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Betha II

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this low-gravity planet is located within the Betha System, which sits at the midpoint of the Danarc Run in Corva Sector. It is a popular world with the smugglers who ply the Run. It was believed to be the center of operations for the Kaarenth Dissension by New Republin Intelligence. The planet is really nothing more than a yellow-orange ball of rock. Its thin atmosphere contains very little moisture, leaving the surface of the planet barren and dry. Many millennia before the Galactic Civil War, Betha II was much more inviting, as its atmosphere still held water. This made is a thriving port along the Danarc Run. However, the planet's low gravity mean that it couldn't hold its atmosphere for long, and this eventually led to the drying out of the planet's ecosystem. The original colonists abandoned the world, and it was uninhabited until smugglers began using it as a based some 30 years before the Battle of Bilbringi. The average day on Betha II lasts 20 standard hours, and its year encompasses 117 local days. Very little habitation exists aboveground on the planet, since the dry surface is often swept clean by dust and sand storms. The caves and canyons of the planet have been expanded and connected with tunnels to support life underground.