Toriafas Defense Grid

The Toriafas Defense Grid was the system put in place by the military of the Exoi Kritocracy to defend the Kritocracy's capital world, Toriafas.

The Defense Grid was the brainchild of War Judge Zhifter Honjeen, who conceived it after the Kritocracy defeated an attempted invasion in the early centuries of its Golden Age. The invaders never neared Toriafas, but because the planet was home to the Exoi God-King and the Governing Judges, as well as the Exoi species itself, Honjeen wished to place it beyond fear of attack. He conceived a spaceborne network of defensive satellites and weapons emplacements to shred any incoming fleet.

Two of Toriafas's three moons were armed and armored, and a series of smaller battlestations and weapons platforms were placed into orbit as artificial satellites. The third moon was outfitted with a contingent of space-capable s and Exoi battle armor pilots. Routine patrols checked all incoming traffic during periods of heightened alert before they were allowed to approach the planet. The Defense Grid was controlled from the surface of the planet.

During the Golden Age and even into the Kritocracy's decline, the Defense Grid was generally well-maintained and fully staffed, presenting a formidable obstacle to any fleet with designs on Toriafas. In the final centuries of the Kritocracy, however, cuts were made and some weapons downgraded or dismantled to save money. On approach to Toriafas in 155 ABY, Queen Rin Sakaros and Prime Legate Sorrik felt the Defense Grid would be capable of holding off a moderate attack, but that the Prime Fleet could smash through if necessary. After the Kritocracy was dissolved and its worlds absorbed into the Golden Empire, some of the Defense Grid was further dismantled to provide resources for other worlds.