Kintan
Kintan
Type: Terrestrial
Temperature: Temperate
Atmosphere: Type I (Breathable)
Hydrosphere: Dry
Gravity: Standard
Terrain: Rocky wastelands, Archipelagoes, Forests, Swamps, Magma fields
Length of Day: 32 standard hours
Length of Year: 412 local days
Physical Diameter: 12,054 km
Sapient Species: Nikto
Starport: ?
Points of Interest: Basin of Torturous Flame, Burning Moon Range, Canyon of Despair, Fire River, Fortress Kh'aris, Glussa Island, Gluss'elta Archipelago, Gluss'elta Sea & Wannschok Desert
Population: 12 million (100% Nikto)
Planet Function: ?
Official Language: Nikto, Huttese
Government: Hutt Clans of the Ancients
Major Cities: ?
Tech Level: Space
Major Exports: None
Major Imports: High Tech
Affiliation: Hutt Empire, Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, Yuuzhan Vong Empire, Confederation
System: Kintan system
Sun: 1 - Kintan
Moons: 3
Sector: Hutt Space (Si'Klaata Cluster)
Region of Space: Outer Rim
Notes:
Kintan was the home world of the Nikto. After a supernova explosion near the system, evolution of the Nikto divided into five subspecies. Kintan was located within the Si'Klaata Cluster, on the Ac'fren Spur.
Kintan Striders, also found around the galaxy as pets of Hutts, were originally from Kintan. However, they were driven to extinction on the planet itself.
Description:
In 26,000 BBY, the Cult of M'dweshuu formed on Kintan. This violent cult worshiped the nearby M'dweshuu supernova. Around 25,130 BBY, the Cult came to power, and the planet was plunged into four civil wars. In 25,100 BBY, under the terms of the Treaty of Vontor, the Niktos were permanently indentured to the Hutts. The Cult did briefly drive the Hutts offworld about 1,000 BBY. Kintan apparently did join the Galactic Republic at least two decades before the Clone Wars, having direct Senate representation, but the Senators were merely mouthpieces for the Niktos' Hutt masters. A new wave of Cult violence broke out in 22 BBY, making travel on the Sisar Run dangerous.
The Morgukai warrior tradition arose on the planet, elite and isolated from other Nikto. In 30 BBY, exiled Twi'lek Kh'aris Fenn took up residence in Fortress Kh'aris on Kintan, guarded by the last two Morgukai, Tsyr and Bok. The two Morgukai kidnapped the Twi'lek heir Nat Secura and brought him to the fortress, but the Jedi saved Nat and slew Tsyr. Bok died on Saleucami during the Outer Rim Sieges in 19 BBY, along with an army of his clones.
The planet was later taken over by the Yuuzhan Vong in 26 ABY. During the occupation, 75% of the Nikto population was either enslaved or killed, while the rest either fled Kintan or went into hiding in the planets most inhospitable areas. In the years following the war's end, the population slowly returned to its former levels.
Source:
- Wookieepedia