Museum of Remembrance

Museum of Remembrance

The Museum of Remembrance was a memorial on Quadia dedicated to the memories of the Qua who died during the planet's occupation by slavers.

History
Quadia and its native sentients had languished under the rule of various slaver factions for centuries by the time the Golden Empire arrived in 88 ABY. The Empire's Armada attacked in force and liberated the planet, executing the slavers en masse. Over the following years, the Qua worked to accurately catalogue their dead and missing and to assess the damage done to Quadia's environment.

When the initial rolls were finally completed, the elders of the Qua proposed the creation of a memorial about the dark times. Despite the strain of rebuilding their planet, many Qua donated to the effort, and Queen Rin Sakaros made a substantial personal contribution as well. The Museum of Remembrance was officially dedicated in 94 ABY.

Exterior
Like most Qua buildings, the Museum was decorated in many colors, though they were more muted than most of the surrounding buildings. Its façade was a series of columns set against a large rotunda dome.

Interior
The Museum's interior was divided into three sections. The first described life on Quadia before the invasion, and including of the planet and its cities which were preserved during the occupation. There were numerous pieces of art and personal treasures; those which had been damaged were displayed with hologrammatic representations of the missing parts, which could be turned on and off by onlookers. Each piece was marked with the "farm" in which it had been discovered.

The second portion of the Museum described life during the occupation. Instruments of restraint and torture were displayed, along with written descriptions and recorded testimony describing their use. Mannequins were set up in the original devices used to extract Qua blood, and holovids showed animations of the process. Attached to this room was a white chamber, featuring benches, a holoprojector, and a scrolling wall display. The projector showed donated holos, including wedding and family pictures, from those who had died in the farms, and the wall display listed the over two million Qua who were known to be dead or missing, along with dates of death by the Qua and royal dates. Onlookers could pause the display by touching it to examine names at length.

The final section of the Museum of Remembrance focused on life after the Liberation of Quadia. It included holos of Rin and Tariun Sakaros, Keltrayu, and Rin's Massassi legions, all of whom had fought to free the planet. After Keltrayu's death in 101 ABY, the Museum added a life-size holo dedicated to his memory. The final section also included one of the crosses on which Rin had captured slavers crucified, as well as descriptions of ongoing rebuilding and rehabilitation efforts and opportunities for interested beings to contribute or volunteer.