Sullust

From TFC Galactopedia

Sullust was the primary planet of the Sullust system in Sullustan Space, at the conjuncture of the Rimma Trade Route and the Silvestri Trace. The planet joined the Republic when Sullustan merchants connected their planet to Tapani Sector with the Rimma Trade Route 5,500 BBY.

The Outer Rim world was volatile with hundreds of active volcanoes, producing a noxious, toxic atmosphere and intense electrical storms. These conditions, combined with the planet's rich mineral deposits, caused the native Sullustan inhabitants to live in underground caves. The underground caves were humid and cool, with a diverse biosphere supported by underground lakes. The planet was once known for its podraces.

The planet was the headquarters of the galaxy-spanning SoroSuub Corporation, a member of the Commerce Guild. As the Old Republic crumbled, the governing Sullustan Council became weak. Under President Beolar Bribbs, the planet seceded from the Republic in 22 BBY and joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems. With the expansion of the Empire, SoroSuub assumed leadership of Sullust with Proclamation 173d and announced its full support of the Empire. In exchange for several lucrative contracts and the promise of guaranteed future business, SoroSuub took a hardline against the Rebel Alliance and its supporters.

Angered at SoroSuub's illegal takeover and support of the Empire, Sullustans formed resistance cells under the leadership of Sian Tevv that became model rebel cells during the Galactic Civil War. Tevv's resistance fighters garnered enough support to wrestle control of Sullust away from SoroSuub shortly before the Battle of Yavin.

The Sullustan resistance remained independent from the Alliance, although it allowed their fleet to use Sullust as the staging point for planned destruction of the Death Star II, since Sullust was an endpoint of the Sanctuary Pipeline. The Alliance also launched a diversionary attack in the system, to draw the Imperial fleet away from Endor.

After the Alliance's failure at the Massacre of Endor, Sullust made efforts to isolate itself from the Alliance. It did remain home to one small faction of rebels, known as the Rikta Sect. These Rebels were responsible for the failed experiment created by Rebel scientist Professor Arthur Sunrider, that intersected with an experimental drive test aboard the USS FELIX in the Imatia System of the Alpha Quadrant. It is where the anomaly known as the Great Rift is now located. The experiment itself destabilized the volatile planet. Sullust exploded violently not long after the rift's creation, heavily damaging the nearby moon of Sulon.

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