Relaea

Relaea was the fourth orbiting the  composed of the s Relius Prime and Relius II in the Relaea system of the. The sole habitable world in the system, it developed no life at the time of its discovery in  by  personnel from their outpost in the  a mere 3 light-years away, but remained uncolonized due to the winds of the planet, which could reach speeds of 800 km/h and were caused by the rapid rotation of the world. Being a world with conditions inhospitable to s and not having large deposits of metals, it was generally ignored, though an outpost was built into a mountain to study the climate and geology of the planet. After this establishment was abandoned in, Relaea became uninhabited once again.

Millennia later, in 8 ABY, a newly formed splinter faction, the Empire of the Hand, colonized the planet in an effort to provide minerals for the war machine. The only major settlement, Relaea City, was constructed on a plateau surrounded by peaks to shield it from the winds, while a network of underground tunnels, mines and facilities were drilled into the crust. The planet would experience no conflict, and following the merging of the Empire of the Hand into the, the inhabitants were forced to survive on their own.

Description
Relaea was located in the Relaea system within the of, inside a stellar-poor tract of  known as the , 3  from the. Illuminated by two orange stars, Relius Prime and Relius II, and being swept by some of the galaxy's fastest winds, seventy-there percent of Relaea's surface was covered by oceans. The remaining dryland was mainly plains, with little to no trees due to the winds. Coastal regions and low archipelagos lacked vegetation due to the tsunamis continually generated by the weather, while those plateaus and canyons that were shielded from the wind were overgrown with evergreen forests, inhabited by various.