Cularin system asteroid belt This thin asteroid belt in the Cularin system was the remnants of Oblis , the jungle homeworld of the Oblee . It laid between the orbits of Almas and Genarius . One of the stranger asteroids in the belt was known as the Crystal Snare , a remnant of the large crystal deposits in Oblis . The belt was used as a hiding place by smugglers working for Nirama . Nirama ' s criminal organization itself was based on the largest asteroid , over 400 kilometers in diameter . He also controlled other asteroids , including repair station Darkside , which received its name for being always in the shadow of other , bigger asteroids . It was also used as a hiding place and ambush point for groups of pirates , in the other part of the belt . Ships had to leave hyperspace to pass further in - system , which made it an ideal place for the pirates to prey . History . At some point , the Czerka Mining Corporation established a mining outpost , CMC - 3 , there . In 188 BBY , former Padawan Kibh Jeen , who had fallen to the dark side due to the Almas Sith fortress , used his mind powers to control the pirates in the asteroid belt and to attract other minions , creating an army that he would use for seven years in the Dark Jedi Conflict : Jeen and his troops , based in the asteroid belt , attacked the planets and the transports in the systems , and disappeared among the asteroids so that no - one could find them . Jeen was eventually killed by a local , Jedi - led armada , but the pirate presence remained in the belt . In 32 BBY , Colonel Jir Tramsig , a Thaereian officer assigned to protect Cularin system , reacted to the pirate ambushes on civilian ships , by sending military cruisers through that same route ; in one ambush , his cruiser destroyed five pirate ships , and discouraged the tactic among the pirates . In 31 BBY , the Blood Raptors organized a race through the tunnels of Eskaron . The first racer to leave the moon could choose the path for the reminder of the race : Either go through the Cularin system asteroid belt and back , and then to the starting point , Tolea Biqua ; or visit the dangerous Nub Saar before returning to Tolea Biqua . Expert Raptor racer Gael Kinner preferred the asteroid belt . Soon afterwards , The Cell , a faction of Nirama ' s organization that conspired against him , wrestled with Nirama for the control of some strategic asteroids , including the space station Darkside and the main weapon storage facility Rothe Gate . Nirama eventually defeated the rebellion . One local pirate gang known as the Red Fury Brotherhood had its base in asteroid L - 7 , although most of the gang almost evacuated L - 7 annually to go to the SoroSuub party of the city of Tolea Biqua , in Genarius . Around 31 BBY , Nirama ' s agent Len Markus obtained a Sith artifact called Darkstaff in the Cularin belt and attempted to leave the system with it . One decade later , Markus ' s agent Phylus Mon , who was holding the Darkstaff , tried to hide his ship , " Animiasma " , in the Belt . The Darkstaff then tried to modify the galaxy around it to its image ; however , it only managed to turn the ship , and not the Belt , into a dark side nexus . Explorer Jag Murrock discovered Adegan crystal extracts in parts of the Cularin asteroid belt around 22 BBY .