Fondor

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Fondor was a planet famous throughout the galaxy for its extensive orbital shipyards, outclassed only by those at Corellia and Kuat. The Fondor Shipyards were associated with the Techno Union prior to the Clone Wars, and were sufficiently vast to construct Darth Vader's Executor-class Star Dreadnought.

Contents 1 History 1.1 The Executor project 1.2 Regime change 2 Appearances 3 Sources 4 Notes and references 5 External links

[edit] History

Fondor was located in the Freeworlds Region of the Tapani Sector, a sector technically part of the Colonies but so old and well-regarded that many considered it a part of the Core Worlds.^[1] The Fondorians were baseline Human, but with no hair and purple blood.^[2] Fondor itself was completely industrialized eons ago, and its surface scabbed with excavations, factories, cooling towers, steam tunnels, and offices, all related to the planet's central role in starship construction. The planet also housed hectares of laborers' barracks for the dockworkers whose jobs were overhead.^[3] Fondor was a main market for the Besadii Hutts.^[4]

[edit] The Executor project

The contract to build the Executor came somewhat unexpectedly, as Kuat Drive Yards was the manufacturer of the Imperial Star Destroyer and later instances of the Executor-class. The Empire required complete secrecy in the project, closing off all nonmilitary traffic in the system. Though the dockyard bosses were angered by the fact that they could no longer serve their commercial clients, the fact that the project took up the majority of the yard's resources—and the legendary wrath of Vader—kept them in check.^[3]

In order to efficiently provide resources to the Executor project, the Empire created a classified route linking Fondor with the Mid Rim world of Gandeal. The Gandeal-Fondor Hyperlane remained a well kept secret decades after the Executor was completed.^[4]

As an essential manufacturer of Star Destroyers, albeit unique variants, for the Galactic Empire, the shipyards became a target of the Rebel Alliance. In one instance, a prototype Star Dreadnought fitted with a cloaking device underwent construction there. Rogue Squadron penetrated the shipyards in stolen Imperial starfighters and terminated the project, preventing its completion.^[5]

[edit] Regime change

In spite of its security, Fondor was seized by the Alliance of Free Planets very soon after the Battle of Endor, giving the Alliance a key coreward shipyard and base. However, the supply of the raw materials that the shipyards demanded was briefly interrupted when Imperial Admiral Mordur persuaded Guildmaster Orrk to redirect Vandelhelm's strategic metal supplies from Fondor to himself—although Han Solo soon restored the situation and defeated the Admiral.^[6] For decades, Fondor continued to supply the New Republic with Star Destroyers and other capital ships.^[7]

In 26 ABY, the planet also became a target during the Yuuzhan Vong War, though a blast from Centerpoint Station destroyed a portion of the enemy fleet, saving Fondor at the cost of the Hapan war fleet, which was also caught in the blast.^[4] Fondor continued to supply the Galactic Alliance with starships in the war. The planet was eventually taken by the Yuuzhan Vong, but retaken near the end of the war.^[8]

In 40 ABY, it became allied with Corellia in the Confederation-Galactic Alliance War, as it had been chafing under GA military restrictions, and officially left the Galactic Alliance.^[7] It later became the scene of a massive battle to retake it, with Admiral Cha Niathal establishing the headquarters of her faction of the Galactic Alliance on the planet afterwards. The planet's president at this time was Shas Vadde. When the Second Galactic Civil War had ended, with the defeat of the Confederation, Fondor had rejoined the Galactic Alliance.

[edit] Appearances

• Darth Maul: Saboteur (Mentioned only)
• Cloak of Deception (Mentioned only)
•  Coruscant Eliminated in Galactic Cup Opening Round—HoloNet News Vol. 531 47 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Republic 54: Double Blind (Mentioned only)
• Han Solo at Stars' End (Mentioned only)
• Han Solo at Stars' End comic (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Empire at War
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
• Star Wars Missions 18: Rogue Squadron to the Rescue (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Missions 19: Bounty on Bonadan
•  "Galaxywide NewsNets" - Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
• Darth Vader Strikes (First appearance)
• The Serpent Masters (Mentioned only)
• Revenge of the Jedi
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
• Star Wars 98: Supply and Demand
• The Vandelhelm Mission
• X-wing: The Bacta War (Mentioned only)
• X-wing: Iron Fist (Mentioned only in Dramatis Personae)
• X-wing: Solo Command (Mentioned only in Dramatis Personae)
• Vector Prime (Mentioned only in "The Yuuzhan Vong" section of the e-book's New Jedi Order "bible" excerpt)
• Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial (Mentioned only)
• Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
• Balance Point (Mentioned only)
• Edge of Victory I: Conquest (Mentioned only)
• Edge of Victory II: Rebirth (Mentioned only)
• Star by Star (Mentioned only)
• Dark Journey (Mentioned only)
• Destiny's Way (Mentioned only)
• Ylesia (Mentioned only)
• Force Heretic I: Remnant (Mentioned only)
• Force Heretic III: Reunion (Mentioned only)
• The Final Prophecy (Mentioned only)
• The Unifying Force (Mentioned only)
• Betrayal (Mentioned only)
• Exile (Mentioned only)
• Sacrifice (Mentioned only)
• Revelation
• Invincible

[edit] Sources

• Galaxywide NewsNets
• Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
• Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
• The Essential Chronology
• The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
• Lords of the Expanse
• The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
•  Vandelhelm: Enemies and Alloys Part 3: Solo Class on Wizards.com (article) (Mentioned only)
•  Vandelhelm: Enemies and Alloys Part 4: The Demands of Supply on Wizards.com (article) (Mentioned only)

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

•  Fondor in the Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia