Ossus

Ossus
Location
System	Adega
Sector	Auril
Galactic Coordinates	(329, 225)
System Coordinates	(327, 238)
Astrographic Entry
Statistics
Type	temperate/breathable
Primary Terrain:	hills, forest, jungle, glacier
Rotational Period	31 standard hours [1]
Orbital Period	231 standard days [1]
Population	1,809,558,654 inhabitants
Control
Controlled By	The Jedi Order
Governor	Triumvirate Coalition
Magistrate	Dero Racto
Sentient Races	Human, Ysanna

Description

Ossus orbited the two stars of the Adega system, Adega Prime and Adega Besh. Unlike the other five planets in the system, which circled the center of mass of the two binaries, Ossus orbited both its suns in a figure-eight trajectory. Ossus has two moons: Mim, a rocky, low-gravity satellite with no atmosphere, and Nerit, a temperate terrestrial world with high gravity and a population of Neti expatriates.

Ossus was originally a lush world with two-thirds of its surface covered in water and an abundance of flora and fauna. In 3996 BCGT it was transformed with the destruction of the Cron Cluster into a desolate, irradiated desert world. Chemical and electrical storms swept the land, and little life remained on the surface. Over 4,000 years later, the damage done to the planet seemed to have been reversed. In the time of the Galactic Alliance, some portions of the planet were once again lush with vegetation and inhabited by wildlife. Within a century after this, the destruction done to Ossus was fully reversed and the planet once again teems with life.

History

The unusual orbit of Ossus caused some to speculate that, like the Corellian system, the Adega system was artificially designed. However, despite the diligent efforts of archaeologists, no such evidence was ever uncovered.

The planet was home to intelligent life for countless generations. Originally known as Idux, it was absorbed into Xim's empire as he expanded his borders from the Kingdom of Cron. At some time before 25,000 BCGT, a group of Jedi Knights from Tython established a school of philosophy there where the concepts of the light and dark sides of the Force were laid down. Here, too, the philosophies of the Living and Unifying Force were established.

Around 25,000 BCGT, Old Republic scouts exploring the newly-discovered Perlemian Trade Route arrived on Ossus, in what was then known as Wild Space. The Jedi appointed themselves defenders of the nascent Republic. Ossus was poised to defend the Core Worlds against the forces of the Tion Cluster and Hutt Space, and so the planet became a fortress world protecting the Perlemian, with the Jedi holding back its enemies.

The Great Jedi Library

Built by Odan-Urr in 4996 BCGT, the Library was a great storehouse of Jedi knowledge, containing over ten thousand works. Located on a hill in the Eocho Mountains, the Library was a large, unadorned stone building with many of its rooms located below ground. Its entrances were unbarred, as Odan-Urr did not believe in fettering any being's search for knowledge. Though it was built for Jedi purposes, the Library held information on all subjects, not simply Jedi affairs, and access was granted to any individual who wished to learn.

Most data were stored in the main building, in a labyrinthine system of shelves. Reading rooms and classrooms filled the lower levels, as well as holograms of some of the most treasured contents of the library. Four towers held relics from the four main eras of history. More dangerous artifacts were stored deep underground, in the Chamber of Antiquities. Only those with permission from the Jedi Council and Keeper of Antiquities were permitted down there.

The Library's dense construction was likely what allowed it to survive the Cron supernova. Its location was lost as Jedi Master Bodo Baas had erased it's location form the Jedi Archives to keep it hidden from the Galactic Empire. He kept it a secret, not wanting the sacred ruins to be disturbed. Eventually, he revealed the location to the new Jedi Order to help rebuild what had been destroyed almost two decades prior