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Socorro

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This article is about the planet Socorro. You may be looking for the Serroco planet or the Serroco gang.
Socorro
Astrographical
Region

Outer Rim Territories[1]

System

Socorro system

Suns

1: Sokor

Moons

0[1]

Rotation period

20 standard hours[1]

Orbital period

326 local days[1]

Physical
Climate

Arid[1]

Gravity

Standard[1]

Primary terrain
  • Deserts
  • Mountains
  • Volcanic regions
Points of interest
Societal
Native species
Official language

Socorran

Government
Population

300 million (est.)

Major cities

Vakeyya (capital)[1]

Major imports

Metals[1]

  • High technology[1]
Major exports
Affiliation

Fel Empire

[Source]
"If there is a dark side to this galaxy, Socorro is on the hind side of it. Far beyond the notice of dominions large and faceless—where a man's word and the sweat of his brow are worth more than his scrip. This is truly a most splendid place to be."
―Kirr Cyrs[src]

Socorro was a planet in the Outer Rim Territories with a reputation as a smuggler haven. Located between Coyn and Tatooine and near Duunir, Iyred, Omman, Redcap, and the Nodgra system, Socorro was home to the ferocious Monnoks, as well as several nomadic groups: the Ibhann'I, Bharhulai, Ndowi, and Asilyr. It was also the homeworld of Lando Calrissian and Qu Rahn. Its deserts were composed of distinctive black sand. The name "Socorro" in Old Corellian meant "scorched earth."

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[edit] History

Corellians colonized the planet in 3,000 BBY, though only four of their original six colony ships were believed to have survived. The original colonists' descendants may have become the Bharhulai tribe, a hostile group that dwelt in Socorro's dangerous northern polar region.

Warning: The following section is non-canon. It contains information explicitly released under the Infinities brand, and/or confirmed to be non-canon by the author or Lucasfilm. Everything said in this section and not elsewhere did not happen in the "proper" Star Wars continuity.

A young Han Solo may have met Quinlan Vos on Socorro roughly a decade before the Battle of Yavin.

Non-canon information ends here.

In 137 ABY, Darth Talon attacked the Imperial Mission temple on Socorro to drive Marasiah Fel to her father or for him to come to her. Darth Talon killed the Imperial Knight Elke Vetter at the temple.

[edit] Geography

Some of the locations on Socorro include the Asilyr Tribal Lands, the Bharhulai Tribal Lands, Cjaalysce'I the Doaba Badlands, the Ibhaan'I Tribal Lands, the Ndowi Tribal Lands, Norble, Madra, Rym Mountains, and Vakeyya.

[edit] Behind the scenes

The planet Socorro shares its name with one of Patricia A. Jackson's horses, Nicholai Socorro. The word socorro means help in Portuguese and Spanish. It is also a city in New Mexico, an hour away from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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[edit] Appearances

[edit] Sources

The Socorran flag

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Legacy Era Campaign Guide
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