Section:c
Cal - The yellow star orbited by Tibrin, homeworld of the Ishi Tib. [GG4]
Calamari - Calamari, sometimes called Mons Calamari, is almost entirely covered with water and is home to both the peaceful Mon Calamari and the cautious Quarren. The surface of the planet is covered with small marshy islands and enormous floating cities that house both species, with the Quarren inhabiting the lowest, darkest levels. These attractive constructions include Reef Home, Coral Depths, Coral City, and Foamwander City. The architecture and design of the Mon Calamari have organic appearances, with rounded edges and irregular surfaces that show their love for the natural beauty of their world. Raw ores used in construction are mined by the Quarren (who can breathe both air and water) from domed cities on the ocean floor. A permanent history of every event on Calamari is maintained by a community of meter-long, bivalve mollusks, who are extremely intelligent and will communicate their knowledge with those who ask. The Calamarian seas are also home to the dangerous predators known as krakanas-- sharklike animals with twin pincer tentacles. The Mon Calamari had already constructed enormous starships and begun traveling space when their planet was discovered by the Empire. The Imperials planned to enslave Calamari and, after meeting with resistance from its natives, destroyed three of its floating cities. After this, Calamarian starships were converted into warships and the shipbuilding docks in orbit around Calamari and its single moon became an important resource for the Alliance. Years later, the reborn Emperor used his World Devastators to destroy several more of Calamari's floating cities until the machines were defeated through the use of the Emperor's Master Control Signal. One year after that, Leia Organa Solo visited Admiral Ackbar at his home in the seatree forest in an attempt to bring him out of his self-imposed exile. A subsequent attack by Admiral Daala's Star Destroyers resulted in the destruction of Reef Home City. In ancient times Calamari was home to a now- extinct, ten-legged crustacean known as the mammoth krabbex. [DE, GG4, SWS, DA, AAS]
Caprioril - A tranquil world in the galactic core, Caprioril was the site of the infamous assassin droid tragedy in which a droid slaughtered 20,000 people (including famous swoop racer Ignar Ominaz) at a swoop arena in order to assassinate Governor Amel Bakli. Mara Jade briefly worked as a come-up flector for a swoop gang on Caprioril following the death of the Emperor. [DFR, SWS]
Cardooine - Home of the fragrant Fijisi wood. Sections of the President's Guests floor in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant are done in Fijisi wood from Cardooine. [TLC]
Carida - One of several planets in the Carida system, Carida was once a large, high-gravity world with a wide variety of terrain. The native Caridans were humanoid aliens with thin limbs and heavy barrel chests. Carida was the location of the most important Imperial military training center, which contained a main citadel building surrounded by a towering wall. The planet's varied surface consisted of rocky mountains, frozen ice fields and arctic wastes, jungles filled with carnivorous plants, and arid deserts (including the Forgofshar Desert) that were home to poisonous, multilegged reptiles. Stormtrooper candidates underwent harsh training in these environments to prepare themselves for action on a variety of worlds. Admiral Daala attended the Caridan academy before her appointment to Tarkin's staff. After the annihilation of Alderaan, several of the Death Star's designers were transferred from the battle station to Carida. Ambassador Furgan was the Caridan representative to the New Republic and oversaw the development of the MT-AT "spider walker," and Admiral Ackbar's aide Terpfen underwent torture and reconditioning on the planet in the hopes that he would serve as an Imperial puppet. Carida was utterly destroyed when Kyp Durron caused its star to go nova through the use of the Sun Crusher. [JS, DA, COTF, COTJ, TFTC]
Cathar - The homeworld of a feline alien species. The Jedi knights Sylvar and Crado, who trained under Vodo-Siosk Baas, were natives of Cathar. [DLOS]
Cattamascar - The site of an early engagement for the Ssi-ruuvi fleet, where they experienced an emergency reorient. [TAB]
Cauldron Nebula - A huge, rainbow-colored nebula composed of hydrogen, oxygen, and neon clouds from seven closely-orbiting blue supergiant stars. The closest habitable world to the nebula is Eol Sha, where colonists mounted an unsuccessful attempt to mine the nebula's gasses. The gas clouds and electromagnetic radiation in the nebula made it an ideal hiding place for Admiral Daala's Star Destroyers, until Kyp Durron caused all seven stars to go nova through his use of the Sun Crusher. Brakiss, leader of the Shadow Academy, had a picture of the seven Cauldron Nebula novas in his private office. [DA, YJK]
Cavrilhu? - The Cavrilhu pirate gang may hail from a planet called Cavrilhu, though they have been reported using Amorris as a base. [DFR]
Cedre system - A lifeless system with a blue star, located about three light years from Dathomir. [COPL]
Celanon system - The Celanon system is home to the mammoth consortium known as Pravaat, which manufactures and sells uniforms to interested parties. [COTJ]
Centerpoint Station - An enormous grey-white space station in the Corellian system, located at the balance point between the twin worlds of Talus and Tralus. Centerpoint presumably draws its power from the gravitational interflux between the Double Worlds. The ancient station, built before the invention of artificial grav, spins on its axis to provide centrifugal gravity. It is composed of a central sphere one hundred kilometers in diameter, with long, thick cylinders jutting from either side of the globe. The ends of the cylinders are referred to as the North and South Poles. The entire station is approximately three hundred fifty kilometers in length, even larger than the infamous Death Star. Centerpoint's simulated gravity becomes stronger the farther "down" one travels in the sphere, away from the axis of rotation. Several studies have been made on shifting the station over to artificial grav, but they have been abandoned due to expense and unknown side-effects. Centerpoint is completely covered with a bewildering array of piping, cables, antennae, cone structures and access ports; it would take several lifetimes to explore the vast and complex interior and exterior of the station. Hollowtown is the name given to the open sphere in the exact center of the station, which measures sixty kilometers in diameter. The walls of Hollowtown have long been colonized with homes, parks, lakes, orchards, and farmland, which received heat and light from the Glowpoint-- an artificial sun suspended in the exact center of the sphere. To simulate night, farmers installed adjustable shadow-shields, which appeared as bright patches of gold or silver from above. On both sides of the Hollowtown sphere, positioned along the spin axis, is a large cone ringed by six smaller cones; the sets are called the North and South Conical Mountains. Surrounding Hollowtown, and making up the remainder of the central sphere, are two thousand levels of decks and "shells" (decks which measure twenty meters high or more), with Shell One lying closest to Hollowtown. Centerpoint is believed to be a hyperspace repulsor, used in ancient times to transport the five Corellian planets into their current orbits from an unknown location. At some point the station was colonized, and Hollowtown-- which is actually a power-containment battery for the massive energy of firing a tractor-repulsor hyperspace burst-- became inhabited. Centerpoint remained stable for thousands of years, until the Saccorian Triad discovered that the station could destroy stars with a precise hyperspace shot from its South Pole. Two stars were targeted and destroyed, each accompanied by intense flareups in the Glowpoint. The small sun increased in heat so rapidly that Hollowtown and most of its inhabitants were completely incinerated during the first such incident. The Fed-Dub government immediately evacuated the remaining Centerpoint inhabitants to the Double Worlds, leaving Chief Operations Officer Jenica Sonsen in charge of the station. When word spread of the Hollowtown disaster it sparked several rebellions on Talus and Tralus. A group of starfighters representing one of the rebellions claimed the nearly-abandoned station for themselves, until chased off by a Bakuran cruiser. The massive interdiction and jamming fields, thrown over the entire Corellian system, were also generated from Centerpoint and activated by the Triad. The Triad's fleet was later defeated by New Republic and Bakuran forces, and the planned destruction of Bovo Yagen was averted at the last instant when a shot from the repulsor on Drall disrupted Centerpoint's firing process. [AAC, AAS, SAC]
Chad - Chad (also called Chadra), a watery world orbiting the blue-white star of the same name, is the fourth planet in its system and the homeworld of the sociable, rodent-like Chadra-Fan. Chad's nine moons create a pulsing system of tides, and clans of Chadra-Fan inhabit the bayous among the red gum-tree forests and cyperill trees. The Chadra-Fan do not bother to construct permanent structures due to the unpredictability of destructive hurricanes-- in fact, a "death wave" wiped out much of their civilization just ten years ago. Most Chadra-Fan machinery is powered by methane, and most technology is primitive by galactic standards. Despite this, many Chadra-Fan items are valued as exports due to the care and craftsmanship that went into their design. [GG4, TFTC]
Chad III - An ocean world with several moons. Life in Chad III's deep oceans include the long-necked cetaceans called tsaelkes, hunters called wystohs, and the fish-lizards called cy'een. The Jedi knight Callista was from Chad III, and worked a deep-water ranch on an ark with her family. The ark followed the herds along Chad III's Algic Current, which runs between Chad's equator and its Arctic Circle. Callista was later called away to Bespin by the Jedi master Djinn Altis. [COTJ]
Chadra - (see Chad)
Chalcedon - A rocky, volcanic world with a semi-breathable atmosphere, Chalcedon is a key hub in the galactic slave trade. The planet features dry, violent storms, frequent earthquakes and no indigenous lifeforms, though two colonies and a way station have been established on its surface. Many buildings and other items in the cities are constructed from dark volcanic glass. Traders and peasants inhabit the bazaars, while the bureaucrats (boneless, trunked aliens) live in the cities and control the slave trade. [TCS]
Chandrila - Covered with woods and trees, Chandrila is the homeworld of Alliance leader Mon Mothma. Mon Mothma's father was an arbiter-general of the Old Republic, and her mother was a governor of Chandrila. Dev Sibwarra (the Ssi-ruuk's human liaison) was originally from Chandrila, though his family fled to G'rho during the Jedi purge. The Imperial stormtrooper Triv Pothman was also from Chandrila, until his reassignment to Pzob to await the "Eye of Palpatine." [TAB, SWS, COTJ]
Charmath - Site of the University of Charmath. Alliance historian Arhul Hextrophon searched through old, classified data files at the University in order to find the hidden location of Yoda. [SWS]
Charubah - A technological world in the Hapes cluster, Charubah manufactures the Hapan Gun of Command. Those shot with the gun's electromagnetic wave field lose the ability to make rational decisions, and tend to follow any orders given them. [COPL]
Chazwa - Located in the Chazwa system and the Orus sector, Chazwa orbits a tiny white dwarf sun. Its central transshipment location means that heavy freight traffic is a common sight in the system. The smugglers Talon Karrde and Samuel Tomas Gillespee battled two Imperial Lancers at Chazwa, and later it was used as a rendezvous for Karrde, Par'tah, and Clyngunn the Ze'Hethbra to discuss actions against Grand Admiral Thrawn. [TLC]
Chokan system - Han Solo and Prince Isolder both worked as smugglers in the Chokan system years ago. Isolder continued to work there despite the rise of the Empire and a deadly plague in the area because he was seeing a woman in the system. [COPL]
Chrondre - The site of one battle during a multi-pronged attack by Grand Admiral Thrawn. The Star Destroyer Nemesis participated in this battle, which was actually a diversion to draw attention away from Thrawn's true target of Ukio. [TLC]
Churba sector - The Churba sector is where four Bothan ships attacked a Victory-class Star Destroyer and kept it occupied until an Alliance Star Cruiser could assist them. The planet New Cov is in the Churba sector. [DFR]
Cilpar - An Imperially-controlled planet covered with mountains, jungles, and forests. Dozens of ancient native temples, predating the human settlements on Cilpar and nearly indestructible, can be found scattered throughout the forest. Animal life on Cilpar includes the dangerous carnivores called ronks, which are attracted to light and highly allergic to oratay. Male ronks are considered a delicacy on Cilpar, though females are instantly fatal if eaten. Other foodstuffs sold on- planet include mundis and thrashed puerco. The local Moff is Boren Tascl, who was prepared to turn Imperial facilities over to the Alliance following the death of the Emperor. Instead, Tascl rejected the deal and wiped out two suburbs of a Cilpari city, including the neighborhood of Tamarack. Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron arrived on Cilpar three years after the Battle of Endor and set up a base in the mountains west of Kiidan. They were to pick up food and supplies from the Cilpari resistance and escort the convoy to Mrisst, but instead they ran into a waiting TIE fighter ambush. The leader of the Cilpari underground is a mysterious woman known only as Targeter. Elscol Loro represents the legitimate local government of Cilpar; she believes she and her followers were betrayed to the Empire by an Alliance contact. Elscol's husband Throm was killed fighting Moff Tascl's forces at the Battle of the Cliffs. [XWRS]
Clak'dor VII - Located in the Mayagil sector, Clak'dor VII is a small planet orbiting the large white star Colu and is the homeworld of the peaceful, highly-evolved Bith. Clak'dor VII was once a lush garden world with incredibly advanced technologies, but is currently an ecological wasteland featuring bubbling pink swamps due to a conflict between two Bith cities, Nozho and Weogar. The two cities, generations ago, unleashed gene-altering biological weapons on each other, mutating the planet's surface and forcing all surviving Biths to live in hermetically sealed domed cities. Clak'dor VII, due to the disaster, is unable to produce either basic needs for its citizens or goods for export and thus many Biths sell their intellectual abilities for employment as technical consultants. One food product produced by Bith hydroponic tanks are the nutritious (but flavorless) cubes called "bepps." [GG4, COTJ, TFTC]
Colu - The large white star circled by Clak'dor VII, home planet of the Bith. [GG4]
Columus - Homeworld of the Columi, Columus is a small world with an extremely low gravity. Columus is a completely flat, muddy planet with no erosionary forces and a wide variety of plant life. The Columi, a highly technological and intellectual species, inhabit high cities supported by sturdy pylons. The Columi disdain physical exertion and prefer to remain on Columus, developing their minds and helping to run their society through a participatory democracy. Apparently Columus voluntarily joined the Empire. [GG4]
Commenor - Han Solo once joked that he exchanged his sense of chivalry for a ten-carat crysopaz and three bottles of brandy on Commenor. [SWN]
Cona - Cona, the homeworld of the triangle-headed Arcona, is a hot, dense world orbiting the blue giant Teke Ro. Due to Cona's lack of axial tilt and temperature-distributing air currents, the climate is effectively the same everywhere on the planet's surface. Cona's atmosphere contains a high concentration of ammonia, and water is often found only in the gastric pods of Cona's plant life. The Arcona, who obtain water by digging out plant pods with their burrowing claws, live in loose communities of family nests and are easily addicted to salt. Many galactic companies have established mining colonies on Cona. The H'nemthe female M'iiyoom Onith was held over on Tatooine after returning from a visit to her sister on Cona. [GG4, TFTC]
Corellia - Corellia, located in the Corellian sector and system, orbits the star Corell with four other habitable planets. The inhabited worlds are called the Five Brothers, and Corellia is often referred to as the Elder Brother. Corellia is an attractive world, with farms and small towns located between rolling hills, fields, and pockets of razor grass. Sights include the Gold Beaches, the mid-size town of Bela Vistal, and the capital city of Coronet, located on the coast. Unlike many cities, Coronet has many wide open spaces-- small buildings and trading stalls separated by parks and plazas. The center of government in Coronet is the twenty-story Corona House, formerly inhabited by sector Governor-General Micamberlecto. Corellians are known to hold the importance of family in high esteem. Treasure Ship Row in Coronet, adjacent to Meteor Way and Starline Avenue, was formerly an eclectic bazaar catering to species from every corner of the galaxy. The galactic civil war and the Corellians' increasing isolation, however, caused a sharp decline in the trading industry, and Treasure Ship Row and other areas like it are now deserted. Although all three Corellian species (human, Selonian, and Drall) mingle freely in Coronet, the collapse of the Empire's central authority has led to separatist sentiment and anti-alien factions like the Human League. Beneath the surface of Corellia lies a vast network of tunnels built over thousands of years and home to many Selonians. Archeological excavation has recently begun on a series of underground chambers dating from pre-Republic days. Within this ancient complex is a vast planetary repulsor, once used to move the planet to its current orbit from an unknown location. Corellia was formerly ruled by a royal family, but became a republic three centuries ago after Berethon e Solo introduced democracy to the system. Fourteen years after the Battle of Endor, a riot in the Selonian enclave of Bela Vistal touched off widespread chaos and triggered the takeover of Corellia's government by Thrackan Sal-Solo and the Human League. The Human League was defeated, and Sal-Solo captured, by the intervention of the New Republic and a Bakuran task force. [COPL, AAC, AAS, SAC]
Corellian sector - The Corellian sector contains the Corellian system and dozens of others known as the "Outlier" systems (including the Sacorrian system). The Corellians have a reputation for keeping to themselves, and the Outlier systems are known to be even more secretive. The sector was formerly ruled by the Corellian Diktat, a title held by Dupas Thomree during the early years of the war against the Rebellion. Thomree consolidated his power during these years and caused the sector to become more isolated. After Thomree's death, Daclif Gallamby became Diktat and reduced the levels of Corellian military support for the Empire. After the Emperor's death, Gallamby lost more and more power and eventually disappeared into the Outlier systems. The most recent head of the sector, Governor-General Micamberlecto, had the backing of the New Republic but very little power or influence. Fourteen years after the Battle of Endor, the armies of the Sacorrian Triad attempted to force the New Republic into recognizing the Corellian sector as an independent state by controlling the starbuster weapon. At the same time, Thrackan Sal-Solo attempted to doublecross the Triad and seize power for himself. Both groups were defeated by New Republic representatives and a Bakuran task force. Micamberlecto was killed during the crisis, and Leia Organa Solo was expected to name Duchess Marcha of Mastigophorous the new Governor-General of the sector. [AAC, AAS, SAC]
Corellian system - The Corellian system, located in the Corellian sector, contains five inhabited worlds-- Corellia, Selonia, Drall, Talus, and Tralus-- collectively referred to as the Five Brothers. The five worlds have such close orbits that some theorists believe the entire system was created by unknown entities long ago. Recently, powerful repulsors have been discovered beneath the surface of each planet that seem to indicate they were moved into their current orbits from some unknown location. Centerpoint Station, located directly between the Double Worlds of Talus and Tralus, is the ancient device that theoretically was used to transport the five planets through hyperspace. The system is inhabited primarily by humans, Selonians, and Drall (though the latter two species are rarely seen outside the system), and is policed by the Corellian Defense Force. Pilots from the Corellian system are known throughout the galaxy for their superb skills, and the system is also notorious for its smugglers and pirates. The human-run Corellian shipyards are famous throughout the galaxy for their long, distinguished manufacture of a vast variety of starships. Some disreputable Corellian spaceports are known to construct unreliable, patched- together ships commonly called "Uglies." The system contains a large space station called Gus Treta. A famous Corellian work of literature is "The Fall of the Sun" by Erwithat, and a respected Corellian honor is the red trouser piping known as the Corellian Bloodstripe. [SW, MTS, COTJ, HSLL, AAC, AAS, SAC]
Corfai - After resupplying on Wistril, the Star Destroyer Chimaera was planning to join the Stormhawk and ambush a New Republic convoy near Corfai. [DFR]
Corporate Sector - The Corporate Sector is composed of tens of thousands of star systems, none of which has developed intelligent life. There is currently no explanation for this, although numerous theories have been proposed. The Corporate Sector Authority (CSA) was formed to exploit the assets of the planets in this sector, and it has become as wealthy and influential as the richest sectors in Imperial space. Typically the CSA uses up all the resources of a planet and moves on to another one, and is not above using slave labor or polluting the environment. The Authority is run by a company-like bureaucracy including a Board of Directors, Territorial Managers, and Auditor-Generals. The protective CSA also has its own military forces, including its Security Police, or "Espos." Planets in the Corporate Sector, in addition to its formal, sterile capitol worlds, include Ammuud, Bonadan, Roonadan, Etti IV, Kalla, Kail, Orron III, Duroon, Mytus VII, and the Trianii colony world. Han Solo and Chewbacca had several exploits in the Corporate Sector during their early adventuring. [HSSE, HSR]
Corsin - Located in the Greater Plooriod Cluster, Corsin was a beautiful world known for its love of life until it was forcibly subjugated by Imperial troops. Alliance historian Voren Na'al witnessed the start of the military occupation while covering the prestigious swoop races on Corsin. [MTS]
Corstris - A forested planet on which Han Solo spent some time as part of his Alliance duties. [TLC]
Coruscant - The governmental capital of the galaxy for generations, Coruscant and its two moons orbit a small white sun in the Core Worlds. Located in the system of the same name, Coruscant is known as the "Scintillant Planet" in old songs. The planet's entire landmass is covered by an enormous, multileveled city (now called Imperial City) whose foundations have been in place since the beginning of the Old Republic, over a thousand generations ago. The oldest and densest population centers border the equator. Kilometer-high skyscrapers (some extending to the lower fringes of the atmosphere) and numerous spaceports cover Imperial City, and its sky is filled with the lights of arriving and departing air traffic. Kitelike hawk-bats make their homes in the artificial canyons, hunting granite slugs on the lower levels. To the south of the city lie the snow-covered Manarai Mountains. The pyramidal Imperial Palace, said to be an impregnable fortress, is constructed of grey-green rock and sparkling crystals and is taller than all other neighboring structures including the Senate building. Hanging gardens, marble pyramids, and crystal roofs decorate the Palace, and some areas were decorated by the Emperor with patterns based on ancient Sith hieroglyphics. The Palace contains the Grand Corridor, which links the Council chamber with the Assemblage auditorium, and has a cross hallway lined with suites (including Leia Organa Solo's office) that leads to the Inner Council meeting room. The Grand Corridor, personally designed by Emperor Palpatine, features a high ceiling and cutglass windows, and is lined with greenish-purple, vibration-sensitive ch'hala trees (revealed to be part of an elaborate surveillance system). All residential floors in the Palace contain extensive libraries, and the old-fashioned President's Guests floor is done in hand-carved Fijisi wood. After taking control of the Palace, Palpatine added a set of turbolifts in the rear of the building as well as several secret modifications including hidden entrances. Some residential areas are in the area known as the Tower, located on the border of the Palace with windows overlooking the city. The lower floor of the Palace is entirely dedicated to military operations, and contains the offices of admirals Ackbar and Drayson and a blast-shielded war room in its center. Adjacent to the war room is the Crypt, a computer slicing and decoding center. The Palace's command floor contains offices for Sector Ordnance/Supply and Starfighter Command. One wing of the Palace is a medical area, while another has been specially modified to accommodate the water-loving Mon Calamari. The structures in this humid wing are designed to resemble a coral reef, and an enclosed pool containing protoplasmic glurpfish and other sealife circulates around the rooms. Other areas of the vast Palace include treasuries, pavilions, prisons, music rooms, and summer and winter quarters. The Imperial Information Center is located beneath the Palace. Other attractions on Coruscant include the Grand Towers, the Skydome Botanical Gardens, the one-kilometer long Grand Reception Hall, the underground city of Dometown, the Grandis Mon theater, the Holographic Zoo of Extinct Animals, the Great Galactic museum (which held ancient Sith artifacts four thousand years ago), the University of Coruscant, and the celebration known as Carnival Week. For the last three hundred years the clock in the Central Gathering Hall has marked the hour by spreading a light across the sky. An Imperial interrogation facility was located deep within a shielded, reinforced section of one of Coruscant's many towers. The lowest, darkest levels of Imperial City were abandoned long ago and are now home to discarded equipment, wrecked starships, mosses and lichens, spider-roaches and armored rats, and nameless subhumans moving through the shadows. Due to the danger, the lowest forty or fifty levels are typically restricted from normal traffic. Many feral animal species (having escaped from former confinement) inhabit these levels, including the eyeless creatures called "corridor ghouls." A seedy tavern in this area is said to have not seen the sun in 90,000 years. Jacen and Jaina Solo had an encounter with a group of former bureaucrats in Coruscant's lowest levels, who had taken up residence there to escape Palpatine's inevitable anger over a filing error. The snow- covered polar regions of Coruscant are home to turbo-ski resorts, and are continuously mined by ice-boring machines. Huge pipelines then deliver the melted ice to the metropolitan areas. The space surrounding Coruscant is defended by Golan III orbital battle stations and a low-orbit space-dock facility, while a powerful energy shield protects the planet itself. Coruscant was the capital of the Old Republic for many prosperous generations, and the planet's metropolis was called Republic City. During the Great Droid Revolution on Coruscant millennia ago, Jedi Master Arca learned techniques for disabling machines through the use of the Force. After the rise of the Empire, the planet's metropolis was renamed Imperial City and Palpatine took up residence in the Imperial Palace. The Emperor's Court was composed of ambitious courtesans vying for power, and back-stabbing concubines each hoping to bear Palpatine's child. Leia Organa attended a reception for the Emperor at the age of eighteen. Alima, an Imperial officer who ordered the brutal subjugation of Ithor, was a native of Coruscant. In the years following the Battle of Endor, the planet was captured from the Empire by Alliance forces and named the capital of the New Republic. During the fighting the Imperial Palace was shelled and looted, and many members of the Emperor's Court were killed by Rebel partisans. Five years after Endor, Grand Admiral Thrawn attacked the New Republic on Coruscant and blockaded the planet using a group of cloaked asteroids. Six years after Endor, following the rebirth of the Emperor, vicious Imperial attacks forced the New Republic to evacuate the planet. The victorious Imperial factions then began to fight amongst themselves, devastating much of Imperial City and filling Coruscant's orbit with wrecked starships. Following the downfall of the resurrected Emperor, the New Republic recaptured Coruscant and set to work repairing the extensive damage with the help of 40-story construction droids. Imperial Admiral Daala planned to cripple the planet with a suicide Star Destroyer strike, but was unable to implement her plan. [HTTE, DFR, TLC, DE, JS, DA, COTF, COPL, AAC, FNU, DLOS, COTJ, AAS, TFTC, YJK]
Corvis Minor - A planet with a very unremarkable history. Each residential floor library in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant contains a multicard set entitled "The Complete History of Corvis Minor," which actually holds a small hand blaster. [TLC]
Cron Drift - Located between the six remaining Auril systems. Four thousand years ago during the Great Sith War, four stars simultaneously went nova in the area of space now known as the Cron Drift, destroying three of the nine Auril systems. Multicolored gasses from the multiple explosion fill the area, and powerful x-rays and gamma radiation help mask any visiting ships from sensor probes. Ploovo Two-For-One was a bunko-steerer out of the Cron Drift, and Han Solo and Chewbacca made an unsuccessful attempt at clotheslegging in the Drift after leaving the Corporate Sector. [HSSE, HSLL, DA, DE2]
Crseih Station - Crseih Station, formerly stationed near a black hole (with a glowing accretion disk) located in the intersection of two star clusters, orbited a white dwarf star that was freezing into a quantum crystal. The station, capable of hyperspace travel, is a cluster of asteroids joined together by gravity fields and connecting airlink tunnels between the residential domes. The intense X rays of the adjacent black hole required powerful shielding for the residents and for all visiting ships, and the power required to run the shields made the station uncomfortably warm. Despite the shields, some X rays penetrated the defenses and mutated the plant life on the station. Crseih had been a secret research facility for the Empire and was used by Lord Hethrir, the Procurator of Justice, as his headquarters. Hethrir tested methods of coercion on unwilling prisoners as the station moved from system to system, until it was sent to the crystal star in an attempt to use the black hole's power for military purposes. After the fall of the Empire, the station became a lawless outpost featuring carnivals, saloons, and aliens from every corner of the galaxy. Crseih was also involved in the slave trade through Hethrir's actions, and was known as Asylum Station by those in the slaving business. The enigmatic being called Waru created a cult on Crseih with his healing abilities until he apparently disappeared from this universe following a confrontation with Luke Skywalker. Crseih Station was then moved to Munto Codru in order to escape the resultant destruction when the crystallizing white dwarf was swallowed by the black hole. [TCS]
Culroon III - An out-of-the-way planet with an amazing history of violence, Culroon III was largely ignored by the Old Republic. Due to their constant wars the primitive Culroon never developed space travel, but they did trade for technological goods including blasters. When the Empire decided to construct a garrison on Culroon III, the Imperial general in charge of the operation agreed to a ceremonial surrender of the Culroon people by their leader, Kloff. When this ceremony turned out to be an ambush by the Culroon, the Imperial staff was rescued by an AT-AT commanded by then-lieutenant Veers. [SWS, MTS]
Cyax system - The Cyax system contains the planet Da Soocha and its uncharted fifth moon, where the Alliance established Pinnacle Base during the Emperor's reappearance. [DE]
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