Nkllon

Nkllon
Astrographical information
Region	Expansion Region
Sector	Alchenaut sector
System	Athega system
Suns	1: Athega
Grid square	L-16
Rotation period	3,527 standard hours (approximately 90 standard days)
Orbital period	5 local days
Physical information
Class	Planetoid
Atmosphere	None
Climate	Searing
Gravity	Light
Terrain	Crater fields Molten waterfall Searing rock Volcanoes
Surface water	Arid
Fauna	Lava worm
Societal information
Other species	Humans
Primary language(s)	Galactic Basic Standard
Government	Corporate (New Republic-allied)
Population	5,000 (Nomad City)
Major cities	Nomad City
Major imports	Foodstuffs High tech Mid tech
Major exports	Metals Minerals (hfredium, kammris, and dolovite)
Affiliation	New Republic

Nkllon was a small, mineral rich, harsh world in the Athega system. Its surface was covered in plains of searing rock, impact craters, and volcanic features.

Nkllon miners

The crust of the planet was rich in the minerals hfredium, kammris, and dolovite; metals vital in construction of starships. Mining operations were previously impossible in the planet however, as Nkllon was bathed in lethal radiation from its small orbit around the system's star during the day. However, before 9 ABY, Lando Calrissian took a gamble at an operation to mine Nkllon. Using a giant mobile mining complex called Nomad City, the operation could be carried out permanently during the night time, with ships visiting the system being protected by giant, super-cooled radiation umbrella vessels called shieldships.

Grand Admiral Thrawn raided Nomad City twice. The first raid was to steal its complement of mole miners to use during his assault on Sluis Van. He succeeded in capturing just over half of them. In the second raid, he stole millions of credits and stockpiles of resources, but damaged Nomad City beyond repair. The workers were evacuated, but Nomad City was utterly destroyed by the intense radiation of Nkllon's daytime.

Behind the scenes

Nkllon was named by author Timothy Zahn after a fan, Klon Newell.

Appearances

• Boba Fett: Pursuit (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II novelization (and audiobook)
• Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire audio drama (Mentioned only)
• "Buyer's Market" — Star Wars Insider 126 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1) (Mentioned only)
• "Corphelion Interlude" — A Forest Apart (Mentioned only)
• Heir to the Empire (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book)
• Heir to the Empire 3 (First pictured)
• Dark Force Rising (and unabridged audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• The Last Command (and unabridged audiobook)
• Jedi Search (Mentioned only)
• Champions of the Force (Mentioned only)
• Vision of the Future (and unabridged audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy (Appears in hologram)
• Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones (Appears in hologram) (as gushing lava fields)
• The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Star by Star (Mentioned only)
• Dark Nest I: The Joiner King (Mentioned only)
• Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (Mentioned only)
• Legacy of the Force: Inferno (Mentioned only)
• Millennium Falcon (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)

Sources

Heir to the Empire Sourcebook Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts Dark Force Rising Sourcebook Dark Empire Sourcebook Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook The Last Command Sourcebook "« Statue » quo à Sluis Van" — Casus Belli 89 (Unlicensed) The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook The Jedi Academy Sourcebook Star Wars Encyclopedia The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons Hideouts & Strongholds The Essential Chronology Underworld Appendix: Swoops, Spice, and Wretched Rogues on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available) The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia The Essential Atlas shieldship in the Databank (original site is defunct) The Essential Guide to Warfare Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook

Notes and references

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