However, the planet Harunkar has never been peaceful, and the extreme environment of this planet has also created some magical species.
The most valuable among them is the Thyssel tree. This kind of tree has a very developed root system, so it shows unique characteristics after absorbing the toxic substances deep underground on the planet Harunkar.
If eaten raw, the bark of this tree will cause strong hallucinogenic and exciting reactions in the brains of intelligent creatures, much stronger than ordinary spices. If consumed in large quantities, it will even cause irreversible and permanent damage to the brain.
Injury makes this person indulge in fantasy forever.
But what’s even more wonderful is that through systematic roasting and production, the harmful reactions of the bark of the Diesel tree will be removed. While retaining the powerful hallucinogenic and stimulating effects, the negative effects will almost disappear, even better than before.
The Master drinks a glass of light wine.
And due to the special growth environment, there is basically no possibility of artificial cultivation of this kind of tree.
As a result, Diesel bark has become a very expensive thing. Many wealthy people in the inner circle and core circle like this spice that has no negative effects. Moreover, when chewing Diesel bark, human teeth will
It is dyed red and will last for a day or two before it is washed away, so when two nobles show their red teeth, they often smile knowingly.
(Yes, this thing is to pinch his betel nut.)
With such a precious thing, it naturally attracted more attention.
Since the Diesel tree was discovered, some bounty hunters and smugglers have begun to go to the planet Harunkar to collect Diesel bark. These people gradually formed communities one by one, and they hunted the animals in the forest.
Animals, mined for Diesel bark.
As a result, they had fierce conflicts with the indigenous Korunai people.
The Korunai people basically live a very simple nomadic life. They occasionally communicate with other planets and mostly just buy some daily necessities and small spaceships that can fly between different mountain peaks. The main animal they raise is a kind of animal called grass.
Cows (Grassers) are large animals with a docile personality. They have six hooves and three eyes. Their meat is delicious and the milk they produce has extremely high nutritional value.
However, the main food of grass cattle is the bark of Diesel tree.
All Diesel trees that have been eaten by cattle will have a hallucinogenic effect over a period of time due to the secretions in their saliva. For those smugglers, it means the purity of the spices.
decline. In addition, grass cattle eat the bark of Diesel trees over a wide range. After eating a few mouthfuls of each tree, they will give up and then go to the next tree. In this way, the Diesel tree gets
It is well protected, but large areas are also contaminated by grass cattle, and the yield and purity have been reduced a lot.
In order to collect more and better Diesel bark, the smugglers began to hunt grass cattle, which led to fierce conflicts with the Korunai people.
Those smugglers have been on the planet Harunkar for several generations. They are more or less indigenous residents. They have also taken root on this planet and spread their branches. Naturally, they will not stand still in the face of the opposition of the Korunai people.
let.
The Korunai people gave these smugglers an insulting name - Balawai. Although this is the dialect of the Korunai people and others cannot understand the insult, these smugglers
If you still don't recognize this name and dare to mention it in front of them, it's no different than scolding your mother in front of them.
The time was 52 BBY 30 years ago. It is impossible to know who fired the first shot, but from that day on, a fierce and cruel war broke out between the Korunai and the smugglers.
In order to prevent the Galactic Republic from interfering, the smugglers colluded with the Pike people who had been engaged in spice smuggling for a long time and bribed a large number of Republic officials. Finally, the Republic Congress at the time passed a formal bill. The bill stated: Because neither party is strictly speaking aboriginal, and in fact
Xanadu has settled on the planet, so this war is defined as a civil war, and the Galactic Republic will not interfere.
Mace Windu, who had just joined the Jedi Order and was undergoing apprenticeship graduation trials, could do nothing about this bill. After all, when he was 6 months old, he was taken away and trained by the Jedi Order because his parents died.
He didn't even speak the Korunai language at the time.
However, Mace Windu still paid great attention to the affairs of the planet Harunkar. He once visited the planet Harunkar, learned the language of the Korunai people, and worked to mediate between the two sides, but with little effect.
Wei. Even the Windu tribe where he was originally born did not listen to his mediation suggestions at all and insisted on fighting tooth for tooth and blood for blood.
The civil war finally broke out in full force. After all, the smugglers had more contact with the outside world and had accumulated a lot of wealth through the smuggling of Diesel bark. The equipment in their hands was much better. They launched a round of attacks on the Korunai settlements.
Another round of bombings resulted in the death of a large number of civilians.
But the Korunai people are not fuel-efficient lamps. As descendants of the Jedi Knights who fell here thousands of years ago, almost every one of them is Force-sensitive. Even if they are not as powerful as the Jedi Knights, they are still physically strong.
He has keen senses and even has a strong premonition of crisis.
The Korunai people ran into the jungle and fought guerrilla warfare with the smugglers. In the jungle environment, a fungus unique to the planet Harunkar that could eat and corrode metal caused great damage to the advanced weapons of the Palawai people. Basically,
They had no way to perform, and they suffered a lot for it. As long as they entered the jungle, they basically never came out alive.
As the war became increasingly cruel, both warring parties became red-blooded and directly attacked each other's settlements, killing women, children and children everywhere. This caused the population of Harunkar's planet to drop sharply. According to the latest rough statistics, the number of people on the planet was
The population has been reduced to about 750,000, but the killings continue with no sign of stopping.
And when the Confederacy of Independent Systems was established and the galactic civil war broke out, the war on the planet Harunkar also attracted the attention of Count Dooku.
The Balavai people secretly contacted the Confederation of Independent Systems, quietly joined the Confederacy, and received a large amount of aid. In contrast, the Korunai people, because they had no good impression of the Republic, never asked for help from the Republic until the battle continued to fail.
, the settlement continued to fall before finding the Republic for help.
In such a hell-like planet, an unarmed Consul-class cruiser broke away from the hyperspace channel and entered the planet's atmosphere.
The spaceship landed at a spaceport where the Korunai people settled, and the hatch opened. Jedi Master Depa Billaba and her two disciples, Luna Dream and Luna Phantom, brought a team of clones.