Bartyn ' s Landing Bartyn ' s Landing , sometimes abbreviated as The Landing , was a coastal town on the planet Lamaredd , to which it served as unofficial capital and only spaceport . It received its official name for its founder Hugo Bartyn . Bartyn used an old Hoersch - Kessel LH - 3010 capital freighter , strategically placed in the coast , as the skeleton for his city . Bartyn used mining technology to blow up parts of the hull , creating a coastal city with ports , and then he populated it with indentured servants of several species . Since its creation around 529 BBY , the economy of the town was based in fishing seafood that was exported through the company Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies . Descendants of Bartyn kept control of both the company and the town as mayors ; by also controlling the local mines officially owned by Outer Rim Oreworks , the Bartyns controlled most of the planet . Eventually , the living conditions of Bartyn ' s near - slaves improved considerably and they became full - fledged citizens . Several times Bartyn ' s Landing was attacked by external agents , including outlaw gangs and the native Menahuun s . History . Creation . Hugo Bartyn was an agent of the exploratory branch of Outer Rim Oreworks . His work included locating planets that could be exploited by ORO for metals and gas . Around 529 BBY , while analyzing the Lamaro system , he noticed that the planet Lamaredd was rich in useful minerals , and also in life , including the sentient Menahuun and several forms of seafood . Bartyn , who wanted to retire as a scout due to his advancing age , also wanted to exploit personally this last resource and get rich . To do so , he contacted the Senate Mining Bureau and claimed Lamaredd ; and then contacted ORO . Using his influence and skills , Bartyn obtained a golden retirement as a scout and became the Administrator of the mining facilities that ORO was going to build in Lamaredd , later known as ORO Mining Station LM0228 . Bartyn ' s team also remained in Lamaredd with him . Following Bartyn ' s request , ORO also registered an amount of terrain around a local bay near the mine to his name and gave him carte blanch to do whatever he wanted . ORO officers were familiar with Bartyn ' s usual illicit activities , including exterminating sentient primitives for sport , but they were also familiar with the fruitful results of his work . ORO sent droids to build the mines and then to extract metal while Bartyn was busy hunting Menahuun to the verge of extinction — to the point that even ORO believed them to be . Later , once the mine was finished , Bartyn made sure that the droids would remain behind . Bartyn then contacted with Neimoidian traders and bought an old , three - kilometer - long Hoersch - Kessel LH - 3010 capital freighter they intended to dismantle . Bartyn used his droids to place the ship in the shore of his land , with the bow in the water . Then , Bartyn used his mining technology to blow up parts of the hull to transform the ship into a town : The top of the core command module was destroyed , creating an open town center later known as Center Sphere District ; the bulkheads were disassembled to create piers ; the engines were removed to create a spaceport ; and a seafood processing plant was built in the hull . The remains of the outer hull curved to create the town wall . Eventually , the rust and the holes would allow brown water to rain in the insides of the city . At the same time , he kept ORO ' s best interests in mind and continued the work in the mine . In a few months , he had created a ghost town — as the only inhabitants were his team and the droids , numbered in dozens . Bartyn acquired software about fishing and seafood processing for his droids , but he nonetheless needed organic , expert fishermen to bring the catch , and workers for the processing plant . He sent recruiters to worlds with amphibious species , including Champala , Dac , Iskalon and Naboo . Bartyn ' s people contacted poor , uneducated locals and inspired them to move to the untouched oceans of Lamaredd and start anew . Many followed them . As Bartyn was less than honest in his deals , he destroyed the documents of the settlers and turned them into " indentured servants " , little more than slaves , living crowded in the outer area of the freighter — from that point on " The Ring . " Most of the Iskalonian s refused to accept , and Bartyn exiled them to their probable deaths . The city was then populated mostly with Chagrians , Gungans , Mon Calamaris , and Quarrens . History would know these first citizens as the First - Wavers , a revered culture of martyrs who endured the harsh conditions imposed by Hugo Bartyn . In the following centuries , the origin of the town ' s name , " Bartyn ' s Landing " , became a mystery . The MD medical droid MD - 0C6 would later claim to have coined the name , but not everybody trusted its word . In the following years , Bartyn ' s Landing began exporting seafood , mostly to Alderaan nobles , Hutts and rich dilettantes , and the independent business Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies made Administrator Bartyn a very rich man . ORO was still unaware of all this , knowing only that Lamaredd was profiting them even if Bartyn himself was probably making some illegal activities . Bartyn ' s Landing thrived as a trading center and , knowing that the fishermen were a valuable asset , Bartyn gave them some liberties — placing them before the less valuable plant workers , and creating more inter - species violence that would have existed otherwise . He created a number of services in the Landing , and taxed them heavily . The Administrator also took control of the budget of ORO ' s Security and Law Enforcement division , so that ORO would pay the local Security Chief . Bartyn also obtained the deeds to several important locations of Lamaredd from ORO , without the company knowing . Soon afterward , Bartyn was approached by a big number of his Quarren citizens . The Quarrens were at odds with the Mon Calamari and they wanted to create their own , isolated community . Bartyn leased them a land , later known as The Shoals , in the other side of the bay . Only too late , ORO discovered that Bartyn had turned Lamaredd into his own fief . A part of ORO wanted to leave things as they were , as Lamaredd was still giving money ; but many executives were angry . They sent a security force to take control of the spaceport in The Landing , and Bartyn allowed them to — making sure , however , that those ORO employees would answer to the ORO Administrator , which would allow the seafood exports to fly under the radar of ORO . As Hugo Bartyn felt no particular love toward non - Human species , he restricted the commodities they could have , including the food , and asked the employees for hard work . Plant workers , who came from low social strata and were unfamiliar with cultural differences , began to fight with each other for the meanest of reasons , sometimes with great violence — soon , the number of deaths due to inter - species violence exceeded those due to plant accidents . Meanwhile , the sailors enjoyed a better life in Bartyn ' s trawlers , with a greater amount of freedom and open spaces . Hugo Bartyn ' s last years . C . 517 BBY , Bartyn had promoted seventeen hard - working , valuable aliens to unofficial skippers of trawlers . One of these was the Chagrian Sirrik Olyeg . Olyeg organized the other alien captains , and some Human captains , to rebel against Bartyn ' s unbearable living conditions . Following Olyeg ' s lead , many of the captains suddenly idled in the open sea , disappearing from Bartyn ' s sensor in a work stoppage without any warning . In a planet that was 85 % ocean , Bartyn could not afford to lose the few trawlers he still had looking for the missing ones . As none of the trawlers had reported any valid reason to disappear , Bartyn ' s Landing was flooded with rumors , that included the Menahuun , the discovery of an ancient Sith temple with an active Sith Lord and undiscovered predators . Eventually , the citizens of the Landing discovered the truth , and the workers of the plant joined the strike , suddenly stopping any inter - species violence . Bartyn , who wanted to fulfill his pending orders particularly with the Hutts , threatened the workers and resorted to violence , but they knew he could not afford to kill them . Sirrik Olyeg from the recently - created Sailor ' s Union met with Bartyn and both of them reached an agreement that allowed Bartyn to have workers again . Bartyn , however , had to open unused parts of the Ring to aliens , lease several acres of land outside the city to any willing worker that could take responsibility for its care , and cede the second - biggest landmass , Jotsen ' s Island , later " Little Mon Cal " , as alien homeland for those people not wanting to work for Bartyn . This improved greatly the living conditions in Bartyn ' s Landing . In 499 BBY , Bartyn ' s Landing suffered the attack of supposed monsters with interest in stealing young babies . Outside the town , strange altar - like mounts appeared by night , and several trawlers were lost due to unexpected mechanical failures . 84 - year - old Hugo Bartyn went to the jungle to investigate the happenings with a team . All of them disappeared mysteriously , apparently dead at the hands of the attackers . Benevolent Tria . ORO Administratorship , BGD ownership and the title of mayor were inherited by Hugo ' s oldest daughter Tria Bartyn , in a succession practice that would continue at least until 529 BBY . Tria did not continue the policies of Hugo . Instead , she freed all the aliens from their indentured servitude and prompted the Sailor ' s Union to expand and have a presence in other cities . During this time , Lamaredd became a prosperous place that attracted other settlers from aquatic species , even if the economy was still based in business in Bartyn hands . Hugo ' s trawlers were already old , but they were not replaced . However , during Tria ' s times , independent and private fishermen became more frequent . The descendants of the First Wavers built a new port in Bartyn ' s Landing , The Three Jetties , that became the choosing port for fishermen . It was also one of the ports for incoming visitors coming from other parts of the planet . As Tria Bartyn had been so popular , she became a local legend and almost a religious figure : In successive centuries , natives of the Landing gave thanks to " Benevolent Tria " , as she would be called , and to the First Wavers . She was clearly more popular than one of her successors that was active c . 229 BBY . Five centuries later . In 69 BBY , Bartyn ' s Landing , along with their adjacent farms and the local trawlers , were raided repeatedly by a ring of desperadoes led by Byrch Dyshkava , a dark Jedi that went by the nickname of " The Padawan " and made a reputation for himself as a sorcerer . Security Chief Ertine and his four Seconds tracked Dyshkava to his hideout and fell into his trap . The only surviving second was a young Mon Calamari by the name of Mix Liddell , who suffered heavy injuries . Liddell recovered and was named new Security Chief . Chief Liddell then named several Seconds , including his personal friend Grubber Vapps and baited Dyshkava using the farm of a courageous voluntary . Dyshkava fell in Liddell ' s trap and all of his gang were captured or death , although Dyshkava himself escaped from jail soon afterward . Liddell became a well - liked Security Chief who continued a prestigious career for several years . He was also a skilled sniper who won the annual Landing Shootout ten times in a row , a record that gave him even more prestige . In the times immediately after the Battle of Naboo , Bartyn ' s Landing had some movement including a visit of representatives of the Jedi Council wanting to research about the local story — although , up until that point the Jedi Order had never felt any interest in Lamaredd or Bartyn ' s Landing , an anti - Human terrorist group that demanded revenge for Hugo Barytn ' s crimes , and the Landing exercising as the unofficial planetary capital by helping the remote Little Mon Cal with epidemics , along with the usual police investigations , local competitions , attacks of the local aquatic and land fauna and the reappearance of the Menahuun . C . 29 BBY , Bartyn ' s Landing was attacked by several Menahuun performing stealth raids and sabotages , but keeping their presence mostly a secret . A new contact with the former outlaw leader Byrch Dyshkava , who was eventually jailed for good by Liddell , led to the Chief hiring some new Seconds who , in turn , made diplomatic contact with the Menahuun . The Menahuun agreed to stop hostilities in exchange for some concessions , much to the relief of the inhabitants of the Landing . A number of Menahuun joined the community of the Landing . However , the Menahuun were living proof of the illegal activities of Bartyn as an official of ORO ; wanting to avoid a scandal , ORO decided to forfeit Lamaredd and abandon their activities there . This reduced the power of the Bartyns to a point where , for the first time ever , Bartyn ' s Landing called free , democratic elections for the post — with Mix Liddell becoming the new leader and his former second - hand man , Grubber Vapps , replacing Liddell as Security Chief . Although BGD was still profitable , the town council held control over it and the Sailor ' s Union pretended to own BGD in a near future . Disgruntled , Guther Bartyn re - programmed several MMV security droid s to attack the Menahuun citizens . In times of the Galactic Civil War , the Galactic Empire placed at least one garrison of stormtroopers in Bartyn ' s Landing , but nonetheless the Alliance to Restore the Republic considered the advantages of placing a secret base there . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , the Yuuzhan Vong species considered that a city made from a humongous machine was an abomination that deserve utter destruction , and the resource - rich and untainted planet was of their liking ; however , the planet was lucky enough to be far from the invasion route . Life in Bartyn ' s Landing . Hugo ' s times ( 529 - 499 BBY ) . Soon after the settlement of the planet , before the Landing itself was founded , it was merely a land in the bay owned by Hugo Bartyn . At that point , the area was inhabited by Bartyn himself , his personal entourage and their droids . A number of Menahuun living there were either exterminated or forced to move toward the forests due to Bartyn ' s extensive hunting . Once Bartyn had pacified the area , built the mine and modified the hull of the cargo freighter , Bartyn ' s Landing saw an influx of hundreds of Chagrian , Gungan , Iskalonian , Mon Calamari and Quarren immigrants that had been attracted with empty promises of a new life in a frontier world , working freely in the untouched oceans . These people became Hugo Bartyn ' s indentured servants and forced to work in bad conditions . A number of the settlers , including most of the Iskalonians , refused to yield ; Bartyn then exiled these people to be sent to the high seas in badly - built rafts , where they were assumed to be killed by the predators or the weather . The remaining immigrants or " First Wavers " were assigned to live in certain areas of The Ring , in crowded conditions . Bartyn gave them little food and asked for hard work in exchange for that . Many of the First Wavers worked in the seafood processing plants , and the rest worked in Bartyn ' s old trawlers , fishing boats he had bought from the Hutts . Although the alien sailors spent most of their time in the entrails of the boat , life in the relative freedom of the seas was considered to be a better alternative than working in the plants . Once Bartyn ' s Landing began to be lucrative for Bartyn , the Administrator organized several entertainment businesses for his citizens , taking care to tax them heavily . He also gave the citizens a number of liberties , including allowing them to live outside Bartyn ' s Landing in some cases . Understanding that the death of his workers was counterproductive , Bartyn also tried to eliminate threats to them , including his attempt to eradicate the Gulletbeast s , aquatic predators that attacked the trawlers . Even at his older age , Bartyn himself worked as a hunter to unravel the mysteries that disturbed his people . Bartyn ' s duplicitous manipulations allowed him to evade his bosses from ORO for enough time to stabilize the little empire he created in Lamaredd , centering it in the Landing . ORO took control of the local spaceport with Bartyn ' s blessing and , from that moment onward , the Administrator would have control over the spaceport security staff — which allowed him to export both minerals to ORO and " gourmet delicacies " to independent customers . Many of the aliens came from low social and economic strata and were unfamiliar with life in multi - cultural conditions . Although plant accidents were common , inter - species violence was even more common , including the competition among people for living space in the form of street fighting and later great conflicts . This situation was kept until 517 BBY , when the Sailor ' s Union gathered all of the aliens under their banner . After an unauthorized work stoppage , Bartyn negotiated with the union and authorized a number of changes that improved the living conditions for the citizens of the Landing . Besides , inter - species violence also was reduced , and the Union became a constant presence . The inhabitants of Bartyn ' s Landing were very superstitious . In 517 BBY , when the work stoppage began unexpectedly , many rumors thrived in the Landing , some of them related to the Sith . In 499 BBY , the appearance of strange altar - like constructions and the disappearance of ships and babies prompted the people to believe in goblins . The so - called " Half Under " population , who inhabited the underwater area of the city , were particularly prone to believe in myths . The locals also mistrusted the Jedi , even although they knew almost nothing about them . Both ORO and BGD encouraged this belief , as it would help keeping the Jedi outside Lamaredd . Guther ' s times ( 29 BBY ) . In the five centuries since the times of Hugo Bartyn , many things remained static in Bartyn ' s Landing which was by then known only as " The Landing " except by tourists and Bartyns . Although Lamaredd was still a backwater planet and Bartyn ' s Landing was a backwater town — even if it was " the big city " for people coming from any other place of Lamaredd — , the population increased steadily until 10 , 000 official citizens , with only a 10 % of Humans , several decades before 29 BBY . Extra - planetary tourists visited Bartyn ' s Landing attracted by its natural beauty and commonly stayed for longer than they intended to . A number of Aqualish , Ithorians , Rodians and Talz had become citizens of Bartyn ' s Landing by that moment . The political power of Bartyn ' s Landing was based in the mayor , who was always " coincidentally " the same Bartyn holding the Administratorship or a proxy . The town council also included fourteen publicly - elected councilors with limited power , as ORO ' s town charter gave the Administrator all the control about interplanetary trade , and the mayor could veto any action of the council — although this was only done in the worsts of times . The councilors did have control about the trade of food and textiles with other parts of Lamaredd including Little Mon Cal . The Security Chief or local constable was officially an officer of ORO ' s security division , but in Bartyn ' s Landing the Chief was elected by the town council . Any election , be it for councilor or for Chief , was prone to fraud . As the owner of the mines , ORO was officially owner of the whole planet and received incomes from the nearby fully - automated mines , but no citizen of Bartyn ' s Landing felt any need to go there . The Bartyn family , administrators of the mine , owned most of the properties in the city , managed the bank , and taxed local businesses . A number of farmers exploited the nutrient - rich soil in the lowlands outside the Ring , and many aliens and Humans fished the seas , although many of them did not live in Bartyn ' s Landing . The Sailor ' s Union publicly spoke in the name of the fishermen and crew , improving the living conditions of the workers and allowing them to earn a decent part of Bartyn ' s sales plus a money for their catches . A number of the fishermen were self - employed , something unthinkable in the times of Hugo Barytn , while others worked for BGD . Most of the sailors were members of the Union , which was open to any organic working in the seas of Lamaredd . The spaceport was staffed by ORO employees that were closely watched by ORO — contrarily to what happened with the Security Chief . ORO controlled most of the exports , except for the seafood which was controlled by BGD . People moving through the city commonly used swoops as their vehicle of choice , even for the illegal Cargo Track race s around the Center Sphere , and swoop gangs were not unheard of . Whoever wanted to travel through the port commonly resorted to gondola skimmersub s , a Quarren - and Gungan - engineered vehicle . Air vehicles were uncommon , except for the cloud car owned by the Security Chief . The most common boat in the port was the 222 fishing trawler , that could be traced back to Hugo Bartyn . No organic doctor practiced in Bartyn ' s Landing , but the independent MD - series medical droid MD - 0C6 , known as " Doc " , had been the official doctor since before the city was founded . In all these five centuries , MD - 0C6 had never suffered a memory wipe and as a result he developed a personality , becoming a well - liked member of the community . He obtained a small assistant , F - RTZ - 2 , alias " Fritz " . Blaster technology was not very extended , because energy for that kind of weapons was difficult to obtain . Nonetheless , sidearms were extended ; most of the citizens carried a slugthrower of some kind and sometimes a secondary melee weapon . Blaster - users included Miss Mylla , outlaws and sailors who had problems with wet powder in the high seas . A public , annual Landing Shootout was held in Bartyn ' s Landing , with snipers competing for monetary prizes and short - lived popularity . As of 29 BBY , the Administrator provided 2 , 600 credits for the second to fifth prizes , while the Security Chief Mix Liddell , a skilled artisan himself , crafted a handmade , pearl - handed weapon for the winner . As it was a public holiday , non - participants could resort to drinking and eating while watching the show . Inhabitants . Some of the inhabitants of Bartyn ' s Landing included : Locations . The buildings in The Landing were mostly made either of durasteel , of duracrete or of a combination of both . Directions were handwritten in the walls . Some of the locations of the Landing included : Behind the scenes . Bartyn ' s Landing was created by writer Cory J . Herndon and featured in the article " Bartyn ' s Landing " and in the role - playing adventure " Reckonings " , both of them published in the magazine " Star Wars Gamer " # 7 ( 2001 ) . It was also mentioned in the entry about the Menahuun in the book " Ultimate Alien Anthology " , edited by Christopher Perkins ( 2003 ) . Alternate ending . The article assumes that the player characters of " Reckonings " achieve the best possible ending but , should they fail , the adventure offers an alternative path that takes place during an open war between the Menahuun and the citizens of Bartyn ' s Landing . In that case , the Menahuun openly attack Bartyn ' s Landing , and mayor Bartyn reacts by fortifying the city with heavy weapons . The constables and many sailors were recruited as soldiers , which increased crime in the city — even the Sailor ' s Union became a crime syndicate . Many honest citizens , such as Miss Mylla , attempt to leave the Landing and start again somewhere else in the planet .