Atraken

Astrographical information

Orbital position

2nd^[2]

Moons

3:^[2]

Grid square

Q-7^[1]

Rotation period

20 standard hours^[2]

Orbital period

340 local days^[2]

Physical information

Class

Terrestrial

Atmosphere

Type III (breath mask required)^[2]

Climate

Cool^[2]

Gravity

Light^[2]

Terrain

Caves^[2]
Craters^[2]
Mountainous^[2]
Oceans (prior to the Clone Wars); poisonous water (following the Battle of Atraken)^[2]

Fauna

Diehard^[2]

Societal information

Native species

Ee^[2]

Other species

Human^[2]
Cidwen^[2]

Primary language(s)

Galactic Basic Standard

Government

Guild/professional organizations^[2]

Population

100,000^[2]

Major cities

Kattellyn City (capital)

Major imports

None^[2]

Major exports

None^[2]

Affiliation

Atraken was a doonium rich planet conquered by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The Galactic Republic tried to liberate it in 22 BBY and were only successful through a series of strikes called Operation Katabatic nearly a year later. The Separatists engaged in a "poisoned well" policy, releasing a biochemical plague into the planet's water table that killed 90% of the population. The survivors mostly relocated to Trilos, if not to other neighboring worlds. Thrynka Padaunete blamed the disaster on the Jedi.

The once beautiful planet had been left a desolate, bombed-out husk by the second year of the Clone Wars after eleven months of fighting. Its oceans, those that hadn't boiled away, were now large bodies of poisonous water and the poisonous air carried what remained of the chemical weapons that were used. The only life forms capable of living on Atraken were the 'diehards'; large burrowing insects that had adapted to eating the poison.