Socorro
Socorro was a planet in the Socorro system of the Kibilini sector, located in the Outer Rim Territories region of the galaxy. It was situated on the Llanic Spice Run, a hyperlane that linked it to Llanic and the Bahalian system. Socorro was one of only two bodies in orbit around a red giant star and possessed no moons. A day on Socorro lasted twenty standard hours, and a year lasted 316 local days.
The planet Socorro possessed a breathable atmosphere, standard gravity, an arid climate, and terrain that included black desert swells, flatlands, mountain areas, and volcanic areas. Socorro's dormant volcanic basements contained naturally-hidden reserves of water. Temperatures remained at 110 degrees in the world's polar regions, where thermal winds and sandstorms were common.
No unifying government was present on Socorro, and control of the planet was contested by various criminal organizations. A unified cultural force, resulting from integration between the planet's nomadic and criminal elements, offered formidable protection from intrusion by offworld authorities until the height of the Empire, but even then the Empire's foothold on the planet was minimal; mostly collecting tariffs and taxes from inhabitants and visitors.
Located between Coyn and Tatooine, and near Duunir, Iyred, Omman, Redcap, and the Nodgra system, Socorro is the homeworld of Lando Calrissian and Qu Rahn. Many of its deserts were composed of distinctive black sand. The name "Socorro" in Old Corellian meant "scorched earth."
History
Corellians colonized the planet in 3000 BBY, though only four of their original six colony ships were believed to have survived. During the Cold War between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic, Socorro was under a water supply crisis because the critical wells located around a dozen settlements in the desert had gone dry. It was presumed that the wells had been sabotaged. Socorro was the location of a Jedi academy where Jedi would train to become a Jedi Guardians. It was a favorite of Jedi Ace Crix Sunburris during the New Sith Wars. A thousand years later, Darth Sidious would use The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force to locate and destroy the academy and the Jedi who were stationed in it.
Related locations: The Peaks
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