Bora
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- Solo: "Where I come from, trees like this would take thousands of years to grow."
- Rowel: "Why would your world take so long to yield its treasures? What is the point in holding back from your inhabitants if it means that most would never get the chance to appreciate your beauty?"
- ―Jacen Solo and Rowel discuss bora[src]
Boras were large plant-domes on Zonama Sekot, resembling trees, growing to be hundreds of meters across.
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[edit] Overview
The Boras were large plants that grew up to the size of six hundred meters tall with a diameter of well over 10 meters at their base. The foliage that they formed was large enough to form an immense canopy over the planet which were colored green with dots of gold, blue, purple and red. Xenobotanists did not classify the boras as trees though the native Ferroan's named them boras which was the word in their language for tree.
Similar to the Zonama Sekotan ships, the boras mimicked that life cycle. The life cycle of the bora was very complex, and a bora's seed was more animal than plant. Ancient boras dropped seeds onto the ground which moved about to feed on the dead limbs the boras tree dropped onto the tampasi floor. During periods of thunderstorms, the boras channeled raw lightning through their branches onto the seeds in the ground which filled them with energy as well as cracked them open as part of a process known as forging. Its ability to summon lightning was necessary to fuel its organic processes. Once the seeds were opened, the special leaves of the boras trees shaped the seeds into the future boras which were known as annealing. This meant that no two boras were alike.
The original Magister of Zonama Sekot trained the boras to move their dense canopies iin order to serve as organic factories for the Jentari. This also had the added advantage of blocking the creation process of Sekotan ships from prying eyes. Despite this being the case, there were known to be wild boras in some parts of the living planet which were dangerous as well as territorial which formed groves on the world. Sekot kept a strand of these malignant boras to preserve genetic diversity. These, however, were not violent unless their seeding grounds were disturbed.
[edit] Boras Network
The Boras Network was a planet spanning ability of the boras trees that allowed them to communicate to each other almost instantaneously. They possessed telepathic abilities which allowed them to form a communication network across the surface of the planet. However, this system was not flawless, and mutations existed.
The native Ferroans were capable of tapping into the network thus allowing them to receive information around the planet at almost anytime. The network was formed through the deep growing roots of the trees which were linked together in a world spanning network.
[edit] Appearances
- Rogue Planet (First appearance)
- Destiny's Way (Mentioned only)
- Force Heretic III: Reunion
- The Final Prophecy
- The Unifying Force
