Ansion
Ansion is a Mid Rim world known for its rolling plains and its sentient species divided into various clans, including city dwellers and plains-loving nomads. Despite its seeming insignificance, Ansion held strategic importance due to its treaties with nearby systems like Malari and Keitumite.
The Jedi Council dispatched Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luminara Unduli to Ansion to keep the planet in the Republic. After brokering a crucial deal between the Alwari clans and city dwellers, Ansion remained loyal during the Clone Wars.
The Empire, however, appointed a Moff for the Churnis sector, nullifying all existing alliances, and Ansion was later overrun by the Yuuzhan Vong.
| Planets | Type | Moons |
|---|---|---|
| Fahariyn | Gas giant | 3 |
| Gaulix | Toxic soup | 1 |
| Ansion | Terrestrial | 2 |
| Solan | Barren rock | 4 |
| Trauchta | Gas giant | 6 |
| Solumu | Ice ball | 1 |
History
During the final years of the Republic, little about the Mid Rim world Ansion seemed of more than local import. It was a planet of rolling plains, with a sentient species divided into a bewildering variety of clans—some city dwellers, some plains-loving nomads. But for all its seeming insignificance, Ansion held great strategic importance. The Malariian Alliance bound it to three other systems (nearby Dbari and Malari, and Mamendin, the Core World from which Malari was colonized), while the Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty enmeshed it with Malari and six others: Keitum, Mondress, Lonnaw, Doriin, Eorpha, and Glom Tho. And those systems, in turn, had treaties of their own. In probing the Republic’s weaknesses, the Separatists saw Ansion as an opportunity: If Ansion seceded, some forty other systems could follow suit.
Many were the minds, however, that studied the weave of relationships within the Republic. The Jedi Council dispatched four Jedi—Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luminara Unduli and their Padawans Anakin Skywalker and Barriss Offee—to Ansion on a mission to keep the planet in the Republic. After numerous adventures on Ansion’s windswept plains, they succeeded in brokering a critical deal between the nomadic Alwari clans and the city dwellers represented by the Unity of Community. The Separatists’ designs were foiled, at least for a time, and Ansion remained a loyalist world during the Clone Wars.
The Empire wasn’t about to let Ansion remain a threat to the stability of the Mid Rim, but it moved with relative restraint: The newly appointed Moff for the Churnis sector quickly declared all existing alliances and treaties null and void, returning the planet to obscurity. Ansion was overrun, along with many other worlds of its sector, by the Yuuzhan Vong.
Culture
Ansion's culture is diverse, with a significant portion of the population living in clans with their own customs and traditions. The planet's landscape and climate influence the lifestyle of its inhabitants, with many relying on the plains for agriculture and livestock.
Economy
The economy of Ansion is driven by the export of foodstuffs and textiles, with technology and consumer goods being the major imports. The planet's strategic location and treaties with neighboring systems have historically played a crucial role in its economic and political significance.
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