KORRIBAN; PART 2 & 3

Korriban

Part II

History

"The call of Korriban is strong, but it is the call of the dead."
―Darth Sion

Infinite Empire

This remote, forbidding planet was the original homeworld of the Sith species. At some point prior to 30,000 BBY a Killik colony was established on Korriban, which eventually produced a Killik Sith Lord. The insectoid colonists were swiftly driven off, though, by the Sith.

The Rakata invaded Korriban in an attempt to integrate the world into the Infinite Empire around 27,700 BBY, intending to harvest slaves from the planet to be used for Rakatan projects. The sole artifact to survive this era was the ancient Star Map, around which the tomb of Naga Sadow was later built.

The Rakata were eventually forced off the world after the Sith King Adas led his people against them. Adas died in the battle, and thus, despite this victory, the Sith society crumbled, and, in the ensuing centuries of strife, the Sith relocated to worlds such as Arbra, Ziost and Tund using captured Rakatan vessels, leaving Korriban as a graveyard world populated only by religious fanatics.

The world was at least a nominal member of Xim's empire from around 25,126 BBY until its fall, and was given the name Pesegam.
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Korriban

Part III

History

Sith Empire

"Korriban, the birthplace of my power. I arrived as a Sith Acolyte, trained in the dark side; now, an apprentice to a Sith Lord. My rage has purpose. I will hunt the Jedi and destroy the Galactic Republic."
―Unnamed Sith Warrior

Valley of the Dark Lords

The Sith Empire was founded in 6900 BBY by exiled fallen Jedi fleeing the Battle of Corbos, which concluded the Hundred-Year Darkness. The fallen Jedi landed on Korriban.

Using their training in the Force, the fallen Jedi amazed the Sith and elevated themselves to god-like status on Korriban, becoming the rulers of the Sith people. As years passed, and interbreeding occurred between the Fallen Jedi and the Sith[8], the term "Sith" came to mean not only the original inhabitants of Korriban, but also their fallen Jedi masters. Until the rise of Naga Sadow, the existence of the Sith Empire was unknown to the Galactic Republic.

Under the pall of Sith magic, this desolate world became more hellish and dangerous.The Sith Lords erected huge palaces and burial complexes to honor their fallen Dark Lords. Circa 5000 BBY, the planet became an endpoint of the newly-formed Daragon Trail hyperspace lane, when it was discovered by Gav and Jori Daragon. This event triggered the Great Hyperspace War. After the fall of the Sith Empire, the planet lost much of its prominence in the galaxy, eventually falling off the galactic starcharts for a thousand years. Despite the belief the Sith as a species became extinct after the end of the war, isolated enclaves of Kissai and Massassi existed on the planet over a millennia after their empire's fall.

Old Sith Wars:

"Pfah. Korriban's a rock. Mind the Sith."
―Jolee Bindo

Korriban was resettled prior to 3993 BBY by Dark Jedi survivors of the Exar Kun War, and was home to the new settlement of Dreshdae and a Sith training academy. In 3993 BBY, as part of the Great Hunt, Duron Qel-Droma and Shaela Nuur died on the planet, failing to cleanse it of terentateks. The planet became the sector headquarters of the Czerka Corporation. Darth Revan and Darth Malak visited the planet on their quest to discover the Star Forge. After losing his memory, Revan visited the academy again in 3956 BBY on his quest to re-discover the Star Forge for the good of the Republic. Seeking the Star Map in Naga Sadow's tomb he passed the tests and then confronted Uthar. With the death of Master Uthar Wynn, the academy's headmaster, and Darth Malak himself at the hands of Revan in 3956 BBY, the Sith Order collapsed into a civil war (which took place 3956-3950 BBY) which decimated the Sith Order.

It took the Republic a couple of years to send an expeditionary force to Korriban (around 3954 BBY) in order to deal with any potential Sith who might attempt to take up the mantle of Dark Lord. They found a planet nearly in ruins—barren and lifeless as a result of the then unknown civil war. It was assumed by the commanders of the Republic task force that the remnants of the Sith turned on each other, vying for what little power remained. It was also said that Revan had always intended to return to Korriban one day to subdue any would-be Sith insurgents, but he then disappeared. However, the Republic discovered evidence that several Sith Lords did manage to escape the planetary conflagration, fleeing to remote corners of the galaxy.

After the fall of Darth Malak, the ancient tombs within the Valley of the Dark Lords were plundered by grave-robbers. Each tomb was once infused with the history and heritage of the old Sith Empire, containing great mysteries and powerful relics of the Force. Many broken, charred corpses littered the plains of Korriban during this time, virtually all that remained of the Sith who once inhabited the world. However, their malignant spirits remained, ready to confront any who disturb their rest by way of their guardian-familiars, the Hssiss.

In the chaos following the Jedi Civil War, which nearly destroyed the Jedi Order, Jedi Master Lonna Vash used Korriban as a hideout. She was eventually trapped and killed by Sith Lord Darth Sion in the ruins of the academy, and then used as bait to lure the Jedi Exile into Sion's hands. After escaping the trap, the Exile discovered the long lost tomb of Ludo Kressh.

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.

Dantooine

Dantooine (pronounced /'dæntuin/) was a pleasant world of grasslands, rivers and lakes. The planet was located in the Raioballo sector of the Outer Rim at an endpoint of Myto's Arrow, the other endpoint of which was in the Obtrexta sector.

Planetary Data:

A normal day on Dantooine lasted 25 standard hours, and a local year lasted 378 local days.

Dantooine had several continents. There was an equatorial one that was connected to a larger northern one and a south polar one by slender land bridges, as well as a disconnected north-eastern continent.

An olive, blue, and brown colored world, Dantooine was remote from the bustle of the galactic trade routes. Two moons floated in the skies above the savannahs of lavender and yellow grasses.

Separated by forests of spiky blba trees, colonists maintained individual family estates largely isolated from each other.

One of the major continents of Dantooine was identified by its various geographical regions. To the southeast, there were the Rielig Steppes, with the Burad Hills at their southeastern corner. The Northeast section was identified as the Fields of Banir, which held the ruins of an ancient Jedi temple. To the Northwest, there were the Arissi Plains, with the Mosa Rishin region and Taikaha Hills connecting to the southwestern Darjani Plains.

History:

Infinite Empire:

The planet was one of the subject worlds of the Rakata, of the Infinite Empire. The Rakata built several structures on its surface; at least one of which housed a Star Map and several Rakata-made droids, were still standing by the time of the Jedi Civil War.

A theory persisted that the native Dantari were descended from a colonization attempt during the earliest days of the Old Republic, but no studies bore this supposition out, and the Dantari were recorded as being present since the beginning of more recent settlements.

The Old Sith Wars:

During the Old Sith Wars, the Galactic Republic began a full-scale colonization campaign on Dantooine. While the Republic by itself had virtually no military on the planet, the settlers were protected by the Jedi Order.

By at least 3,997 BBY, a Jedi training enclave was established by Master Vodo-Siosk Baas, although ruins of an even older Jedi structure could be found on the planet. Many great Jedi of the Great Sith War were trained on Dantooine. However, the Enclave on Dantooine was infamous for the number of its students who eventually fell to the dark side; among them were some of the greatest enemies of the Republic during that unstable period, such as Revan and Malak

Forty years later, in 3,956 BBY, the leading instructors at the Dantooine Jedi Enclave were Masters Vrook Lamar, Zhar, Vandar Tokare, and Dorak. When Bastila Shan brought a mentally dead Revan before the Dantooine council, they decided to give Revan another chance to redeem himself. Revan was trained there for a second time.

Just weeks after Revan completed his new training, the Enclave, along with many of Dantooine's other settlements, was destroyed by Darth Malak, who was obsessed with finding Revan and Bastila (Malak also took special care to bombard the ancient Rakatan temple to preserve the Star Forge's secrecy, but by then it was too late). This attack sent the Dantooine farming community into decay, as the Republic, weakened by the war, could not offer its support to the remote world. Until the collapse of the Sith Empire a year later, Dantooine was occupied by the Sith, who executed almost all local leaders.

From 3,956 to 3,951 BBY, the settlers, led by Administrator Terena Adare, began to rebuild their community by constructing the outpost of Khoonda. By then, Dantooine was populated by mercenaries and salvagers, the latter trying to make a living by finding Jedi relics from the ruined Enclave and selling them.

In 3,951 BBY, the Republic nearly lost Dantooine to the Exchange, which planned to use the world as an outpost in the Outer Rim Territories. Exchange mercenaries under the leadership of Azkul, who where supported by Czerka Arms under the leadership of Jana Lorso, made trouble for the settlers, eventually culminating in the Battle of Dantooine. Thanks to the efforts of Master Vrook and Meetra Surik, the meager Khoonda militia prevailed over Azkul's mercenaries and subsequently exiled the Exchange and Czerka Arms from the planet, and Dantooine remained in the Republic. The Republic eventually sent some of its forces to protect the battered planet.

After the battle, the Enclave was rebuilt and briefly became the residence of the reformed Jedi Council (Master Vrook, Master Kavar, and Master Zez-Kai Ell), but it was abandoned shortly after, when the Council members were killed by Darth Traya.

Rise Of The Galactic Empire:

At some time after the creation of the Empire, the Force-sensitive clone trooper X2 aided the escaped Jedi Knight Falon Grey in his battle against Imperial stormtroopers. While Grey fought with armed villagers, X2 moved around the Jedi enclave. The two met in a mountain hangar, but X2's older brother X1 arrived with his troops. Falon Grey defeated X1 in combat, but while at the lightsaber's edge, X1 killed the Jedi and incapacitated X2. X2 then lived on the planet for many years.

The Galactic Civil War:
Years later, after the Corellian Treaty was signed, the Alliance to Restore the Republic established Dantooine as their headquarters, establishing a prefabricated base near the ruins of the old Jedi Enclave. Also it was used for a staging post for starfighter strikes—most famously, the Battle of Danuta, for the recovery of the Death Star plans.

In 2 BBY, the special operative Jan Ors directed the seventeen-year-old Tarrin Datch to pilot her freighter carrying a cargo of stolen Imperial fuel slugs to the sanctuary of the Dantooine base, the first command center of the Rebel Alliance. Once arriving there, Datch began training as a starfighter pilot and officially joined the Rebellion. In 1 BBY, Darth Vader was captured by the Rebel Alliance on Kamino and was taken hostage on Dantooine's Rebel base, unaware that Fett was pursuing the Rebels and their valuable hostage in his ship. Not long after, the Dantooine base was deserted after Ryle Torsyn discovered an Imperial homing beacon there, possibly placed by Boba Fett.

After the Alliance's relocation to Yavin 4, Princess Leia Organa tried to fool Grand Moff Tarkin into believing that the main Rebel base was still located on Dantooine, attempting to spare her homeworld of Alderaan from the destructive power of the Empire's newest weapon. Tarkin replied that Dantooine was too remote to use as an effective demonstration of the Death Star (the deciding factor here seemed to be a political and social impact rather than military necessity). Alderaan was destroyed and subsequently, Imperials did indeed discover the abandoned Rebel base. As Tarkin realized that Leia would lie to him even under the most dire circumstances, he ordered her execution.

Fauna:

■Bol
■Brith
■Carnivorous snail
■Fabool
■Graul
■Huurton
■Iriaz
■Kath hound
■Kinrath
■Laigrek
■Piket longhorn
■Quenker
■Sickle-back Mantis
■Thune
■Voritor lizard

Flora:

■Blba tree
■Kibla greens
■Tritacale
■Vincha
■Yot bean 

Eriadu

Eriadu was the primary world in the Seswenna sector, and one of the Outer Rim's most active trade centers; it sat on the intersection of several hyperspace routes, including the Rimma Trade Route, the Hydian Way, the Lipsec Run, and the Yankirk Route.

Geography:

Eriadu was covered in rugged landmasses and small seas. Its surface was full of dirty industry and waste zones that polluted its atmosphere, land and sea. The world remained in this polluted state because its legislators were more interested in expanding the planet's urban sprawl to match that of other city worlds like Coruscant rather than investing in atmosphere scrubbers, aquifer purifiers and waste disposal systems.

Major cities on Eriadu included its capital, Eriadu City,[5] Phelar and Old Town Factoryville. The planet was also mentioned to have forests. Eriadu was orbited by one natural moon, small shipyards, and several orbital habitats.

Society:

Eriadu was settled by Human colonists during the Galactic Republic era, prior to the Jedi Civil War. Eriaduan men tended to wear turbans and beards while women were veiled. Notable Eriaduans included the Tarkin family which played a role in the history of the Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire. Many if not all Eriaduans were also Humanocentric. The Eriaduan accent was distinctive.

History:

Galactic Republic:

When Eriadu was first colonized, it was mostly known for its local shellwork, despite sitting on several important hyperlanes. In 900 BBY, the Quintad, five families native to Corulag, took control of Eriadu with the intent of making it an economic powerhouse. They not only succeeded, but the economic realities caused the Seswenna sector to move its capital from Seswenna to Eriadu and reroute the Hydian Way through the planet. However, the surface was full of dirty industry and waste zones that made the atmosphere polluted. Its leaders also sought for Eriadu to bear the title of Coruscant of the Outer Rim which had been held millennia earlier by Taris until it was razed in 3,956 BBY during the Jedi Civil War by a Sith fleet under Darth Malak and Admiral Saul Karath.

The planet was represented in the Galactic Senate by Ranulph Tarkin and later by Shayla Paige-Tarkin during the last decades of the Galactic Republic. It remained loyal to the Republic during the Clone Wars, unlike its neighbors Sullust, Mayagil, and Sluis sectors, which joined Count Dooku's Confederacy of Independent Systems. During the Clone Wars, it was a Republic bastion and served as the headquarters for the Great Seswenna's Sector Army overseen by Wilhuff Tarkin and was protected by an entire Republic fleet under Gideon Tarkin.

The Galactic Empire:

Under the Galactic Empire, the Eriaduans kept non-Human slaves. These slaves were later emancipated by the New Republic. Eriadu was also the most important Imperial drydock.

The planet was the homeworld of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, formerly lieutenant governor of the planet under the Republic, who oversaw the Seswenna Sector and Oversector Outer from the planet under the New Order. After his death, the Tarkin Memorial Conference Center was constructed in Eriadu City, named to honor the late Grand Moff. After the Battle of Yavin, Ardus Kaine became the successor of Wilhuff Tarkin as Grand Moff of Oversector Outer.