The Rimma Trade Route was one of the major routes that crossed the galaxy. It started at Abregado-rae in the Core Worlds, and went all the way to the Kathol sector in the far reaches of the Outer Rim Territories. It was estimated that traveling the full length of the route would take at least six weeks with a Class 2 hyperdrive.[source?]
An important branch of the Rimma, the Shapani Bypass, grew increasingly important in later years, and some considered it part of the Rimma for all practical purposes.
Another branch, which was a continuation of the Rimma, was the Trition Trade Route. The Trition began at Karideph and continued on into the Kathol sector.[3]
History[]
When the Herglic Trade Empire joined the Galactic Republic in 13,000 BBY, the Hidakai Pool begun to develop. From there, Herglics and Givin theorists knit together the Rimma; Sullustan merchants who came to Tapani sector and having innate navigational talents, found ready jobs as scouts, pilots and hyperspace mappers and established the Route 5500 BBY.[1]
The Rimma Trade Route was seized by the Sith Empire as part of their initial infiltration of Republic space in 3681 BBY. Consequently, it was economically strangled by imperial sanctions for a year before the blockade was broken by the Republic, though remained contested for much of the war.[4]
Commerce along the Route enriched SoroSuub Corporation, the Tapani sector and colonization of the south.[1]
In the years before the Invasion of Naboo, the Trade Federation had a de-facto monopoly on the Rimma Trade Route. Subsequently, the planets on the route were the main recruitment grounds for the Nebula Front.
Notable planets[]
- Abregado-rae
- Adarlon
- Clak'dor VII
- Corlaasi[5]
- Coyn
- Derilyn
- Elrood
- Eriadu
- Giju
- Karideph
- Sluis Van
- Sullust
- Tallaan
- Tantra
- Thyferra
- Yag'Dhul
Appearances[]
Sources[]
- Player's Guide to Tapani
- Stock Ships
- Lords of the Expanse
- Alien Encounters
- Alien Anthology
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- Ultimate Alien Anthology
- Endor on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The New Essential Chronology
- Starships of the Galaxy, Saga Edition
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
- Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
- The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
- Strongholds of Resistance
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ The DarkStryder Campaign
- ↑ Timeline 6: Onslaught of the Sith Empire on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link)
- ↑ "Deader than a Triton Moon" on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; new link on Unbound Worlds; backup link)