Calonica

Calonica was an Expansion Region celestial body located in the Vensensor sector. During the Galactic Civil War it was the site of a Galactic Empire capital that was surrounded by fifty thousand buried LX-2 comlink mines. At one point, the Rebel Alliance managed to remotely deactivate the mines and then proceeded to steal the explosive charges from more than ninety percent of them, a fact that eventually led to the development of the LX-4 proton mine.
==Description==
Calonica was a terrestrial astronomical object located in the Calonica system, a part of the Vensensor sector in the Western Reaches portion of the Expansion Region. It was situated on the Corellian Trade Spine super-hyperroute, which connected it to the Tar Morden system as well as the Bomis Koori system of the Mid Rim.
==History==
During the Galactic Civil War, the Galactic Empire had a presence on Calonica, with an Imperial capital there having fifty thousand Merr-Sonn Munitions LX-2 comlink mines buried around it. At some point, Rebel Alliance spies managed to remotely deactivate the mines, after which Rebels dug them up, stole the explosive charges from more than ninety percent of the mines, and then re-buried them.
A spot inspection subsequently discovered the lack of charges, which eventually led to the development of the LX-4 proton mine that could only be deactivated by detonating it. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, the incident on Calonica was mentioned in a compilation of Imperial documents made by Rebel historian Major Arhul Hextrophon for Alliance Supreme Commander Mon Mothma and other Rebel officers.
==Behind the scenes==
Calonica was first mentioned in Greg Gorden's 1989 Imperial Sourcebook that was published by West End Games for use with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.Imperial Sourcebook "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are," a 1990 roleplaying game source article published in the thirteenth issue of the Voyages SF magazine, placed Calonica in the Tau Sekar sector. Since that article was released outside of the Lucas Licensing process, its canonicity within the Star Wars Legends continuity was never confirmed. The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas subsequently placed the Calonica system, and therefore the celestial body, in grid square K-16, and the StarWars.com Online Companion to the book later overrode the Voyages SF 13 placement by establishing that the system was situated in the Vensensor sector instead.
==Sources==
*Imperial Sourcebook 
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*Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition
*The Essential Atlas
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==Notes and references==
Category:Corellian Trade Spine
Category:Galactic Empire astronomical objects
Category:Outer Rim Territories astronomical objects
Category:Terrestrial astronomical objects
Category:Vensensor sector
Category:Western Reaches astronomical objects