The Pew Charitable Trusts researchers reviewed the steps taken by the government to prepare for a solar flare and EMP event. They concluded that Congress has commissioned reports and held hearings about the dangers of solar storm events, but little action has been taken.

As a result, states have been implementing their own approaches to the threat. Some states have been introducing legislation to protect their critical infrastructure.

Legislators like Sen. Bryce Reeves, a freshman state Senator in Virginia, have been sponsoring measures to protect their home states against such threats.  Some states like Louisiana and Kentucky are taking steps to study the threat while others like Arizona have been taking action with initiatives to prepare the public.
According to the Pew research, EMP or solar storm-related legislation has been raised in eleven states, but only enacted in five since 2013.

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TARIS

Taris was an urban planet in the fifth orbit of its star, located in the Taris system, within the Ojoster sector, of the Outer Rim Territories, in turn Taris was orbited by four moons, including Rogue. The term Tarisian was used to describe people and products from the planet. The planet's ecumenopolis quickly developed over a century of prosperity, and as a result the planet suffered from massive overpopulation. Once a galactic nexus, Taris' importance declined with the introduction of improved trade routes, and the planet rapidly fell into decay. The remainder of the planet's history was wrought with civil disorder and social unrest. As it turned to industry as a means of compensation for its economic troubles, its oceans became polluted, eliminating the planet's main food source. Famine spread among the lower classes while the rich hoarded what few supplies remained. The resulting strife led to the Tarisian Civil War, the start of lasting prejudices between the Humanocentric Tarisian nobles and the largely alien underclass. The city became segmented, and the lower classes were banned from living in the upper levels of Taris.

During the Mandalorian Wars, Taris served as a crucial rallying point for dissident Jedi who had decided to fight against the invading Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders. As the lower classes were crushed beneath the rich, crime became rampant, and the Tarisian government did little in response. This caused Lhosan Industries, a mining company which employed half of the planet's lower class in its operation, to leave Taris. The millions left unemployed rioted against the government, kidnapping the planet's senator in the Galactic Senate as well as the local constable. This caused the local Jedi to leave Taris as well, leaving the planet in a state of chaos, as the war raged on around it.

By the time of the Jedi Civil War, order had been restored, but swoop gangs and crime still held sway over the Lower City. During the war, Taris was conquered by Darth Revan's Sith Empire, which quarantined the planet in an attempt to capture Jedi Bastila Shan. As the search continued fruitlessly, the Sith leader Darth Malak, ordered the bombardment of Taris, killing countless civilians. This act had huge political repercussions for the Sith and changed the tone of the rest of the war, showing Malak and the Sith's true colors, the desire to achieve victory at any cost.

Over the next few millennia the planet managed to rebuild and recover from its devastation, though never reaching the extent of its former glory. Similar to other ecumenopolies like Coruscant and Nar Shaddaa, the upper levels were safe and secure, inhabited by the wealthy, while the lower levels were frequently plagued by gang warfare and inhabited by thugs and the poor.

During the Great Galactic War, Taris had become the subject to both Jedi and Sith plans; while the Jedi wanted to rebuild the planet to prove to the people of the Republic that they were strong enough to recover from such a disaster, and with it raise morale, the Sith sought to foil their plans, to prove that the Republic couldn't recover from such a thing.

LIFE TIPS

1. Send me one more game request and I'm showing up at your house drunk, at 4am, naked and demanding a game of Twister
 2. Most problems can be solved with nudity
3. Sometimes all you need is a hug or someone to tell you everything will be ok, or some rough sex.
4. Rent a horror movie and play it while you have sex. If family members/roommates hear your screams, they'll assume it's the movie.
5. Confuse your doctor by putting on rubber gloves at the same time he does.
6. You will eventually all hit the age where sex and choosing the exact right size Tupperware for leftovers are equally satisfying...
7. At hotels, you can either take a helicopter tour of the city or drink the bottle of water on the table. They cost just about the same.
8. Plug your headphones into a banana. Everyone will leave you alone twice as much.
9. If my calculations are correct then someone else did them for me.
10. Naked yoga in the backyard is the best way to get the neighbours to pay for that privacy fence.
11. To find out your dolphin name, lick your finger tips and rub a balloon
12. If you are alone and feeling lonely, fart. Someone always walks in after you fart.
13. You know what makes sex awesome? Actually having it.
14. You can never lose a homing pigeon. If your homing pigeon doesn't come back, what you've lost is a normal pigeon.
15. If you don't have anything nice to say I would probably enjoy spending time with you
16. Eat cake every day because you know somewhere out there, it's someone's birthday and you need to show respect.
17. "How's phone reception in the bathroom?" is an important question, but one you just can't ask on a job interview.
18. Have fun at job interviews by wearing an eye patch switch eyes when the interviewer looks down.
19. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because your fingerprints aren't in the database.
20. Taking your pants off is a good way to let someone know you feel comfortable in their home.
21. There is no such thing as a dirty mind. Just a sense of humor with adult content.
22. "Grow a pear." - Best way to insult an apple tree.
23. It's what's on the inside that counts... *Except chocolate covered raisins.
24. Answer your phone "Hello you're on the air" and 99% of the time people will just hang up
25. Don't waste your money paying therapists when I'll tell you what's wrong with you for free
26. You will probably waste a solid year of your life just staring into the fridge.
27. Apparently I misunderstood it when I was told to "expose yourself to other cultures."..in trouble again, sigh!
28. Confuse your coworkers today by telling them you're going to the restroom to do a "number 3"
29. If you want proof that all people weren't created equally.......get yourself down to a nude beach
30. If it doesn't include antidepressants, they shouldn't call it a Happy Meal
31. Just because you feel you ought to invite your in-laws over, it doesn’t mean you have to let them in.
32. A ceiling fan won't cut a bagel in half ... Not even on top speed
33. if you're feeling mischievous when visiting a friends home, if you notice an unfinished jigsaw puzzle, take a piece home with you.
34. Instead of doing laundry, just buy a second hamper...
35. Before you wash your socks,just throw one in the trash. Saves the bother of hunting for it later.
36. If at first you don’t succeed, try doing it the way I told you to.
37. Every zoo is a petting zoo, if you’re brave enough
38. It's usually better to buy new Tupperware than to risk opening the leftovers.
39. I'm a wealth of knowledge ... Unless you want it to be true, then you're on your own.
40. Miracles happen every day. I haven't choked the stupid out of someone today. See? Miracle
41. If a woman tells you that you're right.....that's called sarcasm.
42. Make your day more fun by going up to a stranger and asking "Hey, how have you been since the amnesia?"
43. A human fart can be louder than an organ.I discovered that in church.
44. Objects in spandex are larger than they appear
45. I’ve found if you tuck one part of a trouser leg into your sock, people expect less of you.
46. To help you with your diet just blow the sugar off your doughnut.
47. If two doughnuts are stuck together it counts as one.
48. If you ever need nothing I am here for you
49. If you want to be remembered after you die, borrow money from everyone you know.
50. You're only limited by your own imagination! And money. And talent. And genetics. And time. And other people. Go for it!
51. Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream straight from the carton how she’s doing.
52. Vodka is made from potatoes, potatoes are vegetables, and vegetables are good for you. You're welcome.
53. Things could be worse ... sex could be fattening
54. Pinatas are a great way to teach children that if you repeatedly beat something with a stick, eventually you’ll get what you want.
55. The police never think its as funny as you do.
56. You're not living life right if you don't get just a little bit nervous every time you hear a police siren.
57. Always tell the person at the drive-thru that they are so much prettier than you pictured them when you were ordering
58. If I pat you on the back, there's a 99% chance that I'm only using you as a napkin
59. Never make plans until you know how you're going to get out of them
60. To make a long story short quit right in the middle.
61. Happiness comes from within. That’s why it feels good to fart
62. Why be difficult, when with a bit of effort, you can be totally impossible!
63. I usually don't argue with my doctor but I don't think "Batshit Crazy" is a legitimate medical term
64. Announcement: "Boobytrap" spelled backwards is "Partyboob". Carry on...
65. Don´t worry ... It only seems kinky the first time.
66. Job interview tip: repeatedly ask if you're under oath
67. The difference between me & normal people is the normal
68. Figuring out that you'll probably never figure it out is the first step of really figuring things out.
69. I don't think you can call yourself an adult until you can accept the fact that "dry clean only" is not a dare.