South Orbital Area

Located in the planet Taris's orbit, the South Orbital Area was a staging area used around 3963 BBY by the Mandalorian Neo-Crusader warriors during their siege of the world as part of the galaxy-wide Mandalorian Wars. During the siege, two aerial, Basilisk war droid–riding Neo-Crusader patrols directed the gunship Moomo Williwaw to be taken to the staging area.
The starship's passengers, including Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick, were attempting to meet with the local resistance and did not want to be discovered by the Mandalorians. Demagol, a rogue Mandalorian accompanying Carrick under false pretenses, was piloting the Williwaw and convinced the patrols that the ship did need not to be diverted by feigning ignorance as a Mandalorian drafted from the front lines and unfamiliar with local operations. Later, the leader of Taris's Neo-Crusader forces at the time, Cassus Fett, ordered the Kandosii-type dreadnaughts Parjai and Gratua to also take starships captured by the Mandalorians to the South Orbital Area.
==Behind the scenes==
The staging area was first indirectly mentioned in the twenty-second issue of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comic book series, which was written by John Jackson Miller and published by Dark Horse Comics on November 7, 2007. It was first identified as the South Orbital Area in the series' following issue, which was also written by Miller and published on November 28 of the same year.
==Appearances==
*Knights of the Old Republic 22 
*Knights of the Old Republic 23 
==Notes and references==
Category:Taris locations