Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Felucia


Astrographical
Region: Outer Rim Territories
System: Felucia system
Suns: 1
Physical
Diameter: 9,100 kilometers (also depicted as 5,600 km)

Climate: Hot and humid
Gravity: 75% (possibly 46%)
Primary terrain: Rainforests, fungi, jungles, swamps

Felucia was a plant-covered, fairly inhospitable planet between Rhen Var and Colunda Sector, near Mossak and the Perlemian Trade Route. It would become a major CIS stronghold in the Clone Wars.

GEOGRAPHY
Once a major holding of the Commerce Guild, Felucia was a world teeming with fungal life-forms and immense primitive plants. Much of the planet has a fetid, humid landscape overgrown by forests of bizarre wilderness, such as the enormous Acklay (the mantis-like monster that battled Obi-Wan Kenobi in the arena on Geonosis in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones). Many of the life-forms on Felucia are partially or completely translucent; they color the sunlight as the beams penetrate their skin. Beneath the hazy canopies of the enormous pitcher plants and leafy growths is a surreal color-drenched landscape. When the sun shines, the environment glitters like multicolored glass, with a multitude of colors.


EARLY HISTORY
Felucia was colonized by the Gossam in 40,000 BBY, early in their interstellar history. Felucia was one of their earliest colonies, though it was one of the least populated since its vast fungus jungles proved too wild to support large Gossam colonies. As such, the planet became little more that an exotic retreat world for the wealthy Gossam along with their lowly servants and laborers. The planet was entirely controlled by the Commerce Guild, and resistance to the Guild was found in scattered townships in the wilderness. These townships were home to escaped workers, criminals, and enemies of the Guild.

Clone Wars
During the Clone Wars, Felucia became the headquarters of the Commerce Guild which supported the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Felucia would become a valuable member world and was as a result named by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine as part of a "Triad of Evil," alongside Mygeeto and Saleucami.
The planet was attacked during the Outer Rim Sieges. After the first attack, 19 BBY, Barriss Offee and Zonder were imprisoned on the planet. Aayla Secura took the Intrepid to Felucia to capture Shu Mai and rescue Barriss and Zonder; meanwhile, the Separatists began their attack on Coruscant. Little did Secura know that Shu Mai had already escaped and relocated on Utapau.
Ekria then shut down the droid beacon and allowed the clone troopers access to the facility. Wanting to find out more information about the battle at Coruscant, Ekria managed to find a holo-news station, saying that the Separatist fleet was in full retreat, and that Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi had rescued the Chancellor and killed Count Dooku.
Bly then told Secura that the air inside the compound was filling up with deadly toxins. To make matters worse, a self-destruct program in the facility was to destroy the building within a matter of minutes. After escaping and clearing the area, the facility explodes.
In truth, the self-destruct program was activated as part of Mai's earlier plan to poison Felucia if it were to fall into Republic hands. The poison started to spread, and the water facilities of Felucia would become infected and poison the water supply unless somebody were to do something.
Barriss Offee, the Padawan trio and lieutenants Barr, Galle, and Inc took a squad of troopers and headed toward some of the Felucian water facilities.
Upon entering the facility, Drake, Zonder, and Ekria cut down several Gossam workers. Ekria checked the main computer, finding out that the poison has not yet reached the facility. She shut down the main pipes, in order to prevent the poison from reaching the plant, though she couldn't access the other state.


Order 66
Secura, along with Bly, their troops and their armor detachment (AT-OTs and ISP Speeders), having recently destroyed a small force of droids, was heading towards a water treatment facility. However, Commander Bly received Order 66, and immediately ordered some of his lieutenants to fire on her. Aayla Secura and her troops were very close, so most of the lieutenants shot at less vital parts of her body. Secura, having been distracted by a native bird taking off, was caught off guard, and had no chance at survival. Bly, having mercy for his one-time friend, shot her quickly in the back, killing her instantly to minimize the pain.
Barriss Offee fared slightly better. She happened to be facing her troops when the order was received. The officer she was attended by struggled to turn off the message, but Offee heard it and ignited her lightsaber. The clones with her attempted to kill her but failed. As she turned to try to warn Aayla Secura, an AT-RT and several clones led by Lieutenant Galle walked out from behind a fungal tree and blasted her into smithereens before she could react.
In the water facilities, the Padawan trio tried to contact Secura and Offee, but their transmissions were being jammed. As such, Ekria used the Clone Cam network to get in contact with the Jedi. They saw Bly creep up behind Secura via Clone Cam.
Using Clone Cam, the Padawans saw the dead bodies of their masters. Frightened and sad, Ekria asked who was now in command. Then, a message from Chancellor Palpatine came in, stating that the war was over and all Jedi should return to the Jedi Temple to await further instructions. The Padawans then checked Galle's clone-cam, and saw that Galle's troops were about to burst into the Jiaozi facility to kill the Padawans. The Padawans barely escaped from Felucia, and would later head to Coruscant where they would disguise themselves as ordinary citizens.

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