Roche asteroid field



The Roche asteroids were a series of asteroids colonized by the Verpine 25,180 BBY, including Nickel One (the capital), Slayn, Korpil, Roche G42, and Shantipole.

Some believed that the asteroids were the remains of the Verpine homeworld, possibly destroyed by civil war. The Verpine simply claimed that they did not know where their homeworld was located.

The government has been called by two different names in sources, the (Verpine) Hive and the Verpine Technocracy. This government referred to all the Verpine worlds in the Roche Sector as a cohesive whole and not the diseparate Hive minded governments of each planet or system.

Roche joined the Galactic community prior to the Jedi Civil War, exporting Verpine shatter guns. In 3,996 BBY, a Verpine pirate named Raxsus Nuli tried to conquer a planet but was arrested by the Jedi. When the Wookiees joined the galactic community, they traded with the Verpine for manufacturing processes.

The asteroids were the headquarters of Roche Industries and Slayn & Korpil.



After the Battle of Yavin, the asteroids were the site of Project Shantipole, in which Slayn & Korpil worked with Ackbar to develop the B-wing. When the Empire became aware of this, Governor Bane Nothos blockaded the system. However, the Rebels broke the blockade with the B-wing prototypes and blew up Shantipole Research Station, resulting in Nothos's demotion to Commander.

The Verpine joined the New Republic. In 4 ABY, a conflict broke out between the Verpine and the Barabels; the Barabels sold dead Verpine to the Kubaz as food. This dispute was eventually settled by Leia Organa Solo.

In 35 ABY, during the Swarm War the Killiks tried to take over the Roche asteroids and other insectoid-inhabited worlds of the Galactic Alliance. The Jedi repulsed the invaders and saved the Verpine hive queen.

Behind the scenes
They were no doubt named after the Roche limit, with a pun on the similarity of the insectoid Verpine to cockroaches.

Appearances

 * Dark Force Rising
 * Dark Apprentice
 * The Unseen Queen
 * The Swarm War