The Black Sands of Socorro is a supplement to Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game published by West End Games. It was written by Patricia A. Jackson and was first published in 1997.

The book was written in an in-universe perspective, and provided information on the Outer Rim planet Socorro and the rest of the Socorro system. The author attempts to create an Arabian-like ambience for the locations and characters encountered on the planet.

From the publisherEdit

A frontier world far from the tyranny of the Empire, Socorro offers opportunity, wealth—and danger!

Travel the Doaba Badlands, learn the secrets of the infamous Black Bha'lir smuggling coalition... explore a world as distinctive as its unforgettable ebony surface.

ContentsEdit

• Prologue
• Chapter One: Socorro
• Chapter Two: Symbiotic Economics
• Chapter Three: Soco-Jarel Spaceport
• Chapter Four: Vakeyya: A City on the Edge
• Chapter Five: The Wilderness
• Chapter Six: The Black Bha'lir
• Chapter Seven: Cjaalysce'l
• Chapter Eight: Abdi-Badawzi, Monarch of the Sands
• Chapter Nine: Security Addendum: Saadoon-Kauldi
• Chapter Ten: Neftali
• Scout's Addendum: Swoopchasing!
• Story Starters
• Epilogue