Erayyxa

Erayyxa was an Outer Rim world. It was in the Erayyxa system, part of the Belderone Sector, near the Gordian Reach. It had a very diverse range of sentients despite its distance from major hyperspace routes. It joined the Republic near the end of the New Sith Wars but was largely ignored, resulting in the rise of so many warlords that the actual government ceased to exist by 700 BBY. The planet was united under one warlord shortly before the Clone Wars and it became a member of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The Galactic Empire took over the planet in 18 BBY and it became independent in 6 ABY. It went to war with the New Republic shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong War and was later conquered by the Yuuzhan Vong.

Erayyxa became a member world of the Republic in 1,001 BBY after centuries of being used as a shadow port by pirates and smugglers. Almost no attention was given to the planet and it continued as a haven for criminals. By 900 BBY there were several warlords ruling different parts of the planet and within two hundred years the official government totally disappeared.

Among the most famous warlords was a Zexx named Bneldrnj who ruled for nearly two centuries, Mergo the Hutt, the assassin droid 3X-AK2R, and Sarqi Polpotta, a Nothoiin who united the entire system under his control in 26 BBY. Polpotta began his reign as leader of the League of Civil Defenders and when he became dictator of Erayyxa he reorganized them into the Erayyxa Civil Defense League which became an elite fighting force in the galaxy during the Clone Wars. Erayyxa was a member of the Confedaracy of Independent Systems in the Clone Wars and was invaded by the Republic in 20 BBY. After the devastation of the ECDL and much of the infrastructure was destroyed, the Republic abandoned its campaign against the planet.

Under the Empire, Erayyxa was briefly ruled by the Viidaav dictator Keerii Laa and then a Mirialan named Eddie Zynish was appointed governor of the planet by the Empire after Laa was deposed in 16 BBY. At the same time the ECDL was disbanded and an Imperial garrison was put up on the planet. The Emprie brutally oppressed the world. Only governor Zynish prevented the population from being totally enslaved. Still, smugglers and other lowlifes continued to use it as a waypoint. In 6 ABY the planet revolted and threw off Imperial rule although it did not join the New Republic. Sarqi Polpotta escaped Imperial custody and returned to the world with the help of an Erayyxa-born rogue Imperial officer named Jaxe Minzo in 23 ABY. They attempted to reconstruct the ECDL and declared war on the New Republic, which responded by attacking the planet and removing Polpotta from power.

In 26 ABY the Yuuzhan Vong conquered the planet. The people resisted and many lost their lives but they killed many enemies and even destroyed a yammosk in space. The planet was Vongformed. After the war, the Itching Empire established a presence on the planet and used it for many operations in the Gordian Reach and the Belderone Sector. They helped rebuild some of the infrastructure, much of which had actually been damaged long before the Yuuzhan Vong arrived. It resumed being used as a shadow port in 31 ABY.