Selene

Selene has a long and important history in the galaxy. An important Core world, Selene is located at the end of what is now known as the Tarkin Corridor, which proved invaluable to the Galactic Empire following its fragmentation in 4 ABY.

Selene was a member world of the Old Republic and was home to a largely Human population. During the Clone Wars, Selene became the site of a large Republic fleet presence and soon a location for both Kuat Drive Yards and a Sienar Fleet Systems space stations, making it extremely valuable to the Republic during the war.

Selene was spared from the war, and soon became one of the worlds in the newly formed Galactic Empire. Its sector moff, Ardus Kainel, was a vaunt supporter of the New Order and the Tarkin Doctrine, and kept strict control over Selene.

The shipyards at Selene continued to produce more and more warships and starfighters for the Imperial war machine, making it a likely target for the rebels at the start of the Galactic Civil War. But, due to its location in the Core, and proximity to worlds such as O'paal and Coruscant itself, the rebels never made a successful effort to hit Selene.

After the Battle of Endor, Selene became a staging point for loyalists to the Imperial Ruling Council, and the fleet positioned at Selene would soon supplement the Imperial Center Defense Force during the Battle of Coruscant.

After the fall of Imperial Center to the rebels, and the formation of the New Republic, loyalists fell back on Selene to guard the vital shipyards. Warlords whom broke off from the Empire during the Imperial Civil War made several attempts to claim Selene over the four years of warring, but the Interim Ruling Council refused to let go of Selene, despite its capital being deep within the Outer Rim at Dreven.

In 7 ABY, Selene became host to the construction and launching of a new Executor-class Star Dreadnought, the HIMS Palpatine, which Bacharan Valak, current ruler of the Empire and soon-to-be Galactic Emperor, took as his flagship. Selene then became the staging point for Valak's great campaign at the start of 8 ABY, reclaiming a vast amount of territory in a relatively short amount of time, including Coruscant itself.

Selene rose in prominence afterwards, and a new swoop track, the Sunbird Eyrie Race Track, was built on Selene to attract more tourists. After the abdication of Emperor Valak, Kendal Osbourne became Emperor and chose Selene as the new Imperial capital. Things, however, would take a turn for the worse in a relatively short time.

Lorn Rhys had returned, following his supposed execution following the destruction of the Vigiliant Movement in 7 ABY, and launched a coup against Osbourne. Hijacking the Dark Eminence, formerly the Palpatine, Lorn and his supporters crashed the dreadnought into Selene during the Battle of Selene and effectively destroyed the planet's enviornment, turning it into a nuclear wasteland. The Third Imperial Civil War had begun, and the Imperial capital was returned to Dreven.

Selene remained a wasteland for nearly year, until the termination of the Civil War and the rise of Warlord Malign, who appointed Marx Scaven as Grand Moff with the task of reconstructing the one glorious Imperial capital. A vast amount of slave laborers were captured and put to work on Selene. A gigantic domed city was built over the former Imperial City, protecting the new city from the radiation and toxins of the Wastelands. Certain buildings in the new Imperial City even went so far as to hooking up with skyhooks in orbit around Selene, and then on to the Kuat Drive Yards-Sienar Fleet Systems space station. Imperial City was rebuilt, but never the same, and Selene once again became the capital of the Empire.

Selene is now the center of the new Imperial war effort. Danik Kreldin's Imperial Blitzkrieg took off from Selene, and now a vast fleet awaits over Selene, preparing to move on to their final target: Coruscant.