Contispexus

Contispexus was a planet in the of the. It was originally called Somaticthalrie but after the Kefultictimos were wiped out during the it was renamed in honor of the. It became a world of extreme idealism that outlasted the Galactic Republic and elevated its role in the Galactic Empire. It only reluctantly joined the New Republic and it was reduced to a backwater world over the decades and centuries following the.

History
Throughout the eons predating the Republic, the Kefultictimos cultivated Somaticthalrie, making it a beautiful world. The placed a barrier of protection around the planet so that no one would disturb them until they were ready to explore the galaxy for themselves. However, the of the  managed to penetrate the barrier for a moment in 28,355 BBY and sent in a strike team to permenantly disable it from the inside. The Kefultictimos fought back and defeated the invaders, collecting the strange technology and concealing it in the great temple Chulkislarptinis to be studied when the Rakata were no longer powerful. Their leader sensed it was time in 25,096 BBY and they used the technology to build their first hyperdrives. Unlike other early spacefaring species, they did not colonize any worlds, instead mapping routes to nearby worlds and trading with the beings already living there.

By 25,000 BBY, Somaticthalire was the center of a small merchant kingdom of twenty-two worlds. They ceased their explorations for about four thousand years but in 21,899 BBY they sent scouts to, which they had observed early in their spaceflight but had not contacted because they recognized that the Rakata had occupied the planet and they feared contact with it. This time, they established contact and shortly thereafter joined the Republic. With the rise of the, they withdrew from the Republic in protest but in 11,468 BBY, the planet was assaulted by the Republic and the Kefultictimos were all but wiped out. A Human colony was established and Somaticthalire, renamed as Contispexus, rejoined the Republic.

Even though it was not strategically located and it was overshadowed in power by the nearby worlds of Denon and, Contispextus was important enough to have its own fleet and held much sway over events on Coruscant. During the Clone Wars, its fleet defended the Republic, although it briefly suffered a humiliating but brief occupation by the Seperatists. The planet was one of the strongest supporters of the Empire in the Iseno sector and, even after the New Republic acquired Denon in 6 ABY, they refused to surrender. Only after the collapse of the in 14 ABY left Contispexus an island in New Republic space did they finally join. It was ignored in by the Yuuzhan Vong and after the war its weakening prominence rapidly deteriorated. Nonhumans refugees flooded the world and many of its human residents retreated to the Human-dominated, often backward worlds that they considered to be sanctuaries from diversity.