Gauss

[Quote|There is nothing on this planet i have been sent to, no sane commander would risk troops or commanders attacking Gauss, request immediate confirmation of orders|Shaneshle on Gauss] Gauss was a planet in the deep core, it was noticeable for its strong and unpredictable magnetic activity that gave it its name.It was also the staging point for a long seige beginning in the Clone wars.

History
Early in their expeditions, the Muun civilisation would stumble upon a strange and barren planet in the highly clustered group of stars that would later be known as the Deep Star. Attempts to scan the planet were foiled by the strong magnetic fields. The Muuns landed upon the surface to explore the planets potential as a mining world for the Intergalactic Banking Clan.

The Muuns discovered Gauss indeed had an abundance of easily accessible ore and quickly set up mining operations on the planet. As a result of the primitive scanning equipment used at the time and the magnetic activity any attempts to find the water that existed below the surface of the planet failed and Gauss was deemed inhospitable.

To benefit from the resources on Gauss the Muun set up an automated factory on the world to produce mining droids to run the mines and a satelite to channel communications between the Banking Clan and the factory. The Magnetism stopped any orders and the satelite, without recieving signals from the Muun or the factory, gradually shut down, its orbit decayed and it crashed into the spires of the planet, the factory hadn't even began production.

Clone wars
Gauss was drawn from the Intergalactic Banking Clan archives and, due to its description as inhospitable and further more the inability for communications to reach or leave the planet, was chosen as rock that the young upstart Lieutenant Shaneshle would be sent to.

Shaneshle tapped into the ice sheets that hadn't been uncovered by the Muun and restarted the factory and mines. This allowed him and his small force to survive on the planet, although the years spent on Gauss would huant Shaneshle for the rest of his life.

When the republic task force led by Master Muscularis arrived, the Acclamator-class_assault_ship had crashed into a particulary dense area of natural spires, killing much of the republic force and destroying many vehicles, this would not be the only time the environment that was meant to be downfall would play a major part in helping Shaneshle, his droids were better equipped for the planet than the clone troopers.

The magnetic activity prevented Order 66 from reaching the planet, allowing Muscularis to sense a disturbance in the force and defect to Shaneshle. These magnetic variants also blocked as the droid shutdown signal that would've left Shaneshle at the mercy of the newly formed Empire.

The planet was abandoned once more at the conclusion of the Battle of Gauss when Shaneshle's fleet escaped into hyperspace.

Behind the scenes
Gauss is named after Gauss for its signature magnetic activity.