Rhommamool
Appearance
- Rhommamool (before the Rhommamool-Osarian War)
Type: Terrestrial
Temperature: Warm
Atmosphere: Type I (breathable)
Hydrosphere: Dry
Gravity: Standard
Terrain: Deserts
Length of Day: 29 standard hours
Length of Year: 362 local days
Sapient Species: Humans, assorted aliens
Starport: Landing field
Population: 60 million
Planet Function: Old colony
Government: Anarchy
Tech Level: Space
Major Exports: Low tech, ore
Major Imports: All
- Rhommamool is a troubled world. Several months previous, a group of miners were trying to negotiate mineral ownership rights. However, Nom Anor (an undercover Yuuzhan Vong operative) sparked that dispute into a full-fledged rebellion, sending Rhommamool into a war with Osarian (the sister planet that is home to the system's elite). He claimed that Osarian was trying to rule both worlds with an iron fist, and that it was the duty of every colonist on Rhommamool to rise up against both them and the New Republic, which was also an "elitist, totalitarian government." Nom Anor started the Red Knights of Life as an extension of the Yuuzhan Vong's hatred of mechanical technology. They soon rose to become his own personal army, destroying landspeeders, power generators, and droids. With his latest action, firing missiles as Osarian's capital city, he may just spell doom for both planets' inhabitants.
Physically, Rhommamool is a dry, hot desert world. Water is hard to come by, and even basic necessities are luxuries. The only thing remotely good about the planet is its high mineral concentrations - but the profits from that go back to Osarian. The people of Rhommamool feel betrayed by this arrangement.