Planet - K (pt.3)
Source List & Abbreviations
Kirdo III
A hot, arid world in the Outer Rim marked by red, cracked plains of
dried mud and the white sands of the Kurdan desert. Kirdo III is also
the homeworld of the patient, resilient Kitonaks, who live among the
dunes where windstorms can reach speeds of 400 km/hr. To withstand the
milder storms Kitonaks stand still, angling their bodies into the
onrushing wind. This is similar to their method of feeding on the small,
burrowing chooba by mimicking the sulfaro plant, the choobas' main
feeding site. The vanilla-smelling Kitonaks stand still for hours until
a chooba climbs close enough to be swallowed, which is enough food to
feed a Kitonak for a month. The Kitonaks roam Kirdo III in nomadic
tribes of around 100 individuals, following the migrating chooba.
Kitonaks have no natural predators and fear only quicksand and caves,
both of which hold mysterious and deadly dangers. Once each decade a
great rainstorm covers Kirdo III, flooding the dry riverbeds and
ushering in the Kitonak mating ritual known as the "Great Celebration of
Life." Kitonaks are skilled at playing beautiful music on chidinkalus,
the hollowed-out reeds of chidinka plants, which sometimes results in
their capture by slavers and subsequent employment as professional jizz
wailers. Droopy McCool, the stage name of one of the band members in
Jabba the Hutt's palace, was a Kitonak. Eight years after the Battle of
Endor the Imperial battlemoon Eye of Palpatine apparently stopped at
Kirdo III to pick up a contingent of stormtroopers, but brought in a
group of Kitonaks instead. [GG4, ROTJ, COTJ, TFJP]
Kirrek
One of seven planets in the Teta system, Kirrek had three of its cities
destroyed when it resisted the Tetan political coup headed by Satal Keto
and Aleema. [DLOS]
Kirtania
Kirtania, the fourth planet in the Yyrtan system, is a green-blue world
of jungles, deserts, and mountains, and is home to the arachnid alien
species called the Araquia. Kirtania was originally colonized by several
groups of humans, who founded the competing economic states of Surana,
Kinkosa, and Dulai. Over the years, the states have seriously depleted
the planet's natural resources and polluted the environment. The
population of the planet includes two million humans and only 1,500
remaining Araquia. Kinkosa has recently agreed to become an Imperial
supply station in exchange for the modernization of Kinkosa City and
privileged trading status within the Empire. Shiarha Root, the only
known cure for the deadly Direllian Plague, grows in Kinkosa's humid
rainforests. Some of the many forms of life in the rainforests include
river serpents and predator lizards. [SWAJ]
Klatooine
The home planet of the alien species known as Klatooinians. It is a
Klatooinian custom to sell their disrespectful youths into indentured
service, and Jabba the Hutt picked up the contract of a Klatooinian
manservant named Barada. Barada then became the head of Jabba's
repulsorpool, but was killed during the rescue of Han Solo. Animal life
on the planet includes the ill-tempered Klatooine paddy frog. Jabba was
sometimes known to snack on live paddy frogs, served in brandy to keep
them from attacking and killing each other. [MTS, TFJP]
Klaymor 4-2
An Imperial reconnaissance mission discovered a Rebel spy probe located
near Klaymor 4-2. A single TIE fighter, dispatched from the corvette
Astin, was sent do destroy it. [TSC]
Knolstee
A planet in the Corporate Sector. Knolstee is one of the stops made by
the luxury liner Lady of Mindor during its voyage from Roonadan to
Ammuud. [CSSB]
Kobbahn
Location of the Kobbahn starport. [SWAJ]
Komnor system
When a warlord evicted all Hutts from the Komnor system, Jabba hired the
bounty hunter Dyyz Nataz to eliminate the offending ruler. [TFTC]
Korbin
Outlaw stations on Korbin will service any ship, including those
belonging to pirates and wanted criminals. [SWAJ]
Koros Major
One of seven planets in the Teta system, Koros Major was the last planet
to resist the system's brutal subjugation by the Krath. The Krath
leaders, headed by Satal Keto and Aleema, dispatched hundreds of ground
troops to the planet and clashed with a joint Republic/Jedi space force
in Koros Major's orbit. The Republic ships were badly damaged in the
battle and were forced to retreat. [DLOS]
Korriban
A hidden world, Korriban holds the mummified remains of many Sith lords
within great temples located in the Valley of the Dark Lords. The tombs
are designed to focus and amplify Dark Side energy, which permeates the
entire valley. The temples' exterior is guarded by human skeletons,
activated through a combination of machinery and Sith magic. Within the
temples was an immense crystal, which held the trapped spirits of Jedi
Masters who had dared oppose the Sith. Four thousand years ago, Exar Kun
visited Korriban to learn Sith secrets and was tormented by the spirit
of Freedon Nadd. Nadd destroyed the crystal and unleashed guardian
creatures on Kun, who eventually surrendered to the Dark Side of the
Force. Emperor Palpatine was known to frequent Korriban, and referred to
it as his "place of power." One of Palpatine's last visits occurred
around the time of Battle of Yavin. He eventually returned, ten years
later, to try to convince the Sithlord spirits to halt the decay of his
last remaining clone body. [DLOS, EE]
Kothlis
Kothlis is a colony world of the alien species called Bothans. New
Republic Councilor Borsk Fey'lya grew up on this colony world, instead
of on the Bothan homeworld of Bothawui. Prior to the Battle of Endor,
Bothan spies captured an Imperial freighter carrying highly-classified
data about the second Death Star. The Bothan space station Kothlis II,
orbiting near Kothlis, allowed the stolen freighter to dock and take on
supplies. The Empire soon seized this station, searching for any
evidence of the classified information. [DFR, TSC]
Ksiczzic III
The young heiress Tinian I'att and her traveling companions were picked
up by the ship Quandary on Ksiczzic III, after their departure from
Druckenwell. [SWAJ]
K'taktaxka system
After the Battle of Hoth, Alliance operatives were sent to the Inner Rim
and Expansion Region, to search for tibanna gas deposits on gas giant
planets in the Lequabis, K'taktaxka, Poviduze, and Kelavine systems and
the Shasfath Cluster. [SWAJ]
Kuan
Kuan, orbited by several moons, is located in the Taroon system on the
outer edges of the Rim. For nearly twenty years, Kuan was involved in a
devastating war with its sister planet Bordal, until the conflict was
suddenly ended by the intervention of the Empire. The long
interplanetary struggle destroyed much of Kuan's main city, home to
illegal swoop races and a popular hangout called The Maze. Animal life
on Kuan includes the rondat, and plant life includes the
pleasant-smelling shimsha flower. A planetary crop is tarine tea. The
highly-decorated Imperial pilot Maarek Stele was a native of Kuan. [TSC]
Kuar
The planet Kuar is located in the system of the same name, near the Teta
system. Nearly four thousand years ago, the masked warrior clans led by
Mandalore made their base in the ruined underground cities of Kuar. From
there they struck at the heart of the Teta system, prompting the Tetan
leader Ulic Qel-Droma to fight Mandalore in single combat on Kuar's
plains of Harkul. Battling on an unstable web of chains, Qel- Droma
defeated Mandalore, thereby winning the loyalty of the warlord and his
fierce soldiers-of-fortune. [TSW]
Kuat
Kuat, located in the Kuat sector in the most densely-populated section
of the galaxy, is the location of the massive Kuat Drive Yards starship
construction facility. Kuat Drive Yards, or KDY, is one of the Empire's
primary producers of warships and manufactures the feared Imperial-class
Star Destroyer. Due to the strategic importance of the Kuat Drive Yards,
the Empire defended the Kuat system with fifteen Star Destroyers after
the Battle of Endor, and rigged the stardocks with explosives in case it
was necessary to scuttle them. [SWS, ISWU, XWRS, SWAJ]
Ku'Bakai system
The Ku'Bakai system is named for its blue giant star, whose
unpredictable solar flares have left the first four planets of the
system scorched and lifeless. The fifth planet, Kubindi, is the
homeworld of the Kubaz. The sixth, eighth, and eleventh planets house
insect farms for the Kubaz to use in preparing their unique cuisine.
[MTS]
Kubindi
Kubindi, the fifth planet in the Ku'Bakai system, is the homeworld of
the insect-loving Kubaz. Due to the unpredictable solar flares of
Ku'Bakai, Kubindi suffers baths of intense radiation and
constantly-changing weather patterns. The adaptability of insects have
made them particularly successful lifeforms on Kubindi, and be found in
many varieties including the bantha-sized sun-beetle. Insects are
considered a true delicacy on Kubindi, and the civilized, cultured Kubaz
have organized their society around insect trading circles. Kubaz
families farm designer insect hives and trade with others; the largest
trading families make most planetary governmental decisions. Kubindi is
isolated and seldom sees galactic traffic. As a result, many Kubaz are
attempting to develop their own starship technology. Garindan, the Mos
Eisley spy known as "Long Snoot," was a Kubaz. Several years after the
Battle of Endor, the Kubaz negotiated with the Barabel to purchase
Verpine body parts to use in their cuisine. [GG4, MTS, COPL]
Kwenn Station
A space station, containing the Royal K Casino, where Jabba the Hutt
acquired his pet Kowakian Lizard- Monkey, Salacious Crumb. Meysen
Kayson, wealthy owner of the Greel Wood Logging Corporation in the Pii
system, also owns a sizable percentage of Kwenn station. [MTS, SWAJ]