Rorak 4

Rorak 4 was an industrial planet that was located within the galaxy's Hutt Space region and lay on the hyperlanes called the Gamor Run and the Shag Pabol. Rorak 4 was orbited by the Rorak 5 space station and was the site of the largest slave market in the Hutt Space.

DescriptionEdit

Rorak 4 was an industrial world^[3] that was located within the Rorak system of the galaxy's Hutt Space region^[1] and lay on the hyperlane called the Shag Pabol, which connected it to the planets of Nal Hutta and Diyu. Another hyperspace route called the Gamor Run linked Rorak 4 to the world of Circumtore.^[2] Rorak 4 was orbited by the Rorak 5 space station and was the site of the largest slave market in the Hutt Space.^[3]

HistoryEdit

The Rorak system was located within the territory controlled by the Hutt species at least as early as the year 11,000 BBY.^[5] and the area of space surrounding the planet was considered well-explored by 8000 BBY.^[6] The local population average of the region of space containing Rorak 4 around the year 25 ABY ranged from 10 million to 500 million.^[4] At some point between 26 ABY and 27 ABY the Rorak system was attacked by the military forces of the extra-galactic Yuuzhan Vong species during their conquest of the galaxy,^[7] and the star system was held under the control of those invaders until at least 27 ABY.^[8]

Behind the scenesEdit

Rorak 4 was first mentioned in The Essential Atlas—a reference book co-authored by Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace, and published on August 18, 2009—which placed the planet in grid square S-12.

SourcesEdit

• The Essential Atlas (First mentioned)
• Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook

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