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| |image=[[File:Kalus_small.jpg|250px]] | | |image=[[File:Kalus image.png|250px]] |
| |name=Kalus | | |name=Kalus |
| |system=Rybanloth system | | |region= [[starwars:Expansion Region|Expansion Region]] |
| |suns=G0 V main sequence star | | |system= [[Rybanloth System]] |
| |moons=1 | | |suns= [[Rybanloth]] |
| |lengthyear=210 days | | |moons= None |
| |class=Rock | | |lengthday= 32 standard hours |
| |diameter=16,647km | | |lengthyear=470 standard days |
| |atmosphere=Massive | | |class=Terran |
| |climate=Hot House | | |diameter=12,369km |
| |gravity=1.05g | | |atmosphere= [[starwars:Atmosphere#Type I atmospheres|Type I]] |
| |terrain=Rocky | | |climate=Frozen |
| |interest=Unknown | | |gravity=1.2G |
| |species=None | | |terrain= |
| |population=None | | * Ice caves |
| | * Tundras |
| | * Frozen plains |
| | * Mountain ranges |
| | |water= 100% (Ice) |
| | |interest= |
| | * Spaceport |
| | * Force Nexus |
| | * Prison |
| | |species= |
| | * Wampas |
| | * Pantran whitefangs |
| | * Tauntauns |
| | * Various rodents |
| | |otherspecies= |
| | * Sentients {{C|Taldryan Affiliation}} |
| | * Ancient Sith {{C|formerly}} |
| | |language= |
| | * [[starwars:Galactic Basic|Galactic Basic]] |
| | * [[starwars:Sith language|Sith]] {{C|formerly}} |
| | |population= |
| | * x% indigenous |
| | * x% indigenous |
| | * x% indigenous |
| | * 1% [[Taldryan]] Jedi |
| | |government=Military Dictatorship |
| |cities=None | | |cities=None |
| |affiliation=[[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] | | |affiliation=[[Taldryan]] |
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| | '''Kalus''' is a habitable world located in the [[Rybanloth System]]. Kalus is the final planet in the Rybanloth System, but also the most habitable. Kalus’s surface is all kinds of frozen, making navigation and exploration of its surface a difficult task. It’s earliest known entry in Galactic history saw the planet put to use as a prison world for the [[starwars:Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Sith Empire]] of the [[starwars:Old Republic Era|Old Republic Era]]. Millenia later Kalus would fall under [[Taldryan|Taldryan's]] rule. |
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| [[Kalus]] is an uninhabited world located in the [[Rybanloth System]] | | == Description == |
| | Kalus is a barren, ice-encrusted rock with little economic value, all attempts to mine its resources have proven fruitless. It’s proximity to the [[starwars:Subterrel Sector|Subterrel sector]], and thus the [[starwars:Rimma Trade Route|Rimma Trade Route]] and the [[starwars:Hydian Way|Hydian Way]] offers a meager tactical value. Its atmosphere contains nearly equal parts oxygen and nitrogen and contains trace amounts of various harmless gases. The planet is 12,369m wide and has a gravitational pull of 1.2g due to a dense inner core. One Kalus day is nearly 32 hours and it completes a full rotation of the Star in 470 days. |
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| | [[File:Kalus Surface 1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Volcanic steam freezes instantly and forms massive spires]] |
| | The planet’s surface is entirely covered by a frozen ocean, except where volcanic fissures open up steam vents, depositing rock and minerals in darker patches on the glacier plains. A few mountain ranges pierce the permanent ice shelves, some being geologically active. Massive oceanic currents beneath the hemispheres cause regular seismic activity, resulting in a constantly shifting landscape of caves and tunnels as well as causing fissures in the ice-layers, sending jets of ocean water into the freezing Kalus air. The intense cold freezes these jets into spires of ice, suspending primitive ocean algae within these tall columns and glaciers. |
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| == Geography ==
| | Its orbit and axial tilt result in consistently icy weather patterns. Daytime temperatures reach levels unbearable to most species and rarely rise above freezing, even in the planet's relatively mild equatorial regions. The gale force winds and intense snowstorms that regularly wrack the windswept surface magnify the extreme cold of Kalus. |
| [[Kalus]] is a planet covered in acidic and corrosive gases. The scared landscape beneath the dense atmosphere is sharp and jagged, reflecting millennia of torture. The light of Rybanloth can only be perceived at the surface as an omniscient glow that covers the entire planet eternally. The light defuses to such an extent that on the ground, objects 15 meters away are hard to make out. Kalus is 16,647m in diameter, completes one rotation on its axis every 17 hours, and orbits Rybanloth in 210 standard days. Gravity is just above average (1.05g).
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| The Planet’s corrosive atmosphere has prevented any large scale efforts to inhabit the surface. Subterranean shelters serve as little more than secluded research centers for Clan Scientists and Dark Side Philosophers who journey to the planet in order to study the Dark Side Nexus present on the planet’s Northern Pole. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a prior existing civilization on the surface while climatologists suggest that the atmosphere did not always look as it did. | | The only region of Kalus capable of supporting life exists along its equatorial region. Volcanic fissures vent warmth, vapor, and rich topsoil to the surface, providing limited protection from freezing winds. [[starwars:Lichen|lichen]] and fungus give nourishment to smell herds of [[starwars:Tauntaun|tauntauns]] and [[starwars:Icetromper|icetrompers]], which in turn become meals for Kalus’ bestial predators. |
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| | Due to the Sith Empire’s former presence on the planet, vast empty complexes were left behind beneath Kalus’ forbidding surface. These cavernous shelters and subterranean construction sites offer temporary safe havens from the biting cold. |
| | Kalus sports a wide variety of dangerous terrains. Certain regions, like the desolate ''Shiverpeaks (name pending)'', hold great strategic value due to their natural formations and geographic location. |
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| Kalus’s one satellite is a full moon referred to as Jarri. Jarri is 4,175m in diameter with gravity just under ¼ (.24g) of standard. Its barren surface is devoid of an atmosphere but sustains rock boring insects called Brick Bugs which can grow up to 3m over two centuries. Jarri is the site of the Rybanloth System’s Taldryan Fleet Station and Naval Dock. Its here that the Clan Navy berths for repair and restoration while in-system. The Station features above ground and below ground accommodations for all facets of the operation.
| | The frigid biosphere includes a minimal food chain: the predatory [[starwars:Wampa|wampas]] and [[starwars:Pantran Whitefang|pantran whitefangs]], the omnivorous tauntauns, the herbivorous icetrompers a few rodent species, including [[starwars:Snowmouse|snowmice]], [[starwars:Ice scrabbler|ice scrabblers]], [[starwars:Iceworm|iceworms]], and lichen |
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| == Status == | | === Old Republic Era === |
| The [[Taldryan]] Starfighter Corps Top Fighter training program operates from the Fleet Station and uses the thick atmosphere of the planet Kalus as a prime location for the training of combat and transport pilots. High scoring flight cadets and battle-proven veterans are sent here to be trained to higher standards and with more advanced techniques which they will then take back with them to their units and teach.
| | Kalus first entered Galactic history under the [[starwars:Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Sith Empire]], where it saw use as a gigantic prison world for the Empire’s enemies. A myriad of prisoners, both Republican, neutral, and Imperial were incarcerated underneath the planet’s frigid surface. Imperial Intelligence and Sith Inquisitors no doubt had a strong presence on Kalus, as they went to work interrogating millions of sentients - whether that would have been for valuable intel or their own personal amusement remains subject to discussion by historians. |
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| == Defenses ==
| | Much of the planet's history during this era is lost, the only remnants from the age being various ruins and the presence of a Force nexus. After the inevitable defeat of the Sith Empire, Kalus and the Rybanloth system as a whole disappeared from the annals of history for reasons unknown. |
| State of the art defenses on the ground include embedded Turbolaser batteries and an energy shield. The orbiting Naval Docks are defended by ion and turbolaser batteries as well as early warning systems orbiting around the Rybanloth System.
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| | === Imperial Era === |
| | Due to the remote nature of the system, it provided a premier location to harbor Palpatine's secrets. As such, it would see use as a remote sanctuary for the Empire's Dark Side Adepts. The presence of the ruined prisons did not go unnoticed for long and within months a number of construction teams were sent in to rebuild and renovate what was possible. Once again, Kalus would see use as a prison planet. The renewed exposure to the Dark Side of the Force would overtime strengthen the nexus, which would soon lead to it being discovered by an exploring Inquisitor. The discovery of the nexus was kept a secret from all the non-sensitives that were on, or would come to the planet. |
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| | Eventual decline and vanishing from history |
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| [[Category:Taldryan Dominion]] | | === Dark Brotherhood Era === |
| | [[File:Kalus Surface 2.jpg|thumb|left|300px|TalEx Troops survey the equatorial region]] |
| | The planet, and the surrounding system would be rediscovered in [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#27 ABY|27 ABY]], during a [[Second Darkness|military exercise]] conducted by the [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]. After the conclusion of the exercise, [[Taldryan]] fought fiercely for control over the system. Eventually the [[Dark Council|council]] would put an end to the internal struggles. However, Taldryan would not be able to savor it's victory long as the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]] were upon them - and the Brotherhood at large. |
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| | The [[Eighth Great Jedi War|Yuuzhan Vong Incursion]] put a temporary hold on Taldryan's plans for the Rybanloth system. Forced to retreat, the exploration of the Rybanloth system would be put on hold until 29 ABY when a group of veterans sent a pirate fleet to attack the Rybanloth System. In response, Taldryan launched a swift [[Operation: Swift Justice|operation]] to repel the pirates and open up the system for their own use. |
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| | == Points of Interest == |
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| | === Taldryan spaceport === |
| | [[File:Kalus Surface 3.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Entry point to Taldryan's base on Kalus]] |
| | Shortly after Operation: Swift Justice, Taldryan resumed its focus on the exploration and control of the Rybanloth system. Even though Kalus was a harsh planet, it was also the most habitable. In order to solidify their hold on the system, they soon constructed a spaceport on Kalus. Due to horrid weather conditions, the initial plans for the spaceport were soon abandoned and a new approach was taken. |
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| | The majority of the spaceport is subterranean, leaving only a small part of the structure open to the volatile effects of Kalus' frequent blizzards. Limiting the exposure was vital to the long term plans of Taldryan. Twin, massive lifts connect the surface structure to the expansive underground areas. |
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| | They also breed and domesticate tauntauns here - in case the weather takes a turn for the worst (which is 90% of the time) and turns the entire planet into a no-fly zone. |
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| | === Force Nexus === |
| | It's so sexy, and darkity dark. We actually let journeymen play around here. |
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| | The Nexus itself is located in what may be a natural occurring ice cavern, or somewhere else, but a cavern system is just cool to hide stuff in. Since Taldryan’s takeover of the system, they have outfitted the cavern as a training facility, because nothing beats dark jedi training near a nexus. |
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| | === Prison === |
| | Best place for journeymen hide and seek competitions yo! |
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| | Several wards - heavy Force imprints of pain and stuff. A few blocks may have been renovated and put to use by Taldryan. Many of Taldryan’s inquisitors and intelligence agents receive interrogation training here. |
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| | Much of the prison is still unexplored (much buried in snow and ice?), so a great many things may surface for the careful adventure that dares venture into these dark, metallic pits of horror. |
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| | == Behind the Scenes == |
| | Originally created by [[Raken]] for [[Rite of Supremacy]] - [[Second Darkness]]<br> |
| | Revised by [[Aidan Kincaid]] and [[Kazmir Natas]] in 2014 |
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Rybanloth System
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Kalus is a habitable world located in the Rybanloth System. Kalus is the final planet in the Rybanloth System, but also the most habitable. Kalus’s surface is all kinds of frozen, making navigation and exploration of its surface a difficult task. It’s earliest known entry in Galactic history saw the planet put to use as a prison world for the Sith Empire of the Old Republic Era. Millenia later Kalus would fall under Taldryan's rule.
Description
Kalus is a barren, ice-encrusted rock with little economic value, all attempts to mine its resources have proven fruitless. It’s proximity to the Subterrel sector, and thus the Rimma Trade Route and the Hydian Way offers a meager tactical value. Its atmosphere contains nearly equal parts oxygen and nitrogen and contains trace amounts of various harmless gases. The planet is 12,369m wide and has a gravitational pull of 1.2g due to a dense inner core. One Kalus day is nearly 32 hours and it completes a full rotation of the Star in 470 days.
Volcanic steam freezes instantly and forms massive spires
The planet’s surface is entirely covered by a frozen ocean, except where volcanic fissures open up steam vents, depositing rock and minerals in darker patches on the glacier plains. A few mountain ranges pierce the permanent ice shelves, some being geologically active. Massive oceanic currents beneath the hemispheres cause regular seismic activity, resulting in a constantly shifting landscape of caves and tunnels as well as causing fissures in the ice-layers, sending jets of ocean water into the freezing Kalus air. The intense cold freezes these jets into spires of ice, suspending primitive ocean algae within these tall columns and glaciers.
Its orbit and axial tilt result in consistently icy weather patterns. Daytime temperatures reach levels unbearable to most species and rarely rise above freezing, even in the planet's relatively mild equatorial regions. The gale force winds and intense snowstorms that regularly wrack the windswept surface magnify the extreme cold of Kalus.
The only region of Kalus capable of supporting life exists along its equatorial region. Volcanic fissures vent warmth, vapor, and rich topsoil to the surface, providing limited protection from freezing winds. lichen and fungus give nourishment to smell herds of tauntauns and icetrompers, which in turn become meals for Kalus’ bestial predators.
Due to the Sith Empire’s former presence on the planet, vast empty complexes were left behind beneath Kalus’ forbidding surface. These cavernous shelters and subterranean construction sites offer temporary safe havens from the biting cold.
Kalus sports a wide variety of dangerous terrains. Certain regions, like the desolate Shiverpeaks (name pending), hold great strategic value due to their natural formations and geographic location.
The frigid biosphere includes a minimal food chain: the predatory wampas and pantran whitefangs, the omnivorous tauntauns, the herbivorous icetrompers a few rodent species, including snowmice, ice scrabblers, iceworms, and lichen
History
Old Republic Era
Kalus first entered Galactic history under the Sith Empire, where it saw use as a gigantic prison world for the Empire’s enemies. A myriad of prisoners, both Republican, neutral, and Imperial were incarcerated underneath the planet’s frigid surface. Imperial Intelligence and Sith Inquisitors no doubt had a strong presence on Kalus, as they went to work interrogating millions of sentients - whether that would have been for valuable intel or their own personal amusement remains subject to discussion by historians.
Much of the planet's history during this era is lost, the only remnants from the age being various ruins and the presence of a Force nexus. After the inevitable defeat of the Sith Empire, Kalus and the Rybanloth system as a whole disappeared from the annals of history for reasons unknown.
Imperial Era
Due to the remote nature of the system, it provided a premier location to harbor Palpatine's secrets. As such, it would see use as a remote sanctuary for the Empire's Dark Side Adepts. The presence of the ruined prisons did not go unnoticed for long and within months a number of construction teams were sent in to rebuild and renovate what was possible. Once again, Kalus would see use as a prison planet. The renewed exposure to the Dark Side of the Force would overtime strengthen the nexus, which would soon lead to it being discovered by an exploring Inquisitor. The discovery of the nexus was kept a secret from all the non-sensitives that were on, or would come to the planet.
Eventual decline and vanishing from history
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Dark Brotherhood Era
TalEx Troops survey the equatorial region
The planet, and the surrounding system would be rediscovered in 27 ABY, during a military exercise conducted by the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. After the conclusion of the exercise, Taldryan fought fiercely for control over the system. Eventually the council would put an end to the internal struggles. However, Taldryan would not be able to savor it's victory long as the Yuuzhan Vong were upon them - and the Brotherhood at large.
The Yuuzhan Vong Incursion put a temporary hold on Taldryan's plans for the Rybanloth system. Forced to retreat, the exploration of the Rybanloth system would be put on hold until 29 ABY when a group of veterans sent a pirate fleet to attack the Rybanloth System. In response, Taldryan launched a swift operation to repel the pirates and open up the system for their own use.
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There's at least 10 years of history here. So expand a lot.
Points of Interest
Taldryan spaceport
Entry point to Taldryan's base on Kalus
Shortly after Operation: Swift Justice, Taldryan resumed its focus on the exploration and control of the Rybanloth system. Even though Kalus was a harsh planet, it was also the most habitable. In order to solidify their hold on the system, they soon constructed a spaceport on Kalus. Due to horrid weather conditions, the initial plans for the spaceport were soon abandoned and a new approach was taken.
The majority of the spaceport is subterranean, leaving only a small part of the structure open to the volatile effects of Kalus' frequent blizzards. Limiting the exposure was vital to the long term plans of Taldryan. Twin, massive lifts connect the surface structure to the expansive underground areas.
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They also breed and domesticate tauntauns here - in case the weather takes a turn for the worst (which is 90% of the time) and turns the entire planet into a no-fly zone.
Force Nexus
It's so sexy, and darkity dark. We actually let journeymen play around here.
The Nexus itself is located in what may be a natural occurring ice cavern, or somewhere else, but a cavern system is just cool to hide stuff in. Since Taldryan’s takeover of the system, they have outfitted the cavern as a training facility, because nothing beats dark jedi training near a nexus.
Prison
Best place for journeymen hide and seek competitions yo!
Several wards - heavy Force imprints of pain and stuff. A few blocks may have been renovated and put to use by Taldryan. Many of Taldryan’s inquisitors and intelligence agents receive interrogation training here.
Much of the prison is still unexplored (much buried in snow and ice?), so a great many things may surface for the careful adventure that dares venture into these dark, metallic pits of horror.
Behind the Scenes
Originally created by Raken for Rite of Supremacy - Second Darkness
Revised by Aidan Kincaid and Kazmir Natas in 2014