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this Mid-Rim solar system was located in the Expansion Region, close to the Corellian Trade Route. The system was located some 200 years before the Battle of Naboo by Reidi Artom, who named it Reidi Artom VI before learning that the system had been already catalogued. It was unique and unusual in many ways. First, its primary star was actually a pair of stars that existed in extremely close proximity, the yellow Morasil and the white dwarf Termandus. Second, three of the system's five planets were incredibly dense, giving the entire system an incredibly large gravitational pull and causing all sorts of problems for starship navigational computers. Third, the system was also a nexus for the energies of the Force, both the Light Side and the Dark. Navigation in and around the system is made even more dangerous by the existence of a dense cloud of comets, whose positions change regularly and cannot be adequately predicted. The asteroid belt which located between the planet of Genarius and Almas was believed to be the remnants of a lush, jungle planet, which was later identified as Oblis. Data revealed that the asteroid belt passed completely around the twin suns of Morasil and Termadus once every 3,924 standard days. Shortly after the Battle of Naboo, the entire Cularin System suddenly disappeared from the sector. No one knows exactly what happened, not even the inhabitants of the system's planets. What was known was that the Cularin System reappeared several years later, almost as suddenly as it disappeared, shortly after the onset of the Clone Wars. Many linked the disappearance, known as The Blink, to the rediscovery of the ancient artifact known as the Darkstaff. Many years later, the entire Cularin System was placed under martial law by the Old Republic, after Senator Lavira Wren was arrested as a traitor for supposedly working in collusion with the Separatists. The cruisers Reliant and Devout were dispatched to bring the system under control. As the Clone Wars ground to a climax, however, the HoloNet suddenly broadcast a message from an unknown Cularin representative. The message explained that Cularin was seceding from the Republic, and that it would remain completely neutral in the greater conflict. The woman in the message was later revealed to have been Senator Lavira Wren herself. In a matter of days, all Republic forces were withdrawn from Cularin, and the system found itself utterly alone.