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Nkllon

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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

Nkllon was a small, mineral rich, harsh world in the Athega system. Its surface was covered in plains of searing rock, impact craters, and volcanic features.

The crust of the planet was rich in the minerals hfredium, kammris, and dolovite; metals vital in construction of starships. Mining operations were previously impossible in the planet however, as Nkllon was bathed in lethal radiation from its small orbit around the system's star during the day. However, before 9 ABY, Lando Calrissian took a gamble at an operation to mine Nkllon. Using a giant mobile mining complex called Nomad City, the operation could be carried out permanently during the night time, with ships visiting the system being protected by giant, super-cooled radiation umbrella vessels called shieldships.

Grand Admiral Thrawn raided Nomad City twice. The first raid was to steal its complement of mole miners to use during his assault on Sluis Van. He succeeded in capturing just over half of them. In the second raid, he stole millions of credits and stockpiles of resources, but damaged Nomad City beyond repair. The workers were evacuated, but Nomad City was utterly destroyed by the intense radiation of Nkllon's daytime.

Text and facts from the “Nkllon/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Region
Expansion Region
Western Reaches
Sector
Alchenaut sector
System
Athega system
Grid coordinates
L-16
Suns
1: Athega
Lengthday
3,527 standard hours (approximately 90 standard days)
Lengthyear
5 local days
Class
Planetoid
Atmosphere
None
Climate
Searing
Gravity
Light
Terrain
Crater fields
Molten waterfall
Searing rock
Volcanoes
Water
Arid
Fauna
Lava worm
Otherspecies
Humans
Language
Galactic Basic Standard
Government
Corporate (New Republic-allied)
Population
5,000 (Nomad City)
Cities
Nomad City
Imports
Foodstuffs
High tech
Mid tech
Exports
Metals
Minerals (hfredium, kammris, and dolovite)
Affiliations
New Republic

Appearances

21 works, in story order
  1. Boba Fett: Pursuit (mentioned only)
  2. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II novelization
  3. Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire audio drama (mentioned only)
  4. Buyer's Market (mentioned only)
  5. Corphelion Interlude (mentioned only)
  6. Heir to the Empire (first appearance)
  7. Heir to the Empire 3 (first pictured)
  8. Dark Force Rising (mentioned only)
  9. The Last Command
  10. Jedi Search (mentioned only)
  11. Champions of the Force (mentioned only)
  12. Ambush at Corellia (mentioned only)
  13. Vision of the Future (mentioned only)
  14. Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy (as a hologram)
  15. Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones (as a hologram)
  16. The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime (mentioned only)
  17. The New Jedi Order: Star by Star (mentioned only)
  18. Dark Nest I: The Joiner King (mentioned only)
  19. Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (mentioned only)
  20. Legacy of the Force: Inferno (mentioned only)
  21. Millennium Falcon (mentioned only)
Non-canon appearances: 1
  1. « Statue » quo à Sluis Van (unidentified, mentioned only)

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