Arkania

Arkania is the adopted homeworld of the Arkanian species. It is covered with tundra and rich in diamonds and other precious minerals, which the Arkanians mine to further their off world connections and master their technology. Arkanian cities are designed to keep the cold out and are mostly completely enclosed. Off-world visitors rarely have to deal with the frigid conditions of the planet. Many of Arkania's citizens are miners.

Geography

A harsh world of tundra and ice, Arkania is able to sustain life and civilisation despite its harsh climate. Deep underground, the planet is filled with diamond stores considered extremely valuable by those on the surface, resulting in the excavation of extensive mines across the world.

Fauna & Flora

The Arkanian dragon is a flying reptile native to the frozen planet Arkania in the Perave system. Classified as semi-sentient by many xenobiologists, the dragons are capable of breathing fire. The Arkanian jellyfish was a type of boneless aquatic jellyfish native to the frozen planet Arkania also.

History

Early mining operations and the Sith Empire
Discovered by scouts from the Galactic Republic sometime between 11,453 TYA (21,347 BTC) and 16,453 TYA (16,347 BTC), the frozen world of Arkania was home to a population of white-eyed humanoids called the Arkanians. Home to massive diamond stores, Arkania opened these hidden vaults to mining industries associated with the Republic. The rich gem mines on their planet led to its great development and the construction of elaborate trade cities on Arkania. This was the reason why Arkanian culture largely flourished as a result of off-world contact. They were well known throughout the galaxy for their extremely reclusive scientists and rumours soon abounded that these geneticists were not above experimentation on sentients. Indeed, one of their earliest known endeavours was the creation of the Quermian species from the Xexto around 19,453 TYA (13,347 BTC) while the Republic was cut-off from the world by the tumultuous Alsakan Conflicts. Though they abandoned their clandestine experiments, fearing legal action from the Republic, the Quermians resurfaced millennium later.
The ancient capital Adascopolis served as the home of The Adasca BioMechanical Corporation of Arkania, a corporation with a controlling interest in the planet and run by the House of Adasca. At this point in Arkania's history, the Sith Empire enveloped the planet in their iron-clad grip and established a massive library called Veeshas Tuwan circa 29,553 TYA (3,247 BTC). Drawing Sith Lords from across the Empire, the library grew over the centuries as scientists would draw upon dark side magics to conduct their experiments. As the structure became so cavernous that no one could find what they were looking for; still Lords would practice their dark arts in hidden chambers far from the control of the Republic or the Jedi Order. The growth of the great library came to a fiery end at the conclusion of the Great Hyperspace War however. Following the exile of Sith Lord Naga Sadow, the Jedi Order learned of the library's location and deemed it a threat to the stability of the Order and the Republic. Dispatched by the Jedi High Council, a team of several Jedi Masters descended upon Arkania and destroyed Veeshas Tuwan, wiping out the Sith population and returning power to the Arkanians.
Old Sith Wars
By the time of the Great Sith War, the world was inhabited by not only pure-blood Arkanians, but genetically-engineered offshoots. Inhabiting cities constructed over large stretches of frozen wastes, the pure-blooded Arkanians held great contempt for the offshoots and sent them into ghettos. Despite the adversity faced by many offshoots, the Force-sensitive Arca Jeth, whose blood was mixed with the Sephi race, rose to great prominence in the Jedi Order and attained the rank of Jedi Master. As the High Council became concerned with the re-emergence of the Sith, Master Jeth was dispatched to his homeworld to ensure that it did not fall back into the hands of the Order's sworn enemies. Establishing a praxeum in the wilderness of the planet not far from a small city, Jeth cleansed the world of the remaining taint of the dark side and began training such famed Jedi as Ulic Qel-Droma, Cay Qel-Droma, and Tott Doneeta. Jeth fought in numerous campaigns ranging from the defeat of the Lorell Raiders, the Freedon Nadd Uprising and finally defending the Republic against the rise of the Krath cult.
A generation after the end of the Great Sith War and Arca Jeth's death, Adascorp's leader, Lord Arkoh Adasca implemented Project Black Harvest as a means of gaining further power for himself. During this illegal project, scientists such as the offshoot Gorman Vandrayk were forced to study the fabled exogorths which floated dormant in space. As the Mandalorian Wars began to tear at the fabric of peace in the Republic, Adascorp's activities on Arkania began to crescendo as the young Adasca put his final plan in motion but was halted by through the intervention of the failed Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick and his band of criminals and misfits. With the death of Adasca and the destruction of the Arkanian Legacy, Adascorp fell under the control of the Draay Trust, established by Jedi Master Lucien Draay.
Despite Adasca's death, Adascorp did not disappear entirely. In the wake of the Great Galactic War, the corporation emerged to assist the Republic during the Cold War with the resurgent Sith Empire. Aiding the Republic Strategic Information Service in preparing a trap for the bounty hunter Grand Champion of the Mandalorian Great Hunt, members of Adascorp worked side by side with Jedi Master Juns Semos in preparing to capture the deadly and elusive warrior.

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