Rakata Prime (Lehon)
[Star Wars Galaxies RPG] - Planetary Information: Rakata Prime (Lehon)
| Rakata Prime (Lehon) | |
|---|---|
| Grid Location: | G-11 |
| Terrain: | Oceans, tropical islands |
| Diameter: | 9,120 km |
| Length of Day: | 18 standard hours |
| Length of Year: | 278 local days |
| Population: | Modern: none; historic: 11 billion |
| Sentient Species: | Modern: none; historic: Rakata |
| Species Mix: | Historic: Rakata (90%); other slave species (10%) |
| Language: | Rakatan |
| Government: | Historic: priestly council |
| Major Exports: | Historic: warships, technology, manufactured goods |
| Major Imports: | Historic: slaves, treasure offered in tribute |
| System/Star: | Lehon/Abo |
Planets in the Lehon System
| Planet | Type | Moons |
|---|---|---|
| Iwar | Scaring rock | 0 |
| Medinia | Volcanic rock | 0 |
| Taxiode | Toxic rock | 0 |
| Lehon | Terrestrial | 2 |
| Desten | Airless rock | 5 |
| Gergas Sule | Gas giant | 11 |
| Verla Klest | Gas giant | 9 |
| Ding Briar | Gas giant | 18 |
Description
The vanished Rakata held an almost unimaginable influence over galactic affairs in the pre-Republic era. But today, from a remove of nearly thirty thousand years, the Rakatan homeworld of Lehon shows little trace of one of the galaxy’s great civilizations.
Located in a stellar-poor stretch of space known as the Tempered Wastes, the small globe of Lehon wears an azure surface speckled with tiny islands and meandering archipelagos. Hot sand and crashing waves mark every kilometer of coastline, and variant breeds of foreign animals—including rancors and aklays—prowl amid the scrub trees and beach grass. Lehon is otherwise unpopulated.
Tens of millennia in the past, however, Lehon stood tall with its technological temples and living monuments to the glory of the Rakatan Infinite Empire. In close orbit overhead loomed the Star Forge, a manufacturing satellite capable of near-infinite output. Slave species (including humans) toiled in the streets and plazas as the Rakata extended their footprint across primitive Coruscant and other worlds in the Core.
A civil war among the Rakata, coupled with a plague that left them unable to work their Force-operated machinery, presaged the kingdom’s collapse. With Lehon the only world remaining in the empire, the remaining factions launched a war of sterilization. The priestly caste fled underground, leaving scattered warriors to fight over the irradiated surface. This status quo persisted for millennia. Meanwhile, a disruptor field projected by the Star Forge interfered with the control systems of curious ships that flew too close. Lehon soon became the resting place of hundreds of freighter vessels that had launched from the Republic or the Unknown Regions.
In 3959 BBY Darth Revan came to Lehon and powered up the Star Forge to build a private armada. This event triggered the Second Sith War, and a reformed Revan ended the threat in 3956 BBY by leading Republic forces to Lehon and destroying the Star Forge. The Republic subsequently claimed Lehon as a wartime conquest. It stationed a small orbital garrison on the system’s fringe, but never gave the surviving Rakata representation in the Republic Senate. The world remained classified until approximately 1100 BBY, when the Republic’s dark age collapsed governmental structures.
By then it was too late. The first anthropologists to mount an expedition to Lehon discovered that the Rakata had seemingly perished. And after Darth Bane looted the Temple of the Ancients in 1000 BBY, few secrets remained to be discovered on quiet Lehon.
History
The vanished Rakata held an almost unimaginable influence over galactic affairs in the pre-Republic era. Today, from a remove of nearly thirty thousand years, the Rakatan homeworld of Lehon shows little trace of one of the galaxy’s great civilizations. Located in a stellar-poor stretch of space known as the Tempered Wastes, the small globe of Lehon wears an azure surface speckled with tiny islands and meandering archipelagos.
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Orbiting bodies
- Iwar
- Medinia
- Taxiode
- Lehon
- Desten
- Gergas Sule
- Verla Klest
- Ding Briar
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