Koros Trunk Line

The Koros Trunk Line, later also known as the Carbonite Pipeline, was a hyperspace route that started at the galactic capital of Coruscant in the Core Worlds and ended at the planet Empress Teta in the Deep Core, all falling within the Interior region of the galaxy.

It was formed prior to the establishment of the Galactic Republic, supposedly by a Coruscanti family on a generation ship. The route made up part of the secret Nexus Route which the Separatist Fleet used to attack Coruscant in 19 BBY.

Description[]

The Koros Trunk Line was a hyperspace route^[4] located in the Interior region of the galaxy.^[2] It began^[4] in the Core Worlds region with the galactic capital of Coruscant,^[1] located in the Coruscant system of the Corusca sector's Coruscant subsector.^[3] From there, it entered the Deep Core region and passed through the astronomical objects Jerrilek^[1] and Nacon^[5] before ending at Empress Teta, a carbonite-rich planet in the Koros sector's Empress Teta system that was originally known as Koros Major or just Koros, from which the route took its name.^[4] The route also later became known as the Carbonite Pipeline.^[1]

Empress Teta acted as a junction from the route onto the Byss Run and the Carbonite Run, while Coruscant connected it to the Corellian Run, Metellos Trade Route, Namadii Corridor, Perlemian Trade Route, and Stassia Alley.^[6] The Koros Trunk Line formed a terminal portion of the Nexus Route, which also terminated at Coruscant and included the Byss Run and a portion of the Rimma Trade Route.^[7] The Koros Trunk Line occupied grid squares L-9 and L-10 on the Standard Galactic Grid.^[5]

History[]

After Coruscant had become an established world but before the Galactic Republic had formed,^[1] the Koros Trunk Line was blazed, allegedly by a Coruscanti family on a generation ship. A carbonite statue of the family's patriarch stood as a monument to lost navigators in front of the Hyperspace Navigator's Guildhouse on Empress Teta.^[4] During the Clone Wars, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine of the Republic—the public identity of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious—provided the coordinates for the secret Nexus Route to Confederacy of Independent Systems General Grievous. The general then led the Separatist Fleet from the Outer Rim Territories down the length of the route to reach Coruscant and launch a surprise attack on the Republic capital^[8] in 19 BBY.^[9]

Empress Teta FDNP — The Koros Trunk Line took its name from Koros, more commonly known as Empress Teta.

During the reign of the Galactic Empire, Palpatine—now Galactic Emperor—ordered that only starships authorized by the Bureau of Ships and Services or the Imperial Security Bureau would be able to enter the Deep Core. Hyperspace jumps were limited to two star systems at a time, after which travelers would have to check in with Imperial vessels and download updated astrogation data. This was enforced through the Hyperspace Security Net of gravitic mines along hyperlanes and interdictors at key points. Publicly it was claimed that this was to protect travelers from the violent anomalies found within the densely packed region, where even charted routes were dangerous to navigate due to the ever-shifting nature of the many stars, but it also served the purpose of protecting various secrets that the Emperor held within the Deep Core.^[1]

In 34 ABY,^[10] Chandrila Star Line's Star Cruiser Halcyon displayed a partial map of the galaxy that showed the Koros Trunk Line on several screens while on a cruise from the Core Worlds' Chandrila system to the Outer Rim Territories.^[11]

Behind the scenes[]

In the current Star Wars canon, the Koros Trunk Line was first mentioned in the thirty-sixth issue of the Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine,^[1] published around September 9, 2015.^[12] The route's first in-universe appearance came in the form of being depicted on a map viewable in Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, an immersive roleplaying experience at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida^[11] that opened to the public on March 1, 2022,^[13] and closed on September 30, 2023.^[14]

The Koros Trunk Line originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in Coruscant and the Core Worlds, a 2003 supplement for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game published by Wizards of the Coast.^[15] The name Carbonite Pipeline was then introduced in "Byss and the Deep Core Part 2: Empress Teta," a 2005 Star Wars Roleplaying Game article written by Rodney Thompson and also published by Wizards of the Coast.^[16] It was then pictured for the first time in The Essential Atlas, a 2009 reference book written by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry.^[17]

Appearances[]

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser (First appearance) (Pictured on screen only) (Based on correspondence between the galactic map and maps in other sources)