Csilla/Legends

Csilla, the homeworld of the Chiss, was a cold world of glaciers and snowy wastes located deep within Chiss Space, and served as the capital of the Chiss Empire.

The planet entered an ice age 5,000 BBY. Glaciers covered the normally-warm equatorial regions of the planet, while solid ice locked the poles in perpetual winter. In order to survive, the Chiss built energy-efficient warrens beneath the ice, as close to the warmth of the inner planet as possible, with underground carriage travel routes to connect the various underground sections of Csilla. The iceways were bored through the bedrock of the planet, so that they were unaffected by the shifting ice found on the planet's surface.

Locked in an ice for decades, Csilla forced many socioeconomic and technological changes upon the Chiss, but few physical changes. Contrary to beliefs in a link between the Chiss skin color and the Csillan temperature, scientists have concluded that the Chiss’ blue skin is caused by a mineral found in the Csillan hydrosphere.

Csilla was the capital of the Chiss Ascendancy. 965 BBY, the Ascendancy passed the non-aggression law, which was upheld for the next millennium.

Csilla was also home to the Expeditionary Library, a huge, underground library maintained by the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force. The library contained written information on virtually every planet, moon, and star system ever encountered by the Chiss. It was unusual, not because it was underneath the ice, but because every volume contained in the library was hand-written.

Appearances

 * Force Heretic I: Remnant
 * Force Heretic II: Refugee