Nyriaan

Nyriaan

Nyriaan was aplanet that was located in theLuire system of theMid Rim.

Description[]

Nyriaan was rich inmadilon, a rare, naturally occurring alloy that could be used to makehyperdrives smaller. It was a habitable world, with an atmosphere that was made up mainly ofnitrogen andoxygen, and a mean temperature of 40 °C. The planet was covered by a thick, cloud layer, that blocked communications and made unaided landing almost impossible. Large storms were common and could last for months at a time. They posed a constant threat to settlements, so they were monitored by theTempest Observation Bureau.

The planet surface consisted of plains and low hills, with some valleys, where boggy conditions had formed. In the northern hemisphere, there were many shallow, rocky valleys, which were where most of the planet'smining operations took place.

An interesting feature of Nyriaan was the effect that its atmosphere had onthe Force. While Force-users could use the Force when on the planet surface, they couldn't while traveling though the planetary atmosphere, due to an unidentified interference.

Flora and Fauna[]

Hundreds of thousands of different animal species evolved on Nyriaan and the majority of them were small in stature. One of the few larger species were thelluma, which were herbivorous herd animals. Another species were the omnivorous, frog-likepherins. Both species were preyed upon by Nyriaan's top predator, thechlovi cat.

Nyriaan also had a vast number of different plant species, including many different species of fungi, although only 5% of the planet's plant species had been classified by scientists. One of the more common species was thechlovi, a type of large fungus. Other species included the deadlyFalsin's rot and the massiveMeadlin's trees, which were the largest species of fungi on Nyriaan. Another plant, a small fungal weed, called themire nettle, could be processed to createNyriaan spice, a type of powerful narcotic. The parasitic fungustempest's blessing grew on and lived in symbiosis with host organisms and could increase the host's visual acuity.

History[]

Discovery and exploration[]

TheLuire system was discovered in4129 BBY and in4067 BBY, the exploration shipStarveil carried out an extensive study of the system. However, it crash landed on Nyriaan.

During theJedi Civil War, theSith LordDarth Glovoc had a vision that there was something of interest on Nyriaan. He took command of theInterdictor-class cruiserDying Sun and he traveled with it to the Luire system. However, while thecruiser surveyed Nyriaan, it wasattacked by threeRepublic cruisers. TheSun destroyed the cruisers, but was critically damaged and became caught in the planet'sgravity well, eventually crash landing on Nyriaan.Escape pods from all four ships also landed on the planet's surface.

In403 BBY, theCorporate Sector Authority shipCommerce went missing while attempting an orbital scan of Nyriaan. More CSA ships were sent to explore the planet, they made no significant discoveries and heard nothing from theCommerce.

Two Republic-funded vessels, theLocus and theArdent Virtue arrived in the Luire system in90 BBY, to carry out a five-year survey. In87 BBY, theLocus lost power while scanning the atmosphere of Nyriaan and made a controlled landing on the planet. TheVirtue attempted a rescue, but failed in it's initial attempts, losing twoshuttles in the process. The following year, with additional Republic support, the crew of theArdent Virtue constructed agondola, that was tied to theVirtue and lowered onto the surface of Nyriaan. The wreckage of theLocus was located by the landing party, but they found no sign of the surviving crew members. They then proceeded to carry out a preliminary surveys of the planet from the ground, and also establishedlaser comm arrays, so that they could directly communicate with theVirtue.

In85 BBY, the crew of theArdent Venture discovered traces of madilon in the soil of Nyriaan. They attempted to keep this secret, but a CSA research station on the nearby planetCaillte intercepted communications and learned of the discovery. Some of theVenture's crew members attempted to sell the information for personal profit, causing a number of survey ships to travel to the Luire system. Many of them made unsuccessful attempts at landing on Nyriaan.

Settlement[]

The CSA wanted possession of Nyriaan and its madilon deposits, so in84 BBY the CSA laid claim to the entire Luire system. The Republic rebuffed their claim and for the duration of the resulting legal battle, a quarantine of Nyriaan was enforced. In81 BBY, a Republic court ruled that the CSA only had jurisdiction over Caillte, not the Nyriaan and the rest of the Luire system. Nyriaan was opened for settlement and a number of new settlements were established, utilising an updated version of the gondola system. TheTapani sector noble housesHouse Mecetti andHouse Reena both established settlements of their own.

The first laser transport arrays were established on Nyriaan by the CSA in69 BBY, allowing properly equipped starships to land on the planet. The specific details on how to user laser array technology were leaked two years later, allowing anyone to acquire the technology and land on the surface of Nyriaan.

In66 BBY, theHyperspace Navigator's Guild began to press theGalactic Senate to pass legislation to require bonded navigators to assist with all laser transport array landings on Nyriaan. The CSA protested, but the Senate passed the legislation anyway.

Following the CSA-sponsored liquidation of a settlement, in47 BBY, theNyriaanan natives staged an uprising and wiped out a number of frontier towns. In43 BBY, with the assistance of theJedi KnightAmar Cros, a non-aggression pact was negotiated, restoring peace to the planet.

Due to the influence of theTrade Federation, in39 BBY theMining Guild attempted to drive up prices on Nyriaan. The CSA attempted to undermine the Guild, so the Guild responded by sabotaging the CSA's ore transfer facilities.

In36 BBY, the CSA prospected on land owned by the native Nyriaanans, in breach of a mining agreement. The natives initiated hostilities against the CSA and the Trade Federation and Mining Guild secretly gave support to the insurgency. The Galactic Senate acted to resolve the tensions on Nyriaan once and for all, by passing theLuire Accord. The planet was divided up into a number of regions, each controlled by a different group, while a government, theNyriaan Concord, was established. A number of reservations were set aside for environmental purposes and the native clans retreated into the planet's unexplored regions.

The CSA began a large-scale immigration of laborers to Nyriaan in29 BBY. The majority of the laborers werePa'lowicks and by the end of the year, every major settlement on Nyriaan had a Pa'lowick ghetto. A number of Pa'lowicks freed themselves from bondage to the CSA and established the settlementNew Lowick.

The Clone Wars[]

An inter-galactic conflict known as theClone Wars broke out in22 BBY, between the Republic and theConfederacy of Independent Systems. The Confederacy captured Nyriaan during theFirst Battle of Nyriaan and the Republic's holdings on the world were annexed and split between the CSA and the Mining Guild. Without the restrictions that had been placed on them by the Republic, the CSA and the Mining Guild both expanded their operations and began exploiting native land. The natives resisted violently, and were assisted by the remnants of the Republic forces.

In19 BBY, a Republic strike force was dispatched to the Luire system and the CIS was defeated in theSecond Battle of Nyriaan and driven from the system. However, shortly afterwards,Supreme ChancellorPalpatine, the leader of the Republic, initiatedOrder 66 and all of the Jedi in the system were killed.

Imperial rule[]

Following the end of the Clone Wars, the Republic was re-organized to become theGalactic Empire, which became the new ruler of Nyriaan.

In17 BBY,House Melantha of the Tapani sector staked a claim on Nyriaan.

The Empire began the construction of a largeion shielding station in13 BBY, located just outsideLocus, the planetary capital. The station was completed in8 BBY and was capable of projecting energy shields, to protect starships from the hazards of Nyriaan's atmosphere. This allowed the Empire and the Mining Guild to initiateOperation Cloudfall, the stripping of all of the planet's useful ore.

The shield station was sabotaged by agents of theAlliance to Restore the Republic in1 BBY, bringing it offline for three months. By2 ABY, an Alliance-affiliated insurgency had stopped Operation Cloudfall. The majority of the operation'sslaveWookiee andMon Calamari workers then joined the insurgency.

The New Republic and the Yuuzhan Vong[]

Following the fall of the Empire, in8 ABY, theNew Republic offered to recognize Nyriaan's planetary autonomy, as governed by the Nyriaanan natives. The madilon exporters rallied against the offer and although the native clans were intrigued by it, the exporters were successful. In10 ABY, the CSA launched a legal challenge against the New Republic's right to offer Nyriaan independence. The resulting court battle was lengthy and was never fully resolved.

In26 ABY, theYuuzhan Vong, a species of extra-galactic invaders, conquered Nyriaan. Their attack was made easier by the fact that their technology was unaffected by the Nyriaanan atmosphere, and they destroyed all of the mining operations. The Yuuzhan Vong priests proclaimed that the planet was blessed, because of the way its atmosphere resisted the Force. The Vong originally ignored the native clans, but when they began using captured natives for experiments, the natives initiated a guerrilla war, to try and drive the invaders out. Following the defeat of the Vong in29 ABY, a number of Yuuzhan Vong refugees settled on Nyriaan and were eventually accepted as equals by the native clans.

TheGalactic Alliance began reconstruction efforts on Nyriaan in31 ABY and Locus was rebuilt, while the Imperial shielding station was repaired. The CSA resumed mining operations in38 ABY, after rebuilding their old facilities.

Nyriaan later fell under the control of theFel Empire and its successor government,Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire. Some Sith agents heard rumors about theDying Sun, so in132 ABY, theSith LordDarth Vurik was sent to Nyriaan, to investigate.

Inhabitants[]

Nyriaan was home to a number of Nyriaanan native clans, who were descended from thehuman crew of theStarveil and other starships that had crashed on the planet over the years. They had evolved to become adapted to the planet, with pale skin, a stocky stature and eyes that were well suited to the world's dim light. They spokeNyriaanan, a mixture ofBasic andHigh Galactic. The natives were distrustful of the colonists and prospectors who lived on Nyriaan, seeing them as competition for the planet's resources. Some of the clans were nomadic, while others lived in the groves of Meadlin's trees,

The planet was also home to theChildren of the Tempest, the descendants of the Sith crew of theDying Sun. Over time, they had became twisted and inbred, but retained their devotion to their leader, Darth Glovoc. They only constituted a small part of Nyriaan's population and generally remained in seclusion, but on occasion, would encounter the Nyriaanan clans, whom they would attack on sight.

Sources[]

• Galaxy of Intrigue(First mentioned)
• "Blaster" —Star Wars Insider 115
• Galactic Gladiators: Great Warriors ofStar Wars onStarWars.com(backup link) (original link is obsolete)

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