Rhommamool

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Rhommamool was an impoverished mining world in the Inner Rim Territories, near the Corellian Run. It was in the same system as Osarian.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 Notes and references

[edit] Geography

Rhommamool was an inhospitable desert world with red sands. Life on the planet was tough for its inhabitants with even basic essentials like water lacking. However, Rhommamool had large reserves of mines which would be exploited by the government of neighboring Osarian.^[1]

Rhommamool orbited the wealthier Osarian with the latter using the former as a dumping ground for convicted criminals and a mining colony. The two planets orbited each other and were brought together within a million kilometers of each other every ten years, usually resulting in a flare-up of hostilities between the two.^[1]

The planetary capital was at Redhaven which contained the planetary spaceport and the Square of Hopeful Redemption which was built from the ruins of the Portmaster's Pavilion following an uprising around 25 ABY.^[1]

[edit] History

Rhommamool was settled by convicted criminals brought in by the Osarians as de facto slave labor for the planet's mines. Much of the profit from these mines went back Osarian to fuel the lifestyle of the richer Osarians. Although the worlds shared a single government, it was based on Osarian and dominated by Osarians.^[1]

During the Jedi Civil War, the planet was the location of a battle between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic. The Republic won the battle.^[2]

The situation largely stayed under control due to the fact that neither planet had extensive space forces. However, every twenty years their orbits would bring the worlds within a million kilometers of each other, close enough for each planet's ground-based nuclear missiles to hit each other if launched. At those times of closest contact, the conflict would flare up. Until the close encounter of 25 ABY, the worlds managed to hold off attacking one another.^[1]

Prior to 25 ABY, Nom Anor was dispatched by the Yuuzhan Vong to the planet to stir up dissent between the poorer Rhommamoolians and their richer Osarian cousins.^[3][4] Using a disguise, Nom Anor drew disciples to his cause by preaching hatred towards all forms of technology including droids and landspeeders, the hated Osarians and the New Republic. These disciples became known as the Red Knights of Life due to their red cloaks.^[1]

In 25 ABY, the Red Knights of Life launched a planetary uprising which captured the capital Redhaven where a provisional independent senate was installed to rule the planet.^[1]During this period, the Red Knights of Life launched a violent crusade against mechanical technology and presumably Osarian collaborators as well. Their actions ranged from attacking civilians simply for using a landspeeder to rounding up all the droids they could find and dumping them at the Square of Hopeful Redemption in Redhaven. There, they would throw droids into a large pit and bombard them with rocks until they were nothing but a pile of metal, one of whom was C-9PO.^[1]

During the Osarian-Rhommamool conflict, Nom Anor ordered a missile strike against the Osarian capital of Osa-Prime when the orbits of both planets were at their closest, destroying the city and causing the political conflict to become a war. More missiles would be fired by Rhommamool, destroying more Osarian cities. Large red thermonuclear blast clouds also appeared over the planet, presumably causing harm to millions of Osarians.^[1]

During the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Iron Knights fought the Red Knights of Life on the planet.^[5]

[edit] Appearances

• The Force Unleashed novel
• Vector Prime (First appearance)
• Dark Tide I: Onslaught (Mentioned only)
• Dark Tide II: Ruin (Mentioned only)
• Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial (Mentioned only)
• Star by Star (Mentioned only)
• Destiny's Way (Mentioned only)
• The Unifying Force (Mentioned only)

[edit] Sources

• The Essential Chronology
• The New Essential Chronology
• Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
• Ultimate Adversaries
• The New Jedi Order Sourcebook
• Droids, Technology and the Force: A Clash of Phenomena
• The Official Star Wars Fact File
• Dark Horse Galaxy Map
• The Essential Atlas

[edit] Notes and references