Calonica

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"[…] a spot inspection on Calonica found that fewer than 10 percent of the 50,000 LX-2 mines, buried around the Imperial capital, contained explosive charges."
―A compilation of Galactic Empire documents by Major Arhul Hextrophon[3]

Calonica was an Expansion Region celestial body located in the Vensensor sector. During the Galactic Civil War it was the site of a Galactic Empire capital that was surrounded by fifty thousand buried LX-2 comlink mines. At one point, the Rebel Alliance managed to remotely deactivate the mines and then proceeded to steal the explosive charges from more than ninety percent of them, a fact that eventually led to the development of the LX-4 proton mine.

Description

Calonica was a terrestrial astronomical object[3] located in the Calonica system, a part of the Vensensor sector[1] in the Western Reaches portion of[2] the Expansion Region.[1] It was situated on the Corellian Trade Spine super-hyperroute, which connected it to the Tar Morden system[2] as well as the Bomis Koori system of the Mid Rim.[4]

History

"A follow-up investigation revealed that Rebel spies had somehow discovered the mine's secret com code, and were using it to deactivate the mines. Once deactivated, the Rebels dug them up, stole their charges, and then buried the mines back in the ground."
―A compilation of Galactic Empire documents by Major Arhul Hextrophon[3]

During the Galactic Civil War, the Galactic Empire had a presence on Calonica, with an Imperial capital there having fifty thousand Merr-Sonn Munitions LX-2 comlink mines buried around it. At some point, Rebel Alliance spies managed to remotely deactivate the mines, after which Rebels dug them up, stole the explosive charges from more than ninety percent of the mines, and then re-buried them.[3]

A spot inspection subsequently discovered the lack of charges, which eventually led to the development of the LX-4 proton mine that could only be deactivated by detonating it. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, the incident on Calonica was mentioned in a compilation of Imperial documents made by Rebel historian Major Arhul Hextrophon for Alliance Supreme Commander Mon Mothma and other Rebel officers.[3]

Behind the scenes

The article "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are" placed Calonica in the Tau Sekar sector.

The article "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are" placed Calonica in the Tau Sekar sector.

Calonica was first mentioned in Greg Gorden's 1989 Imperial Sourcebook that was published by West End Games for use with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.[5] "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are," a 1990 roleplaying game source article published in the thirteenth issue of the Voyages SF magazine, placed Calonica in the Tau Sekar sector.[6] The article is considered noncanonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity.[7] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas subsequently placed the Calonica system, and therefore the celestial body, in grid square K-16.[2]

Sources

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Non-canon sources

Notes and references

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 StarWars.com Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Calonica system
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Essential Atlas — Based on corresponding data for Calonica system
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition
  4. ↑ StarWars.com Essential Atlas Extra: Expansion Region on StarWars.com (backup link)
  5. ↑ Imperial Sourcebook
  6. ↑ Voyages "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are" — Voyages SF 13
  7. ↑ Email from Jason Fry on July 9, 2012 — Used with permission. Lucasfilm treats material from the various unlicensed roleplaying game magazines as non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity, with the only exceptions being the existence of those worlds and star systems that are referenced in The Essential Atlas and its StarWars.com Online Companion, and any other details that were referenced in, and thus canonized by, an official source.