In 3996 BBY, Sith Lord Ulic Qel-Droma unleashed the Dark Reaper upon Republic troops there. īecause of its new status as a hub of technology and manufacturing, it became a target during the Great Sith War. Soon, more and more corporations added their factories to Raxus Prime's surface, making it an important world in the Republic, known as Nikato's Shining Gem. Later, when the pocket state of Nikato's Bootheel was erected around Raxus in 14,300 BBY, the Machinists of Nikato added elaborate clockwork mechanisms to the marble buildings, reflecting the galaxy's rotation. After succeeding Xer, Xim the Despot continued the upkeep of the planet and built one of his palaces, deeming it the Circlet of the Tion. The seafloors of the warm lagoons were paved with colored tiles, while on the shores, large white-marble palaces were erected for those who inhabited the planet. Warlord Xer VIII favored Raxus Prime, leaving it in his will to his concubines and their lovers. Once a beautiful planet within the Kingdom of Cron, it served as one of the three capitals governing the kingdom. ' On that planet, many ancient secrets, there are.' ― Yoda A common rumor was that the droids were working on something large so that they could escape Raxus Prime and spread out into the galaxy at large. They followed no master and did not behave by any rules, which made the planet very dangerous. The surface was covered with junk droids that were cobbled together from the parts of the millions of discarded and broken droids left there. One of which was the Force Harvester, an ancient Sith artifact that was buried deep beneath the planet's surface until it was excavated by the CIS, who later used it to reactivate the Dark Reaper, an ancient super weapon buried on the Sith world of Thule in an attempt to end the Clone Wars. While the planet was simply known as the garbage pit of the known Galaxy, it held many ancient secrets beneath its trash filled surface. Tunnels connected living areas with work bays, storage hangars and infrastructure units. Most of the planet's residents lived in sealed environments near industrial facilities where they worked. Raxus Prime was a highly industrial planet covered with immense factories, sealed living habitats, streams of superheated run-off water, rough-hew quarry pits, vast debris fields, and toxic lakes. ' You don't realize how important a datapad is until you're stranded on Raxus Prime with nothing but your boots and a blaster.' ― Han Solo

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