Planet - V
Source List & Abbreviations
Vagran
Talon Karrde's smuggling gang brought three boosted Skipray blastboats
from the planet Vagran. [DFR]
Vallusk Cluster
Admiral Ackbar attacked the Imperial fleet at the Vallusk Cluster, to
create a diversion for the Alliance force evacuating their Yavin 4 base.
[CSW]
Valrar
Located in the Glythe sector, Valrar is the location of an Imperial
base. Khabarakh the Noghri was scheduled to be reassigned to this base
following his return from the failed commando mission on Kashyyyk.
Valrar was also the reported port of origin for Talon Karrde's ship when
his group visited Bilbringi, and was the destination of the Star Galleon
Draklor after unloading Joruus C'baoth on Wayland. [DFR, TLC]
Varl
Varl, the original homeworld of the Hutts, is a barren planet orbiting
the white dwarf Ardos. Cyax is the brightest star that can be seen in
Varl's night sky, and it features prominently in early Hutt legend.
According to other Hutt legends, the planet Varl was once a beautiful
world of green forests circling the twin stars Ardos and Evona. Evona
was drawn into a black hole, causing complete destruction of many
planets in the system, the ruin of Varl, and the transformation of Ardos
into a white dwarf. Due to the impossibilities in this legend, the most
plausible explanation for the devastation of Varl is that the Hutts
destroyed it themselves in an ancient civil war. The Hutts have since
relocated to Nal Hutta in the Y'Toub system. [GG4, DESB]
Varn
An aquatic planet, Varn is the subject of the holofeature Varn, World of
Water. Aquatic life on the planet includes large lossors and packs of
cheeb, while Varn's population of amphiboid fishers and ocean farmers
inhabit its archipelagoes. [HSR]
Varonat
Located in the backwater Ison Corridor, Varonat is an isolated,
sparsely-populated world of jungles, plains, and mountains. A few
thousand colonists live in two main settlements: Tropis-on-Varonat among
the pale yellow trees of the Great Jungle, and Edgefields-on-Varonat on
the wide plains at the jungle's edge. About 50,000 Morodins--
intelligent, fifteen meter-long lizard-slugs-- inhabit the Great Jungle.
The Morodins' bodies produce a nutrient slime that, when spread over
crops, encourages growth and produces new strains of plant life.
Morodins leave their slime trails in a complex, maze-like pattern.
One thousand years before the formation of the Old Republic, a group of
Morodins arrived on Varonat to start an agricultural colony. They
transformed a vast section of plains into the Great Jungle, and used
immense organic starships to transport food back to their home planet.
When an ecological disaster befell their homeworld, the Morodins on
Varonat were stranded and forgotten. 250 years ago, Adarian Tropis and a
group his idealistic followers left Salliche to colonize Varonat. They
planted their crops in the Great Jungle, but when the Morodins began
leaving slime trails over the crops the colonists drove the creatures
off as pests. After the Battle of Endor, a Krish named Gamgalon arrived
in Tropis-on-Varonat and began running private Morodin-hunting safaris.
These safaris were actually a cover for the harvesting of Yagaran
aleudrupe plants, whose berries (when fertilized by Morodin nutrient
slime) act as a catalyst for boosting blaster firepower-- much like the
spin-sealed tibanna gas of Bespin. The local Imperial governor allowed
the illegal safaris to continue since Gamgalon provided him with a share
of the profits. Mara Jade, under the name Celina Marniss, worked as
hyperdrive mechanic in Gamgalon's organization before joining up with
the smuggler Talon Karrde in an adventure on Varonat. [SWAJ]
Varvenna sector
The famous chef Porcellus once worked for the Imperial official Yndis
Mylore, governor of Bryexx and Moff of the Varvenna sector. During his
tenure Porcellus served meals for the Emperor himself, but he was made a
slave to Jabba the Hutt approximately one year prior to the Battle of
Yavin. [TFJP]
Vedis IV
The smuggler Lu Esi, an associate of Toob Ancher, was killed when he
crashed his freighter over Vedis IV while being pursued by sector
authorities. When Toob Ancher felt he was about to die, he left Socorro
to finish his life on Vedis IV, though he would not face death until a
later adventure on the planet Redcap. [SWAJ]
Velcar Free Commerce Zone
The Velcar Free Commerce Zone (FCZ), named for the Velcar sector in
which it is located, is a strip of corporate-run systems within the
Pentastar Alignment. The FCZ, ruled by Commerce Master Commissioner
Gregor Raquoran, contains many resource-rich worlds that are exploited
by powerful Imperial corporates. The corporates are often allowed to
bypass environmental and safety rules, and the primitive alien species
found on the planets are often forced to toil in mines or other
hazardous industrial projects. Worlds within the FCZ include Capza,
Entralla, and Bextar. [SWAJ]
Vellakiya system
The Vellakiya system is located in the Mid-Rim, and its third planet is
Venaari. [SWAJ]
Velser's Ring
A band of asteroids occupying the third-planet position within the
Bespin system. The Ring is believed to be the debris of an unstable gas
giant which exploded many millennia ago. Most of the asteroids are
composed of frozen gasses and liquids, and the entire Ring can refract
light in a rainbow pattern if seen from the proper angle. Ugnaught teams
frequently visit the Ring to obtain valuable raw materials for Bespin's
Cloud City. [GG2]
Venaari
The third planet in the Vellakiya system, the Mid-Rim world of Venaari
is covered with forests, plains, and mountains. The Imperial presence on
Venaari has increased since the Battle of Endor, in order to provide
greater security for the mysterious Project Orrad, being researched in
an underground laboratory. The planet is run by Imperial Governor
Vaerganth, who rules from the capital city of Ven-Kav. The local
Imperial military is headed by Major Gaevril Daraada. Points of interest
in Ven-Kav include the Binary Bar, Herak Square, and the Ven-Kavi
Starport, the largest spaceport on the planet. The Venaari Enterprises
corporation produces the Venaari Strike Speeder for Imperial use. Around
two billion humans inhabit the planet.
Since the Empire's recent buildup on Venaari, the New Republic has
established a fledgling resistance cell. A New Republic operative,
Shandria L'hnnar, managed to steal the plans to Project Orrad and elude
the pursuing Imperials with the help of the thief Sienn Sconn. Since the
Star Destroyer Retaliator was busy engaging terrorist forces in the
Southern Reach, Daraada ordered the bounty hunter Pentix Graphyt to stop
the pair. He failed, and L'hnnar escaped off-planet with her
information. [SWAJ]
Venjagga system
The Venjagga system is located at the edge of the Galactic Core, only
hours away from the Mirit and Pyria systems. The system contains the
planet Jagga-Two, site of a small Imperial base that manufactures
concussion missiles and supplies the Imperial Star Destroyer-II
Eviscerator. The seventh planet in the system is a gas giant. Some three
years after the Battle of Endor, the Alliance staged a feint in the
Venjagga system to cover their simultaneous assault on Borleias in the
Pyria system. [XWRS]
Vento system
The location of an ancient Republic shipyard. Nearly four thousand years
ago during the Sith War, the fallen Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma gained control
of Coruscant's war room during his attack on the capital world.
Qel-Droma told the war room's commander to order all Republic ships to
jump to identical coordinates in the Vento system, which would have
resulted in a massive collision and the destruction of the fleet.
Fortunately, he was stopped before the order could be carried out. [TSW]
Venzeiia 2 Prime
A Rebel spy, fleeing aboard a YT-1300 freighter, was tracked to a
salvage yard near Venzeiia 2 Prime. A TIE Defender was dispatched to
capture the freighter while the Star Destroyer Glory captured the
salvage yard's space station, for daring to harbor a fugitive from the
Empire. [TSC]
Verdanth
Prior to the Battle of Hoth, the Alliance sent the droids R2-D2 and
C-3PO to the jungle planet Verdanth to investigate a crashed Imperial
messenger drone. The drone was actually a trap set by Darth Vader, who
planned to use a cybernetic Force link to read the minds of any Rebels
investigating the drone and possibly learn the location of their new
Hoth base. [CSW]&127
Vergill
A planet in the Hapes Cluster. The inhabitants of Vergill have long been
rivals with the water-breathers of the planet Maires. Nineteen years
after the Battle of Endor, the Vergills began an undersea ditanium
mining operation on the planet Hapes, next to the newly-opened Mairan
consulate. The Mairans filed an official protest against the noise and
mining debris stirred up by the Vergills¹ actions, but in reality they
had deliberately placed their consulate near the richest vein of
ditanium in order to spark a confrontation. [YJK]
Veron
A planet possibly in the Senex sector. The uncommitted ex-governor of
Veron took a "vacation" to attend a meeting on Belsavis with Roganda
Ismaren. [COTJ]
Vexta Belt
Pirates located in the Vexta Belt attacked Delephran shipping for many
years, until they were wiped out by the Delephran militia during their
"Piracy Scouring." Former Alliance operative Colonel Andrephan
Stormcaller participated in this campaign during his early career.
[SWAJ]
Vinsoth
The planet Vinsoth is covered by vast plains and is home to the
unusual-looking aliens called the Chevin. The Chevin are
hunter-gatherers who follow the herds of backshin as they travel the
plains, and have enslaved a native humanoid race also called Chevins.
Ephant Mon, a gunrunner who spent time in Jabba the Hutt's court, was a
native of Vinsoth. After a life-changing encounter with Luke Skywalker
in Jabba's dungeon, Ephant Mon returned to his home planet and founded a
new religious sect that worshipped nature and the Force, though he still
ran some scams on the side to finance his sect's temple. [MTS, TFJP]
Vinzen Neela 5
After the Battle of Hoth, the Empire was transferring a cargo of
prototype TIE Defenders to an escort carrier at a rendezvous near Vinzen
Neela 5. The Rebel Alliance made an unsuccessful attack on this transfer
operation. [TSC]
Virgillia?
The possible homeworld of the Virgillians. Captain Tessa Manchisco was a
Virgillian who fought in the Virgillian Civil War. Her crew consisted of
humans and one Duro. [TAB]
Viridia system
Han Solo used to make smuggling runs to the Viridia system. He learned
some of their port access codes, but these codes were later changed by
the Imperials. [COPL]
Vizcarra
An Imperial prison planet. The smuggler Tait Ransom was scheduled to be
sent to Vizcarra, after he was arrested for weapons smuggling on Omman.
[SWAJ]
Vjun
The planet Vjun contains Bast Castle, a remote, heavily-defended
structure built by Darth Vader as his private refuge. It was later the
headquarters of Darkside Executor Sedriss and the Emperor's elite force
of Dark Jedi. The planet is lashed with acidic, burning rain, and no
plant life can survive on its bleak surface. Kam Solusar served as a
Darkside warrior on Vjun before Luke Skywalker turned him to the light
side on Nespis VIII, six years after the Battle of Endor. Soon after
Solusar's conversion, three Ysanna prisoners from Ossus were taken to
Vjun to serve as raw material in creating new clone bodies for
Palpatine. The Ysanna were frozen in carbonite to await the future
construction of a clone laboratory in Bast Castle, but Luke Skywalker
and his Jedi trainees managed to storm the castle and defeat the
Emperor's men. [DE2, EE]
Vladet
Located in the Rachuk sector and system, Vladet is a blue and green
world dotted with islands and receives a great deal of rainfall. The
Empire established a base in the lush jungle on Vladet's Grand Isle to
discourage piracy in the local systems, and the garrison became the
center of Imperial control for the Rachuk sector. Built in the crater of
an extinct volcano, the base was ringed by two steep mountain ranges on
the west and east. To the south the wall had mostly broken down and the
base extended out of the crater to the edges of the bay. Geothermal
generators powered the energy shield and twin ion cannons, while a
comfortable mansion housed the command staff, including Admiral Devlia.
Some three years after the Battle of Endor, an Alliance force including
members of Rogue Squadron attacked the Vladet headquarters in reprisal
for an Imperial raid on Talasea. The Alliance did not wish to capture
Vladet, but intended to cripple the base so the Empire would be forced
to allocate more forces to its defense. Several Y-wing squadrons blew
out the northern wall of the crater, allowing starfighters to fly in
under the base's defensive shield. The Alliance leveled the base in the
successful raid, and Rogue Squadron pilot Corran Horn helped destroy a
Lancer-class frigate on their way out. [XWRS]
Vob
A gas giant famous for its perpetual atmospheric storms. [GG2]
Vodran
Vodran, covered with swamps and thick jungles, is the homeworld to the
tough alien species also known as Vodrans, who struggle for survival
against the world's huge and deadly predators. Rebel Alliance Lieutenant
Xenon Nnaksta, an operator of the Greel Wood Logging Corporation in the
Pii system, is a native of Vodran. Nnaksta's parents were killed years
ago in the Thruncon Insurrection, a catastrophe in which many Vodran
cities were destroyed. The young Vodran then spent time living alone on
the streets, in the rural areas of the Kudor province. The planet is
also home to the galactic pest known as the dianoga or "garbage squid."
This seven-tentacled creature has one eyestalk and has evolved a
transparent camouflage to protect it from predators. These animals can
be now found feeding on garbage virtually everywhere in the galaxy, and
Luke Skywalker was attacked and nearly killed by one in the Death Star's
trash compactor. [SW, MTS, SWAJ]
Vogel 7
The site of an Imperial Naval Academy where TIE pilot Ranulf Trommer was
raised. [ROC]
Vondarc system
The smuggler Dannen Lifehold brought a Rebel group from Rafft to a
rendezvous with a cargo frigate in the Vondarc system. It was here, just
prior to the Battle of Yavin, that Lifehold joined the Alliance. [SWAJ]
Vontor
The site of the Third Battle of Vontor, the final defeat of the
historical tyrant Xim the Despot. During this battle, Xim's orbital
fortress and nearly all of his war-robots were vaporized. [HSLL]
Vortex
Vortex, the homeworld of the hollow-boned, winged Vors, is a blue and
gray planet with a sharp axial tilt causing sudden seasonal changes and
severe windstorms. The Cathedral of Winds, the center of Vor
civilization, is an immense glassy structure designed to produce tones
when Vortex's wind currents pass over and through it. The Vors perform a
beautiful concert of etherial music by opening and closing orifices in
the building with their bodies. The Vors are an emotionless species, and
tend to concentrate on larger goals rather than on individuals. They
refused to perform their music for off-worlders during the reign of the
Empire, and have only recently allowed New Republic and other
dignitaries to attend these shows. All recording is prohibited, and only
one concert is performed each year. The Vors inhabit underground
dwellings during the storm season, which can be seen from above as small
mounds arranged in rings in the purple, vermilion, and tan grasses of
the plains. During a visit to Vortex by Admiral Ackbar and Leia Organa
Solo, Ackbar's sabotaged B-wing crashed into and destroyed the
centuries-old Cathedral of Winds and killed at least 358 Vors. A
different, more streamlined Cathedral was then constructed by the Vors
to replace the one destroyed in Ackbar's crash. [DA, COTF]