Moonglow Polychemical

Moonglow Polychemical, or simply Moonglow, was a mining and refinery company based in the Gorse system. The company had originated as an offshoot of Introsphere, which had become bankrupt after the end of thorilide surface mining on the planet Gorse. After the Galactic Empire established mining operations on Gorse's moon Cynda, Moonglow delivered baradium bisulfate for blasting operations on Cynda. In addition, the company also maintained a refinery in Gorse's Shaketown.

In 11 BBY, Moonglow's operations attracted the attention of the dissident miner Skelly and the Imperial Count Denetrius Vidian. Skelly tried to convince the company not to conduct blasting past Zone Forty-Two. After Skelly was apprehended for assaulting Imperial personnel and staging an illegal test bombing, Moonglow attempted to hand him over to the Empire. However, Skelly was rescued by the rebel operative Hera Syndulla. During his inspection of Moonglow, Vidian murdered company head Lal Grallik and her husband Gord Grallik. Shortly afterwards, the Empire nationalized the company's assets when it was blamed for an explosion Vidian had ordered set off on Cynda which largely destroyed the moon's mining facility.

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