Monedes'mai Hypercanal

The Monedes'mai Hypercanal was a trade route used by the Bith,^[2] a sentient species native to the planet Clak'dor VII.^[3]

History

In around 5500 BBY, Tapani sector merchants,^[2] especially Herglics and Givin, linked hundreds of preexisting praediums in the southern quadrant of the galaxy to form the first leg of the Rimma Trade Route.^[4] During that time, Sullustan merchants discovered the Tapani sector, leading their homeworld Sullust, in the Brema sector of the Outer Rim Territories, to join the Galactic Republic.^[5] The Rimward leg of the Rimma Trade Route was then blazed by Sullustan pilots and Givin cartographers.^[4]

In around 3000 BBY, the Tapani sector trade lanes were connected with the Monedes'mai Hypercanal, a route used by the Bith,^[2] a sentient species native to the planet Clak'dor VII,^[3] in the Mayagil sector of the Outer Rim Territories.^[1] This connection marked the formation of the modern Rimma Trade Route.^[2]

With the Rimma Trade Route connecting the Tapani sector and Clak'dor VII, members of the Bith species were commonly seen in the Freeworlds Territory during the Imperial Period.^[3]

Behind the scenes

The Monedes'mai Hypercanal was first mentioned in the The New Essential Guide to Characters, a 2002 reference book written by Daniel Wallace.^[2]

Although The New Essential Guide to Characters dates the connection between the Tapani sector and the Bith route to 3000 BBY,^[2] the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas, co-written by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry, shows the Rimma Trade Route already blazed to Clak'dor VII, Sluis Van and Elrood by 4000 BBY. The Essential Atlas also shows a completely charted Rimma Trade Route during the blazing of the Hydian Way around 3700 BBY.^[4]

Sources

• The New Essential Guide to Characters (First mentioned)

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