Prothium

Prothium was a common gas that when excited, produced an intense packet of light. It was one of half a dozen common gases—alongside orveth, sig, eleton, tolium, and skevonCracken's Rebel Field Guide—that was used as a standard blaster gas by weapons manufacturers.
The first underground network of rakghouls was discovered when a mining crew drilled into what they thought was a pocket of prothium gas.
Over four hundred years before the Galactic Civil War, the Hutt artist Gorgo used super-cooled prothium gas to create decelerated luminescent images. By the time of the Galactic Empire, only a few examples of the work remained.Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
The gas giant Killaniri in the Killaniri system was a major source of prothium. BlasTech Industries maintained a prothium refining station in orbit to process gas mined from the planet using automated gas collectors. The gas was then shipped from starport on the moon, Justa.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel 
*Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
==Sources==
*Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin
*Cracken's Rebel Field Guide
*Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
*The Star Wars Planets Collection
*Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
==Notes and references==
Category:Gases