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Tursturin was a Corellian-produced alloy that generated gigajoules of energy when heated above 4,000 degrees. Ecclessis Figg had thermo-converters on Cloud City built from tursturin in order to provide the multitude of energy needed to keep the city operational. In general, thermo-converters were not constructed of tursturin since the energy required to create the heat was greater than the energy produced. However, Bespin's free heat and the size of the thermo-converter's surface area made the use of tursturin cost-effective.[1]
In 1 ABY,[2] industrial saboteurs tried to steal Corellian Technologies' tursturin supplies. As the company did not want to involve local or Imperial law enforcement agencies to avoid questions about the tursturin's provenance, they hired an independent strike team to destroy the saboteurs and their stronghold.[3]
Appearances
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (Mentioned only)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin
- ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
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Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Terminal Mission: "Tursturin Supply Attacked by Saboteurs" on Corellia