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Goroth Prime

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this planet, the homeworld of the Gorothite race, was once a lush, forested world. Life had been evolving on the planet for more than five billion years, and civilization first appeared some 10,000 years ago. A group of Corellian explorers discovered that Goroth Prime's crust was rich in hyperbarides, and decided to set up mining operations on the surface. It was devastated some 4,000 years before the Battle of Yavin, during the Aqualish-Corellian War in an event the Gorothites referred to as The Scouring. The two sides had been fighting over the mineral rights to Goroth Prime, and decided that if neither side could control the planet, then nobody would. The offworlders moved a series of asteroids into position to bombard the planet, throwing all sorts of heavy metals and hyperbarides into the atmosphere. These toxic materials eventually formed a thin ring around the planet, with most of the material raining back down on the planet. Over the centuries, the Gorothites adapted to the toxic chemicals which were thrown into the atmosphere. Goroth Prime was located in the Trans-Nebular Sector of the Mid Rim, and had three moons located exactly 120 degrees apart in orbital position. The day and night on Goroth Prime were of equal length, and the planet had very little seasonal variation.