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Vulpter

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Vulpter
Astrographical
Region

Deep Core[1]

System

Vulpter system[1]

Suns

1: Vulpter[1]

Orbital position

3rd[1]

Moons

None[1]

Grid coordinates

L-10

Rotation period

22.5 standard hours[1]

Orbital period

391 standard days[1]

Physical
Class

Terrestrial[1]

Diameter

14,900 km[1]

Atmosphere

Breathable (polluted)[1]

Climate

Temperate to arctic[1]

Gravity

Standard[1]

Primary terrain
  • Urban[1]
  • Barren rock[1]
  • Industrial wastelands
  • Formerly: forests, grasslands
Points of interest

Charbi City Spaceport

Societal
Native species

Vulptereen[1]

Immigrated species
Official language
Government

Corporate[1]

Population

421 million (88% Vulptereen, 6% Amaran, 2% Human, 2% Neimoidian, 2% other)[1]

Major cities
Major imports
  • Consumer goods[1]
  • High technology[1]
  • Processed foods[1]
Major exports

Vehicles and starships[1]

Affiliation
[Source]
"They said Vulpter had once been a lovely planet. It didn't look lovely now: the skies had that polluted smoky haze that meant there were wonderful red sunsets here, and not much else to be grateful for."
―Ben Skywalker[src]

Vulpter was the third and primary planet of the Vulpter system in the Deep Core, and the homeworld of both the Vulptereen and the garbage chasers. Vulpter was on the opposite end of the Carbonite Run from Empress Teta, with the destroyed Goluud system in between.

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[edit] Description

Vulpter was once a lush, temperate world of forests and grasslands. However, over-industrialization by the native Vulptereen during the time of the Galactic Republic transformed the planet into a smog-shrouded world of barren wastelands and dingy industrial centers. Worse, Vulpter became exploited by the Trade Federation, which used the planet as a dumping ground for waste products. The Federation cared little for the planet's ecosystem, seeing Vulpter simply as a factory world in which the Vulptereen were forced to toil as miners for underground storage facilities. Anything deemed too large or toxic to store was launched into orbit, a practice that, over time, formed a ring of debris around the planet, choking out some of the natural sunlight. Since the gravitational pull of so many stars snarls the fabric of hyperspace, the region has long been thought to be impenetrable.

By this time, one in five cities on Vulpter remained inhabitable, and the planet's animal life was by now extinct. Residents suffered from diseases brought about by the now toxic air and water supplies. The Vulptereen, however, remained on-world, clinging tenaciously to their devastated homeworld.

[edit] History

Both the Trade Federation and Arakyd Industries, a subsidiary of the Techno Union, set up operations on Vulpter during the last centuries of the Republic, with the latter taking the planet as its headquarters. The Vulptereen designed products for the droid and Podracer markets.

The planet was seen as so insignificant that it was often left off Trade Federation star charts, and this situation did not improve during the time of the Galactic Empire. Further, the Empire blockaded Vulpter following the Declaration of a New Order, not considering it worthy even of foodstuffs. Criminals even used Vulpter's abandoned cities to hide from authorities. Fortunately for the planet's inhabitants, the Alliance to Restore the Republic used the world as a safe haven during the Galactic Civil War, and the New Republic embarked upon a restoration project following the fall of the Empire. The Vulptereen aided greatly in the restoration, using technologies that proved successful on worlds such as Duro.

During the Second Galactic Civil War, Vulpter was the location of a secret meeting between Galactic Alliance Chief of State Cal Omas and Confederation leader Dur Gejjen to bring an end to the conflict. It was also where Ben Skywalker, acting under orders by Jacen Solo and the Galactic Alliance Guard assassinated Gejjen.

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  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 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25  Byss and the Deep Core on Wizards.com (article)
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