Cularin Система: CularinРегион: Mid Rim or Expansion Region
Сектор: Галактические координаты: Количество тел в системе: Suns - Morasil and Termadus, Планеты: 1) Acilaris, 2) Cularin, (Луны: Rennokk, Tilnes), 3) Genarius (Луны: Ulbasca, Eskaron, Uffel, Ostfrei), 4) Almas (Планетоид: Dorumaa (formerly a planet with its own orbit), 5) Morjakar, Cularin Belt (formerly Oblis), Cularin comet cloud
The Cularin system was on the Mid Rim-Expansion Region border[3] and was located just off the Corellian Trade Spine, in between Kalarba and Aridus.[2] It was a seven-planet binary star system that contained the planets of Cularin and Almas.[1] It became a five-planet system when the planet Oblis was destroyed by the power of the Darkstaff. This destruction also knocked Dorumaa from its orbit to eventually become a moon of Almas.
Планета: AcilarisКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до солнца: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация:Состав атмосферы: Температура поверхности, С: Климат: Ландшафт: Barren wastes
Стандартный день: Стандартный год: Численность населения: Основные виды: Интересные локации: Предприятия: Экономика: Крупные города: Описание: The innermost world of the Cularin system, Acilaris was barely large enough to be considered a planetoid. Nevertheless, it had enough gravity to hold an atmosphere,[1] albeit one which was laden with sulfur, carbon, and boron.
The surface of Acilaris was too hot even for a ship to land, and was believed to be rich in natural minerals and crystals. However, the temperature prohibited mining activities. In 31 BBY, there were rumors of the droids of Uffel accepting contracts to design mining machinery able to withstand the local conditions.[
Изображение: Планета: CularinКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до солнца: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация:Состав атмосферы: Температура поверхности, С: Климат: Tropical
Ландшафт: Rain forest, Jungle, Mountainous jungle
Стандартный день: 22 standard hours
Стандартный год: 300 standard days
Численность населения: Основные виды: Tarasin, Dua-wurm, Kilassin, Mulissiki, Swamp womp rat (possibly imported), Jo tree, Immigrated species - Humans, others
Интересные локации: Cloud Mountain, Hiironi irstat, Ishkik caverns, Kiallquis range, Sacred ch'hala tree grove
Предприятия: Bollin, Gadrin, Hedrett, Lissken, Mikish, Soboll, Tindark
Экономика: Крупные города: Описание: Cularin was a planet in the Cularin system. It had two moons, the molten Rennokk and the barren Tilnes. The planet was known for its exotic hardwoods, especially the ch'hala tree. The whole planet was considered strong in the Force.
History
Cularin, initially inhabited by Force-strong Tarasin species, was first charted by the Jedi Order during the New Sith Wars: They tracked Sith Darth Rivan to neighbor planet Almas, in the Cularin system, and expelled him from the system. The planet Cularin was not settled or scouted.[1]
The planet was forgotten after 1,250 BBY until rediscovered by Reidi Artom 232 BBY. From 161 BBY to 154 BBY, the planet suffered the Tarasin Revolt against the Trade Federation, resolved by the Jedi with the Cularin Compact. The Trade Federation eventually exploited loopholes in the Compact and gained effective control of the system, with the only other major power being the systemwide criminal Organization (Riboga the Hutt, leader of the Organization, had one of his offices there).[1]
The Federation lost control of the system in 32 BBY due to the Metatheran Cartel. The Cularin system also joined the Republic, and Lavina Durada-Vashne Wren was elected to represent the Cularin system in the Galactic Senate.[1]
Immediately after that, Senator Wren asked the Republic for continued military presence in the system, to deter pirate attacks. The Republic sent a fleet of the Thaereian military under infamous Colonel Jir Tramsig, who first built a base in the moon of Dorumaa, orbiting neighbor planet Almas, to analyze the situation and make the first attacks. Tramsig then built a second, bigger military base on Cularin, with its own private military spaceport for his four capital warships and eighteen patrol craft. Although Tramsig could not stop the pirates beyond their more bold attacks, or serve as an effective system police, he did manage to disturb local business with the increasing traffic — earning the contempt of the population.[1]
Shortly after the Battle of Naboo, the Cularin system literally disappeared from the galaxy for a decade, before reappearing just as suddenly as it went away. Many believe the phenomenon had something to do with the Darkstaff. The neighboring system of Thaere was tasked with protecting Cularin, but during the Clone Wars, Thaere's connection to the Confederacy was exposed. Lavina Wren opposed the increasing executive powers given to Palpatine. As a result, she was branded a traitor. Cularin was placed under martial law and occupied by clone troopers; as a response, the Cularin system withdrew from the Galactic Republic and
established itself as a sovereign system.
Behind the scenes
In the Living Force Campaign Guide, Cularin is described as being located in the Expansion Region near the Corellian Trade Spine. Maps of the galaxy, however, have placed it in the Mid Rim, just on the other side of the "border" between the two regions, near the Corellian Run.
The name originally submitted to LFL for Cularin was "Cristos." The name was rejected on initial review for having religious overtones, and was subsequently changed by Robert Wiese.
Изображение: Луна: RennokkКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до планеты: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация: Состав атмосферы: Температура поверхности, С: Ландшафт: Стандартный день: Стандартный год: Описание: Rennokk was a moon of Cularin. It was a molten planetoid, its glow visible on Cularin. Reidi Artom's survey of the moon indicated there were minerals of interest in the lava of the planet, but nobody had attempted to reach those minerals by 31 BBY.[1]
Rocky outcroppings rising out of the magma made it possible to land on the planet. Reidi Artom landed on the tallest one and dubbed it Artom's Crest. A rumored metallic city in a cave was also said to exist on Rennokk.[1]
There were reported to be life forms on Rennokk. Artom visited the planet a second time with a pressure suit and found something apparently alive that chased her; she escaped and swore not to come back without firepower. A century after Reidi Artom's survey, an expedition to the moon was attacked by a worm-like lava creature. Only one member of the expedition survived, though accounts varied on whether this survivor was a Trandoshan named Tusskrek or a Tarasin named Kum'Jushkin.
Изображение: Луна: TilnesКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до планеты: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация: Состав атмосферы: Температура поверхности, С: Ландшафт: Barren rock
Стандартный день: Стандартный год: Численность населения: Основные виды: Yri worms, Immigrated species - Humans
Интересные локации: Предприятия: Экономика: Крупные города: Описание: Tilnes was a moon of Cularin with underground crystal mines. Though it had an atmosphere, Tilnes was barely capable of sustaining life due to the fact that for two months a year, its orbit around Cularin took it too close to Morasil, one of the Cularin system's suns. Only hardy grass and yri worms were native to the moon.[1]
The moon's rich crystal resources were not known until a meteor impact uncovered a deposit. The crystals were good for power foci for T-32S light blasters, while others were suitable for the building of lightsabers. Initial attempts at settlement of Tilnes ran into troubles during the passage close to Morasil. Eventually, underground settlements were created to hide from the high radiation. The Verga Mer Mining Company (VMMC) established the first of these around 62 BBY, the success of which granted them a charter, and they remained the largest mining firm on Tilnes. Miners from that and other companies met in The Underground, a cantina which was considered "politically neutral ground".[1]
The nature of the moon's crystal deposits, radiation exposure, and seismic activity combined to send out pulses that interfered with the operation of droids (All the originally sent droids had left, except for advisor S-4QD). The mining of Tilnes became a task completed by a "purely organic workforce," which became a positive selling point in drawing workers to the mines. The possitive results of this measure during the first two years encouraged Verga Mer to set higher goals, which would never be reached. Nevertheless, the operation had no difficulty finding investors from Cularin and from other systems, and Verga Mer became an important economic power in the surrounding systems.[1]
A large crevasse known as Kaernor's Smile was one of the most distinctive features of Tilnes. The disturbing dreams and power failures associated with the canyon kept all mining operations from coming close to it.
Изображение: Планета: GenariusКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до солнца: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация:Состав атмосферы: Температура поверхности, С: Климат: Gas giant
Ландшафт: Gas giant
Стандартный день: 30 standard hours
Стандартный год: 1,424 standard days
Численность населения: 5,000,000
Основные виды: Immigrated species - None (pre -war; Humans, many other species)
Интересные локации: Предприятия: Экономика: Крупные города: Conkesta, Depatar, Edic Bar, Friz Harammel, Ipsus, Nub Saar, Oluna Biqua, Rorkee, Tolea Biqua, Varna Biqua
Описание: Genarius was a gas giant in the Cularin system. Much like Bespin, it had floating cities, including a manufacturing city built by SoroSuub Corporation 32 BBY.[1] The floating cities of Genarius were viewed as relatively lawless by the standards of the rest of the Cularin system.
The mixture of gases in Genarius was unusually rare for the Galaxy, with many existing in stable form due to mixing with others and the presence of radiation from the planet's core. Argon mixed with heavy beskium, and three distinct carbon isotopes in gaseous form, creating a blend of blue and orange in the atmosphere. In addition, over 150 elements existed in the atmosphere in trace amounts (less than 50 parts per million).[1] Tibanna and irolunn gas could also be found on Genarius.
Genarius gave off its own glow, along with heat and energy. Its core was a producer of low-energy fusion, with temperatures as hot as protostars though not great enough to turn the planet into a star. Storms of extremely forceful winds and deadly radiation would sweep up from below and could devastate unprotected cities.[1]
Unlike most gas giants, Genarius had native animal life: the jellyfish-like cochlera. This species was hardy and able to adapt to a wide range of conditions on Genarius. However, no specimen was able to survive for more than one standard day if taken away from Genarius' unique mix of atmospheric gases.
History
After Reidi Artom discovered the Cularin system in 232 BBY, it did not take long for entrepreneurs to come to the system. The earliest efforts at settlement focused on the four moons of Genarius. Once the stability of the planet's atmosphere was determined, the attempt to build a city in the atmosphere began.[1]
Nub Saar was the first city built. It was constructed hastily and was not prepared for the intense radiation storms. It had almost been abandoned by the time it was hit by a storm so hard, most of the cities' structures fell and the residents that remained were disintegrated. Though it was a setback in settling the planet, the lessons learned from Nub Saar were applied to future cities. Radiation shields were a priority, and the buildings were made strong enough to resist the intense winds.[1]
There were other cities constructed that failed, but Friz Harammel, built by Daedalus Gas Mines Corporation, was the first city to succeed. It was expected to be a disaster in the making, but the lessons of Nub Saar had been properly applied, and after a year of mining operations, the city's overseer was able to announce staggering profits. Her speech not only renounced the city's critics, but it was worded to incite more interest in Genarius from other businesses: More trade meant more profit. External investors would came during centuries, among them being Qar Jalunn.[1]
By 188 BBY, there were multiple cities floating in the orange and blue-hued clouds of Genarius. It was these cities that Dark Jedi Kibh Jeen attacked to begin the Dark Jedi Conflict. Thousands died. The Conflict moved on from Genarius, and Jeen's forces were eventually defeated in 181 BBY.[1]
After Riboga the Hutt came to the Cularin system in 110 BBY, he had the city of Tolea Biqua built at his command, which became his part-time home. He did not want to give the independent cities of Genarius the opportunity to gang up against him, so he organized them first. He presented to the city leaders that together, they presented a united front and could make more money than independently.[1]
Riboga created a Central Council with two members each from the major cities of Genarius, those cities accounting for only half of the planet's population but 90% of its wealth. The other cities paid the Council tribute for protection. Riboga led the Council himself initially, but once he was satisfied with the Council's attributations and status quo, he allowed them to elect their own leader. New representatives were chosen every two years. While each city still operated pretty independently, trade decisions had to pass through the Council.[1]
After Riboga left the system, Nirama did not concern himself with the Council, so they began to be the body that Riboga had initially described. They still accepted tribute from the smaller cities without granting them seats, and only paid attention to their own concerns.[1] When Ipsus and Edic Bar were created, the wealth and prestige Naescorcom and SoroSuub brought gained these cities each two seats on the Central Council almost immediately.
Each city on Genarius focused on a different industry. Edic Bar produced starfighters, Friz Harammel did gas mining and radiocarbon harvesting, Ipsus manufactured diverse supplies, and Tolea Biqua and Varna Biqua provided vice without restrictions.[1] Rorkee, originally intended as a study center, based its economy in the tourism it could gather using a faitful reproduction of an archaelogical site from the moon of Dorumaa after the Dorumaa Investment Group restricted access to the original one.[5] Depatar, officially a "neutral ground" for whatever parts looking for such a place, was a recognized black market, probably the biggest in the Cularin system; and it also generated a handsome income through its internal bureaucracy. The Genariusan cities as a whole were the biggest centers of business, manufacturation and distribution in the Cularin system as of 31 BBY.[3]
In 31 BBY, a fallen Jedi called Karae Nalvas secretly built an armored flying city, similar to the others in Genarius, but he also endowed it with firepower enough to destroy almost any of the Genariusan cities. Nalvas's enemy Alec, a Jedi Knight, theorized that Nalvas wanted to take over or destroy the cities, collapsing the economy of the system and breaking out a war. Alec stole the blueprints of such a weapon of mass destruction and hid in Depatar, but Nalvas managed to recover the documents.[3]
Nalvas hid his city, the Conkesta, near the planetary core to avoid detection. Alec detected it anyway and recruited several people, including Dr. Shilaea Motacc and several adventurers, all of whom had worked for Nalvas unaware of the dark Jedi's real plans. Alec asked some of his allies to raid the Conkesta and upload a virus to end with its threat, while he was busy tracking Nalvas. The virus sent the Conkesta to the core of Genarius, where it was destroyed,[2] apparently with a great burst of dark side energy that Nalvas could not hope to control.[6] Nalvas left the Cularin system, but Genarius was safe and the Conkesta was never really used against any of its cities.[2]
After the Clone Wars a terrible war broke out between the government of Genarius and the group known as the Coalition. When the Coalition's main warship collided with the city of Tolea Biqua, the planet was rendered nearly uninhabitable due to the instability of the atmosphere.
Behind the scenes
When the Living Force Campaign Guide discussed Riboga setting up the Central Council, the "result" was said to be a council with representatives from Ipsus, Edic Bar, Tolea Biqua, Varna Biqua, and Friz Harammel. However, Ipsus and Edic Bar were not founded until after Riboga left the Cularin system, so the five cities listed would be seen as the ultimate result as of 31 BBY. What is unknown is if the original Council represented only three cities, or if Ipsus and Edic Bar forced out two of Genarius' lesser cities from representation.
Изображение: Луна: EskaronКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до планеты: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация: Состав атмосферы: Температура поверхности, С: Ландшафт: Стандартный день: Стандартный год: Описание: Изображение: Eskaron was a moon of Genarius.[1]
Originally a habitable moon, Eskaron was perforated by long networks of tunnels created by space worms, which fed on type of metal within the planet. The worms exposed Eskaron's molten core, which expanded, destroyed the local atmosphere and killed several of the worms. Once all of that metal was consumed, the space worms moved on, leaving behind only the tunnels and some remains.[1]
The tunnels varied in size, from only a few meters up to several kilometers wide. Most tunnels were large enough for starships to fly through, so organized races were set up by Riboga the Hutt since 72 BBY, an activity which continued after Nirama took over Riboga's organization in 53 BBY. Nirama took a cut of the revenues, and also bet himself on the results of the race. The races were active in 32 BBY. The governor of Forard city, Klis Joo, was building a racer for the Eskaron races as a hobby at that time.[1]
The tunnels were also used to test piloting skills, and the Blood Velkers gang held rites of initiation there.[1]
In 32 BBY, there was a track that youth gang Blood Raptors used while Nirama's races were being performed in other part of Eskaron. The Raptor track first went through The Spiral and, after a sharp turn, through the area known as Skinning the Mynock, formed as two figure eights. It then crossed the track of Nirama's race and continued through the Cavern of Teeth and twelve zig-zag turns, before leaving the moon. The first racers could then choose between going to the asteroid belt and back, or visiting the city of Nub Saar before going back to the start point; any other racers were supposed to follow the chosen path.[2]
At that point, during a race at that track between Raptor Gael Kinner's G-59 Cannibalizer and Rodian intimidated entrepreneur Teeloo's YT-1210 Neeva-Beelo, one of Nirama's racers was destroyed, killing pilot Arraxx. Immediately, Nirama asked for revenge of the responsible people, who were tracked after they finished the race
Луна: OstfreiКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до планеты: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация: Состав атмосферы: Carbon monoxide, methane
Температура поверхности, С: Климат: Cold
Ландшафт: Rocky wastelands
Стандартный день: 27 standard hours
Стандартный год: 1,424 standard days
Описание: Ostfrei was a moon of Genarius. The moon was very dark, with its unique orbit keeping it in the shadow of Genarius most of the time. Its thick atmosphere prevented most of the light that the moon did receive from reaching down to the surface. Ostfrei was habitable at one time, but when Oblis was destroyed, Ostfrei was close enough to be affected. Asteroid impacts from the destruction started a seismic chain-reaction which left the moon uninhabitable.[1]
There was not much of note on Ostfrei, so it was ignored by most of the residents of the Cularin system. Ships of the Thaereian Navy were sometimes seen around the moon. The Thaereians had a secret military base on Ostfrei since around 31 BBY, but no ships were seen going down to the moon's surface by observers.
Изображение: Луна: UlbascaКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до планеты: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация: Состав атмосферы: Oxygen, poisonous gas
Температура поверхности, С: Ландшафт: Cold rocky desert
Rotation period: Rotation period Eternal
Стандартный год: 1,424 standard days
Описание: Ulbasca was a moon of Genarius. Its orbit around its primary was such that Ulbasca was always situated in the light of the Cularin system's two suns. Light reflected by Genarius meant that even a side of Ulbasca facing away from the suns never experienced a true night.[1]
Ulbasca had a type II atmosphere. Trace amounts of poisonous gases required a breath mask for visits of more than a few hours. The only major life forms on Ulbasca were lizards and snakes. Some of the snakes had short limbs to help with climbing, and the larger snakes could grow up to 40 meters. The reptiles subsisted on the moon's sulferous plants and each other. Ulbasca's surface was mostly flat, but was occasionally broken by mountains and canyons. The reptiles' preferred terrain was in those canyons.[1]
Ulbasca had no mineral wealth of note, but was claimed by two corporations, SoroSuub and Naescorcom. Neither attempted to do any mining of the moon, but argued over mining rights anyway
Изображение: Луна: UffelКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до планеты: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация: Состав атмосферы: Poisonous gases
Температура поверхности, С: Ландшафт: Cold rocky desert
Стандартный день: 19 standard hours
Стандартный год: 1,424 standard days
Численность населения:Основные виды: Immigrated species - Droids
Интересные локации:Предприятия:Экономика:Крупные города: X2-4
Описание: Uffel was a droid manufacturing moon run, inhabited, and owned entirely by droids. The moon had a poisonous atmosphere, which is so thick that the planet is kept perpetually in twilight during its day. The first droids came to Uffel with a pair of Twi'leks who were mounting a survey of the moon in 90 BBY. Their ship crashed and the Twi'leks were killed, but the modified protocol droid QS-2D accompanying them survived, along with two R4 units, R4-S2 and R4-J9.[1]
Determining they were free, QS-2D decided to mine the moon. It contacted Riboga the Hutt and arranged for more droids to be delivered for its operation in return for a cut of the mining profits. The mining was successful, and the droids kept building up their operation, expanding into droid manufacturing, with the MSF-series mouse droid being their greatest success. With that line's profits, QS-2D was able to buy out Riboga's interests shortly before Riboga left the system in 53 BBY.[1]
In a few years, QS-2D built the mechanic city of X2-4, which included a single-droid-controlled spaceport but not any accommodation of organics–visiting clients were supposed to use pressure suits. As the droids lacked greed, the incomes were used to improve and maintain the city. QS-2D also designed war droids to protect the factory from any organic attack, led by HG-211; and engineering droid G-8Y5 to develop, maintain and improve the droids in Uffel; G-8Y5 was responsible of the design of local space defense weapon platforms. The Uffel droid designs expanded through the Cularin system and many people in Genarius said that their strange-looking droid was a prototype from Uffel.[1]
After the success of the MSF droid, the initial crash-landing settlement was abandoned in favor of X2-4; the initial mines were also abandoned when they dried out, but the droids looked for other mines to work at.[1]
At some point before 32 BBY, Alderaanian politician Barnab Chistor satisfied his exploring urges of youth by joining an expedition to Uffel. Chistor discovered that scouting was too uncomfortable for his tastes and, when he returned to Cularin, he devoted himself to politics.[1]
Uffel was vainly attacked by four pirate ships in 33 BBY, before the Trade Federation left the Cularin system. The platforms destroyed three ships and shot down the last one; the surviving crew were killed by war droids after the landing.[1]
In 31 BBY, rumor said that Uffel was accepting contracts to design mining machinery able to withstand the conditions of Acilaris, the innermost world in the Cularin system, which was too hot to allow any activity.[1]
At some point during the Yuuzhan Vong War (25-30 ABY), the New Jedi Order-aligned Iron Knights repelled an attack on Uffel by the Red Knights of Life, a Yuuzhan Vong-allied group who abhorred technology.
Изображение: Астероиды: Cularin system asteroid beltКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до солнца: Описание: This thin asteroid belt in the Cularin system was the remnants of Oblis, the jungle homeworld of the Oblee. It laid between the orbits of Almas and Genarius. One of the stranger asteroids in the belt was known as the Crystal Snare, a remnant of the large crystal deposits in Oblis.[1]
The belt was used as a hiding place by smugglers working for Nirama. Nirama's criminal organization itself was based on the largest asteroid, over 400 kilometers in diameter.[1] He also controlled other asteroids, including repair station Darkside, which received its name for being always in the shadow of other, bigger asteroids.[2]
It was also used as a hiding place and ambush point for groups of pirates, in the other part of the belt. Ships had to leave hyperspace to pass further in-system, which made it an ideal place for the pirates to prey. [1]
At some point, the Czerka Mining Corporation established a mining outpost, CMC-3, there.[3]
In 188 BBY, former Padawan Kibh Jeen, who had fallen to the dark side due to the Almas Sith fortress, used his mind powers to control the pirates in the asteroid belt and to attract other minions, creating an army that he would use for seven years in the Dark Jedi Conflict: Jeen and his troops, based in the asteroid belt, attacked the planets and the transports in the systems, and disappeared among the asteroids so that no-one could find them. Jeen was eventually killed by a local, Jedi-led armada, but the pirate presence remained in the belt.[1]
In 32 BBY, Colonel Jir Tramsig, a Thaereian officer assigned to protect Cularin system, reacted to the pirate ambushes on civilian ships, by sending military cruisers through that same route; in one ambush, his cruiser destroyed five pirate ships, and discouraged the tactic among the pirates. [1]
In 31 BBY, the Blood Raptors organized a race through the tunnels of Eskaron. The first racer to leave the moon could choose the path for the reminder of the race: Either go through the Cularin system asteroid belt and back, and then to the starting point, Tolea Biqua; or visit the dangerous Nub Saar before returning to Tolea Biqua. Expert Raptor racer Gael Kinner preferred the asteroid belt.[4]
Soon afterwards, The Cell, a faction of Nirama's organization that conspired against him, wrestled with Nirama for the control of some strategic asteroids, including the space station Darkside and the main weapon storage facility Rothe Gate. Nirama eventually defeated the rebellion.[2][5]
One local pirate gang known as the Red Fury Brotherhood had its base in asteroid L-7, although most of the gang almost evacuted L-7 annually to go to the SoroSuub party of the city of Tolea Biqua, in Genarius.[6]
Around 31 BBY, Nirama's agent Len Markus obtained a Sith artifact called Darkstaff in the Cularin belt and attempted to leave the system with it. One decade later, Markus's agent Phylus Mon, who was holding the Darkstaff, tried to hide his ship, Animiasma, in the Belt. The Darkstaff then tried to modify the galaxy around it to its image; however, it only managed to turn the ship, and not the Belt, into a dark side nexus.[7]
Explorer Jag Murrock discovered Adegan crystal extracts in parts of the Cularin asteroid belt around 22 BBY.
Изображение: Планета: AlmasКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до солнца: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация: Standard
Состав атмосферы: Type I (Breathable)
Температура поверхности, С: Климат: Kaluthin plains, Wasteland
Ландшафт: Стандартный день: 38 standard hours
Стандартный год: 8784 standard days
Численность населения: Основные виды: Dark Lizard of the Sith, Immigrated species - Humans, Many races
Интересные локации: Almas Academy, Almas Sith fortress
Предприятия: Экономика: Крупные города: Forard (capital)
Описание: Almas was a terraformed planet in the Cularin system.[1] Its moon, Dorumaa, was a captured satellite, which underwent its own terraforming.
History
An anomaly in itself, Almas was a molten, terrestrial planet orbiting beyond the usual range for its kind, and due to this it received little sunlight. Despite its hot core, Almas was not very geologically active. It had only two small mountain ranges. The planet's atmosphere was initially filled with poisonous gases like phosphorus and methane, until Sith Lord Darth Rivan, aiming to settle there, developed the kaluthin grass to help alter the atmosphere. Almas had no surface water, but there were underground lakes upon which the kaluthin drew and to which settlers would later built wells. The kaluthin was a success, given that all Almas' water was located underground, and continued to thrive there for centuries.[1]
Over the centuries, the kaluthin spread across the planet and created an atmosphere which was so high in oxygen it was almost toxic to Humans. Trace elements of phosphorus and methane could still have detrimental effects on those who spent months outside without a breath mask. The plants' kilometers-deep taproots also brought up heat from the planet's core, warming the surface. In addition, the purple-green grass gave the planet a distinct aural glow, mainly from the phosphorus it consumed. This living growth was unusually countered by the dark side energy on the planet, which originated in the desert region and slowly spread. The Jedi measured the spread to be one meter per year.[1]
Darth Rivan built there his Sith fortress, at some point before 1,250 BBY. The castle was located on the desert side of the planet. It was built on this planet in hope to gather dark side energy from the Force-dense Cularin system.[1] It was here that Darth Rivan tried to create an corps of Sith Battlelords, but he was betrayed by his apprentice before he could do so.[2]
After decades of living there, Darth Rivan was expelled by the Jedi Knights during the New Sith Wars in the Battle of Almas. Parts of the fortress were destroyed, but its core resisted blaster fire. The Jedi left the planet, ignoring the remains of the building.[1]
The kaluthin, thriving even without Rivan, kept Almas from being worth mining. It grew everywhere besides near the Sith fortress, and its roots delved deep. What little mineral worth the planet had was not worth the added expense of removing the kaluthin from a mining site. However, the planet became a gardenlike site instead of the nightmare it had been - except around the Sith Fortress, where no life could thrive. The kaluthin also processed the phosphorus and generated a glow that illuminated the planet from itself instead of from the sky.[1]
After Reidi Artom re-discovered the system in 232 BBY, two Jedi, master Qornah and his Padawan Kibh Jeen, came to Almas to research Rivan's fortress. The Sith fortress corrupted Jeen, who slew his master, took over the asteroid belt pirates, and started the Dark Jedi Conflict (188-181 BBY). After the Conflict ended, a Jedi school was founded which grew into the Almas Academy, the headmaster of which was Jedi Master Nerra Ziveri, and then his former apprentice, Master Lanius Qel-Bertuk.[1]
The town of Forard grew up around the Academy. The Academy and Forard were built directly upon the kaluthin, which did not seem to affect the plant at all. There was also a kaluthin Forard research station near the town, where possible transplants of kaluthin to other planets were analyzed.[1]
Almas was the only planet in the system not occupied by clone troopers during the Clone Wars.
In 19 BBY, the Dark Jedi Garth Ezzar attacked Almas and destroyed the Almas Academy, killing most of the Jedi there.[3]
Months after the Clone Wars, agents of Bail Prestor Organa infiltrated the ruined temple of the Almas Academy, and found it infested by dark side spirits. They managed to retrieve a holocron through which Jedi Master Denia was able to learn Farseeing techniques which enabled her to learn the identity of the Nazren.[4] The ruins and surrounding area were also home to the Dark lizards of the Sith; a species of Hssiss dragon that was thoroughly permeated with the dark side of the Force.
This article or section assumes the specific path in a roleplaying adventure. Alternate paths are noted in the "Behind the scenes" section. Note: The events in this section may or may not be confirmed as canon.During the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Alliance established a base on Almas, near to the ruins of the Jedi Academy. Rumors of Alliance activity there reached the Galactic Empire, so Admiral Firmus Piett dispatched a group of Imperial agents to Almas, to investigate. Shortly after the agents arrived, the stormtrooper platoon that had been assigned to protect them went missing. The agents soon found the Rebel base, but it was abandoned. It was covered under a large amount of foliage and barricades had been erected by the Rebels, to protect them from attacked by dark lizards, Believers and t'salaks. A rescue party sent by the Alliance then arrived and they assumed that the Imperials had caused the disappearance of all their comrades in the base.[5]
Assumption ends here.Years were calculated on the planet and elsewhere in the Cularin system using the "After Artom" system of time measurement.[1]
Behind the scenes
In Spanish and Portuguese, "Almas" is the plural word for "Soul". In Russian, "Almaz" (Алмаз) is the word for "Diamond". The Almaz program was a Soviet series of military reconnaissance space stations.
Изображение: Планета: DorumaaКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до планеты: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация: Состав атмосферы: Температура поверхности, С: Ландшафт: Oceans, Tropical islands, Surface water - 85%
Стандартный день: 28 standard hours
Стандартный год: 8,784 standard days
Численность населения: Основные виды: Nus Whales, Leviathans, Giant sea turtles, Fish, Immigrated species - Humans, Gungans, Twi'leks, Reks, Rifi fish (possibly native), Lulari trees
Интересные локации: Greentree Pointe, Whitesand Island, Tropix island, Action World, Dorumaa Base, Dorumaa Excavation
Предприятия: Экономика: Крупные города: Описание: Dorumaa was the resort moon of Almas. It was once an inner planet of the Cularin system. Its orbit at that time crossed that of Oblis. Dorumaa was at its closest when Oblis was destroyed, and the force of that destruction thrust Dorumaa farther out in the system. It was eventually captured by the gravitation pull of Almas. Having moved far away from its suns, Dorumaa froze.[3]
In 47 BBY, the Dorumaa Investment Group began terraforming Dorumaa to turn it into a resort world. Power generators were installed near the moon's core to warm it and recycle the atmosphere. Gravity generators were also installed.[3]
The living creatures caught when the planet was frozen thawed out. The creatures themselves were dead, but some eggs of many species managed to survive the thaw and the seas were soon teeming with life - although the local fauna, adapting to the newer conditions, had a shorter lifespan.[3] Special attention was paid to a pair of baby Leviathans, whose mother had apparently survived the freezing and thawing process, at least long enough to give birth to the pair.
Despite the revived water life making the moon a bit more dangerous than most resorts, Dorumaa was one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Mid-Rim and was terraformed to become the Dorumaa resort. The Head Manager was young Human Mar Daghreb, who controlled five property managers, each of them with five managers under their command. Dorumaa's facilities included family-oriented islands, staffed by young people so perpetually smiling that they were known as the Neo-Caarites. [3]
Unfortunately, unexpected local fauna still surprised even the investors (although sometimes, such as with the human-friendly, ridable giant sea turtles, it was a pleasurable surprise). Local boat renter Rena Laut, who considered herself an expert in local aquatic fauna, was sometimes hired as a guide to avoid "unfortunate encounters". Should any vacationers disappear, the investors solved the legal problem with a generous donation to their surviving relatives. [3]
Circa 47 BBY, a research team discovered a cave, the Dorumaa Excavation, with supposed writings in the wall and other proofs of an ancient, yet-unknown species living in the Cularin system. Before any further research could be performed, the Dorumaa Investment Group built a floating land platform over the site and refused to allow access. The researcher's reports ended in Rorkee, a floating city in the nearby gas giant Genarius. Roarkee built a reproduction of the dig site to attract the tourism wanting to believe in old alien species.[2]
In 32 BBY, the Cularin system joined the Galactic Republic and the first Senator asked for military presence in the system to deter the frequent pirate attacks. The commanding officer of the Thaereian military forces that were sent, a Colonel Jir Tramsig, built his first post in Dorumaa to analyze the situation and attacked some of the pirate bases in the system's asteroid belt from there. later, he built a new base in the planet Cularin. [3] This did not affect the tourism industry; a week of vacation in Dorumaa was still an appreciated award, as shown when the Jedi Knight Alec paid one to his permitor Delan in 31 BBY.[4]
There was also a fishing industry in Dorumaa, including fisherman Drac Gerrat. The Thaereian military used this fact to build a base on Dorumaa: At the direction of an anonymous member, Identification #43641, which was suspected to be the Thaereians, the Dorumaa Investment Group built a deep sea landing platform, officially intended as a drop-off point for deep-sea fishing.[3] Identification #43641 also publicly notified that those proofs of native intelligent life in Dorumaa Excavation were false; however, access to the site was still forbidden.[2]
During the Clone Wars, the Thaereians were driven out of Dorumaa in the Battle of Dorumaa.[1]
After the Cularin system reappeared from its near-decade long disappearance, Kaminoan scientist Ko Sai hid on Dorumaa from the various organizations pursuing her. She was found in 21 BBY by Kal Skirata and his allies.
Изображение: Планетоид: МорджакарКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до солнца: Окружность экватора, км: Гравитация:Состав атмосферы: вакуум
Температура поверхности, С: Климат: Ландшафт: Стандартный день: Стандартный год: Описание: Морджакар – планетоид, изначально находившийся в системе на другом конце Галактики. Когда его звезда разбухла в красного гиганта, поглотив все остальные планеты, это нарушило баланс между центробежной силой и притяжением планеты, и Морджакар улетел в глубокий космос. В конце концов он попал в систему Куларина (хотя и не стал ее частью) и был захвачен мощным гравитационным колодцем двойной звезды. Он оказался на необычной орбите под странным углом к другим планетам системы и потому разведчики его пропустили.
Неизвестно, был ли он населен, хотя до 31 BBY не было проведено должных исследований.
Изображение: Планета: Куларинское кометное облакоКоординаты в системе: Расстояние до солнца: Температура поверхности, С: Описание: Система Куларина окружена плотным комптным облаком, остатками времен формирования системы. Большинство комет двигаются по причудливым траекториям вокруг ссистемы, а некотоыре из них имеют плотные ядра, подобные планетарным.
Они встречаются друг с другом и сталкиваются, разбрасывая ледяные осколки, и порождая меньшие кометы.
Облако некоторое время мешало гиперпространственным путешествиям. Это раздражало некоторых из обитателей системы, хотя и укрепляло ее защиту.
Корабль Брина Хеск’ла однажды нашли покинутым в кометном облаке.
Изображение:Солнце: МорасильКоординаты в системе:Спектральный класс: Светимость (в солнечных): Диаметр (в солнечных): Описание: Морасиль – одна из двух парных звезд в системе Куларина. Морасиль – основная звезда, а ее компаньон – белый карлик Термадус. Морасиль куда старше, возможно, не младше самой Галактики. Без Термадуса ее холодный желтый свет не достигает астероидного пояса. А вот вместе с Термадусом и газовым туманом между ними, они дают свет как одна яркая звезда. Вместе они также отбрасывают и куда большую гиперпространственную тень.
Солнце: ТермадусКоординаты в системе: Спектральный класс: Светимость (в солнечных): Диаметр (в солнечных): Описание: Термадус – белый карлик, компаньон основной звезды Морасиль в системе Куларина. Термадус куда моложе своей спутницы. Газовый туман, возникающий между ними вызван тем, что Термадус притягивает газ из короны Мороасиль. Вместе они дают столько же света, сколько даст одна яркая звезда. А в сочетании они также отбрасывают куда большую гиперпространственную тень, чем можно судить по их данным в отдельности.