Borleias

"While I don't think I can hold Borleias, I might be able to make it a name that causes little Vong children to whimper."

―Wedge Antilles, during the Second Battle of Borleias

Borleias was the fourth and only inhabited planet in the Pyria system. It was located in the Colonies, at the edge of the Galactic Core and along the Namadii Corridor.

Every year it went through a meteor shower. A jungle planet with beautiful beaches and seas, it was poor in natural resources.

History

Galactic Republic era

Alderaan Biotics facility.

Borleias was the site of an Alderaan Biotics operation established about 700 BBY. The Galactic Republic established a small base on the world, using it as a waypoint for transport to the Corporate Sector.

In 27 BBY, the Outbound Flight expedition traveled through the system on its voyage from Yaga Minor to the Unknown Regions.

Galactic Civil War

Under the Galactic Empire, the Alderaan Biotics facility was converted into a blackmarket production facility by General Evir Derricote before he was transferred to Coruscant to create the Krytos virus for Ysanne Isard. The world was otherwise left largely alone. To prevent a potential Rebel incursion to the world (a possible stepping-stone to the Core Worlds), the Empire expanded its military base, including four ion cannons and two TIE Fighter squadrons.

General Derricote and Borleian scientist.

Calling it the code name "Blackmoon", the New Republic finally captured the world after a first failure in 6.5 ABY. The New Republic fortified Borleias as a forward base, using it as a branch for the Invasion of Coruscant. Later, its facilities were used to create the cure for the Krytos virus. Wraith Squadron was stationed on Borleias while they were in training and helped to defend it against an assault by Warlord Zsinj. An assassination attempt against Imperial Head of State Jagged Fel on Coruscant was perpetrated by turncoat stormtroopers funded with monetary accounts from a dummy company on Borleias. Then in 44 ABY, the transport Dust Dancer visited Borleias in preparation for the Jedi coup against Natasi Daala on Coruscant.

Appearances

• X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (First appearance)
• X-Wing: Rogue Squadron unabridged audiobook
• X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble
• X-Wing: The Krytos Trap (Mentioned only)
• X-Wing: The Bacta War (Mentioned only)
• X-Wing: Wraith Squadron
• X-Wing: Iron Fist (Mentioned only)
• X-Wing: Isard's Revenge (Mentioned only)
• Specter of the Past (Mentioned only)
• Specter of the Past unabridged audiobook (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Star by Star
• The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
• The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
• The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way
• The New Jedi Order: Ylesia (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force (Mentioned only)
• Legacy of the Force: Exile (Mentioned only)
• Legacy of the Force: Revelation (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Outcast (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Outcast audiobook (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Backlash (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Backlash audiobook (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Conviction
• Fate of the Jedi: Conviction audiobook

Sources

• Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
• The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
• The New Jedi Order Sourcebook
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 140 (YUU11, Do Or Die)
• Scum and Villainy
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Essential Atlas
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 33
• The Essential Guide to Warfare
• The Essential Reader's Companion
• Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
• Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook

Notes and references

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