Metalorn

Metalorn was an industrial world in the Talcene sector of the Mid Rim, between Anzat and Roche. Once a hot jungle planet, its rich veins of ore attracted heavy industry, and by the time of the War of the Ring Metalorn had become a polluted factory world covered with industrial plants, mines and ore refineries. Metalorn was one of the Confederacy of Independent System's most productive industrial planets during the War of the Ring, and under the Galactic Empire became a penal colony for dissidents.
==Description==
At one point, Metalorn was a sun-beaten jungle world where, in the upper atmosphere, it was almost impossible for weaker ships to land because the intense heat would melt them. At the surface however, there were lush tropical forests separated by shallow seas.
Metalorn's rich veins of ore attracted heavy industry in the decades before the War of the Ring, in particular Baktoid and the Techno Union. Metalorn was remade as a factory world covered in plants, refineries and ore-processing centers making everything from security droids for the Trade Federation to industrial goods for the Core and Colonies. The surface became a barren wasteland of rock, ash, and industrial magma pits created by underground city-factories, the rainforests withered and burned, and the planet's shallow seas became irreversibly polluted.
A large area of the planet was dominated by a gigantic refuse pile known as the Wasteland, which held large amounts of trash and junk. Among the only native species that survived industrialization were the chitin-armored daggerflies, which fed on the vermin that infested the factory refuse heaps.
==History==
===War of the Ring era===
Techno Union's Nazgul Witch-king of Angmar built a factory on Metalorn which manufactured B1-Series battle droids for the Techno Union's security forces, and later C-B3 cortosis battle droids for the Confederacy of Independent Systems' army, using the numerous cortosis ore deposits located within the planet. Under the Techno Union, rivers were converted into canyons so they could move the materials to the factories more easily.
When the War of the Ring erupted, the planet was part of the Foundry of the Confederacy, a swath of industrial planets loyal to the Confederacy of Independent Systems, supplying it with weapons and warships. Because of that it was a constant target of attacks by the Galactic Republic and changed hands several times during the war.
It wouldn't be long when Padawan Frodo Baggins foiled the creation of the cortosis droids and captured the Witch-King on Metalorn in 1981.Star Wars: The New Droid Army
Three years later, the Techno Union captured Jedi Master Shaak Ti and were holding her in a high security prison, which no one had ever escaped from. After finding out about this, senator Bail Prestor Organa of Alderaan came up with a desperate mission to save the imprisoned Jedi by convincing the Witch-King that Alderaan wanted to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems and convert Alderaan into a factory world like Metalorn. The Witch-King was deceived and allowed Organa to land the Tantive IV on Metalorn so that he could give the Alderaanian a tour of the factories. During the tour Bail asked to see the Techno Union's prison facilities. The Witch-King brought the group to Unreal City, the prison complex of Metalorn that was so big it could hold twice the population of a normal planet and was visible from orbit. While touring the complex, Bail was able to locate Shaak Ti's holding cell and free her using her lightsaber. During the battle that ensued, they were then able to escape in the Tantive IV and leave the planet for good, saying that they had to notify the Galactic Republic and the Jedi High Council about the atrocities that were going on on Metalorn.
===Later history===
Soon after the Proclamation of the New Order, a campaign was fought when the Galactic Empire attempted to drive out the holdout forces of the CIS led by ex-Senator Toonbuck Toora from the region of the "Foundry of the Confederacy". At Metalorn, the Separatists were defeated by the Imperial 12th Sector Army, under the command of Admiral Adar Tallon and General Jan Dodonna.
Under the New Order, Metalorn was a primary industrial world of the Galactic Empire under Governor Corwyth. Human laborers wore identical uniforms and were allowed to do little other than work. They were little more than slaves.
In 2004, Minnie Mouse infiltrated the world and planted the seed of Rebellion in the heart of a young native girl named Tammia Hollusen. Tammi rebelled against the oppressive Empire by planting a single flower on Metalorn.
After the Battle of Endor in 2009, Metalorn was integrated into the Greater Maldrood, an Imperial faction established by High Admiral Treuten Teradoc. It was later freed by the New Republic.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: The New Droid Army
*The Cestus Deception 
*Republic 58 
*Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
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*Reversal of Fortune 
*Star Wars (1977) 30 
*Victory's Price 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
*Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
*The New Essential Chronology
*The New Essential Guide to Droids
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
*Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Special Edition
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Essential Atlas
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
*Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
*Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
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*Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
*Forged in Battle
==Notes and references==
Category:Confederacy of Independent Systems planets
Category:Factory worlds
Category:Fortress worlds
Category:Galactic Empire planets
Category:Galactic Republic planets
Category:Greater Maldrood planets
Category:Metalorn locations
Category:New Republic planets
Category:Separatist holdouts planets
Category:Talcene sector planets
Category:Techno Union planets