ℳ Galium

"Good thing that this star is here, is it not, Captain? It hides us from the eyes of the New Republic"

- Thrawn to Gilad Pellaeon

ℳ Galium was the of the Galium system, located a few light-years away from the  within the Trans-Vulta sector of the. Orbited by two diminutive and barely inhabited worlds accompanied by a bluish, the star was often battered by meteor showers originating from one of the four asteroid fields in the system.

The system&mdash;and subsequently the star&mdash;was discovered during the charting of the Hydian Way, but regarded as insignificant; the only activities it saw was the establishment of a small fuel station and an outpost to aid the traffic on the nearby trade route. During the early stages of the, ℳ Galium experienced an outburst which increased its luminosity and the quantity of its solar wind. Eventually, this phenomenon ceased to exist after a few years.