Empress Teta/Legends

Empress Teta, formerly known as Koros Major, Koros, and also known as Cinnagar, was an ecumenopolis world in the Deep Core. It was named after the Koros system's ruler Empress Teta, who unified the system following the Unification Wars in 5,000 BBY.

It was the capital of Teta Sector and was located on both the Koros Trunk Line and the Carbonite Run, and for a short time on the Daragon Trail. Empress Teta was the main hub of galactic civilization in the Deep Core and was also one of the few highly urbanized planets in the region to rival Coruscant itself in fashion and amenities.

Description
Empress Teta was a city-planet located in the outer shell of the galaxy's Deep Core, directly galactic south of Coruscant. With over half its landmass covered by its capital Cinnagar, and vast reserves of carbonite that made the backbone of Empress Teta's economy, the planet was the center of galactic civilization in the Deep Core. Empress Teta was a wealthy and fashionable world, only slightly behind Coruscant itself in the amenities it offered. The ornate artistry of the world's architecture was admired, much of it having arisen in the reconstruction that followed the Great Hyperspace War.

Where the city had not grown, some areas of wildlife remained, including forests and plains. However, much of this unoccupied landmass was used for carbonite mining, the source of Empress Teta's wealth. The discovery of the valuable substance on the other six worlds of the Empress Teta system enabled the Mining Guild to do much of its business offworld, allowing the nonurbanized areas of Empress Teta to avoid the environmental damage that befell the other worlds of the system.

Initially known as "Koros" or "Koros Major", the planet's name was changed following Empress Teta's unification of the system. The extent to which the capital Cinnagar covered the world also caused many to refer to the world itself as "Cinnagar", even in official documentation&mdash;a source of confusion at times.

History
The worlds of the Koros system were first colonized before 27,000 BBY by explorers out of Coruscant, traveling in generation ships. These first settlers discovered massive deposits of carbonite ore on all seven inhabitable planets of the system, and the Korosians made a further discovery that space travelers could be frozen in carbonite in a state of suspended animation, allowing them to survive the long trips between stars. The invention of this process saw the end of the generation ship as a means of travel and the development of sleeper ships, which enabled Coruscant to settle worlds across the galaxy. As a means of combating hibernation sickness, the Korosians also first discovered the use of spice as a therapeutic agent, allowing travelers in sleeper ships to make the journey in a greater degree of safety. The Koros system's deposits of andris spice, combined with the carbonite resources, made it a dominant power in the pre-hyperdrive years. The planet of Koros Major became a boomworld, and the new Mining Guild made it one of their strongholds. With the invention of the hyperdrive, hyperspace scouts carved out the hyperspace route known as the Koros Trunk Line or "Carbonite Pipeline", running from Koros to Coruscant, shortly before the foundation of the Galactic Republic in 25,053 BBY. With the foundation of the Republic and subsequent growth, the route saw trillions of tons of carbonite move out to Coruscant while explorers moved in to Koros to take advantage of the unexplored Deep Core.

Large numbers of illegal mining claimants eventually led to the declaration of ownership by the aristocrats of Teta, supported by the Republic. The subsequent Unification Wars forged the legend of the Empress that would become the system's namesake. In 5,000 BBY, Koros Major was attacked by the Sith Empire, but defended by Empress Teta and the Jedi. However, the planet was taken over in 3,997 BBY by the Krath cult, who deflected a Mandalorian attack in 3,996 BBY.

Empress Teta was one of the few Galactic Republic member worlds in the Deep Core. As a major exporter of carbonite, it was an important member of the Galactic Empire. The planet was also one of the few worlds in the Deep Core to remain relatively multispecies despite the Humanocentrist policies of the Imperials.

The planet's location in the hard-to-navigate Deep Core made it easy to defend, and the New Republic planned to evacuate their government to the planet in the eventuality Coruscant fell to the Yuuzhan Vong. However, Senatorial opposition to the plan caused it to be shelved, and when Coruscant actually fell, the government fled to Mon Calamari. It can be assumed that even after the Yuuzhan Vong War had ended Empress Teta continued to rival Coruscant in the Deep Core, continuing with the Galactic Alliance.

Inhabitants
Empress Teta was relatively unique among the Deep Core worlds for retaining its multiculturalism under Imperial rule and the principles of Human High Culture it promoted.

Cinnagar
The capital of Empress Teta, Cinnagar was one of the largest cities in the Deep Core.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith audio drama
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
 * The Traitor's Gambit
 * The Gem of Alderaan
 * Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
 * The Unifying Force

Notes and references
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