By 22 BBY, Risi Lenoan served as the Senator of Kuat. By the final years of the Galactic Republic, Kuat's delegates in the Galactic Senate were selected by the Kuat family, who ensured that their chosen representatives always benefited Kuat Drive Yards and, by extension, the Kuat family itself. Kuat was located on a Republic-controlled hyperlane during the Alsakan Conflicts that occurred from roughly 17,000 BBY to 12,000 BBY and was within space controlled by the Galactic Republic during the final years of the New Sith Wars. At the same time, engineers and construction personnel began to construct the first six shipyards of what would become the Kuat Drive Yards. Over a period of 20 years, the project changed Kuat into a lush planet with an artificial ecosystem. The Ten allied with the goal of forming the largest and most influential shipbuilding concern in the galaxy and hired terraformers, ecologists, and animal breeders to transform Kuat, then a barren, uninhabited world, into a paradise. Kuat was a political power by 25,000 BBY, when it became a founding member of the Galactic Republic, and a consortium of the wealthiest merchant families, known as The Ten, eventually came to rule Kuat.
An aristocracy formed on the world as wealthy families placed hereditary claims on the growing starshipwright industry, and by 26,000 BBY, Kuat had built its own colonization arks and sent its Humans to Axum, Tepasi, and Humbarine. History Early historyĬoruscanti Humans settled on Kuat in a sleeper ship expedition in 27,500 BBY. Kuat had an aristocratic government and exported luxury goods, alcohol, art, and food while importing electronics, machinery, and raw materials. Kuat was considered one of the most efficient shipyards in the galaxy, and its defenses were formidable, with protection provided by the Kuati Sector Forces and designs used for self-defense by Kuat Drive Yards. The Kuat Drive Yards orbital array encircled Kuat.Īn industrial world and center of manufacturing that played a significant role in galactic shipbuilding, Kuat was the home of Kuat Drive Yards, whose shipyards and construction facilities were the most prominent feature of Kuat, encircling the planet in the shape of a large ring. The introduced species did not overrun the planet due to short life spans and the presence of predators. Hostile animal life was nonexistent on Kuat, as terraformers had stocked the planet with inoffensive herbivores such as drebin, which provided compost for the world's gardens. The planet had a temperate climate with a cool, wet winter and a warm, dry summer. The surface of Kuat featured three continents and scattered islands, and most of the world's terrain consisted of lush forests, rolling green plains, and carefully-groomed gardens. Kuat had standard gravity and a breathable atmosphere, and at 10,000 kilometers in diameter, it was considered a small planet. A day on Kuat was 20 standard hours in length, and a year lasted 322 local days. Situated on a hyperlane that connected it to Raxxa and Balmorra and less than six parsecs away from Neimoidia, it was a green terrestrial world orbited by two moons named Bador and Ronay. Kuat was the fourth planet from the star Kuat, located in the Kuat system of the Kuat sector in the Core Worlds region of the galaxy. Kuat was located near Balmorra and Neimoidia. It's holding the shipyards that matter." ―Military analyst Dasken Hobiv File:Kuat and neighbors.jpg " Unlike other worlds, holding Kuat's ground is largely meaningless.