Yavin II

### Terrain

Heterogeneous terrain and climate. Oceans, mountain ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, etc.

## Societal information

### Immigrated species

* Humans (~80%)
* Others (~20%)

### Government

Parliamentary democracy in the Galactic Republic. Territory split into semi-autonomous provinces.

### Affiliation

Galactic Republic

**Yavin II** is the second moon of the gas giant Yavin Prime, the only planet in the Yavin system. It is the homeworld of Cal and Lena Klover.

## Description

Yavin II is hospitable to human and most non-human life and presents a diverse geography and climate. It is divided into semi-autonomous provinces under a unified planetary government in the Galactic Republic.

### The Maloine Province

The Maloine Province is the only province of Yavin II featured in LotO. It is one of the least significant and least populated of the planet. The province's population is concentrated almost exclusively around the only major city: Port Malo, located in the northern part of the province. The southern part of the province is almost entirely pristine wilderness, with the exception of a few isolated farms such as the Klover farm.

Enormously large flat prairies make up the majority of the province's terrain in the north, transitioning to grass hills to the south. The eastern border of the province is delimited by the mountain range of the Cobalt Peaks. A natural river, the Zephyrus, flows through the province dividing its populated north from its uninhabited south. The villages that are not located around Port Malo are found along the banks of this river. An artificial canal, the Malo canal, has been constructed to bring water from the river Zephyrus to the farmland around Port Malo.

#### Port Malo

Port Malo is a spaceport city whose entire economy is based on exporting crops and livestock from the surrounding farms. Agriculture is the most important activity of the province, as a consequence of the very flat grassy terrain that makes up the majority of it. Port Malo is surrounded by farmland extending up to 500 km in every direction, with an extensive railway network connecting the major farming towns.

#### Klover farm

The Klover farm is a small property located in the southern wilderness of the Maloine province. It was acquired by Loris Klover and his wife in 28 BC1, who built a small brick house and farmed the land. The property is located at the base of a hill where, several years BC1, the White Sister planted a Force sensitive oak tree, the same tree under which Loris would find newborn Cal and Lena in 19 BC1 and decide to adopt them. The farm was abandoned after the death of Loris Klover and the subsequent departure of Cal and Lena from Yavin II.

A few weeks AC1 Cal, together with Lloyd, Taei and CH-6, returned to the farm, later joined by Lena, and restored it after years of disuse. The farm would act as a base for the team for several weeks, while their ship was being repaired.

## Astronomy of the system

Yavin is a small red star and its planetary system consists of a single gas giant, Yavin Prime. Yavin Prime (often abbreviated to just Yavin) has several moons, a few of which are inhabitable.

Yavin II is the moon with the innermost orbit. It is tidally locked to the planet, meaning its rotational period around its axis is the same as its orbital period around the planet, and both amount to about 42 standard hours. Together with its host planet Yavin Prime, Yavin II completes an orbit around the star once every 2.75 standard years. A a consequence of the moon's inclined rotation axis with respect to the star's, Yavin II experiences four seasons, opposite between the northern and southern hemisphere.

## Local calendar and life on the surface

### Structure of a year

A year on Yavin II is divided into about 573 42-hour days, split into 22 months with 26 days each plus one day, new year's day, which is not included in any month. A lap year every seven years is needed, where a day is added to the first four months.

### Structure of a day

A day on Yavin II lasts a total of 42 standard hours (21 hours of sunlight on average) and its inhabitants, who are not native to the moon, are not naturally adapted to the long day/night cycle. Because of this, a full 42 hour-day is divided into multiple sleep sessions, to guarantee an optimal balance between wake hours and sleep hours. Using a sexagesimal clock (00:00 - 41:59) starting from midnight (when Yavin II is in its full moon phase as viewed from Yavin Prime), a rotation is divided in:

* **Morning** (10:30 - 17:30). Usually spent in work activities. Sunrise is on average around 10:30.
* **Noon Hours** (17:30 - 24:30). Noon is at 21:00, During the second half of this period the first sleep session takes place, beginning at some point between 21:00 and 24:30.
* **Afternoon** (24:30 - 31:30). Work activities resume around 28:00. Sunset is on average around 31:30.
* **Evening** (31:30 - 38:30). This time is usually spent in leisure activities and contains the second sleep session, starting at around 35:00.
* **Up-Night** (38:30 - 03:30). Contains the second major session for work activities, conducted during nighttime. This period crosses into the next day at midnight (00:00).
* **Quiet Night** (03:30 - 10:30). This period is completely reserved for sleep and is the longest sleeping session of the 42-hour cycle.

### Position of Yavin Prime in the sky

Because of tidal lock, Yavin Prime will only be visible in the sky from the areas of Yavin II that always face the planet. However, because the orbit of Yavin II is highly inclined with respect to Yavin Prime's equator, the planet will move up and down around a point in the sky during a full day. Therefore from some areas of Yavin II, those facing away from the planet, Yavin Prime will never be visible above the horizon, from the areas facing directly the planet, it will always be visible above the horizon, and finally from some areas in between Yavin Prime may rise slightly above the horizon and descend back below it during the day.