Aplooine

Aplooine
Astrographical information
Region	Wild Space (c. 12,000 BBY–11,000 BBY) Outer Rim Territories Trailing Sectors
Sector	Grumani sector
System	Aplooine system
Grid square	N-17
Trade routes	Duros Space Run
Physical information
Class	Terrestrial
Atmosphere	Non-breathable
Terrain	Ash Mountains
Societal information
Affiliation	Galactic Republic

"Smothered in black ash up to 300 meters deep, Aplooine possesses only a scattering of stable landing points atop weathered mountains. It lacks a breathable atmosphere but has harbored colonists since the Kymoodon Era due to its position on the Duros Space Run."

―A cartographical survey and field report by Vannar Treece

Aplooine was an ash-covered world in the Outer Rim Territories' Grumani sector. Its surface only featured a limited number of stable landing points on mountaintops; nevertheless, the world served as one of the origin points of the spread of exploration of surrounding space during the Kymoodon Era. During the millennia following that time, Aplooine continued to harbor colonists.

Description

Aplooine was a terrestrial world located in the Aplooine system, a part of the Grumani sector in the Trailing Sectors portion of the Outer Rim Territories. It was situated on the Duros Space Run hyperspace route, which linked it to the Sanrafsix and Verdanth systems. Aplooine's surface was covered in a layer of black ash that was up to three hundred meters deep, with weathered mountains harboring the only scattering of stable landing points. The world's atmosphere was not breathable.

History

"But a few centuries after settlement began to spread from worlds such as Aplooine and Heptooine, the faith of Mani was split by a schism that soon proved irreparable."

―A cartographical survey and field report by Vannar Treece

A small pocket of explored space grew around Aplooine and Heptooine during the Kymoodon Era.

Aplooine and Heptooine were two worlds around which a small pocket of Galactic Republic–explored space in the southern quadrant of the galaxy spread during the Kymoodon Era of 15,000 BBY–12,000 BBY. Due to its position on the Duros Space Run, Aplooine continued to serve as a port for colonists for millennia following that time period. By the time between approximately 12,000 BBY and 11,000 BBY, the world had become a part of the Republic despite being situated in Wild Space. In 1032 BBY, Jedi Master Vannar Treece briefly mentioned Aplooine in a cartographical survey and field report on the Grumani sector.

Behind the scenes

Aplooine was first mentioned in the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas, authored by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry. The book placed it in grid square M-17; however, Essential Atlas Extra: The Knight Errant Gazetteer, a 2010 StarWars.com article co-authored by Wallace, Fry, and John Jackson Miller, instead placed it in what The Essential Atlas designated as grid square N-17; a placement that was later confirmed by the StarWars.com Online Companion to the book.

Sources

• The Essential Atlas (First mentioned)
• Essential Atlas Extra: The Knight Errant Gazetteer on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare

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