Aplooine

Aplooine was an ash-covered world in the Outer Rim Territories' Grumani sector. Its surface only featured a limited number of stable landing points on mountaintops; nevertheless, the world served as one of the origin points of the spread of exploration of surrounding space during the Kymoodon Era. In the millennia since that time, Aplooine continued to harbor colonists.
==Description==
Aplooine was a terrestrial world located in the Aplooine system, a part of the Grumani sector in the Trailing Sectors portion of the Outer Rim Territories. It was situated on the Duros Space Run hyperspace route, which linked it to the Sanrafsix and Verdanth systems. Aplooine's surface was covered in a layer of black ash that was up to three hundred meters deep, with weathered mountains harboring the only scattering of stable landing points. The world's atmosphere was not breathable.
==History==
Aplooine and Heptooine were two worlds around which a small pocket of Galactic Republic–explored space in the southern quadrant of the galaxy spread during the Kymoodon Era of 15,000 BBY–12,000 BBY.The Essential Atlas Due to its position on the Duros Space Run, Aplooine continued to serve as a port for colonists for millennia since that time period. By the time between approximately 12,000 Galactic Standard Calendar and 11,000 BBY, the world had become a part of the Republic despite being situated in Wild Space. In 1032 BBY, is presented as an in-universe cartographical survey and field report compiled shortly before the commencement of Operation Influx, which dates to 1032 BBY. Jedi Master Vannar Treece briefly mentioned Aplooine in a cartographical survey and field report on the Grumani sector.
==Behind the scenes==
Aplooine was first mentioned in the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas, authored by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry. The book placed it in grid square M-17; however, Essential Atlas Extra: The Knight Errant Gazetteer, a 2010 StarWars.com article co-authored by Wallace, Fry, and John Jackson Miller, instead placed it in what The Essential Atlas designated as grid square N-17; a placement that was later confirmed by the StarWars.com Online Companion to the book.
==Sources==
*The Essential Atlas 
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Republic planets
Category:Grumani sector planets
Category:Terrestrial planets
Category:Wild Space planets