Qiilura

Qiilura was a temperate planet in the Mid Rim, 40 light years away from Ord Mantell. It was the home world of the Gurlanins&mdash;a race of shapeshifting intelligent predators, but by the time of the Clone Wars, Human colonization had been well established, with a population of two hundred thousand farmers. The economy of the planet mostly revolved around agriculture, specifically the production of barq, kushayan, and other luxury foodstuffs, Merlie meat was a known export and source of income & food for the farmers of this planet. Qiilura produced a large proportion of the luxury foodstuffs and beverages in the Galaxy. However, the planet was controlled by Neimoidian merchants who passed little of the profit on to the farmers, thus most inhabitants lived in squalor and would sell information and outlaws to the warlord Ghez Hokan and his militia for a couple of credits or a bottle of urrqal.

Geography
Qiilura had many islands with fertile soil, deep river inlets, rolling plains, deciduous forests, lakes, and gameboard fields. The planet also had gem mines, sources of zeka quartz and green silicates.

Fauna
The planet was home to a number of native non-sentient species such as Gdans, Merlies and Vheks.

Mission to Qiilura
During the Clone Wars, Qiilura was the location of a CIS biological weapons lab that was developing a pathological agent specifically designed to kill clones. During the Mission to Qiilura, Omega Squad&mdash;a squad of Republic Commandos, was sent to destroy the biological weapons lab and, if possible, locate Jedi Master Kast Fulier and his Padawan Etain Tur-Mukan. Although Master Kast Fulier was already dead prior to their arrival, Omega Squad were ultimately successful in destroying the lab after joining up with Padawan Tur-Mukan and enlisting the help of the native Gurlanin, Jinart.

Due to the Separatist droids burning the Barq fields in search of Omega Squad, there was a galactic shortage of the food causing economic problems for the Trade Federation, and more so for farmers who lost their crops.

Occupation by the Republic
After the success of the mission to Qiilura, an agreement was made between the Republic and Gurlanins to remove the human colony. The terms of the agreement specifically where that the Gurlanins, with their special espionage skills, would act as spies for the Republic, while the farmers would cease to chase away the prey upon which they depended for survival. For the members of the dwindling population of Gurlanins, this meant the complete removal of the colony. Instead, a Republic garrison was established to train the human colonists to look after themselves.

The decision to withdraw the garrison was finally made by the Senate Committee on Refugees after it was discovered by Omega Squad that Jinart, and possibly a number of other Gurlanins, had infiltrated Coruscant, where they were well placed to inflict significant damage to the Republic in retaliation to the continued occupation.

Appearances

 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Omega Squad: Targets
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Republic Commando: True Colors
 * Evasive Action: Recruitment