Fondor/Legends

Fondor was a world famous for its extensive orbital shipyards, exceeded only by those at Corellia and Kuat. These shipyards were associated with the Techno Union prior to the Clone Wars, and were sufficiently vast to construct Darth Vader's Executor-class Star Dreadnought.

History
Fondor was located in the Freeworlds Region of the Tapani Sector, a sector technically part of the Colonies but so old and well-regarded that many considered it a part of the Core Worlds. The Fondorians were baseline Human, but with no hair and purple blood. Fondor itself was completely industrialized eons ago, and its surface scabbed with excavations, factories, cooling towers, steam tunnels, and offices, all related to the planet's central role in starship construction. The planet also housed hectares of laborers' barracks for the dockworkers whose jobs are overhead. Fondor was a main market for the Besadii Hutts.

The contract to build the Executor came somewhat unexpectedly, as Kuat Drive Yards was the manufacturer of the Imperial Star Destroyer and later instances of the Executor-class. The Empire required complete secrecy in the project, closing off all nonmilitary traffic in the system. Though the dockyard bosses were angered by the fact that they could no longer serve their commercial clients, the fact that the project took up the majority of the yard's resources&mdash;and the legendary wrath of Vader&mdash;kept them in check.

In order to efficiently provide resources to the Executor project, the Empire created a classified route linking Fondor with the Mid Rim world of Gandeal. The Gandeal-Fondor Hyperlane remained a well kept secret decades after the Executor was completed.

As an essential manufacturer of Star Destroyers, albeit unique variants, for the Galactic Empire, the shipyards became a target by the Rebel Alliance. In one instance, a prototype Star Dreadnought with a cloaking device was under construction. Rogue Squadron penetrated the shipyards in stolen Imperial starfighters and terminated the project, preventing its completion.

In spite of this security, Fondor was seized by the Alliance of Free Planets very soon after the Battle of Endor, giving the Alliance a key coreward shipyard and base. However, the supply of the raw materials that the shipyards demanded was briefly interrupted when Imperial Admiral Mordur persuaded Guildmaster Orrk to redirect Vandelhelm's strategic metal supplies from Fondor to himself&mdash;although Han Solo soon restored the situation and defeated the Admiral. For decades, Fondor continued to supply the New Republic with Star Destroyers and other capital ships.

In 26 ABY, the planet also became a target during the Yuuzhan Vong War, though a blast from Centerpoint Station destroyed a portion of the enemy fleet, saving Fondor at the cost of the Hapan war fleet, which was also caught in the blast. Fondor continued to supply the Galactic Alliance with starships in the war. The planet was eventually taken by the Yuuzhan Vong, but retaken near the end of the war.

In 40 ABY, it became allied with Corellia in the Confederation-Galactic Alliance War and officially left the Galactic Alliance.

Appearances

 * Cloak of Deception
 * Han Solo at Stars' End
 * Han Solo at Stars' End comic
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * Classic Star Wars 2
 * Classic Star Wars 3
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars 98: Supply and Demand
 * The Vandelhelm Mission
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Balance Point
 * Darth Maul: Saboteur
 * Edge of Victory I: Conquest
 * Star by Star
 * Dark Journey
 * Destiny's Way
 * Ylesia
 * Force Heretic III: Reunion
 * The Final Prophecy
 * The Unifying Force
 * Bloodlines
 * Exile
 * Sacrifice
 * Sacrifice

Notes and references
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