Current Function:
Vandelhelm has a strategic location along the Rimma Trade Route. It serves as an NIF front to the
NR, and as such will be reinforced.
NIF-Developed History:
Vandelhelm was the site of a buildup of anti-NIF insurgency. Interference from Captain Xen Oso and the 76th Regiment of the NIF Army, along with careful diplomatic negotiations led by Commodore Tavish McFini, served to eliminate the threat of anti-NIF uprisings and secure the planet as an ally of the NIF. Due to the nature of the army's victory against the insurgents, the natives are quite untrusting of NIF Army commanders, and prospective recruits to the NIF from Vandelhelm are more likely to enter the Fleet or Starfighter Corps than sign on with the Imperial Army.
Official Star Wars History:
This planet was the only world in the Vandelhelm System, located in the Expasion Region of the galaxy. A relatively small world, Vandelhelm was orbited by thirteen moons, and was hidden behind the vast Vandelhelm Cloud. A world rich in minerals, it was best-known as the homeworld of the Metalsmiths' Guild. It was undiscovered by the Old Republic until about 3,000 years before the Clone Wars, when two independent prospectors - Vandel and Helm - first located it. The two settled on the planet with their families, and became the founders of the Metalsmiths' Guild. Following the Galactic Civil War, the Guilds threw their support to the New Republic, but the Guildmaster, Orrk, remained loyal to the Empire. He hid Commander Mordur in a converted drone barge among the asteroids, until the Imperials could regroup. The Imperials infiltrated the New Republic's supply depot on the planet, but were eventually defeated. The natives of Vandelhelm are generally superstitious, and have perfected their craft. Their metalsmithing secrets have been passed down from generation to generation.
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Planetary Information:
Name: Vandelhelm
System: Yellow Star
Type: Temperate
Gravity: Standard
Atmosphere: Breathable
Population: 97 Billion
Species: Humans, Sullustans
Terrain: Varied
Diameter: 11,360 km
Day Length: 22 st.hrs
Year Length: 292 st.days
Moons: 1
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