Vernid

Vernid was a planet located in an Outer Rim Territories and New Territories' Vernid system with at least two moons. Home to mud plains and bruising rain, its inhabitants, considered barbaric by some, included worm farmers that worked dig-rigs. In 4 ABY, Soran Keize, a former major in the Galactic Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing who had begun a new life as "Devon Lhent," found work in Vernid's dig-rigs, working there for several weeks.

During a visit to a cantina, Keize saw news of his old Imperial unit having suffered a defeat to the New Republic at the planet Pandem Nai, leading him to have a drunken outburst about the New Republic in front of the rest of the cantina. Having drawn attention to himself, Keize was worried that his life on Vernid had become compromised, but he was assured by his dig-rig colleague Klevin the next day that no one cared about his politics.

However, New Republic Intelligence was able to trace Keize to Vernid, with two agents making their way to the town of Bakerstown while Keize and his colleagues celebrated the Red Moon Festival there. The agents confronted their quarry, attempting to take Keize away with them. The standoff became a skirmish where Keize, with the help of Klevin, killed the two agents. While Klevin offered to help cover up the incident, Keize concluded that his life on Vernid was over and left to reunite with the 204th.

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