The zoo

"You've been here all this time?"

- Orielle Kitai, to her mother, Candra, after the latter had been forced to work at the zoo for two weeks

"The zoo" was the nickname given by Orielle Kitai to a facility on the planet Kesh. Built as a park in honor of Nida Korsin and the Skyborn Rangers, the facility changed usage and names several times before being used to house and display uvak. In 3,960 BBY High Lord Candra Kitai was forced to shovel manure at the zoo for Grand Lord Lillia Venn.

History
"They keep feeding them slop that makes them ill. I know they're doing it on purpose."

- Candra Kitai, regarding the uvaks

"The zoo," as it was called by Sith Saber Orielle Kitai, was the public home for the uvak used in rake-riding competitions in the capital city Tahv on the planet Kesh. Built sometime after 4,975 BBY, the facility was originally a park used to honor the Skyborn Rangers and their first leader, Nida Korsin. The facility's usage changed numerous times, as did its name, which gave homage to at least two different Grand Lords&mdash;the heads of the planet's ruling government, the Lost Tribe of Sith&mdash;over the course of just over one thousand years. At one point, the facility housed the last surviving members of various predator species from Kesh, but the Sith had since killed the creatures for sport. By 3,960 BBY, the facility was used to house uvak, and spectators were granted access to the facility to watch as the uvak were prepared for their rake-riding competitions in the Korsinata.

Shortly after the attempt on the life of Grand Lord Lillia Venn by the uvak wrangler Campion Dey, High Lord Candra Kitai&mdash;whom Venn suspected was behind the attack&mdash;was forced to shovel manure from the facility's stalls for two weeks as passersby looked on. Candra's daughter Orielle, having recently discovered the location of the only space-capable vessel on the planet, later came to the zoo, hoping her mother could help her gain political leverage. Orielle offered to free her mother, but Candra refused, under the pretense that she would only slow Orielle down. However, Candra betrayed Orielle, using the information Orielle had given her in exchange for, according to Grand Lord Venn, "improved working conditions."

Behind the scenes
The zoo, the real name of which is never given, first appeared in Lost Tribe of the Sith: Sentinel, the sixth book in the Lost Tribe of the Sith eBook series. Sentinel was written by John Jackson Miller and released on February 21, 2011.

Appearances

 * Lost Tribe of the Sith: Sentinel