Doonium

Doonium was a heavy metal primarily used in starship hull construction. It gave ships such as those in the Imperial Navy their characteristic white-gray color. The Empire granted exclusive mining contracts to companies like Turlin Corp to provide the needed ore.

Between the Battle of Yavin and the Battle of Hoth, the Galactic Empire experienced a raw materials shortage that included a shortage of doonium. As a result, many ships languished in spacedock without proper hull plating. To clear space in the Kuat drydocks, a flotilla of Victory-class Star Destroyers was equipped with red havod alloy hulls instead of the traditional doonium.

One source for the metal was the mines of the Thrugii Asteroid Belt in the Socorro system. Other sources included Dor and Atraken.

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