Coyn Coyn was a planet in the Coyn system and the homeworld of the Coynite s . It was located in Elrood sector , where the Coyn Route met the Elrood - Derilyn Run . The capital was the city of En ' Tra ' Tal , or " King - City . Forests , marshes , and plains broken by simple mountain ranges covered this beautiful planet . Coyn was defended by their space fleet , Coyn ' Skraj ' Ha . Description . Coyn had regular seasons , including a hot summer and a moist and cool winter . The poles were cold , with moderate ice caps while the equatorial regions were warm and humid . Coyn was made up of three continents and several smaller islands in addition to the ice caps . The Tris , a domesticated mount , and the Tangak , a carnivorous predator , were both native to Coyn . History . Many thousands of years before the Battle of Yavin , the Coynites were divided into numerous warring clans . This , combined with their rapid technological development , resulted in a species that not only fought well , but excelled in weapon design and manufacture . Eventually , one Coynite clan learned how to manufacture biological weapons . Whether the action was accidental or intentional was not known , but a dangerous toxin was eventually released . The microbe spread across Coyn , uncontrolled . The toxin was passed by physical contact - anything as simple as a touch of hands could spread the deadly organism . The plague killed over half of the planet ' s population . Toral , chief of the strongest clan , realized that the Coynite species was heading towards extinction . He began a series of reforms with his allies and eventually succeeded in not only banishing biological weapons , but also instituted a code of law for the warrior society . Toral ' s leadership and wisdom united the warring clans under one law ( the En ' Tra ' Sol ) and one leader . During this time , the Coynites established the tradition of no personal contact without express permission first . The effect of the biological toxin was so pronounced that the ban on contact became part of the En ' Tra ' Sol . Under this law , clan infighting was not eliminated , but the scale of the conflict was greatly reduced . Toral ' s son , Arl ' Toral managed to bring peace to the planet . Arl ' Toral channeled his people ' s natural aggressiveness into a rigid code of conduct by revising the En ' Tra ' Sol . Shortly thereafter , settlers from Elrood first discovered Coyn . During these exchanges with the strangers from space , Arl ' Toral realized that the best way to ensure peace on Coyn was to channel these aggressive energies to other pursuits . In short order , the first Coynite mercenary units were formed . Government . Coyn was ruled by a militaristic sovereignty . The absolute ruler was the En ' Tra ( " King - Master " ) , whose formal title was En ' Tra ' Sol ' Tais ' Tra ( " King - Master of Law , Land and Cities " . ) The En ' Tra , in turn , parceled out land to various noble families , called En ' Tra ' Ag ' Tra ( " King - Master ' s highest - servants " ) . Most of the nobility came from families with a lasting martial tradition - the Coynites were a species of warriors and thus respected and followed those who proved themselves formidable warriors . The vast majority of noble families were so appointed thousands of years ago , although every few centuries , a new family would be added to the noble bloodlines by the En ' Tra ' s decree . It was possible that a family could have had its noble status stripped by decree of the En ' Tra , but this never happened . This system lasted for thousands of years . The planet was at one point ruled by King Im ' Toral XV and Queen Em ' Tora VII . Below them were the 29 Ag ' Tra , heads of the noble families of the world . Each noble family ran a Sarrh ' Tais ( " law - land " ) , so that the entire world was under control of the Ag ' Tra , who were loyal to the king . Of the 29 Ag ' Tra , nine were sympathetic to the Empire , five were sympathetic to the Rebellion , and the remaining 15 were neutral . Economy . Coyn was a very busy trading planet as it was the world that most ships first visited upon entering Elrood Sector . Since Coyn was the beginning of the Coyn Route , it ' s spaceports , both orbiting and planetary , were popular stopoffs for fueling and supplies prior to leaving the sector . Ships coming into the sector often stopped here because of the many cargo storage facilities . Often , galactic freighters simply dumped their cargoes here and regional cargo lines would then pick up the cargo and deliver it to the other worlds along the Elrood - Derilyn Trade Route . To deal with the large volume of trade , Coyn built five spaceports on the planet itself as well as a large orbiting space station named Skraj ' Tais . En ' Tra ' Tal , Im ' Tra ' Tal , Ah ' Kra , and Kroyn ' Tal all possessed stellar class spaceports while Kra possessed a standard class spaceport . Coyn had several local companies of note including Ekkar Arms and the Mercenary Guild of Coyn .