Jorj Car'das's fortress

"I mostly keep to myself these days, but occasionally I still need to deal with Exocron officialdom. I use that house back there for such meetings. It's convenient and keeps them from being overawed by my real home."

- Jorj Car'das

Jorj Car'das's house on planet Exocron was build inside a mountain at the outskirts of Rintatta City. On the outside the house looked like a small, light blue building with half-finished additional wing, but it was only a facade with most of the fortress being hidden inside the mountain and accessible only by a quadrail car. The inner structure included a large indoors garden, a conversation room, and a huge datacard library as well as guest rooms. Talon Karrde, Shada D'ukal and C-3PO visited Jorj Car'das in his house when they were searching for the Caamas Document.

Description
"Yes, it's all inside. Very much inside, in fact&mdash;we're under one of the mountains to the east of Rintatta City. Beautiful, isn't it?"

- Car'das introducing his garden to Talon Karrde and Shada D'ukal

From the outside Jorj Car'das's house on Exocron appeared to be a small, unassuming light blue building, constructed against the mountain side at the outskirts of Rintatta City. It only had two small rooms and an unfinished additional wing. Car'das used this simple setting as a meeting place, when he dealt with Exocron officials. In truth the small house was only a facade and acted as a starting point to a quadrail car, which connected it with Car'das's actual home. The outer building was purposefully left dirty and showing signs of decay and neglect.

The other end of the quadrail led deep inside the mountains, where Car'das had build his residence. Underground Car'das had constructed a large indoor garden, which was more than a hundred meters in diameter, and which had cultivated flower beds and a forest of tall trees as well as a small creek hidden between the trees&mdash;the sound of the running water, however, could be heard across the garden. Next to the garden, separated by a hidden door, Car'das had build his conversation room borrowing from classic High Alderaanian style. It was contructed from dark wood, with a sunken conversation circle, and decorated with plants, which gave it an air of expansiveness.

The heart of the fortress was a datacard library, a room that was constructed to resemble an amphitheater and was larger than the indoors garden.

Occupants
"In fact, aside from Entoo Nee and the other few in my household, no one actually works for me at all."

- Jorj Car'das

History
"When I arrived on Exocron I started building my home under these mountains purely for defensive reasons. Now that defense is no longer an issue, I find I enjoy the place for its solitude."

- Jorj Car'das

Behing the scenes
Jorj Car'das's house has only appeared in the Vision of the Future, the second novel of the Hand of Thrawn Duology, written by Timothy Zahn and published in 1998.

Appearances

 * Vision of the Future