Planets - B
Source List & Abbreviations
Bacrana
Sometime after the Battle of Yavin, a large demonstration against
Imperial rule in the Central Sector of Bacrana's large city Amma erupted
in violence. Imperial forces under the command of Moff Ramier put down
the riot without any help from the local Bacrana System Defense Force.
Following the incident, the city of Amma was placed under martial law.
[SWAJ]
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, hairl
ess 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older, outdated defenses) which was placed under the command of Pter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. [TAB, AAS, SAC, SWAJ]
Balfron
Lando Calrissian became infatuated with the twin con-artists the Tonnika
sisters after an encounter in the High Stakes Casino on Balfron. [MTS]
Balis-Baurgh system
The Balis-Baurgh system, naturally shielded from sensors by gas clouds
and intense solar radiation, contains three planets, one of which can
support life. Several years ago, the leaders of this planet's nations
decided to jointly build a space station as a symbol of their global
peace. When the station's construction was secretly sabotaged by the
Empire, the nations blamed each other and went to war-- making the
planet an easy target for the subsequent Imperial conquest. The Empire
turned the space station into a fully- automated prison, and seeded the
system with sensor jammers to make navigation in the system nearly
impossible. Sometime after the Battle of Endor, Alliance captain Junas
Turner and the Ewok warrior Grael were imprisoned on the Balis-Baurgh
station until they managed to escape. [SWAJ]
Balmorra
A factory world located at the fringes of the Galactic Core. Wide plains
surround the planet's capitol, where Governor Beltane runs the planet
and oversees production. During the reign of the Empire, the Balmorrans
manufactured weapons for the Imperial army, and were the primary
builders of the AT-ST walker. The planet was liberated by the New
Republic following the Battle of Endor, and it remained independent for
five years. Balmorra was brought back into Imperial service during the
Emperor's reappearance, but following Palpatine's supposed death near Da
Soocha the rebellious Balmorrans began arming the New Republic. In
retaliation, the planet was attacked by a force under the command of
Military Executor Sedriss, including Shadow Droids and SD-9 battle
droids. After suffering surprising losses at the hands of the new Viper
Automadons, Sedriss called off his attack in exchange for a shipment of
the molecularly- shielded droids. [DE2]
Bandorian colonies
The Bandorian colonies were utterly wiped out years ago by the deadly
Candorian plague. The outbreak was successfully contained, and this was
thought to have eliminated the last known strain of the plague.
Forty-six years later, the Empire released the Candorian plague on the
rebellious planet of Dentaal. [SWAJ]
Barab I
Barab I is inhabited by the Barabel. It is a dark, humid world in close
orbit around the red dwarf Barab. Barab I has a sixty-hour rotation, and
is bathed in ultraviolet, gamma, and infrared radiation due to its
proximity to its sun. During the day standing water evaporates, making
the surface very humid and hazy. During the cool night, the only time
Barab I's animal life is active, this haze condenses and falls to the
surface as rain. The Barabel, whose bodies are covered with plates of
black keratin, live in underground caverns and are known for their
excellent hunting skills.
Many years ago a band of Jedi helped resolve a Barabel dispute over
access to choice hunting grounds, leaving the Barabel with a deep
respect for all Jedi. Some of the later visitors to Barab I were
big-game hunters who actively hunted the Barabel, though now visiting
hunters track other prey and instead use Barabel as porters and guides.
A spaceport, Alater-ka, was constructed after the Empire took control of
Barab I. Several years after the Battle of Endor, the Barabel nearly
went to war with the Verpine after the Verpine defaulted on a
ship-building contract. [GG4, DFR, COPL]
Bari
A blue star circled by Baros, home planet of the Brubbs. [GG4]
Barkhesh
A unique microorganism, found only in the humid southern jungles of
Barkhesh, infests the bodies of insects and quickly devours them. The
organism, harmless to higher forms of life, is often used in anti-
insect canisters carried by scouting teams, though the canisters can
typically only be purchased on Barkhesh. [SWAJ]
Baros
Orbiting the blue star Bari, Baros is a large, arid planet with
higher-than-standard gravity and intense windstorms. Baros is the
homeworld of the reptilian Brubbs, whose society is centered around
communal groups called habas that consist of 10-10,000 individuals. The
Brubbs have university habas and have established a spaceport haba after
their recent discovery by the Empire, though this facility has not seen
much use due to the difficulty of landing and departing in Baros' high
gravity. Brasck, a smuggler who was known to associate with Talon
Karrde, was a Brubb. [GG4, DFR]
Basilisk
The site of the Battle of Basilisk, where the Jedi Master Sidrona Diath
was killed. [DLOS]
Baskarn
Located in the Outer Rim, the inhospitable jungle planet Baskarn is home
to an Alliance starfighter outpost that makes guerrilla strikes into
Imperial territory. Advanced Base Baskarn is built into a mountainside,
surrounded by a thick jungle of razor-sharp plants and deadly predators.
The planet is the homeworld of the Yrashu, a force-sensitive species of
green primates who exist in peaceful harmony with their environment. The
primitive Yrashu carry ceremonial maces made from the roots of the
Hmumfmumf tree. Animal life on Baskarn includes floating jellyfish,
which drift above the tree canopy and snare birds and rodents in their
tentacles. Other creatures include water snakes, edible Mmhmm
butterflies, and the fierce horned Hrosma tiger which hunts through the
use of the Force. [SWAJ]
Bastooine system
The Bastooine system contains the worlds Orellon I and II, though
Orellon I is actually a large barren moon orbiting the inhabited world
of Orellon II. [SWAJ]
Belsavis
Located in the Ninth Quadrant near the Senex sector, Belsavis (an
independent ally of the New Republic) is a world of volcanic rift
valleys separated by miles of icy glaciers. The inhabited, steam-filled
rifts are heated by the planet's core, which feeds mud pots and hot
springs on the surface. The cities within the rifts, some of them
covered by light-amplification domes, include Wutz, Bot-Un, Mithipsin,
and Plawal (formerly called Pletwell). The enormous rift-covering domes,
buoyed by antigrav units in their apices, support a vast network of
hanging gardens and moveable growing beds. The vine-coffee and vine-silk
grown in these beds account for thirty percent of Belsavis' total
economy and require a temperature shift of thirty degrees or more. The
domes also protect against the periodic cold storms that formerly swept
into the rifts from the surrounding glaciers. The gangly, short-lived
Mluki species are representatives of Belsavis' original population. The
rift valleys were largely jungle until the Brathflen Corporation,
Galactic Exotics, and Imperial Exports arrived and began cultivating
cash crops such as vine-coffee and vine-silk in the hanging beds,
shalaman and podon orchards, brandifert, lipana, bowvine fruit, and
slochan.
The quiet, humid community of Plawal lies between steep cliffs of
red-black rock and is run by Jevax, a Mluki who is Chief Person of
Plawal. Rock "benches" leading up to the cliff walls provide a narrow
foundation for homes and orchards. Most buildings are constructed from
prefabricated units, and crammed together on small lots due to the
rift's enclosed area. Residences in the old city were constructed
directly over warm springs. A thick, sulfur-smelling mist permeates the
valley, and can restrict visibility to just a few meters. Plawal's main
docking silos are connected by tunnels to the Port Offices and to the
rest of the city, including the canneries, the Brathflen Medcenter, Old
Orchard Street, the seven main silk-packing plants, the MuniCenter, an
import/export business on Pandowirtin Lane, and the Bubbling Mud cafe
off Brandifert Court. Madame Lota's House of Flowers (a brothel) and
seedy bars such as the Smoking Jets and the Jungle Lust line Spaceport
Row. A house on Painted Door Street opens onto Plawal's vast network of
subterranean crypts. These crypts, which contain xylen chips and gold
wiring from the abandoned laboratories of Jedi Master Plett, were
guarded by forgotten, mind-controlled smugglers under the Force
influence of Irek Ismaren. Flora in the Plawal rift includes
starblossoms, sweetberry vines, aphor trees, orchids, hanging moss,
spider plants, shalaman trees, ferns, and Wookiee-beard. Fauna includes
mooklas, salamanders, phosphor bugs, frogs, pittins, pellata birds,
manolliums (brought from Ithor), watch-critters, and the insectile
kretch that infest Plawal's tunnels. The storm-lashed, ionized
atmosphere of Belsavis makes sensor probes and ship landings extremely
difficult. Only one spot, called the Corridor, in the planet's southern
hemisphere is atmospherically stable each day-- smugglers making the
"Belsavis Run" come in at the Corridor and skim the ice to one of the
unofficial landing pads on the glaciers.
Almost one hundred years ago, the Jedi master Plett built a house and
laboratory in the Plawal rift that served as a safe haven for the Jedi
and their families. Eighteen years before the Battle of Yavin, the
Emperor commissioned the battlemoon Eye of Palpatine to wipe out the
Jedi enclave but the ship never arrived. The Emperor's small backup
force of interceptors bombed Plawal but were wiped out by Belsavis'
Y-wings, and the Jedi departed for places unknown-- after erasing all
knowledge of their presence from the inhabitants of the city. After
their departure, Brathflen, Galactic, and Imperial/Republic arrived to
dome the valley and cultivate vine-coffee and silk. Nubblyk the Slyte
began blasting landing pads on the glaciers around this time, and the
smuggling trade began in earnest. A small force of tariff police left by
the region's Imperial Governor were little use against the smugglers.
Brathflen built the first of the light-amplification domes over Plawal
(based on Plett's original design) before the Battle of Yavin, and the
three companies teamed with Kuat to install a central computer system.
About a year after the Battle of Endor, the Slyte disappeared and was
replaced by his associate Bran Kemple, which caused the Belsavian
smuggling industry to dry up. In the same year, Roganda Ismaren (one of
the Emperor's Hands) came to Plawal. Han and Leia Organa Solo visited
Belsavis eight years after the Battle of Endor and uncovered a plot by
Roganda Ismaren to forge a military alliance with the Senex Lords.
[COTJ, TFJP]
Bendeluum system
A Corellian couple attempted to obtain forged letters of transit in
Bespin's Cloud City to help three Rebel friends in the Bendeluum system.
[GG2]
Bendone
Bendone is home to the alien species known as the Howler Tree People,
who speak an unusual ultrasonic language. Nineteen years after the
Battle of Endor, Chief of State Leia Organa Solo met with
representatives from the Howler Tree People on Coruscant, for which she
needed a large group of translators. [YJK]
Berchest
A former tourist destination in the Berchest system, Berchest is home to
the Calius saj Leeloo-- the City of Glowing Crystal. The city is carved
entirely from one massive crystal, created over the years from the red-
orange salt deposits of the adjacent Leefari Sea. An icy river flows
through Calius to the sea's edge, where the upper-class regions of the
city are located. Only a few streets in the city (such as Mavrille
Street) were constructed wide enough for vehicular traffic, so traffic
on them tends to be heavy. Planetary Governor Staffa and his aide Fingal
govern Berchest from Staffa's office in Central Government Tower Number
One. The tourism industry that surrounded Calius dried up following the Clone
Wars and the birth of the Empire, and Berchest has since tried to
reposition itself as a major trade center by using the established trade
routes left over from tourism. Berchest was in Imperial territory during
the reign of Grand Admiral Thrawn, and Thrawn led the New Republic to
believe that Calius was a transfer point for the trafficking of his
clone soldiers. Luke Skywalker encountered the smuggler Talon Karrde on
Berchest while investigating this lead. [TLC]
Planet - B (pt. 4)