Passion of Hutta

The Passion of Hutta (Cotea Yikke in common Huttese) was a large cannon constructed and used by the Grand Hutt Council. The pole-shaped cannon used hyperium focusing lenses and was capable of firing a lime-colored ionized bolt up to 600 kilometers, which was slightly above the average height of most planetary atmospheres. The cannon's plans were stolen by pirates from a Republic research facility on Cyborrea. During the early stages of the Separatist Crisis, the cannon was raised into a fixed position in the event that Nal Hutta's capital city, Bilbousa, was besieged by a large hostile force. Months later, the Hutt Cartel's main rival syndicate, the Black Sun, dispatched a Mandalorian assassin to sabotage the cannonon Nal Hutta before infiltrating the same Cyborrean research facility the original plans were stolen from in order to obtain a copy of the plans for use by the Black Sun. The Black Sun were able to create a copy of the Cotea Yikke, which they called the "Jewel Passion", though this variant only had a range of 250 kilometers and fired in an arc. The Jewel Passion was eventually sabotaged by traitorous Black Sun mercenaries during the Clone Wars, though these deserters were swiftly eliminated.