Quilan Pyradex

The Quilan Pyradex was a type of artifact. Shaped like an inscribed crystal pyramid and originating in the Quilan system, it assisted with mental mathematical computations. By 3638 BBY, the Quilan Pyradexes were very rare, although one such item was recovered that year. Nearly four millennia later, a Quilan Pyradex had become a part of the slicer Shiin's private collection on the planet Tatooine.
==Description==
The Quilan Pyradex was a type of artifact originating in the Quilan system of the Mid Rim's Roche sector. Made out of crystal and shaped like a pyramid with inscribed digits on its surface, the artifacts radiated inner light that highlighted several of the symbols. The Quilan Pyradexes assisted those holding them with carrying out extensive mathematical computations in their heads, although the devices were more attuned to hive-minded species than others.
==History==
By 3638 BBY, only a handful of Quilan Pyradexes had been discovered. That year, an individual affiliated with one of the sides in the ongoing struggle between the Galactic Republic and the reconstituted Sith Empire recovered one of the artifacts. They subsequently tasked a companion with investigating the mysterious origin of the item, a process that eventually involved solving an equation.
At some point by 85 BBY, states that a Quilan Pyradex was held in Shiin's Library in Mos Eisley, the latter of which was established in 85 BBY per Secrets of Tatooine. a Quilan Pyradex had become one of the more esoteric items in the private collection of the slicer Shiin, which she held in a library in the Mos Eisley spaceport settlement on the Outer Rim Territories planetThe Essential Atlas Tatooine. All of the artifacts in Shiin's library, including the Quilan Pyradex, had been imaged and logged into the local computer system before being locked in an armored vault.
==Behind the scenes==
The Quilan Pyradex was first mentioned in the Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Roleplaying Game source article "Secrets of Mos Eisley," which was authored by Peter Schweighofer and published in the seventh issue of the Star Wars Gamer magazine on October 16, 2001.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel 
==Sources==
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==Notes and references==
Category:Crystal artifacts
Category:Exotic technology