Taanab
[Star Wars Galaxies RPG] - Planetary Information: Taanab
| Taanab | |
|---|---|
| Grid Location: | O-8 |
| Terrain: | Fields, agriculture, waterways |
| Diameter: | 13,090 km |
| Length of Day: | 46 standard hours |
| Length of Year: | 594 local days |
| Population: | 980 million |
| Sentient Species: | Humans |
| Species Mix: | Humans (89%), other (11%) |
| Language: | Basic |
| Government: | Corporate |
| Major Exports: | Foodstuffs |
| Major Imports: | Fertilizers, pesticides, machine parts |
| System/Star: | Taanab/Tive |
Planets in the Taanab System
| Planet | Type | Moons |
|---|---|---|
| Myron | Scorched ball | 0 |
| Taanab | Terrestrial | 1 |
| Taun Reece | Terrestrial | 0 |
| Jech | Gas giant | 9 |
| Mase | Gas giant | -9 |
| Stanna | Gas giant | 8 |
| Simang | Gas giant | 12 |
| Indar | Gas giant | 5 |
Description
Of interest largely to agriculturalists and animal breeders, the grassy world of Taanab is one of the Inner Rim's largest exporters of foodstuffs. Its flattened landmasses are arrayed in meandering strips, ensuring that no point on land is ever far from a body of water. Its mild climate, negligible tectonic activity, and abundant sunlight seem optimized for life, and prior to its colonization much of Taanab was overgrown with green jungles.
Yet despite these advantages, no animal life ever evolved on Taanab. All of the planet's current life-forms are transplanted farmstock, introduced during Taanab's settlement as an agricultural outpost in 2320 BBY. Pens of roba, banthas, saago, and nerfs crowd the meat-processing plants near the temperate poles, while their feral cousins roam the countryside, where their populations are kept in check by droid sharpshooters.
Near Taanab's equator, hexagonal grain fields give the factory farms their unique honeycomb appearance, while weather-controlling satellites and orbital mirrors help keep Taanab's climate optimized for bumper yields. Agricultural conglomerates with heavy investments in Taanab include Arcon Multinode, Tagge Restaurant Association, and Core Foodstuffs. The planet's administrative capital is Pandath, while the local Ranthal Company administers the star docks where cargo is transported to resource-poor worlds such as Coruscant.
Taanab has had some surprising Jedi and Sith connections. The Brotherhood of Darkness used it as an outpost circa 1000 BBY, while the Jedi later built a small chapterhouse in Pandath to house initiates in the Jedi Agricultural Corps (AgriCorps).
Taanab's most notorious moment came when Lando Calrissian crushed the Norulac pirates and ended their annual raids against the Banthal docks. Flying a borrowed freighter, Calrissian entangled many pirate vessels in electrified Connor nets and led Taanab's port authority in mopping up the rest. The incident, reported in the newsnets as the "Battle of Taanab," helped Calrissian win a general's commission in the Rebel Alliance's armed forces just prior to the attack on the second Death Star.
History
Of interest largely to agriculturalists and animal breeders, the grassy world of Taanab is one of the Inner Rim's largest exporters of foodstuffs.
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- Mase
- Stanna
- Simang
- Indar
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