Siline

Siline was a planet located in the galaxy and was the homeworld of the Silinese species. The planet held a variety of biomes including forests of blooming pale-blue and green colored trees, grasslands, deserts, oceans, and mountains. The mountains on Siline were unique in that they were not peaked heaps of rock but rather massive stacked basalt columns, reminiscent of steps. The planet was also abundant in crystals, gemstones, and other minerals that could be found anywhere; from the surface, to the caves, and even to the skeletons of the Silinese, which were entirely comprised of crystal. Most buildings on Siline were constructed out of crystalline material such as quartz, with cities skylines of skyscrapers appearing like fields of crystals spiking upward from the ground, with the facets of the crystal on their peaks reflecting the sunlight. Holo-banners hung above cities and neighborhoods that flashed with local language and galactic basic writing that signified district names and logos. Streams of clear water ran through streetways and neighborhoods. The air traffic on Siline was far tamer compared to worlds like Coruscant, avians would even safely fly in and out of the air lanes. For most of Siline's history the Silinese had been a warrior society with various warring nations, but around the time of the High Republic Era they unified and became a much more peaceful and civilized society.

Every seven to ten planetary years, thermal vents in the continental crust of Siline, known as Red Diamond Geysers, busted and spewed red metallic vapor into the planet's atmosphere. The Red Diamond Geyser vapor made the skies a hazy pink and turned outside-air unbreathable, even to the native Silinese, requiring rebreathers and other air-filtering masks outdoors. This occasion marked the event of the Silinese's Crowning Convocations, which were made up of three championships. In earlier times these competitions had been nationalized and had been deadly, but since coming into contact with the Republic, they had become international and non-lethal—although not undangerous. Around a decade before 134 BBY, Siline began petitioning to join the Galactic Republic, after having been affiliated with it for almost two hundred years. In the decades before 134 BBY, a consortium of the human Graf family had also started mining iflisalt—a volcanic rock with properties invaluable for various hyperdrive fuels—at a recently ecologically devastated area of the planet.

The talks with the Republic came into difficulties in 134 BBY after a diplomatic incident between a Silinese War Council member and the Jedi Order's delegate, Master Brand, leading to a team of Jedi being sent to Siline to clear up the misunderstanding. The team—consisting of the Masters Sol and Elishe and their Padawans Jecki Lon and Yord Fandar—arrived at the beginning of the most recent Crowning Convocation and as a token of respect the two Padawans entered into the competition. The Convocation was sabotaged when a a group of mercenaries infiltrated the final section and led out a group of lyleks as a distraction to be able to kill the ericadi and sell off their valuable scales. The conspiracy could eventually be stopped by the Jedi, who left Siline afterwards.

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