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| Scarif | |
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| Astrographical | |
| Region | |
| Sector |
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| System |
Scarif system |
| Suns |
1 |
| Moons |
0 |
| Grid coordinates |
S-15 |
| Trade routes |
Manda Merchant Run |
| Physical | |
| Diameter |
9,112 km |
| Climate |
Tropical |
| Primary terrain |
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| Points of interest |
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| Native flora |
Areca nut palm trees |
| Native fauna |
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| Societal | |
| Immigrated species |
Humans |
| Population |
475,000 |
| Major exports |
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| Affiliation | |
Scarif is a remote, tropical planet in the Abrion sector of the Outer Rim Territories. Although a small and idyllic world, Scarif plays an important part in the Galactic Republic/Galactic Empire's military-industrial complex, becoming a center for top-secret research beyond inspection distance of the Imperial Senate. Among the projects developed here are the Death Star battle station, a construction so important the entire planet is covered by a planetary deflector shield that can only be entered via a Shield Gate during the Imperial Period. It houses the Imperial security complex, and is also home to the Imperial Weapons Factory.
Characteristics[]
Scarif is a verdant, beautiful if relatively small world, measuring just over nine thousand kilometers in diameter. It has a remote and isolated galactic location in the Abrion sector of the southeast Outer Rim Territories. A deep-blue world speckled with clouds, Scarif is comprised of tropical, volcanic island chains rising from clear, shallow oceans. Deeper oceans teeming with life are surrounded by rocky archipelagos. The planet's mantle is filled with dense metals that become valuable in starship construction. Scarif's sandy beaches are tranquil and idyllic, and some lead into jungle canopies filled with wildlife, including areca nut palm trees and the giant peetalex sea grape, which offer natural protection. The world has a temperate and comfortable climate and from the surface appears as a tropical paradise despite its challenging ecosystem and dangerous predators.
The Galactic Republic constructed its security complex, later used by the Galactic Empire, across a wheel of islets and landmasses connected by sandy tombolos and artificial transit tubes. The region is surrounded by a volcanic island covered in jungles, and the central islet houses the monolithic Citadel Tower. The Imperial installations on the planet ae known to be one of the very few sites where pure, refined coaxium fuel is stored, other than Mercy Island.
History[]
Although Scarif's planetary mantle was filled with dense metals valuable in starship construction, its remote location deep within the Outer Rim Territories meant that supplying shipyards of the Core Worlds proved too costly. However, the Galactic Republic saw Scarif as a potential place to house their most classified projects away from the inspection distance of the Senate. To this end, the Republic built a major security complex in the planet's northern hemisphere, garrisoned by a special deployment of their army, centered on a Citadel Tower. They also built a weapons factory nearby. Large swaths of land were excavated in order to build starships, and a high-altitude Shield Gate station allowed entry past the planetary deflector shield (installed there during the Imperial Era), which itself was protected by several Star Destroyers. Scarif became the principal construction facility for the Republic/Empire's vast war machine.
Over the years, various officers treated Scarif as a place for an unofficial retirement, where they could neglect their duty in the comfort of a tropical paradise.