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Krasho Salt Rifts

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this rocky canyon, denoted by the slat pans and encrustations that cover much of its surface, was located on the planet Sarafur. Although the area appeared flat from orbit, the Krasho Salt Rifts were actually littered with crystalline formations and skeletal fossils that could tear a starship's hull apart. It was believed that the fossils in the Rifts were those of huge sea creatures that died when the planet suddenly became tidelocked to its star, an event that dried out the seas in a matter of months or yeears. It was rumored that a Killik member of the ancient Sith traveled to Sarafur and eventually died there, leaving a tomb behind which was strongly imbued with the Dark Side of the Force. Jilst Bindalin later traveled to Sarafur to locate the tomb, bringing with him the Alsakan Tessent. Both were supposedly lost in the Krasho Salt Rifts. During the early years of the New Republic, the Kintan Gunrunners established their base of operations in the canyons, which were located just on the sun side of the planet's tidelocked surface.