Bastion

**Bastion**, originally **Sartinaynian**, is the capital world of the Fel Empire, the successor state of the Galactic Empire. It a Fortress World, notable for its extensive series of planetary defenses and military installations, making it the most fortified world in the galaxy. It has been the seat of the Fel Dynasty since 50 ABY when Emperor Jagged Fel assumed power over the Imperial Remnant and created his new empire. It is located in the Braxant sector in the Outer Rim Territories, in the northern region now known as Imperial Space.

The Bastion system is located near the terminus of the trade route known as the Braxant Run that reaches from the world to Bandomeer. The system also contains a gas giant with numerous moons that provide raw materials for Bastion.

## Description

Bastion is a temperate terrestrial world, though it may not look it from its orange appearance. The orange, however, is not an indication the planet being a barren wasteland. Instead it is due to the Nitrogen Dioxide clouds that give the atmosphere its orange tint. Bastion's star, Sartinayn, is a Red Dwarf which causes its sky to naturally appear red rather than the typical blue of most habitable worlds. Its seas, lakes and rivers reflect the red of the sky and appear almost to be made of blood. As red stars give off much dimmer light, the flora of Bastion evolved to have black pigments to absorb more sunlight. The terrain of Bastion is very hilly, with many mountain ranges, ridges, canyons and hillsides. These things combined give Bastion a very ominous environment. A local day on Bastion lasts 24 standard hours and a year lasts 363 local days. Orbiting the world is the moon of Jagged, which was renamed after the Fel Emperor after his death. Jagged has no atmosphere and its terrain is colored grey. Some Imperial military installations are located on Jagged.

The capital of the world is Ravelin, a large metropolis located on the planet's southern hemisphere. It is the seat of Imperial power, exemplified by the Pale Palace that has been the headquarters of the planetary government since the Imperial Remnant relocated to Bastion. Once the seat of the Emperor, the Pale Palace is now the private residence of the Crown Prince who rules the planet in their parent's name. Within the Pale Palace is both the Pellaeon Gardens and the Imperial Knights' HQ. The Palace of Moffs, site of the Council of Moffs, is another prominent building in the city. Besides the palaces, the city also contains the Grand Imperial Library and the Imperial Missionary Basilica and the headquarters of most other Imperial organizations. It is the largest city on Bastion.

The world's second largest city is known as Sartinaynian City, now known simply as Sartinaynian. It is the former capital of the world before the Imperial Remnant moved the capital to the more strategically located and less industrialised, Ravelin. Sartinaynian is the industrial hub of the planet and its most notable structure is its massive spaceport. Several other settlements, most of them military installations, factory complexes, mining facilities, or defense fortresses, exist across the surface.

## History

### Early History

During the Old Republic era, the planet had originally been settled by Humans who opposed alien membership in the Galactic Republic. However, political realities eventually forced the colonists to join the Republic, and ironically, the colony relied heavily on the alien Muuns of the InterGalactic Banking Clan for financial support, based on nearby Muunilinst. During the Clone Wars, the planet briefly fell under the control of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. On conclusion of the war, Sartinaynian would remain loyal to the Galactic Empire when Palpatine declared his New Order. During Imperial rule it was the capital of the Braxant sector and the seat of Moff Vilim Disra. It remained in Imperial hands all throughout the Galactic Civil War.

"Bastion" was a term for the worlds on which the Imperial Remnant's temporary secret capitals, as the remains of the Galactic Empire after the death of Emperor Palpatine needed to keep moving in order to avoid attacks from the fledgling New Republic. Sartinaynian was the last of these worlds. Supreme Commander Gilad Pellaeon relocated Remnant leadership to the world shortly before 19 ABY. Like its predecessors, it served as the meeting place for the Council of Moffs, the site of the state archives, the Remnant's civil administration, and Military Command; but the Imperial leadership strove to keep the precise location of this new Bastion as secret as possible to prevent the New Republic mounting a direct assault on their command facilities. As such they did not choose the planet's original capital, Sartinaynian City, as their headquarters. Instead they chose the smaller city of Ravelin to become the secret capital city of the world. Following the Bastion Accords that ended the Galactic Civil War in 19 ABY, the Imperial Remnant no longer required a mobile, secret capital; thus, Sartinaynian remained the Imperial capital and became increasingly well-known in this role, such that the name of Bastion became permanently associated with the planet, eclipsing its old name. Ravelin then assumed its role as the official capital city.

During the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, Bastion was attacked by forces under the command of B'shith Vorrik. Vorrik destroyed the planetary defenses and the bulk of the Imperial fleet guarding it, leading to him bombarding much of the surface of the planet. Fortunately, the fleet was able to buy enough time for most of the planet's population to evacuate before it was defeated. After the war, Bastion was rebuilt. Two years after the Second Galactic Civil War had ended, on 43 ABY, Bastion was the world that had represented the Imperial Remnant during the Unification Summit by Jagged Fel on Coruscant.

### The Fel Empire

In 50 ABY, the Imperial Remnant was reorganized into the new Fel Empire by Jagged Fel, who founded his Fel Dynasty and brought an end to the instability and factionalism that had plagued the Remnant since the death of Palpatine. It remained the capital of the Fel Empire until their recapture of Coruscant during the Sith-Imperial War of 130 ABY. By then, it was said that Bastion was the most fortified planet in the galaxy. Emperor Roan Fel's victory was short lived as 6 days after he arrived on Coruscant he was attacked by his Sith allies, who conducted a coup and usurped power over the Empire. Bastion remained loyal to the new regime of Darth Krayt as Roan Fel went into exile.

In 137 ABY, Emperor Roan Fel reclaimed the planet as a base of operations against the usurper. He drew loyalist forces to the planet in order to further ensure its protection against Sith attack. The planet's nigh impenetrable defense systems made Bastion as well defended as Coruscant, which prevented any direct assault on the planet. Despite Bastion being a fortress world, Darth Kruhl was still able to get on-planet when Governor Vikar Dorn of Munto Codru pretended to defect to Fel's Empire-in-exile. Kruhl made it all the way to the Pellaeon Gardens, where Fel had been meditating but failed in his assassination attempt as Fel slew him. After the incident non-Imperials were no longer allowed to visit Bastion, as the threat to the Emperor was too great.

The Second Imperial Civil War ended in 138 ABY when Darth Krayt was defeated for a second time by Jedi Cade Skywalker on Coruscant. Emperor Roan Fel died on the last battle so the throne fell to his daughter Marasiah Fel. She was one of the founding members of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate which became the galaxy's dominant power. While Coruscant was made the capital of the Triumvirate, Bastion remained the capital of the Fel Empire which retained its autonomy as the largest member state of the Federation. With the Triumvirate's founding, the ruling Emperor/Empress of the Fel Empire moved their court to the galactic capital of Coruscant. Bastion became the seat of the Imperial heir, the Crown Prince/Princess, as well as the capital of the new Braxant Oversector.

Over the next centuries, Bastion received a population boom. Many non-Humans moved to the planet, reducing the percentage of Humans in the total population. As Imperial capital, the world saw a major increase in industrialization, with a focus on military supplies and equipment. It retained its status as the most fortified world, only updating its defenses since the time of the Second Imperial Civil War. It was said that the world could defend itself forever, since it could continuously produce ammunition for its numerous military encampments.

## Demographics

Bastion was a world colonized by Human supremacists fleeing the multicultural Coruscant. As such, for most of their history the planet has had an overwhelming majority of Humans compared to any other species. The close proximity of Bastion to Muunilinst and the world's reliance on InterGalactic Banking Clan for financial support led to the Muuns becoming the largest percentage of alien population, which for most of its history remained below 6% of the total population.

It was not until the world became the new Imperial capital that it received a large population boom and would grow to 1 billion inhabitants by 1000 ABY. Because of the Fel Empire's policies of alien acceptance, many more aliens began to migrate to Bastion and by 1000 ABY had grown to 1/4th of the population. Human Bastionites were still known to prefer their kind to the new alien migrates, but the Empire did not allow for isolated communities to be formed and instead chose to integrate the migrants with the native population to improve relations between Humans and Non-Humans.