Buir Lirsa

Buir Lirsa or Bu'lirsa (Mando'a for 'Father Shield') was a planetary deflector shield generator network established on Mandalore by the New Mandalorians. The shield gate, located directly above the domed city-state of Sundari, was known as the Yi'jimura, which means 'Sky Gate', and was the only way for starships to enter Mandalore's lower atmosphere. Each of the shield's relays were constructed within New Mandalorian city-states that were scattered across Mandalore's biomes. During the Great Clan Wars (circa 44-32 BBY), many of the Buir Lirsa relays were sabotaged by Old Mandalorian warriors, either by infiltrating the city-states or by directly besieging them. As many of the Old Mandalorian groups fell into infighting, the New Mandalorians saw this distraction as an opportunity to build new relays in different locations. While New Mandalorian artisan guilds were successful in this, the shield would only remain active for less than a decade, as by the time of the Separatist Crisis, Death Watch saboteurs had destroyed more than half of the shield's relays with explosives, rendering the planetary shield completely inactive. The New Mandalorians would decide not to make another attempt at establishing a planetary shield, and Mandalore would remain exposed for many decades until the official reign of Fenn Shysa (3 ABY-21 ABY), who sent some scouts to restore these relays and pacify any locals that attempted to stop them. Some new relays were also built to replace those that could not be reactivated by the scouts. This new deflector shield network maintained the name Buir Lirsa and would remain intact into the reign of Boba Fett, though the shield was destroyed once and for all during the Yuuzhan Vong War, during which Mandalore was devastated by a Yuuzhan Vong invasion in 29 ABY. It is unknown if future rulers of Mandalore established any planetary shield on Mandalore.