Mure-Lehon Bypass

"All hyperlanes lead to Lehon...by way of Mure."

- Inscription found on a statue to a nameless of Mure

The Mure-Lehon Bypass was an ancient that existed in. It connected the  of  with its primary trade nexus of Mure, enabling s to bypass the Mortis Line, a   erected during the  to contain the Rakata to the.

Use of this route proved instrumental to the Rakata war effort during the. By traveling from Lehon up to Mure, a world located at the summit of the, Rakatan warships were able to successfully circumvent the galaxy-spanning Mortis Line and descend unmolested into contested , and  space in the eastern galaxy. Later historians argued that the ability to circumvent the Mortis Line via the Mure-Lehon Bypass was one of the primary reasons for the Rakata victory over the Celestials and their Kwa and Gree client species.

At the height of the Empire, travel from Mure to Lehon was more common, as Rakata trade galleys laden with slaves and tribute bound for the Imperial capital world often traveled to Mure from the colonies of the eastern galaxy, stocking up on slave fuel for their Forcedrives before making the journey to Lehon and the worlds of the. As a result of Mure's strategic position as the trade crossroads of the Empire, its s grew in wealth, prestige, and importance in the Imperial ruling hierarchy, with some even engaging in fierce rivalries with the s of Lehon.

As the hyperlane passed close to the upper limits of the Mortis Line wall, occasional hyperspace anomalies and storms were encountered by ships traversing the route. While this usually only resulted in minor Forcedrive damage or at worst the involuntary removal of the vessel from, it occasionally resulted in the destruction or disappearance of Rakatan ships. However, as the route took vessels directly through the empty, it was considered a safer passage than longer conventional routes through the galactic plane, where collisions with , , and were common in an era before advanced.

The Mure-Lehon Bypass declined in importance with the fall of the Infinite Empire in. As most of the nascent that arose to replace the Rakata were concentrated in the eastern galaxy, travel to Lehon and the  was rarely attempted following the birth of the.