Chelloa

Chelloa was a terrestial planet in the Outer Rim Territories.

History
During the early years of the Galactic Republic, Chelloa was settled by Republic colonists as an agricultural world. During the New Sith Wars, the planet was invaded and occupied by the Chagras Hegemony, one of the splinter states formed from the New Sith Empire. Following the death of the Sith Lord Chagras, the planet fell under the domain of another Sith Lord Daiman, ruler of the Daimanate princedom. After he discovered the surface was filled with baradium, Daiman strip-mined the entire planet, decimating the local inhabitants' homes and meager resources. Many of the residents were also moved offworld to work and fight near the frontiers.

Gorlan Palladane, a local miner and former Jedi Knight, established contact with the Jedi Order, becoming an informant and helping the Order prepare a military strike on Daiman's holdings on Chelloa. He used a transmitter built by the Rodian mechanic Skodo to communicate with the Order. However, the interstellar relays were intercepted by the rival Sith Lord Odion, ruler of the Odionate. A Jedi team under Jedi Master Vannar Treece launched a strike known as Operation: Influx which destroyed several of Daiman's cargo liners and took control of the spaceport.

However, they were interrupted by the arrival of Odion who unleashed a kinetic corruptor that destroyed a large area of the surface and killed several slaves and soldiers alike. The entire Jedi strike team with the exception of Kerra Holt was killed. However, she was rescued by Palladane who managed to evacuate several lucky survivors onto a cargo liner. Arriving at the town of Jenith, they encountered Daiman who expressed little concern for his people but was preoccupied with counteracting Odion's moves.

As part of his greater plan of defeating Odion, Daiman imported ten more kinetic corruptors disguised as Mobile Munitions Complexes and a fleet of transports, to deceived his enemies into thinking he was going to expand baradium mining operations. He intended to lure Odion to land an invasion force on Chelloa where they would be trapped and obliterated by the kinetic corruptors, along with all life on the planet. Trying to determine the source of the intelligence leakage, he apprehended and tortured to death Skodo. His troops also replaced the transmitter with one of Daiman's, to keep track of any accomplices.

When Kerra Holt attempted to assassinate Daiman, he tricked her into believing that Odion posed a greater threat with his mobile factory The Spike, which produced more kinetic corruptors. Holt then took on Odion during a space duel, leaking information on Daiman's expanded baradium operations. Meanwhile, Daiman's troops apprehended Palladane after he tried to communicate with Odion, trying to say Chelloa by telling him that there were no more baradium mines.

Palladane was tortured by Daiman who retaliated to this intelligence leakage by ordering a planetwide crackdown including the destruction of Jenith. However, Palladane was rescued by Holt who also saved his family and several Chelloa citizens including village leaders. They then fled to the town of Arboth where they had a safehouse. While scouting Arboth's spaceport, Holt discovered that the transports carrying the workers were empty. Determined to escaped Daimanate oppression, Holt and Palladane made preparations to evacuate Chelloa's population of 60,000.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knight Errant 0
 * Star Wars: Knight Errant 1: Aflame, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Knight Errant 2: Aflame, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Knight Errant 3: Aflame, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Knight Errant 4: Aflame, Part 4
 * Star Wars: Knight Errant 5: Aflame, Part 5
 * Knight Errant novel