Unreviewed Sikarra

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

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• Intent: To provide a planet that can interact with both the criminal underworld but also other political entities and characters throughout the star wars galaxy. Also to make this the homeworld of one of my characters.
• Image Credit: Planet Credit Capital City Credit
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  GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Planet Name Sikarra
  • Demonym: Sikarran
  • Region: Mid Rim,
  • System Name: Al-Anusa
  • System Features: A large yellow star, along with five other celestial objects. There is an asteroid belt that separates the two inner planets from the three outer gas giants. It is suspected that the large asteroid belt field was once a large planet that suffered a cataclysmic event. Sikarra is the second planet but located in the star’s habitable zone despite most of the world being a desert biome. Sikarra’s orbital period is about 370 days, and each rotational period is 28 hours.
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  • Major Imports: Advanced Cooling systems, irrigation equipment, moisture farm equipment, drilling and mining equipment and droid, advanced medical technology, Domestic Help
  • Major Exports: Jewelry. Luxury products, Spice, Sansana Spice, Alchemical potions, Luxury Ores, Beauty products, Cooking spices
  • Unexploited Resources: N/A
  • GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
  • Gravity: Standard
  • Climate: Much of the planet is Arid, save for areas near the large bodies of water which the climate is more coastal or temperate
  • Primary Terrain: Desert, Dunes, Mountainous, Valleys, Plateau, Coastal
  • Atmosphere: Type 1
  • LOCATION INFORMATION
  • Capital City: [ Keen-Ara
  • Planetary Features:
    A Large body of freshwater that engulfs a portion of the planet. It could be a sign of ancient terraforming but this has not been confirmed.
    Oases dot the desert landscape providing freshwater to those normally dry areas
    Spice and Sansana Spice is extremely abundant in this world, along with luxury ores like gold, diamonds, and jade.
    Sandstorms are common in the desert area.
  • Major Locations
    Keen-Ara: The capital city of Sikarra. It is a city of white marble built within the coastal regions of Sikarra. It is the largest and only urban center on the planet, spanning across much of the coastal zone. It boasts a large spaceport for trade and has dozens of bazaars to peddle goods.
    
    
    
    House of Alchemy- The bastion where all Sikarran alchemists are trained and do their experiments.They often use the spice to create powerful elixirs and concoctions to sell onto the galactic market.
    
    Cathedral Of Seers- Where the Seers are trained and housed. It is a large domed structure that has depictions of the mythical Oracle figure as some sort of a religious symbol.
    
    Spice Mines: Throughout the planet, large spice mines are in operation usually operated by droids.
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  POPULATION
  • Native Species: No native species but only ones that came here to colonize. Nativa fauna and flora exist though.
  • Immigrated Species:
    Human (Hapan) 95%
    Human (Non-Hapan) 3%
    Miscellaneous Species 2%
  • Population: Moderate
  • Demographics:
    Much of the population are Hapans who have left their isolated cluster to settle this new world. Immigrated non Hapan humans eventually made their made way here to integrate with the local populations. Aliens that are used to arid climates like Twi’leks are found here as well. Due to the planet being mainly ruled by Hapans, there is a strong preference for Hapan females to be in charge and hold alot of administrative positions throughout the planet. Even non Hapan humans face some sort of discrimination due to them being non Hapan. Alien humanoids are treated a bit worse than non Hapan humans.
  • Primary Languages:Galactic Basic, Huttese
  • Culture:
    
    Daily life for the average person on Sikarran very much depends on their profession and or gender. Hapan females enjoy a life of relative luxury or upper class where they can pursue high tier educations and be groomed to serve in administrative or authority roles. However Female Hapans can work as traders or diplomats contracted from the planetary government to go out and forge new contracts with other worlds.
    
    Non Hapan humans or Aliens can have a variety of different daily lives dependent on their work. Many form a sort of middle class, where they can work as independent craftsmen or agriculture workers or fishermen that form small villages along the coast or around oases. Many non Hapan humans take their chances to live out in the desert as nomadic tribes people live a life free from Hapan centers of power, though they could never truly escape their grasp. Some also join up with the military to try and provide a life for themselves. Yet still, most Non Hapan humans or aliens find themselves working for a Hapan family usually as domestic worker or to tend to their lands. Sometimes to be used as personal agents of the specific Hapan family.
    
    Due to the amount of Hapan influence, that culturally women are viewed better as men. The varying degrees of this culture is highly dependent on the individual Hapan family or area of Sikarra. Officially, men are second class citizens and thus regulated to a lot of labor jobs, sanitation, or military service.Yet, military service is very much the only way a male could gain the respect and favor of the Hapans, with the military itself being more egalitarian but still having a Hapan female bias.
    Some Hapan families view men as completely useless and often advocate for Sikarran society to transition to a full female society, using medical technology to fill in the necessary reproductive measures.
    Other Hapan families view men in a slightly more positive light allowing them to serve as advisors or heads of security.
    
    But while gender discrimination is a common sight from the Hapans, it also has an effect on other aspects of society. The Sikarran Hapans tend to be more eugenicist, ensuring that every Hapan female is physically gorgeous and flawless. Even the Hapan males are given this treatment to an extent as to ensure to not surround a Hapan female with dirty things. This has bled out to the non Hapan human populations and aliens, who will try to “Hapan-ify” themselves to fit into society more. This emphasis on beauty has also led for the Sikarrans to make sure everything is aesthetically pleasing to the eye. From their buildings to their goods, it has fostered a reputation that Sikarra is a glamorous world.
    
    Spice is a critical component of Sikarran culture. It is consumed often by the populace and the elites, though the populace are given strict guidelines to follow when consuming it. Alchemical medications and potions are designed and made to curb the worst parts of spice addiction, allowing people to still function. These medications are often a better quality for the elites rather than the populace, allowing the elites to freely consume spice without suffering the debilitating effects of spice addiction.
    
    Spice is also used to make alchemy potions and medications as well. The Sikkarrans have refined spice to be versatile and use it as a main component for various other potions or stimulants to sell to their people and to the wider market. They range from amazing medical benefits to being used as a weapon of control against enemies.
    
    Among these was rumored to be a potion that allows someone to “foresee” the future. It was a legend that was passed down from the first colonizers. That a Hapan female consumed spice and foresaw what the future of Sikarra would be, This oracle would also foresee weather patterns in her hallucinations with..oddly pinpoint accuracy. While it is a cultural legend, there are many amongst the noble families and the nomads who believe it. The common populace is divided on whether or not a specific potion can grant someone visions of the future, with many believing it is some sort of weird thing with the Force.
    
    But due to the prevalence of such a legend, it had led to the formation of a semi-secretive order of female Hapan force sensitives They indulge in the mysterious spice potion that would produce the Seers, force sensitives who could receive visions of the future, and interpret them. They become coveted by the Hapan nobility who often would send their force sensitive female members to be trained as Seers .
    GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
    • Government:
      Elective Monarchy:
      Sikarran government comprises three Estates. The Alchemist Guild, The Seer Conclave, And the Nobility. The members of the three estates each vote for the prospective candidate and their family to assume the mantle of monarch at the time of the previous monarch's death, resignation, or removal. Only the Nobility estate can provide successor candidates to be voted upon. Each candidate is allowed to go on a public relations campaign and give a speech before the entirety of the government. Voting is proportional as within these estates there are many factions. The candidate with the most overall votes is crowned the monarch for the duration of her life, until the aforementioned things happen that will cause for a new vote to be called.
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    • Wealth: High, Due being next to a massive trade route, and exporting goods to both the legitimate and black market, Sikarra has accumulated a lot of wealth for a mid-rim planet. It channels its wealth back into the hands of the elites which then goes back into the populace.
    • Stability: High
    • Freedom & Oppression:
      
      Freedom is highly dependent on your lot in life. While female Hapans may enjoy all the freedoms the galaxy may give them, others may find more restrictions placed upon them. The nomadic families of the desert provide alot of freedom to its members as long as you follow their more clannish traditions.
    • MILITARY & TECHNOLOGY
    • Military:
      Sikarra boasts a strong domestic policing force and planetary defense force. Its security forces often do patrols throughout the planet utilizing aircraft or light vehicles. Thus they are competent in handling unauthorized actions or criminal dealings happening in the world that violate their laws. Hapan noble families also have their own personal retinues as well. Planetary defense cannons are aligned to protect the urban population.
      
      As for a navy, Sikarra has no military ships but instead boasts a large fleet of merchant vessels that are commissioned for them. Their wealth can be used to temporarily hire mercenary fleets to combat aggressive space pirating on certain trade routes.
    • Technology: Galactic Standard with some aspects of medieval technology (Similar to Ryloth, Onderon, Naboo)
    • HISTORICAL INFORMATION
    
    
    A group of five prestigious Hapan noble families had decided to embark on a daring colonization attempt. They were aiming for a habitable temperate world out in the Hapes Cluster. But as the massive colonization ship entered hyperspace, there was a malfunction with the hyperdrive and navigation computer. Instead the ship entered the mid-rim and crash landed onto the planet that would become Sikarra. Many of the Hapans were scattered across the planet as the escape pods were all launched at different locations. Majority however, including the five Hapan noble families remained with the ship when it crash landed into the desert. The survivors tried their best to find a place of refuge, many dying of thirst. It was around this time that the legend of the Oracle took place. A matriarch of one of the Noble Families through the consumption of spice had guided the survivors to the coastal area where they would found the city of Keen-Ara.
    
    Development of the planet and city continued peacefully for much of Sikarra’s existence. Valuable resources and luxury ores were discovered which helped bring industry. Independent traders and merchants that stumbled upon the system helped spread the word of Sikarra to the wider galaxy which brought more investment, people and credits. Sikarra’s quickly became one of the more glamorous planets of the mid Rim, competing with the likes of Naboo in terms of stable prosperous worlds. Sikarran spice mines were supplying a hefty amount to the black market, making Sikarra a haven for prospective spice smugglers. Some of them even became hired by the Sikarran government to be paid for their services. The spice trade has sometimes brought unwarranted attention to Sikarra mainly by the likes of the Pyke Syndicate. There have been many covert skirmishes between the Pykes and Sikarrans over the spice trade which has led Pykes to be outright banned from Sikarra itself,
    
    Sikarra however continues to grow in influence and trade, hoping to one day surpass Naboo as the jewel of the Mid-Rim.