Planet B - (pt. 3)
Source List & Abbreviations
Bofa II
The Empire's surveillance probes for the surrounding sector were
distributed from an Imperial cargo transfer area near Bofa II. An
Alliance team captured a loaded freighter from this transfer area
following the Battle of Yavin, and altered the probes in order to
disguise the movements of the Rebel fleet. [FP]
Bonadan
An industrialized, heavily-populated factory world in the system of the
same name, Bonadan is one of the busiest ports in the Corporate Sector.
The constant air traffic is regulated by the highly-advanced systems of
Traffic Control. Its yellow, parched surface is highly eroded, and its
topsoil has been destroyed due to countless drilling and construction
projects. The remaining surface is covered with factories, refineries,
docks, and shipbuilding facilities located in ten spaceports, the
largest of which is Bonadan Spaceport Southeast II. This sprawling city,
composed of low permacite buildings on fusion-formed soil, contains an
Espo command post, an Authority Merchant Marine academy, the Landing
Zone bar, the Alien Quarter, and the luxurious Imperial hotel. Mountains
are located northwest of the city along with a massive weather- control
station. Weapons are banned on Bonadan, and being caught with one by the
omnipresent weapons detectors is grounds for immediate arrest. The
planet is home to the popular Bonadan Blasters shockball team, which is
heavily merchandised by the Corporate Sector Authority.
The modified protocol droid C-3PX managed to assassinate the brother of
Vojak on Bonadan by using concealed, internal weaponry. Han Solo was
involved in a high-speed swoop chase during an early visit to Bonadan.
The smuggler Shug Ninx rescued a mile-long shaft for a Death Star
prototype from a Bonadan industrial junkyard, then had it installed as
an entrance to his repair facility on Nar Shaddaa. Six years after the
Battle of Endor, a faulty timer manufactured on Bonadan resulted in the
failure of a Galaxy Gun projectile to explode, which gave the New
Republic high command enough time to evacuate their base in Nespis VIII.
[HSR, DE, D, CSSB, EE]
Bonadan system
The Bonadan system, located in the Corporate Sector, contains the
planets Bonadan and Roonadan, among others. Prior to the Battle of
Yavin, Alliance Y-wings destroyed a large convoy left unprotected in the
Bonadan system. [HSR, CSSB, FP]
Boordii
Han Solo and Lando Calrissian made a botched dolfrimia run on Boordii.
Han is still angry with Lando about Lando's seeming overconfidence
during the run. [HTTE]
Bordal
A planet located in the Taroon system on the outer edges of the Rim. For
nearly twenty years, Bordal was involved in a devastating war with its
sister planet Kuan, until the conflict was suddenly ended by the
intervention of the Empire. The natives of Bordal are referred to as
Bordali. [TSC]
Borgo Prime
A large, honeycombed asteroid home to a seedy spaceport and disreputable
trade center. The Borgo Prime asteroid was gradually hollowed out over
the years by various mining operations, which ended when the last
valuable ores were extracted more than a century ago. The asteroid's
tunnels and excavations are now filled with space docks, prefabricated
buildings, and gaudily-lit storefronts. The business district is located
in the asteroid's core. Shanko's Hive, a tavern owned by an insectoid
barkeep, is a cone-shaped structure rising a quarter-kilometer from the
inner floor. It is protected by its own atmosphere field, and is
decorated with burning candles, incense, and flaming bog-pits. Lando
Calrissian's Corusca gem broker was located on Borgo Prime, and Luke Sky
walker and Tenel Ka contacted the broker in an attempt to learn who had
purchased his latest shipment. [YJK]
Borkeen Belt
A large, highly-dangerous asteroid belt that is also home to a massive
space slug, according to the book A Slug Named Grendel. [SWS]
Borleias (Blackmoon)
The fourth planet in the Pyria system, Borleias is a steamy, blue-green
world with a single dark moon, which gives the system its Alliance
codename of Blackmoon. The only inhabited world in the system, Borleias
lacks most valuable natural resources and passes through a dense meteor
shower once each year. The density of Borleias' sector of space means
that there are only a limited number of hyperspace routes to and from
the world, but it still sits at a favorable hyperspace crossroads. The
planet's barren moon has a thin atmosphere and is covered with silent
craters, frozen lava tubes, and canyons of black volcanic rock.
The Old Republic first established a small base on Borleias for the
purpose of plotting runs to the Corporate Sector and elsewhere. The
Alderaan Biotics hydroponics facility, a producer of Alderaanian
foodstuffs, was also built on Borleias' far side, but over the years it
was abandoned and left to the care of maintenance droids. The Empire
eventually took control of the Republic base, adding shields, ion
cannons, and TIE squadrons for its defense. The installation's
commander, General Evir Derricote, also discovered the forgotten Biotics
facility and made it profitable once more, while secretly siphoning
Imperial credits and resources to make his headquarters more powerful
and secure than it would otherwise appear to be. Because of the Pyria
system's close proximity to the galactic core, the Rebel Alliance chose
to capture Borleias and make it their key to hitting Coruscant, some
three years after the Battle of Endor. During their first attack,
however, the Alliance greatly underestimated the defensive strength of
the Blackmoon installation and were soundly defeated. On the return
mission, Rogue Squadron pilots torpedoed a power conduit at the end of a
rift valley to help bring down the base's shields, while a commando team
captured the facility from the ground. This attack was a success, and
Borleias became the new operations and staging base for Rogue Squadron.
[XWRS]
Borlov
Homeworld of the timid, feathered aliens known as Borlovians, who
communicate in whistles. Borlovians live in a medieval social structure,
and value stability-- few ever leave their home cities, let alone their
planet. Before the formation of the Empire, the smuggler Booster Terrik
traveled to Borlov, where he joined up with a Borlovian noble named
Llollulion. [SWAJ]
Bormea sector
Located in the Core, the Bormea sector makes up one half of the Ringali
Shell. Its prestigious and ancient worlds include Corulag, Chandrila,
and Brentaal, and it also contains the intersection of the Perlemian
Trade Route and the Hydian Way. The sector is ruled by Moff Jamson
Caglio. [SWAJ]
Bortras
Jorus C'baoth, the Jedi Master, was born in the city of Reithcas on the
planet Bortras on 4/3/112, Pre- Empire date. [DFR]
Bosph
The planet Bosph, home to the four-armed aliens also known as Bosphs,
was nearly destroyed by the Empire in a devastating orbital bombardment.
Numerous reasons for the attack have been proposed, but it is possible
the Empire was implementing a religious purge. The philosophical Bosphs
owned outdated technology, and most were allowed no personal
possessions. Only the greatest Bosphs, called "farseers," were given
glyphs-- when these Bosphs placed their glyph on an object, it became
theirs. The aliens kept a record of their galactic travels by tattooing
elaborate star maps on their skin, and were skilled at playing the
complex Bosphon Geddy musical instrument. The Outer Rim smuggler Bora
Boru is one of the few surviving Bosphs in the galaxy, and carries a
staff topped with Bosph StarCrystals. [SWAJ]
Bothawui
The homeworld of the Bothans, an alien species of which New Republic
Councilor Borsk Fey'lya is a member, though Fey'lya was actually born on
the Bothan colony world of Kothlis. Another notable Bothan is Peshk
Vri'syk, an expert pilot and member of the Alliance's famed Rogue
Squadron. Sometime around the Battle of Yavin, a Star Destroyer and an
Imperial dungeon ship arrived at Bothawui. They landed drop ships and
soon controlled Lktim, one of the planet's largest cities. It is unclear
whether the Empire was there to transport a group of political
prisoners, or whether they intended to arrest the Bothan diplomat Tereb
Ab'Lon (who was secretly working for the Alliance). Prior to the Battle
of Endor, Bothan spies captured an Imperial freighter carrying
highly-classified data about the second Death Star. In order to find the
freighter, the Empire captured several Bothan ships near Bothawui and
interrogated their crew. This led them to the space station Kothlis II,
near Kothlis. [DFR, XWRS, SWAJ, TSC]
Bseto system
The Bseto system contains the white dwarf star also called Bseto, around
which orbit the uninhabited planets Bseto I and Indikir. The Lweilot
Asteroid Belt, 90 million kilometers wide, occupies the next orbital
slot, and it is in turn followed by the frozen planet of Sarahwiee, site
of a secret Imperial research facility. [SWAJ]