Sector 56 - 2
Sector 56 - 2
Location of the Lesser Plooriod Cluster.
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Lesser Plooriod Cluster
The Lesser Plooriod Cluster contains the Ottega system, site of the planet Ithor. After leaving the Corporate Sector, Han Solo and Chewbacca ran an unsuccessful Military-Script exchange scam in the Cluster. Following the Battle of Yavin, an Alliance ship dropped a badly-needed grain container in the Lesser Plooriod Cluster in an attempt to escape an Imperial attack.
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Ottega System
Located in the Lesser Plooriod Cluster, the Ottega (also Ottegan) system's fourth planet is Ithor. Consequently, it is sometimes referred to as the Ithor system. The system also contains the planet Ottega, where the smuggler Toob Ancher was permanently disfigured when a bounty hunter's faulty thermal detonator exploded in his face. The smuggler Mako Spince was crippled by
NaQoit bandits while making a run to the Ottega system. In the time following the Battle of Hoth, the remnants of the traitorous Admiral Harkov's fleet were discovered in the Ottega system by loyal Imperial forces. The late Harkov's former flagship, the Victory-class Star Destroyer Protector, was trapped in realspace by the Interdictor cruiser Harpax. Lord Vader planned for Admiral Zaarin's ships to arrive and finish off the Protector, but Zaarin pulled a double-cross-- he attacked Vader's forces and then flew to Coruscant, where he planned to kidnap the Emperor and complete his coup d'etat. Six years after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic troopship Pelagia was rendezvousing with an X-wing group based in the Ottegan system when it, and its 100,000 ground troops, were wiped out by the Emperor's Galaxy Gun.
Arthon
This planet was originally colonized by the Ithorians, but was not governed by the Ithorians. Shortly before the Battle of Naboo, it was believed that the terrorist group known as The Flail was going to launch a major operation on Arthon.
Ithor
Ithor is a bright green and blue planet with many moons in the Ottega system (sometimes referred to as the Ithorian system) located in the Lesser Plooriod Cluster. The fourth planet in the system and home to the nature-loving Ithorians, Ithor is a beautiful world of unspoiled rainforests, rivers,
and waterfalls. Three continents have been developed on the humid planet, though they still appear to be overgrown jungles to most visitors. Two large land masses and many islands are maintained in their original, unexplored state. The Ithorians, commonly called "hammerheads" or "Meerian hammerheads," consider their jungle sacred and only set foot in it during emergencies.
Instead, they have constructed vast floating cities (including the Tree of Tarintha, the Cloud-Mother, and the Grand Herd Ship Tafanda Bay) which float above the Bafforr treetops in no particular pattern. Ithorian starships, essentially herd cities with hyperdrives, travel the spacelanes selling unusual and rare merchandise. Brathflen Corporation, which operates on Belsavis, is a major Ithorian trading company. At times the Mother Jungle has been known to
"call" certain Ithorians to live on the surface as ecological priests, who then never return to their herd cities. All Ithorians are bound by the Ithorian Law of Life, which states that for every plant harvested, two must be planted in its place. A large grove of semi-intelligent Bafforr trees, located in the Cathor Hills, was half-destroyed by the Empire. This grove acts as an intelligent hive mind and is worshipped by the Ithorian people. In addition to the Bafforr, Ithor's flora includes blueleaf, tremmin, fiddleheaded bull-ferns, donar flowers, and indyup trees; animal life includes the manollium bird, the arrak snake, and the flitter-- a small flying rodent that can mimic speech. One of the most beautiful attractions on the planet is the Falls of Dessiar. Every five years Ithorians gather at their planet for "The Meet," where the most important decisions regarding Ithorian society are made. During this Time of Meeting the herd cities link up through an intricate and graceful network of bridges and antigrav platforms. Years ago, the Imperial captain Alima, commanding the Star Destroyer Conquest, forced the Ithorian Momaw Nadon to reveal secret agricultural and cloning information. Nadon, High Priest
of the Tafanda Bay, gave up the information to save the rainforests and his herd city from destruction. For this transgression Nadon was exiled from Ithor, and lived on Tatooine for many years until exacting his revenge on Alima. Ithor's herd cities are a common destination for tourists, especially young couples. Wedge Antilles and Imperial scientist Qwi Xux once visited Ithor as a
safe haven, though they were attacked by Kyp Durron who partially erased Xux's mind.
Ottega
the planet
Ottega, where the smuggler Toob Ancher was permanently disfigured when a bounty hunter's faulty thermal detonator exploded in his face.
Qat Chrystac
General Garm Bel Iblis fought Grand Admiral Thrawn's forces at Qat Chrystac, where Thrawn used Interdictor Cruisers to bring his ships out of hyperspace at precise locations. More than one assault was staged, and Wedge Antilles helped battle two squadrons of cloned TIE pilots during the first. Imperial shock forces were working their way across Qat Chrystac during Thrawn's siege of Coruscant. Bel Iblis was at Qat Chrystac when he intercepted a distress call from Lando Calrissian's Nomad City mining complex on Nkllon.
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