Mimban
Circarpous (Mimban)
The Circarpous system is a busy place: Circarpous IV—often known to outsiders simply as Circarpous—is a hectic metropolis that serves as one of the Expansion Regions financial hubs. Circarpous III is an industrial world primarily dedicated to refining ore from the extensive mining operations on Circarpous X and XII. The fifth moon of Circarpous XIV, meanwhile, is a played-out mine with extensive volcanic activity that keeps the moon far warmer than what would be expected from a globe on the frozen outskirts of a star system. For years the Rebel Alliance maintained a secret base there, which served as a nexus for underground movements on Circarpous III and IV.
Circarpous V, known in-system as Mimban, is a foggy swamp world never thoroughly explored by Circarpous’s human population, who wanted to leave the planet’s indigenous populations to develop in peace. The Empire had other ideas, however, particularly after passing robots discovered the chemical signature of dolovite in or near craters on Mimban.
Without informing the Circarpousians, the Empire established five mining towns on Mimban, populating them with a mixture of contract laborers and criminals working off sentences. Opting for speed as well as else, the Empire tore into Mimban’s crust with energy drills, heedless of the radioactive particles the big drills left in their wake.
Mimban has at least two indigenous species. The Mimbanites, disgaragingly called “greenies,” have been ruined by alcohol, which they beg from miners in the Empire’s towns. The Coway, their distant relatives, live underground and regard humans with ill-concealed loathing. Shrines and ruins dotting Mimban’s jungles hint at other cultures now vanished.
Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker traveled to Circarpous IV for a meeting with the planet’s leaders. They would tentatively agreed to fund the Alliance. An engine malfunction forced the siblings to divert to Mimban, where they discovered the Empire’s clandestine operation and had to escape Darth Vader himself to tell of the findings on Circarpous IV. The outraged Circarpousians opened a covert flow of credits to the Rebels, assistance that proved critical to the Alliance’s attempts to retrench in bases across the galaxy.
- Grid Location: Q-12
- Region: Expansion Region
- Terrain: Jungle, swamp
- Diameter: 7,024 km
- Length of Day: 21 standard hours
- Length of Year: 334 local days
- Population: 1 million
- Sentient Species: Mimbanites, Coway
- Species Mix: Mimbanites (75%), Coway (22%), humans (3%)
- Languages: Mimbanite, Coway, Basic
- Government: None
- Major Exports: Dolovite
- Major Imports: Foodstuffs, industrial equipment
- System/Star: Circarpous/Circarpous Major
Planets in the System:
| Planets | Type | Moons |
|---|---|---|
| Circarpous I | Scorched ball | 0 |
| Circarpous II | Hostile hothouse | 1 |
| Circarpous III | Terrestrial | 0 |
| Circarpous IV | Terrestrial | 1 |
| Circarpous V | Terrestrial | 0 |
| Circarpous VI | Gas giant | 0 |
| Circarpous VII | Gas giant | 17 |
| Circarpous VIII | Gas giant | 12 |
| Circarpous IX | Barren rock | 1 |
| Circarpous X | Ice ball | 1 |
| Circarpous XI | Gas giant | 6 |
| Circarpous XII | Gas giant | 17 |
| Circarpous XIII | Barren rock | 1 |
| Circarpous XIV | Gas giant | 11 |