Nkllon/Legends

Nkllon was a small, mineral rich, harsh world in the Athega system. Its surface was covered in plains of searing rock, impact craters, and volcanic features.

Nkllon miners

The crust of the planet was rich in the minerals hfredium, kammris, and dolovite; metals vital in construction of starships. Mining operations were previously impossible in the planet however, as Nkllon was bathed in lethal radiation from its small orbit around the system's star during the day. However, before 9 ABY, Lando Calrissian took a gamble at an operation to mine Nkllon. Using a giant mobile mining complex called Nomad City, the operation could be carried out permanently during the night time, with ships visiting the system being protected by giant, super-cooled radiation umbrella vessels called shieldships.

Grand Admiral Thrawn raided Nomad City twice. The first raid was to steal its complement of mole miners to use during his assault on Sluis Van. He succeeded in capturing just over half of them. In the second raid, he stole millions of credits and stockpiles of resources, but damaged Nomad City beyond repair. The workers were evacuated, but Nomad City was utterly destroyed by the intense radiation of Nkllon's daytime.

Behind the scenes

Nkllon was named by author Timothy Zahn after a fan, Klon Newell.

Appearances

• Boba Fett: Pursuit (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II novel
• Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire (audio drama) (Mentioned only)
• "Buyer's Market" – Star Wars Insider 126 (Mentioned only)
• Corphelion Interlude (Mentioned only)
• Heir to the Empire (First appearance)
• Heir to the Empire 3 (First pictured)
• Dark Force Rising (Mentioned only)
• Dark Force Rising audiobook (Mentioned only)
• The Last Command
• The Last Command audiobook
• Jedi Search (Mentioned only)
• Champions of the Force (Mentioned only)
• Vision of the Future (Mentioned only)
• Vision of the Future unabridged audiobook (Mentioned only)
• Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy (Appears in hologram)
• Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones (Appears in hologram) (as gushing lava fields)
• The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Star by Star (Mentioned only)
• Dark Nest I: The Joiner King (Mentioned only)
• Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (Mentioned only)
• Legacy of the Force: Inferno (Mentioned only)
• Millennium Falcon (Mentioned only)
• Millennium Falcon audiobook (Mentioned only)

Sources

• Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
• Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
• Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts
• Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook
• Dark Empire Sourcebook
• The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
• The Last Command Sourcebook
• ""Statue" quo à Sluis Van"—Casus Belli 89
• The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
• The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
• The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
• Hideouts & Strongholds
• Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Underworld Appendix: Swoops, Spice, and Wretched Rogues on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Essential Atlas
•  shieldship in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare
• Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
• Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook

Notes and references

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