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"What can you see? On a world called Mechis III? Can you see what they will do? Can you see them? Crafting a new body for their old leader…and restoring his mind."
―The Eye of Webbish Bog, to Darth Vader, on the rebuilding of Ajax Sigma[5]

Mechis III, also known as Mechis, was a small planetoid vital to the Techno Union. It was defended by a mix of starships from member corporations and design firms such as SoroSuub Corporation.

Description[]

A small planetoid,[6] Mechis III was a terrestrial world[5] located in the Mechis system in the Inner Rim Territories. Situated at the coordinates L-14 on the Standard Galactic Grid,[1] it lay along the Corellian Trade Spine between the[2] planets[7][8] Bestine IV and Yag'Dhul.[2] It also laid just off the Rimma Trade Route.[9]

History[]

During the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Separatist Alliance, the Techno Union, a corporation tied to the Separatists, controlled Mechis III. To protect Mechis and its other vital worlds from Republic forces, the Techno Union provided a mix of overstock and prototype starships and starfighters its own member corporations and design firms like the SoroSuub Corporation, as well as deploying some Hardcell-class interstellar transports.[4]

In either 3 ABY or 4 ABY,[10] during the time of the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance, the neural core of Ajax Sigma, a droid insurgent that had been destroyed by Jedi Knights during the High Republic Era, was brought to Mechis III by his followers. The followers rebuilt and reactivated Sigma over at an operating table.[5] At one point,[11] the incredibly-well armed[12] IG-series assassin droid IG-88B[13] fought on Mechis, firing blasters in two directions[11] and remaining focused on causing fatalities.[14]

Behind the scenes[]

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IG-88B in combat on Mechis III in an art piece that served as the planet's first pictured appearance in canon.

Mechis III was first mentioned, as Mechis, in the new Star Wars canon in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, a 2016 supplement to Fantasy Flight Games' series of Star Wars roleplaying products.[2] In a piece by artist Nasrul Hakim[15] the world was later pictured in the Jawa Scavenger Villain Pack card "Focused on the Kill,"[14] although the location was not identified as being Mechis until the art was reused in the card "Automated Assassin," which was released as part of Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars: The Card Game in the pack Desperate Circumstances in 2017. "Automated Assassin" also first identified the planet by its full name of Mechis III.[11] Mechis III originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in the 1995 novel Darksaber, which was by Kevin J. Anderson.[16]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Mechis system
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
  3. ↑ "The Book of Ajax" — Dark Droids: D-Squad 1
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rise of the Separatists
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Revelations (2022) 1
  6. ↑ "The Book of Ajax" — Dark Droids: D-Squad 1
  7. ↑ Bounty Hunters 29
  8. ↑ Givin in the Databank (backup link)
  9. ↑ "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  10. ↑ The events of Revelations 1 take place after the Escape from Cloud City and before the Rescue of Han Solo, which are dated to 3 ABY and 4 ABY, respectively, by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Star Wars: The Card Game — Desperate Circumstances Card: Automated Assassin (backup link)
  12. ↑ Star Wars: Destiny — Spark of Hope Card: Armed to the Teeth (backup link)
  13. ↑ Star Wars: Armada — Rebellion in the Rim Card: IG-88B — IG-2000B
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Star Wars: Imperial Assault — Jawa Scavenger Villain Pack Card: Focused on the Kill
  15. ↑ Nasrul Hakim (@nerdiesid) on ArtStation: Star Wars Alliance - 01: "Work done for one of the Star Wars series card" (backup link)
  16. ↑ Darksaber
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