Hoxim

Hoxim, often referred to as the "Agbui mining world," was an unclaimed and uninhabited planet in the Unknown Regions. Its terrain consisted of forests and grasslands as well as rugged mountains and small swaths of desert, but it had extremely acidic soil.

As part of a plan to orchestrate the demise of the Chiss Ascendancy, Haplif of the Agbui led three Chiss Great Families to believe that the Agbui possessed an otherwise unowned mining settlement on Hoxim that mined nyix, a valuable metal used to fortify the hulls of warships, and that the Agbui were ignorant of the metal's value. Haplif, acting naïve, portrayed Hoxim as sufficiently rich in nyix that the Agbui could mass-produce jewelry out of the metal and sell it for a fraction of the metal's worth within the Ascendancy. (In reality, Haplif had looted the nyix jewelry from a species among whom he had orchestrated a civil war so the Agbui could mine their world for nyix.)

Over time, Haplif described the supposed riches of Hoxim to officials in terms that suggested vast profitability on their part and foolish ignorance of the value on his own. He also flooded the market of Celwis with underpriced nyix jewelry as part of his deception, convincing Councilor Xodlak'uvi'vil that his family would be foolish not to seize Hoxim's nyix mines. Haplif thus tantalized ambitious Xodlak, Pommrio, and Erighal family officials to conspire to claim Hoxim and its mine for their families, in the hope that the families would fight over the mine and the conflict would lead to a civil war within the Ascendancy.

Ultimately, Senior Captain Thrawn of the Chiss Ascendancy deduced the purpose of Haplif's plot, and, as the fleets of the three families encountered one another above Hoxim, destroyed the mine with the appearance that it was accidental, preventing the families from being able to fight over it. He also set the stage for the three families to achieve glory and honor by "rescuing" his debilitated Springhawk from an ambush.

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