View source for Prothium

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'''Prothium''' was a common [[Gas/Legends|gas]] that when excited, produced an intense packet of light. It was one of half a dozen common gases&mdash;alongside [[orveth]], [[Sig/Legends|sig]],<ref name="GG2" /> [[Eleton/Legends|eleton]], [[tolium]], and [[skevon]]<ref name="CRFG">[[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (sourcebook)|''Cracken's Rebel Field Guide'']]</ref>&mdash;that was used as a standard [[Blaster gas/Legends|blaster gas]] by weapons manufacturers.<ref name="GG2" />

The first [[Rakghoul tunnels|underground network]] of [[rakghoul]]s was discovered when a [[Mining/Legends|mining]] crew drilled into what they thought was a pocket of prothium gas.<ref name="TOR">{{TORcite|type=codex|The Spike}}</ref>

Over four hundred years before the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] [[Artist/Legends|artist]] [[Gorgo]] used super-cooled prothium gas to create [[decelerated luminescent image]]s. By the time of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], only a few examples of the work remained.<ref name="CN1">''[[Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight]]''</ref>

The [[Gas giant/Legends|gas giant]] [[Killaniri]] in the [[Killaniri system]] was a major source of prothium. [[BlasTech Industries/Legends|BlasTech Industries]] maintained a [[prothium refining station]] in orbit to process gas mined from the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] using automated [[gas collector]]s. The gas was then shipped from [[Justa starport|starport]] on the [[Moon/Legends|moon]], [[Justa]].<ref name="POG1" />

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel]]'' {{Mo}} {{Codex}}
*''[[Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight]]''

==Sources==
*''[[Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin]]''
*[[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (sourcebook)|''Cracken's Rebel Field Guide'']]
*''[[Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One]]''
*''[[The Star Wars Planets Collection]]''
*[[Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin'', Second Edition]]

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Gases]]