Sacred docks

The sacred docks were docks on the Inner Rim planet Pijal built to house the world's revered soulcraft vessels, managed by the planet's serving Skykeeper. Constructed several millennia before the Republic Era, the docks operated for centuries, serving as a hub for departing ceremonial vessels heading into Pijal's atmosphere on trips into space. Following his appointment in 48 BBY, Pijal's Jedi regent, Rael Averross, ceded much of the monarchy's power to the Czerka Corporation operating on the planet. By then, the world's serving Skykeeper had started accepting bribes from the company to allow them to commercially operate out of the sacred docks. Pijal's crown princess Fanry was appalled by his dereliction of duty and Averross's actions as regent.

Shortly before Fanry's coronation in 40 BBY, Czerka Sector Supervisor Meritt Col indicated her company's interest in gaining more access to the docks for commercial use, though the princess was unenthused by the prospect. After ascending the throne as absolute monarch by force at her crowning, the queen stabbed her Skykeeper with her ceremonial sword for accepting Czerka's bribes to access the sacred docks.

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