Cron Drift
Astrographical
Region	Outer Rim Territories[1]
Sector(s)	Auril sector[1]
Grid coordinates	R-7[1]
Stations	Epsilon Nine
Trade routes	Near Perlemian Trade Route
Distinctions	Ten stars destroyed during Cron Supernova
Battles in or near the Cron Drift
Great Sith War	Detonation of the Cron Cluster
Galactic Civil War	Ambush in the Cron Drift Assault on Epsilon Nine

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The Cron Drift was a giant asteroid field located within the Auril sector in the Outer Rim region of the galaxy, just "south" of the Perlemian Trade Route. It once was a small nebula of considerable beauty and dynamics; however, during the Great Sith War, a sabotaged ancient Sith device used to manipulate matter within the cores of stars caused the detonation of the nearby Cron Cluster stellar group.

HistoryEdit

In 3,996 BBY Aleema Keto used Sith magic along with the ancient ship Corsair to destroy the nebula known at the time as the Cron Cluster, creating the Cron Drift. During the Cron Supernova, all planetary bodies in the vicinity were smashed, with the debris becoming scattered throughout the region. The greatest concentration formed the famed asteroid field itself, and it held a reputation as a hiding place for all sorts of activity such as pirating, looting, and smuggling of illicit materials. The worlds of Dalos IV, Belderone, Kulthis, Ossus, and Nespis VIII were the closest to the Drift. The Cronese Mandate and the Tion Cluster were located near the Cron Drift.

Sometime before the Invasion of Naboo, the Umbaran Sly Moore was imprisoned by Darth Maul in a tomb somewhere within the Cron Drift after he captured her. She was haunted mentally and spiritually by ancient Sith before Darth Sidious came and rescued her.

During the Galactic Civil War, the Alliance to Restore the Republic made a rendezvous to a CR90 corvette. It was supplied in the Cron Drift by the Delta-class DX-9 stormtrooper transport Magnus in order to man the AX-235 outpost, and was also delivered some stolen Imperial communications satellites by the BFF-1 bulk freighter Ojai.

An Imperial force consisting of four transports, escorted by Assault Gunboats attacked the rendezvous but were defeated by X-wings flown by Keyan Farlander and Puck Naeco, allowing the transfer to take place. The satellites proved essential in discovering the Death Star I project.

Han Solo and Chewbacca tried a clotheslegging scheme in the Cron Drift in 2 BBY.

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AppearancesEdit

• Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War 4: Jedi Holocaust
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (Mentioned only)
• Darth Bane: Rule of Two (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (Mentioned only)
• The Cestus Deception (Mentioned only)
• A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale (Mentioned only)
• Han Solo at Stars' End (First mentioned)
• Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: X-wing
•  "Fair Prey"—Star Wars Gamer 1 (Mentioned only)
• "Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire" — Star Wars Galaxy 3
• Dark Empire II
• "Firestorm"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
• Dark Apprentice (First appearance)
• The Unifying Force (Mentioned only)
• Millennium Falcon (Mentioned only)

SourcesEdit

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
• X-wing: The Official Strategy Guide
•  "The Emperor's Pawns"—Star Wars Gamer 5
• Alien Anthology
• The New Jedi Order Sourcebook
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 35
• The Essential Atlas
•  Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link on Archive.org)

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