Upestis system

The Upestis system was a  located within, in the  of the. The system possessed two terrestrial s and two gas giants, as well as an asteroid belt that bisected the four orbits, however these bodies were largely unremarkable. As of the, it was uninhabited and largely unexplored, despite being within close relative proximity to the , however, it was the scene of an engagement between forces of the Republic and of.

Cosmology
A, Upestis was located approximately three parsecs of the , on the other side of the  from. The system consisted of Upestis A, a blue giant, and Upestis B, a red dwarf, and four uninhabited and unclaimed worlds. The innermost, Upestis I, was a scorched fireball that whipped around its parent stars once every twenty-eight Standard days. The second, Upestis II, was an airless rock approximately half the diameter and mass of, situated approximately eighty-three million kilometers away from the system's center. The outer two worlds, Upestis III and IV, were gas giants; the inner world boasted a vast ring system and around forty s, while the outer, its magnetic field tilted almost perpendicular to the plain of the system's ecliptic, had only two. A loose belt of asteroids separated the two inner worlds from the outer planets.

Mapping
First mapped in 3,994 BBY in the wake of the, the Upestis system was spared only a cursory glance by space probes sent out by the. Since nothing of immediate interest or danger had been detected in that area, the system went unclaimed by the Republic or any other colonial entity for quite some time. Even during the, it was given no thought by the s or the.

Jedi Civil War
During the that followed, however, the Corellian Run became a route of major contention. In 3,956 BBY the  Wrangler, captained by the , engaged in a short but furious fight with a pair of Republic ,  and Feldnar Spire, along with the 37th Starfighter Squadron. Though the cruiser and its four squadrons of significantly outgunned their opponents, the small Republic flotilla was able to drive the Sith off due to the influence of 's. This event would lead to turmoil among the crew of the Sith warship, which ultimately defected back to the Republic in time to serve alongside the task force under the command of Forn Dodonna during its mission to capture.

Behind the scenes
The Upestis system first appeared in the novel The Last Full Measure by Sean "Goodwood" Nash. In the original draft, the system went unnamed and undescribed beyond its location near the Corellian Run, however due to the nature of the events that took place there, Nash saw the need to give the location more context.

Appearances

 * The Last Full Measure