The '''Joralla system''' was located in the [[Mid Rim]]'s [[Mektrun sector]]. Within the [[Star system/Legends|system]], the [[Red giant/Legends|red giant]] [[Star/Legends|star]] [[Jaska]] was [[Orbit/Legends|orbited]] by three [[Planet/Legends|planets]]: the [[Poison/Legends|poisonous]] [[Manalin]] and [[Grall]], and the tropical [[Jungle/Legends|jungle]] world [[Joralla]].
Within the '''Joralla system''', the [[Red giant/Legends|red giant]] [[Star/Legends|star]] [[Jaska]] was [[Orbit/Legends|orbited]] by three [[Planet/Legends|planets]]: the [[Poison/Legends|poisonous]] [[Manalin]] and [[Grall]], and the tropical [[Jungle/Legends|jungle]] world [[Joralla]] for which the system was named.
Joralla was [[Homeworld/Legends|home]] to a large variety of [[Plant/Legends|plants]] and animals. The tribal [[Bird/Legends|avians]] known as [[Tikiarri]] were [[Sentience/Legends|sentients]] native to the jungle world, and their aggression and unruliness caused troubles in the neighboring star systems. The [[Humanoid/Legends|humanoid]] [[Wasilsi]], theorized to have originated off-planet, also inhabited Joralla until their eventual extinction.
Around [[3643 BBY]], Joralla was quarantined and [[Blockade/Legends|blockaded]] due to an outbreak of a plague. Later, during the [[Imperial Period|reign]] of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], in order to prevent the Tikiarri from causing problems in the nearby systems, [[Moff/Legends|Moff]] [[Debin Seylas]] assigned a patrol of [[GAT-12 Skipray Blastboat|Skipray Blastboats]] to the Joralla system. Around that [[Time/Legends|time]], an [[Unidentified Imperial spy (Joralla)|Imperial spy]] planned to acquire a [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] [[Datacard/Legends|data disk]] [[Thief/Legends|stolen]] by the [[Freighter/Legends|freighter]] [[Captain/Legends|captain]] [[Adriav Kavos]]. As a result, Kavos, the [[Spy/Legends|spy]], and a group of Rebel agents sent to retrieve the disk all encountered each other on Joralla.
==Description==
The Joralla [[Star system/Legends|system]] was located in the [[Mektrun sector]],<ref name="EAOC" /> a part of the [[Western Reaches/Legends|Western Reaches]] portion of<ref name="TEA" /> the [[Mid Rim]].<ref name="EAOC" /> It contained the [[Red giant/Legends|red giant]]–type [[Star/Legends|star]] [[Jaska]], which was [[Orbit/Legends|orbited]] by three [[Planet/Legends|planets]]: the [[Temperature/Legends|hot]], rocky [[Manalin]]; the temperate [[Grall]], and the terrestrial world [[Joralla]], which was named after the system. None of the planets in the Joralla system had any [[Moon/Legends|moons]], and Manalin and Grall, which both had [[Poison/Legends|poisonous]] [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmospheres]], held no commercial value.<ref name="TSWPC" />
[[File:JorallaWorldMap-SWPC.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Joralla was the primary planet of the eponymous system.]]
Joralla, which occupied the outermost orbit in the eponymous system and circled its sun once every 310 local [[Standard day/Legends|days]],<ref name="TSWPC" /> was considered the primary planet of the system<ref name="CSWE">{{CSWECite|II|173|Joralla}}</ref> and had standard [[Gravity/Legends|gravity]] and breathable air. A tropical paradise of a world, Joralla's surface was divided between vast [[Ocean/Legends|oceans]] and three main continents, which featured high [[Mountain/Legends|mountain]] ranges as well as [[Forest/Legends|forests]] and lush [[Jungle/Legends|jungles]]. The latter was home to a remarkable variety of [[Plant/Legends|plants]] and animals, such as the [[Tree/Legends|arboreal]] [[Diet/Legends|herbivores]] known as [[oslet]]s and the six-[[Limb/Legends|limbed]], predatory [[wulkarsk]]s. Joralla also had potentially vast deposits of [[Mineral/Legends|minerals]],<ref name="TSWPC" /> and [[Jorallan opal]]s were among the valuable [[Gemstone/Legends|gemstones]] in circulation in the wider [[The galaxy/Legends|galaxy]].<ref name="PP" />
==History==
==History==
===The quarantine of Joralla===
During the [[Imperial Period|reign]] of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], the star systems neighboring the Joralla system experienced problems with containing the aggressive nature of the [[Tikiarri]], the Joralla's [[Homeworld/Legends|native]] [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] [[Species/Legends|species]], and therefore pressured [[Moff/Legends|Moff]] [[Debin Seylas]] to act on the matter. Since Seylas was unable to officially quarantine the Joralla system without the support of [[Gender/Legends|his]] superiors, he opted for an easier solution by posting a regular patrol of the system by a pair of [[GAT-12 Skipray Blastboat]]s. Each Blastboat was dispatched to the system once per [[Standard week/Legends|week]] for a thirty six–[[Standard hour/Legends|hour]] rotation. Any [[Starship/Legends|starships]] entering the system were warned of the potential danger posed by vising Joralla. Departing vessels were frequently searched for any transported Tikiarri.
{{Gamemechanics|Star Wars: The Old Republic}}
At some point around [[3643 BBY]],<ref name="date">Per the reasoning [[Template:TOR_dates|here]], Act I of ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' takes place around [[3643 BBY]]. Since players of ''The Old Republic'' can assign their companions on the mission "Blockade Run" independently of the main class storyline at any point during the game, the mission must take place at some point around 3643 [[Galactic Standard Calendar|BBY]].</ref> a plague had broken out on Joralla. As a result, the planet was subjected to an official quarantine and [[Blockade/Legends|blockaded]] by the [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|reconstituted Sith Empire]]. An individual affiliated with one of the sides in the [[Sith Wars/Legends|struggle]] ongoing between the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and the Empire at the [[Time/Legends|time]] sent a companion to run the blockade and deliver much-needed medicine to Joralla's inhabitants in order to win their support. The companion [[Smuggler/Legends|smuggled]] the medicine past the blockade and was rewarded by the highly grateful citizens of the planet.<ref name="SWTOR">{{TORcite|type=crewskill|Underworld Trading|Blockade Run}}</ref>
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During the [[Imperial Period|reign]] of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], the star systems neighboring the Joralla system experienced problems with containing the aggressive nature of the [[Tikiarri]], the Joralla's [[Homeworld/Legends|native]] [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] [[Species/Legends|species]], and therefore pressured [[Moff/Legends|Moff]] [[Debin Seylas]] to act on the matter. Since Seylas was unable to officially quarantine the Joralla system without the support of [[Gender/Legends|his]] superiors, he opted for an easier solution by posting a regular patrol of the system by a pair of [[GAT-12 Skipray Blastboat]]s. Each Blastboat was dispatched to the system once per [[Standard week/Legends|week]] for a thirty six–[[Standard hour/Legends|hour]] rotation. Any [[Starship/Legends|starships]] entering the system were warned of the potential danger posed by vising Joralla. Departing vessels were frequently searched for any transported Tikiarri.<ref name="TSWPC" />
===An encounter in the system===
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[[File:WasilsiTemple.png|thumb|right|250px|The freighter of Captain Adriav Kavos landed near a ruined Wasilsi temple on Joralla.]]
[[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Adriav Kavos]] arranged during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]] to sell a [[Thief/Legends|stolen]] [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] [[Datacard/Legends|data disk]] to an interested party—in reality, an [[Unidentified Imperial spy (Joralla)|Imperial spy]] planning to both acquire the disk and capture Kavos's [[Class 440 freighter|freighter]], the ''[[Isilia]]''. To make the deal, the ''Isilia'' traveled to the Joralla system without incident, although<ref name="TSWPC" /> it was forced to land on Joralla,<ref name="CSWE Isilia">{{CSWECite|II|119|''Isilia''}}</ref> near a ruined temple of the extinct [[Wasilsi]].<ref name="TSWPC" />
A group of Rebel agents was subsequently dispatched to retrieve the data disk. When the Rebels arrived in Joralla's orbit, they performed a [[Sensor/Legends|sensor]] sweep of the planet for several [[Standard minute/Legends|minutes]] in order to determine the ''Isilia''{{'s}} location. During the scan, the group's approach was detected by Kavos's [[Freighter/Legends|freighter]]. Early in the morning of the following day, after the Rebels had encountered the ''Isilia''{{'s}} crew, the Imperial [[Spy/Legends|spy]] arrived on Joralla, calling both of the patrolling Skipray Blastboats into the system in order to capture Kavos's freighter.<ref name="TSWPC" />
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==Inhabitants==
[[File:Tikiarri-AlienEncounters.png|thumb|left|250px|The Tikiarri were sentient inhabitants of the Joralla system.]]
Joralla was home to an estimated ten million Tikiarri, a highly aggressive species of tribe-based sentient flying [[Bird/Legends|avians]]. They routinely attempted to [[Death/Legends|kill]] any off-worlders in order to obtain [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]] weaponry. The unruliness of the Tikiarri caused trouble in neighboring star systems, and as a result the latter sought ways to prevent the former from traveling outside the Joralla system. Occasional visits to Joralla by independent [[Merchant/Legends|traders]] led to the presence of no more than twenty [[Human/Legends|Humans]] on the planet.<ref name="TSWPC" />
Other than the Tikiarri, Joralla was once inhabited by the [[Humanoid/Legends|humanoid]] Wasilsi. The species built villages and temples on the planet and utilized a [[Wasilsi language|written language]]. The Wasilsi, who were thought by the [[sentientologist]] [[Beyorth Gommdora]] to have originated off-planet, often fought against the Tikiarri and eventually went extinct.<ref name="TSWPC" />
==Behind the scenes==
The Joralla system was introduced in ''[[Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One]]'', a [[1991]] sourcebook for [[West End Games]]' ''[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game]]''. The book presents an idea for a [[roleplaying game]] adventure that is set on Joralla. This article assumes the suggested scenario plays out as described.<ref name="PoG1">''[[Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One]]''</ref>
The [[2009]] reference book ''[[The Essential Atlas]]'' placed the Joralla system in grid square L-17.<ref name="TEA" /> Joralla was later mentioned in ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'', a [[Video game|massively multiplayer online roleplaying game]] developed by [[BioWare]] and released in [[2011]], in which it was used as a possible location for players to assign their companions on individual quests.<ref name="SWTOR" />
==Sources==
==Sources==
*''[[Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One]]'' {{1stm}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One|story=Joralla}} {{Only}}
*''[[The Star Wars Planets Collection]]''
*{{WEGCite|book=The Star Wars Planets Collection|story=Joralla|reprint=Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One}}
*{{CSWECite|jang}}
*''[[The Essential Atlas]]''
*{{SW|url=news/star-wars-the-essential-atlas-online-companion|text=''Star Wars: The Essential Atlas'' Online Companion|int=Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion}}
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"Joralla" – Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One (Single Source)