Mon Cala (Dac)
Mon Calamari
From space, the placid blue of Mon Calamari is an oasis of oceanic calm, yet the planet has a history of remarkable turmoil. Even its name is in dispute. Official star logs list it as Mon Calamari, while its natives prefer to call it Dac.
Its seas roil with life, from vast algal swaths to schools of razor-toothed krakana. While the planet is known for its two intelligent species—the goggle-eyed Mon Calamari and the tentacle-faced Quarren—in truth it boasts several more, including the oceanic whaladons and the hive-minded jellies known as moappa. Only island chains break the surface of the shallow oceans, with most of the 27.5 billion inhabitants living in floating megalopolises (Coral City, Foamwander) or pressurized bases on the seafloor (Aquarius, Coral Depths).
The planet’s troubles date back to prehistory, when the Mon Calamari and Quarren established a reputation as amiable consensus builders, while the Quarren filled the role of paranoid recluses. Though the two species inhabited dissimilar ecological niches—Mon Cals near the water’s surface, Quarren in the depths—the two inevitably collided in armed conflict.
Resolved segregation took the place of combat following first contact with the Republic in 4166 BBY (though civil war has occasionally flared up since). During the Clone Wars, the galactic dynamic of Republic versus Separatists provided an excuse for Mon Calamari to split along its own factional lines, with the Calamarian Council supporting Coruscant and the Quarren Isolation League pledging its allegiance to Count Dooku.
After the rise of the Empire, Mon Calamari became an Imperial possession. With both Mon Cals and Quarren doomed to live out their lives in Imperial lives, a resistance movement took shape—eventually driving the Empire out of Mon Calamari space entirely. The Mon Cals (and their top commander, Admiral Ackbar) began supporting the Alliance, even leading some to label them the soul of the Rebellion.
The Quarren feared that the Mon Cal’s latest round of activism would bring further ruin to their planet. They found their fears proven correct in 10 ABY, when the World Devastators of the resurrected Emperor obliterated several floating cities, killing millions. One year later Imperial Admiral Daala destroyed another city with a Star Destroyer bombardment.
The recovering planet has since remained out of the galactic stage, except for its role as temporary capital of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances during the Yuuzhan Vong War. The seas long ago swallowed all outward signs of battle damage, and Mon Calamari’s undersea sphere remains as inviting today as it was at the time of its discovery more than 150 generations ago.
- Grid Location: U-6
- Region: Outer Rim Territories
- Terrain: Oceans, reefs
- Diameter: 11,300 km
- Length of Day: 21 standard hours
- Length of Year: 398 local days
- Population: 27 billion
- Sentient Species: Mon Calamari, Quarren
- Species Mix: Quarren (60%), Mon Calamari (39%), other (1%)
- Languages: Mon Calamari, Quarrenese, Basic
- Government: Representative council
- Major Exports: Seafood, high tech, starships, weapons
- Major Imports: Foodstuffs, medicine, technology
- System/Star: Calamari/Dac
Planets in the System:
| Planets | Type | Moons |
|---|---|---|
| Mol Luxu | Rocky planetoid | 1 |
| Mon Calamari | Terrestrial | 1 |
| Iceberg One | Icy planetoid | 0 |
| Iceberg Two | Ice ball | 1 |
| Mon Eron | Terrafarmed terrestrial | 2 |
| Sep Elopon | Ringed gas giant | 32 |
| Iceberg Three | Captured comet | 0 |
| Iceberg Four | Frozen chunk | 0 |