Sector 68 - 4
 Sector 68 - 4


This section contains the Bakura System.


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Bakura System
The system that contains the quiet and Outer Rim world that has become a pivitol planet in the galaxy.

Arden
This gas giant is the fourth planet in the Bakura System. It is also known as Planet 4.

Bak
This airless, rocky planet is the innermost world in the System.

Bakura
Bakura is a rich, green and blue planet with several moons located on the isolated edge of the Rim Worlds. The eight planets in the Bakura system include one gas giant and Planet Six, an ammonia ice-covered ball. Bakura receives a great deal of rainfall. The capital city of Salis D'aar sits at the base of a mountain range, on a white quartz delta between two parallel rivers. Bakura's exports include strategic metals, repulsorlift components, and an addictive fruit called namana, which is made into candies and nectar. Bakura was settled by the Bakur mining corporation during the end of the Clone Wars, though at least one building on the planet is over 100 years old. The planet's inhabitants tend to be prejudiced against non-human species, though some pale, hairless Kurtzen inhabit the Kishh district. The Bakurans especially dislike droids, since the first wave of Bakuran colonists were nearly wiped out by malfunctioning droids. The Bakur complex in Salis D'aar is a large city-center containing residential, medical, and Imperial office areas, and the old Bakur Memorial Building overlooking Statuary Park. Animal life on Bakura includes the butter newt and the predatory Bakuran Cratsch, and its plants include pokkta leaves, namana trees, and passion-bud vines.

Bakura was once run by a prime minister and a senate-- the descendants of the Bakur Corporation's original ship's captain served as prime minister, and senators were appointed by their colleagues instead of elected by the public. The constant governmental bickering allowed the planet to fall easily to the Empire three years prior to the Battle of Endor. Two Star Destroyers neutralized Bakuran resistance, and Captain Alecs Brellar served as the temporary Imperial governor until Wilek Nereus could arrive. Nereus allowed the Bakuran senate to remain in place under his control, and built a planetary garrison (featuring older, outdated defenses) which was placed under the command of Pter Thanas. Immediately following the Battle of Endor, Alliance and Imperial forces briefly joined together at Bakura to thwart an invasion by the Ssi-ruuk Imperium. After the subsequent overthrow of Imperial forces, Prime Minister Yeorg Captison took over the leadership of Bakura. Several years later, Yeorg's niece Gaeriel Captison was elected Prime Minister, but was defeated in a succeeding election. The planet retained a powerful defensive fleet to guard against any further Ssi-ruuk attacks, and Bakuran techs designed the ships to escape from interdiction fields. Luke Skywalker returned to Bakura, fourteen years after the truce, to borrow this fleet for a mission in the Corellian system. Half of the Bakuran cruisers were destroyed in the successful mission, and Gaeriel Captison was killed.

Drekura
The star that is orbited by Bakura. This star is also known as Bakura.


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Dagobah System
A remote system in the Sluis Sector.

Dagobah
 A mysterious, mist-shrouded swamp planet in the Dagobah system and the Sluis sector, Dagobah contains no cities or advanced technology yet teems with a wide variety of life. Some of this world's exotic lifeforms include giant swamp slugs, dragonsnakes, nightbats, carnivorous fungi, bioluminescent spotlight sloths, and butcherbugs, who spin their slicing wirewebs between adjacent gnarltrees. Colorful Jubba birds whistle a highly soothing song, which may be caused by a slight manipulation of the Force. The petrified gnarltree forests can be found throughout the swamp, and the trees have a unique life cycle-- at the appropriate time a knobby white "spider" will break off from its parent tree, roam the swamp hunting and feeding on animals, and eventually take root in a clear spot to grow into a new gnarltree. Other Dagobah plants include flower-fruits, mushrooms that explode if exposed to light, and prismatic vine-flowers that grow above the dense tree canopy, where reptilian flying creatures can also be seen hunting small scurrying rodents. The thick cloud layer surrounding the planet cannot be penetrated by standard sensors. Dagobah was home to the legendary Jedi Master Yoda, who instructed both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker before his death before the Battle of Endor at the age of 900.

During the fall of the Old Republic, an eight-man research team led by Halka Four-Den scouted Dagobah but was lost, presumably killed off by some of the planet's lethal lifeforms. Around twenty-five years before the Battle of Yavin, a Dark Jedi from Bpfassh created trouble throughout his sector before being stopped on Dagobah, presumably by Yoda. A dark cave near Yoda's home could be a vestige of this Dark Jedi's power, and it may have served to hide Yoda's presence during the Emperor's Jedi purge. Luke Skywalker returned to Dagobah five years after Yoda's death and discovered a ship's beckon call, that could have belonged to the Bpfasshi Dark Jedi. Skywalker returned three years later with the Jedi knight Callista, to help Callista regain her lost Force ability.

Talobah
 The red star of the Dagobah System.


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