Strategic Location: Edge of the New Republic Sphere of
influence closest to the Ishirin feeder of the Corellian Route.
Temperature: Warm, reaching 50 C. during the summers
Atmosphere: Breathable, with very high quantities of
water vapor and methane.
Hydrosphere: 73% of Riyiur's surface is shallow oceans
and swamps, with an average salinity of 4-12%.
Gravity: 102% standard.
Terrain: Mostly flatland, with several razorback
mountain ridges.
Mineral Resources: Riyiur is fairly mineral poor, with
some small reserves of gold, iron, and duridium, and one or two
midsized deposits of low grade firestones.
Length of Day: 49 standard hours.
Length of Year: 257 local days.
Sapient Species: None native.
Capital City: Riyiur Port is the first, and so far the
only city on the planet. It has a permanent population of around
57,000, and a transient population of nearly three times that.
Other Cities: None.
Starport: Riyiur Port has a pair of planetary class
starports, and a galaxy class starport is being considered. In
addition, there is a third planetary class starport, which is used
exclusively for government ships.
Population (within +/- 1%): See above.
Planet Function: Gateway world.
Government: New Republic Planetary Authority.
Tech Level: New Republic Standard.
Major Imports: Food, workers, raw materials, processed
goods, etc.
Major Exports: None.
System: Elkana
Star: Elkana (orange giant)
Name
Planet Type
Moons
Gethrul Scalding Rock
0
Lumen
Jungle World
4
Riyiur
Gateway World
2
Siapur
Ice World
1
Fsheq
Frigid Rock
7
Gamrul
Frigid Rock
3
System Capsule:
Gethrul: With average surface temperatures somewhat higher
that those that usually produce life, Gethrul has little of
interest to recommend it.
Lumen: This jungle world is home to a wide variety of deadly
sub-sentient life, but is primarily noted for the luminescent trees
that form it's forests, causing the planet to glow more brightly in
the night sky than either of Riyiur's two moons, and often render
it visible as a bright spot in the sky throughout the day.
Riyiur: See above.
Siapur: A frigid, blue-white ball.
Fsheq: A bright, almost fluorescent yellow, Fsheq has vast
reserves of sulphur and phosphorous, harking back to an earlier
volcanic period.
Gamrul: A silvery globe, Gamrul has little of interest on its
dead cold surface.
Planetary Capsule:
Flora and fauna: Riyiur is primarily a swamp world,
with vast saltwater marshes covering most of the planet. These
marshes are home to a wide variety of aquatic life, mainly
mammalian fish equivalents, but also saurithscian multilegged
predators called Khluyak, birdlike lizards of many varieties,
gigantic mammalian herbivores, called Itlann who use the legs for
ambulatory purposes, and the saltwater to keep their bodies off the
ground. All these creatures are hunted by the packhunting bearlike
Yumit, which, despite their diminutive
size, are known for their ferocity.
Aside from the mostly flat, meadowlike marshes, Riyiur's other
major ecosystem is the Lughan forests. These mangrovelike forests
are home to many of the same basic life forms as the marshes, but
in somewhat different forms. Lughan Yumit have less distinct
webbing on their paws, and their claws are designed for climbing in
addition to rending. Lughan Khluyak have a dark brown coloration
that allows them to pass as detached trunks or tree limbs, and so
on with the other species. In addition to these variations, the
forests are home to arachnid creatures, called Shivlers, which are
very deadly, and not found anywhere else.
Finally, there are several razorback ridges on Riyiur which
are home to the lizardlike birds, almost exclusively, and many of
the species of those creatures fly great distances to breed and
nest on those ranges. Their guano is very high in nutrients, and
would make an excellent fertilizer, if the mounds of guano on and
around these ridges were ever mined.
Sentient Species: Riyiur is not home to any native
sentient species, though some colonization groups have been setting
out across the surface, with a fledgling Shallitan community in one of the Lughan
forests being the largest of those settlements.
History: The Elkana system is the Yaeger system closest
to the standard galactic trade routes, and Riyiur is it's most
habitable planet. In order to keep some control of the traffic
headed into and out of the Yaeger sector, the New Republic has kept
the direct hyper-routes to the other Yaeger Systems a military
secret, and set up a customs and inspection station up at Riyiur.
All those ships that are not willing to make runs through uncharted
space must pass through the Elkana system on their way to the rest
of the Yaeger sector, and New Republic patrol craft make sure that
all of those ships stop off at Riyiur. There, safety inspections
are performed, ship's manifests are checked, identification papers
are examined, and a fair amount of bureaucratic red tape must be
taken care of. The Yaeger Nation is an unknown factor at this
point, and the New Republic wants to assure that its citizens are
at their best behavior when in contact with them. The entire
inspection and registration process usually takes around four days,
and only the ships owner is required in Riyiur port for most of
that time. Other crew members and passengers are free to wander
the cantinas and duty free shops of Riyiur port, or to hire a
skimmer and go and see some local wildlife, and maybe shoot it.
Military craft also have to pass through Riyiur, but they go
through a completely different starport and registration system.
These craft are simply inspected for battle-readiness, and crew
papers are registered. This process seldom takes longer than two
days, but most captains let their crews take shore leave for
several days, as the Yaeger Sector has been classed as a combat
area, making any available R&R more than welcome.