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Kathol Sector
Kathol Sector has been settled for nearly six centuries; the first Old Republic settlement was the establishment of Gandle Ott, which quickly grew into a major world on the fringes of galactic society. However, the remoteness of the Kathol Sector insured that the area was never extensively colonized and the region to this day remains a galactic backwater on the fringes of Imperial (now New Republic) space. Kathol Sector has been ruled for the past 10 years by Moff Kentor Sarne. With the death of Emperor Palpatine four years ago, Moff Sarne slowly withdrew from the fragmenting Empire. Those within the Empire proper had neither the time nor the inclination to send occupational forces to the area, giving Sarne absolute autonomy in the name of the Empire.
Less travelled routes extend to the outermost worlds in the sector. There are nearly 30 official colonies and independent worlds in the region; more than half of them have less than 10 million residents, so they are pretty marginal setlements by galactic standards. There is a large void on the edge of the sector approximately 30 light years across. On the opposite side of the void is a cluster of stars called the Kathol Outback. These systems are officially part of the Kathol Sector and the region is lightly populated. The Kathol Outback borders on the edge of a mysterious area known as the Kathol Rift, a section of space reputed to be extremely dangerous to navigate. |