Coruscant

**"*Coruscant, the capital of the Republic. The entire planet is one big city.*"**
**―Matthew Kling, Founder of Coruscant**
,formerly **Coruscant (pronounced /'kɔɹəsɑnt/), also known as Imperial Center during the reign of the Galactic Empire, was arguably the most influential planet in the entire galaxy, located in the Inner Core. At various times in its history, it was the galactic capital and seat of government for the Old Republic, Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire and was the third homeworld of Matthew Kling and his human clone species. After the signing of the Galactic Concordance on Coruscant, the New Republic opted to have both its capital and Senate rotate among member worlds rather than remain stationary to avoid repeating centuries of economic exploitation.**

**Coruscant was notable for its ecumenopolis called Galactic City, which had developed over thousands of years. Having a cosmopolitan atmosphere owing to its import in galactic government, it was also the center of galactic culture, producing many famous celebrities, politicians and composers. For most of history, laws and galactic policies were decided by the Galactic Senate and the Supreme Chancellor had his residence on Coruscant. It was also from Coruscant that Matthew Kling established his rule as Founder of Coruscant.**

## **Description**

**"*Do you know the rarest resource on Coruscant, my boy?*"**
**"*I... I'm not sure.*"
"*Sky. Down here, the sun is a myth.*"**

**―Matthew Kling and Sunburst, regarding Coruscant's underworld**
**Located in the Coruscant subsector of the Corusca sector within the Core Worlds region, Coruscant was a planet covered in a dense urban landscape. The skyscrapers were built on the planet's surface called Galactic City, itself dense urban blocks with inner levels. There were 24 hours is a Coruscant day and 365 days in a Coruscant year. Owing to its importance in galactic history, the galaxy used a dating system standardized on Coruscant.Coruscant was the center of galactic culture and the capital of the governments of both the Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire. It was from Coruscant that the Galactic Senate, led by the Founder/God-king, would meet to discuss issues and pass legislation. Later the Galactic Emperor established his rule from Coruscant. Coruscant was also home to Founder and God-king, Matthew Kling and his first Order clones. Symbolized by the powers they wielded, they were a semi-monastic group who utilized the Force and served as warriors, peacekeepers and guardians of the Republic. The planet's residents were known as the Coruscanti.**

**Beyond the politics, Coruscant was also home to many different species and creatures. Traffic was a constant withairspeeders moving through the skylanes that wove in between skyscrapers. Crashes were extremely rare as most vehicles have an auto-navigation system that moves the speeders along preprogrammed routes. Coruscant air taxis are able to travel at 191 kph (118 mph) and drivers can receive special permission to leave the programmed skylanes and take shortcuts. Pedestrians could walk along the streets that ran alongside the various levels or on top of the urban blocks themselves. Entertainment districts with night clubs, bars, theaters, and other business throughout the city catered to the population. Some serviced high end customers though many could be found in the lower levels and in seedy districts favored by the criminal underworld. Citizens who lived in the upper levels were able to breathe air that was filtered and clean. Sunlight never reached the lower levels which had to be lit by artificial light and the inhabitants were forced to breathe the air of toxic fumes from factory and vehicular waste.**

**Underneath the surface structures of Galactic City, were thousands of levels generally known as the Coruscant underworld. The highest surface on Coruscant was Level 5127 and the lowest was Level 1 which was deemed uninhabitable. Accessible by huge portals, the underworld was a massive city beneath the city. Dwellings and smaller buildings were squeezed in between massive towers and infrastructure that serviced the planet. Streets and alleyways were narrow and large sections contained warehouses and massive buildings largely abandoned and built upon from the levels above. Trains serviced the population to move them from one area to the other. While airspeeders were used, they were a less common sight than on the surface levels.**

## **History**

### **The waning Republic**

**"*I will not let this Republic that has stood for a thousand years be split in two. My negotiations will not fail.*"**
**"*If they do, you must realize there aren't enough first order clone troopers to protect the Republic. We are keepers of the peace and soldiers, not* blood *purest death eaters.*"**

**―Matthew Kling and Polar midnight**
***Coruscant was the center of political and cultural life of the galaxy. In the ancient past, The Plumbers built a shrine on Coruscant. When Matthew Kling and his clone army ousted them, they built their temple over it. The Old Republic maintained Coruscant as its capital and so did its successor state, the Galactic Republic.It was towards the end of the Republic's millennium of peace that Supreme Chancellor Mex Tennyson, hampered by a bloated fake government and a corrupt Senate, was unable to respond to an invasion of the planet Naboo. Max Tennyson dispatched two Knights, Ben 10 Jr. and Marcus Laroy jackson Jr. who were able to retrieve Queen Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak and bring her to Coruscant. Upon their arrival, Max Tennyson met them and promised swift action on the issue. Later, Founder Matthew Kling of Coruscant maneuvered Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak into believing Max Tennyson incapable of action. During the following session of the Galactic Senate, Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak called for a Vote of No Confidence in Max Tennyson. The resulting election saw Max Tennyson removed from office and Matthew Kling gained the majority vote to become Founder again, for life.***
**Several years later a crisis erupted when Ragnarok, under the direction of Cthulhu who was secretly Dark Lord, led several systems to break from the Republic and form into the Confederacy of Independent Systems with himself as its leader. Many commercial organizations pledged their droid military forces to the Confederacy, commonly called the Separatists. As the *DNA Force* were too few to fight a galactic war, the Senate pushed for a vote to create a military to defend the Republic. Upon arriving in Coruscant to vote on the matter, former Queen Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak, now Senator of Terran, narrowly avoided an assassination attempt as her shuttle exploded on the landing platform and several persons were killed. Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak met with Matthew Kling in the Senate Office Building were he had been meeting with members of the Jedi Council. In response to the attack on Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak, Matthew Kling delayed the vote and at his suggestion to Grand Master Hero Ben 10, had the senator placed under the protection of DNA Force members Ben 10 Jr. and Marcus Jackson Jr., her old allies from the Battle of Terran.**

**That evening, a bounty hunter named Krabb met with Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak's would be assassin, a Old ones cultist.Informing her that Krabb's client was impatient, Krabb gaves the Old ones cultist two deadly worms. The ones cultist took the worms, placing them inside a droid. While on guard in Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak's apartment, the DNA Force members sensed that there was a threat to Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak's life. As the DNA Force members charged into a bedroom, they were in time for Ben 10 Jr. to kill the worms that had entered through a hole in the window that the droid had cut. Marcus Jackson Jr. crashed through the window, grabbing on to the droid, as it made its way back to the old ones cultist. The assassin fired a shot at Marcus Jackson Jr. who began to fall before he was caught by Ben 10 Jr. who had requisitioned a speeder. They chased the old ones cultist through Coruscant's skylanes with Ben 10 Jr. maneuvering around the Coruscant air taxis, transports and other speeders. Ben 10 Jr. took a route through a tunnel to where he was able to cut off Wesell, jumping on top of her speeder. The two grappled and Ben 10 Jr. was able to disable the old ones cultist's speeder causing it to crash into the street and narrowly avoiding the throngs of pedestrians. The old ones cultist melted into the crowd however Ben 10 Jr. spotted her, pursuing her on foot to a club that she fled into.**

**Marcus Jackson Jr. met up with Ben 10 Jr. at the entrance to the club. They split up, searching for the assassin in the throngs of patrons. Marcus Jackson Jr. moved to the bar where a patron attempted to sell him death sticks but Marcus Jackson Jr. used the Force to dissuade the patron from selling and to go home. The old ones cultist attempted to surprise and shoot Marcus Jackson Jr. who was standing at the bar, however the DNA Force member Ben 10 Jr. sensed her coming and severed her weapon arm with his lightsaber. The DNA Force members carried the injured old ones cultist into the alley to question her. Initially reluctant to give any information about who had hired her, old ones cultist replied that it had simply been a job. As Ben 10 Jr. pressed her, however, the old ones cultist prepared to reveal the information. Suddenly, Krabb who had been observing the situation, fired a toxic dart into the old ones cultist's neck, killing her and revealing her true form as a Human.**

**The next day Marcus Jackson Jr. went to Argit's bar to see his old friend Argit in the hopes that Argit could identify the poison. Argit was able to provide information on the dart as well as its originating location, the planet Mandalore. Later Marcus Jackson Jr. went to the Jedi Archives to research Mandalore. However, the Temple's Archives had no information of the planet. Marcus Jackson Jr. left Coruscant to investigate, finding the planet and the rebel army being created there for the Republic and transmitting information on it back to Coruscant. Meanwhile Ben 10 Jr. escorted Senator Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak off the capital and back to Terran. Marcus Jackson Jr. tracked Krabb to Geonosis finding a droid army and the Separatist leadership planning an attack on the Republic, as well as discovering that Viceroy Nute Gunray was behind the attacks on Coruscant against Senator Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak. Marcus Jackson Jr. transmitted the information back to Coruscant informing members of the DNA Force Council, the Senate and Coruscant founder Matthew Kling of his findings. Before he finished, Marcus Jackson Jr. was attacked and his transmission ended. DNA Force Master Marcus Leroy Jackson ordered Ben 10 Jr. to stay with Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak while the DNA Force would respond from Coruscant to assist Marcus Jackson Jr. .**

### **A capital at war**

**"*The shroud of the* Rebel Alliance *has fallen. Begun, the Clone War has.*"**
**―Matthew Kling**
***Seeing that the Senate would not be able to vote on accepting the rebel troopers as a military, Cthulhu and his Vice Chair Mas Amedda discussed ways around the situation with Amedda proposing that a Senator put a bill giving Cthulhu emergency powers, allowing him to approve an army. Representative Hastur of Carcosa, "feeling he would do what Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak would want him to do", then made a speech to the Senate for them to give Cthulhu emergency powers. The Senate approved the motion and Palpatine used his power to create the Grand Army of the Republic. Under Jedi leadership, the Grand Army arrived on Geonosis and engaged the Droid Army, beginning the Clone Wars. After the battle, Separatist leader Ragnarok, revealed as a Sith Lord, retreated in secret to Coruscant. In an abandoned complex in Coruscant's industrial sector, Dooku met with Darth Sidious and brought him the news that the war had truly begun.***
***The Clone Wars became one of the most turbulent times in galactic history and the first, full scale war in over a thousand years. As the capital of the Republic, Coruscant, already a hotbed of political intrigue, became a target for both military and political reasons. Situations and events that were unthinkable centuries before became commonplace. Even prior to the beginning of the war, changes could be seen in the Republic. The Senate, already corrupt and bloated found it difficult to respond, delegating emergency powers to Matthew Kling. The founder himself brought changes such as implementing the use of his personal Red Guards instead of the Senate Guards.  As the Grand Army and the Republic Navy spread across the galaxy to defend the Republic, the DNA Force, long taking the stand of being peacekeepers not soldiers, took charge of the military as commanders and generals. The dramatic changes were noted by both the Jedi and the Republic's citizens, specifically on Coruscant. Unknown to everyone except a select few, Coruscant was from where the entire war was continually manipulated by Cthulhu. As "Supreme Chancellor", he took overall charge of the Republic military and directed the war effort from his office in the Senate Office Building. As Cthulhu he directed Ragnarok's actions designed to continue the war and further his plans.***

**The Jedi Temple, long the sanctuary and fortress of the first Order, became the target of Cad Bane and his group of bounty hunters. Thought by most to be impenetrable, Darth Sidious hired Bane to steal a holocron from the Temple archives. Sidious gave Bane a map layout of the Temple as well as information on its security systems and the Temple's vaults. Bane, with the assistance of his droidTodo 360 and a Clawdite named Cato Parasitti moved forward with his plan. Parasitti took the form of a dead Jedi name Ord Enisence and entered the Jedi Archives. From there he transmitted a weak point in the Temple's shielding and jammed the Jedi's scanners, allowing Bane and his droid to enter. However, Master Yoda sensed the disturbance and placed the Temple on high alert. Parasitti was able to knock librarian Jocasta Nu unconscious and took her form, continuing to guide Bane and Todo through the ventilation systems. Meanwhile, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi began tracking Bane. Padawan Ahsoka Tanodiscovered Parasitti's ruse and engaged her in a lightsaber fight and was able to arrest her. However Bane managed to gain access to the vault and took a holocron that would allow him to read the kyber crystal that contained a list of all known Force-sensitive children in the galaxy.**