Montu Cordu

**Montu Cordu**, known as **Besa Codru** to its Codru-Ji inhabitants, was a temperate planet in the Outer Rim Territories, located less than a light-year from the Codru-Ji homeworld Munto Codru. It was the location of the group's largest base during the time of the Resistance Against the Empire. It was used as a staging area for their attacks against Imperial fleets, and it was also their home planet during the time.

There was a hospital located on Montu Cordu's moon, but it was destroyed during the Bloodlust Civil War of 17 BBY. Hundreds were killed then, including Josey Alin. The hospital was later rebuilt.

Dorian and Tat Kiulu were both natives of Montu Cordu.

## Astrography

The Montu Cordu planetary system orbits a yellow G-type star that is gravitationally bound to the primary star of the nearby Munto Codru system.

## Geography

The planet's landscape is dominated by a patchwork highland topography of towering mountain ranges and verdant valleys, in this way closely resembling the geography of nearby Munto Codru. Oceans cover approximately thirty percent of the planet's surface, with a single large ocean in the northern latitudes of the eastern hemisphere accounting for a vast majority of that figure. A geologically old world, Montu Cordu boasts thousands of major rivers and millions of smaller streams, many of which have carved deep, twisting canyons that prove hazardous to navigate for landbound travelers.

## History

At some point in the distant past, an unknown civilization inhabited Besa Codru, building a series of majestic castles across the planet. These castles are architecturally similar to those on Munto Codru, leading archaeologists to believe that they were products of the same builders. The civilization subsequently disappeared from the galaxy, leaving their castles to fall to ruin and the planet devoid of sentient life.

Besa Codru was resettled many thousands of years before the Battle of Yavin by Codru-Ji from the Munto Codru system. According to Codru-Ji legend, the Besa Codru-Ji were not willing colonists, but were abducted from remote regions of their homeworld and subsequently deposited on the uninhabited planet. After several centuries spent rebuilding a society in isolation, the Besa Codru-Ji managed to reestablish contact with their homeworld, though they would never fully integrate back into mainstream Codru-Ji society.

Approximately a century before the Battle of Yavin, Besa Codru was visited by the *Tribune Star*, carrying scouts from the Galactic Republic. Over a period of several weeks, the visitors explored the planet and attempted to learn Codruese. These attempts were somewhat less than successful: an interview conducted by one of the expedition's xenolinguists in stilted Codruese led to a fundamentally flawed report being subsequently filed with the Republic Survey Corps. Most notable among the report's many errors was the misnaming of the planet as Montu Cordu.

Since contact with the Republic was established, the inhabitants of Montu Cordu have proven more moderate and more willing to deal with the wider galaxy than their cousins on Munto Codru, hosting hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. The ritual kidnappings that are a hallmark of inter-clan relations on Munto Codru, while not unheard of, are rare, and there is even a small population of aliens living in the planet's capital city.

## Exile

After the Great Jedi Purge and Order 66, the group, which had numerous Jedi in it, had to flee to a marginally unknown planet. They found that Montu Cordu would do well, and so they made their way to the planet with their belongings. A fairly small planet in population, they were able to secure land and jobs fairly easily, so that they could make a living and have places to live.

The group was pretty well-off, and could even afford a few luxuries during this time. Soon, however, Montu Cordu would serve as more than just a place of hiding, it would also serve as their base of operations in their resistance movement.

The group's headquarters were built in the open country not far beyond Montu Cordu's primary city. The base consisted of a workshop, living quarters, a kitchen, and a lounge. It housed them, their allies, and later, their military underlings and youngling Jedi-in-training. The base was adjacent to an establishment called "Arbacca's Droids and Buffet", where Arbacca employed a chef named Bajo Daf and a small group of Jawas.

Zolar Keth, when not fighting the Empire, operated a small farm near the HQ. It was there that he discovered a mysterious ring, which later led him to the alien villain called the Mistress.

### Jedi Academy

During the group's exile, several members took on the task of trying to preserve the Jedi Order. They began to search the surrounding sector for Force sensitives to be trained. These younglings included Naden,  Devon, Duretta, Kypp, and Gid; all of which were instructed to some extent by Candrai Enn'ado, Tamor'a, and Ohcn Alevv.

## The Resistance on Montu Cordu

### Organized Resistance

Soon, the group had discovered the idea of an armed resistance against the newly formed Galactic Empire. After planning for days, they had secured several boarding shuttles that would allow them to board an Imperial ship. They had discovered that a small Imperial patrol, which consisted of a Corellian gunboat, would be passing not far from the system.

The group boarded their boarding shuttles and took off, en route towards the incoming patrol. The patrol would be a fairly easy catch. If they could get close enough, undetected, then it would be possible for them to get to a blind spot on the ship and board it.

The group did exactly that, killing and taking prisoner everyone inside of the ship. With the ship now taken over, they piloted it back to their base on Montu Cordu, thus beginning their resistance movement. Repeating this process several times, they were able to capture four Corellian gunboats, selling a couple of them to pay for a Marauder-class cruiser for their fleet.

This tactic continued for some time, until they were forced to take sides in a pirate civil war which engulfed the Montu Cordu system.

### The Bloodlust Civil War

The Bloodlust Civil War was a conflict between the Consular Bloodlust, and the more barbaric Bloodlust. The group got involved, aiding the side of the Bloodlust. Unfortunately, this would end their reign on Montu Cordu. When the Cridilisk Aliens took over the barbaric side of the Bloodlust, the Consulars and the group were at their mercy. Winning nearly every battle, the Cridilisk finally set their sights on Montu Cordu.

### The Battle of Montu Cordu

The Battle of Montu Cordu was the end conflict of the involvement of the group in the Bloodlust Civil War. Their navies and armies were destroyed on Montu Cordu, and they didn't even have a chance to fight, in the end. The group fled Montu Cordu, and separated, for a time.

### The Future of Montu Cordu

Arbacca returned to Montu Cordu a couple years later, to see if there would be a possibility of establishing a new base there. However, the population was fairly unhappy with them ever since the Bloodlust Civil War, and did not want them to construct a base on Montu Cordu.