Orbit

An orbit was the state of an object moving around a celestial body. Around a planet, a starship or space station in orbit held its position outside or just within the world's outer atmosphere. The completion of one orbit was known as a revolution. The Infinite Empire's chronological circuitry, which could be installed into Rakatan guardian droids such as the Overseer on Dantooine, could detect how many revolutions have taken place and were used as a dating device. By the time of the Jedi Civil War, the Overseer had worked as a Rakatan guardian droid for ten revolutions, which Bastila Shan realized corresponded to 20,000 years.

Orbit was also the second phase in a planetary assault and covered the gaining control of the orbital space around the target planetary system and the strategic orbital placement of the units in the invasion fleet.

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