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Avatar Orbital Platform

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this orbital space station was designed by the Trandoshan bounty hunter Pekt, as a facility where the Empire could detain and subjugate Wookiees for slavery. It was located near Kashyyyk, in order to ensure minimal transport time for "wild" Wookiees. Over time, Avatar became a source of fear and sadness for the Wookiees, who knew that family members stolen from Kashyyyk were sent to Avatar for "taming." During the height of the Galactic Civil War, Avatar was the site of a riot that was blamed on both the Wookiees and the Trandoshans, depending on who one talked to about it. All that was known was that members of the Zssik clan of Trandoshans ended up battling members of the Blackscales, and the Wookiees on the station took the opportunity to try and escape. Imperial forces intercepted a transmission from a group of freelance operatives who were on Avatar to try and rescue a group of Wookiees, but were unable to pinpoint its source.