Algae

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Algae was a plant that typically grew underwater and liked to cover the surfaces of objects. The plant could also be airborne^[1], where it lived on water droplets and chemical vapors floating in the atmosphere.^[2] Additionally, algae grew on objects out of water, sometimes dangling from structures in strands up to several hundred meters in length and creating virtual "forests" of algae.^[3]

Contents 1 Colors 2 Uses 3 Types of algae 4 Appearances 5 Sources 6 Notes and references 7 External links

[edit] Colors

Algae ranged in colors across the spectrum, including blue,^[4] brown,^[5] green,^[6] orange,^[1] pink,^[2] and purple,^[7] and was sometimes luminescent.^[8]

[edit] Uses

While it was preyed upon for sustenance by other plants and animals,^[3] some species of algae thrived in a comensal relation with other species, including the Melodies of Yavin 13, to which the plant provided life-sustaining oxygen.^[9] Furthermore, varieties such as the bestrum algae from Baralou were broken down and processed into foods for consumption,^[10] and dried algae extracts were used to create algae sugar for use in alcohol fermentation.^[11] Algae-bread was especially favored by Herglics, who also made algae ice cream.^[12]

Sometime before the P'w'eck Emancipation Movement in 28 ABY, the process of Ssi-Ruuk entechment was improved upon by harvesting the life energy emitted by algae to prevent the decay of captured souls.^[13]

Perhaps the most remarkable form of algae was that found in the Cygnus B system. It contained a planet with oceans inhabited by giant sapient algae beds.^[14] Similarly, the planet Paulking XIV of the Corporate Sector had oceans filled with talking algae.^[15]

[edit] Types of algae

• Bestrum algae
• "Glower" algae

[edit] Appearances

• Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path (Mentioned only)
• Boba Fett: Crossfire
• MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
• Cantina Communications (Mentioned only)
• Lucky (Non-canonical appearance)
• Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88
• X-wing: Isard's Revenge (Mentioned only)
• I, Jedi
• Jedi Search
• Dark Apprentice
• Darksaber
• Planet of Twilight
• Before the Storm
• The New Rebellion
• Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force (Mentioned only)
• Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City
• Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World
• Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest
• Dark Tide I: Onslaught
• Dark Tide II: Ruin (Mentioned only)
• Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
• Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand (Mentioned only)
• Traitor
• Force Heretic II: Refugee (Mentioned only)
• Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen

[edit] Sources

• Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
• Lords of the Expanse
•  "Galactic Gazetteer: Hoth and the Greater Javin" on Wizards.com (article)
•  'Yavin: The Big Red One - "Part 1: Giant" on Wizards.com (article)
•  'Yavin: The Big Red One - "Part 3: Crazy Eight" on Wizards.com (article)
•  "A Campaign Guide to the Centrality" - Star Wars Gamer 5

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Algae on Wikipedia