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Thyferra Type: Terrestrial Temperature: Tropical Atmosphere: Type I (breathable) Hydrosphere: Moist Gravity: Standard Terrain: Tropical jungles, forests, plains Length of day: 21.3 standard hours Length of year: 479 local days Sapient Species: Humans, Vratix (N) Starport: 3 Stellar class Population: 10,000 human, 2.8 million Vratix, assorted aliens Planet Function: Manufacturing Government: Dual-corporate government Tech Level: Space Major Exports: Bacta Major Imports: Mid tech, high tech, foodstuffs
Region: Inner Rim Sector: Jasco System: Polith-System
Thyferra is the homeworld of the mantis-like Vratix and is the center of the galaxy's bacta industry. Thyferra was first contacted 6000 years ago by the Republic; this contact ushered in a new technological and medical revolution. The Vratix soon invented a potent healing medium by growing alazhi and mixing it with the chemical kavam. This medicinal fluid was called bacta, and is made by the Vratix to fulfill their religious requirements. The remarkable fluid was extremely profitable, and wealthy, powerful bacta refining operations spread across many worlds. When the Empire arose, two large bacta-harvesting corporations (Xucphra and Zaltin) negotiated a special deal with the Imperials, allowing the companies to gain a virtual monopoly on the bacta industry. These two massive conglomerates control 95% of the galaxy's bacta and are collectively known as the "Bacta Cartel". Xucphra and Zaltin, run by a small group of approximately five thousand wealthy humans each (often family related) now run Thyferra's government and dominate the lives of the average Vratix worker. The planetary government (led by the two corporations) communicates with the Vratix worker population through the use of two Vratix liasons (one for each corporation) who are appointed by an elected council. Since Xucphra and Zaltin are in fierce competition with each other, governmental gridlock frequently ensues and little is accomplished to benefit the 2.8 million Vratix on Thyferra. This has given rise to the Ashern (Black Claw) terrorist/revolutionary group, which views the corporations as a threat and tries to bring them down by any means necessary. Several years ago, a group of Ashern terrorists contaminated Bacta Lot ZX1449F from Thyferra, which was shipped to Coruscant and caused two million Imperial citizens to develop an allergy to the healing fluid. In the political confusion following the Battle of Endor, Thyferra remained neutral and profited enormously by selling bacta to both sides. Nearly 3 years after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic, anxious to please the Thyferran leaders, recruited the human pilots Bror Jace (from Zaltin) and Erisi Dlarit (from Xucphra) into the famous Rogue Squadron. Bror Jace was later thought to have been assasinated (this turned out to be a ruse) and Erisi Dlarit turned out to be an Imperial deep-cover agent working for Ysanne Isard.
