Topic: The Yagai

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INFO: The Yagai (singular, Yaga) were sapient insectoids indigenous to Yaga Minor. They were one of the few alien species to widely support the Galactic Empire.


RACE: Yagai
HEIGHT: 1.5 to 1.8 Meters Tall
SKIN: Purple
DISTINCTION: 3 legs
LANGUAGE: Yagan

HOMEWORLD:
Yaga Minor was the Galactic Republic member world from which the Outbound Flight project departed into the Unknown Regions in 27 BBY. The planet's primary native species were the Yagai, insectoids with a hive-caste society. Yaga Minor was known throughout the galaxy for its major shipbuilding facilities.



Inter-Sith War Period
During the Inter-Sith Wars Period fallen Jedi turned Sith, Darth Desolous, was lured to Yaga Minor along with his army. Once lured to the world Desolous and his army engaged a small number of Jedi Knights. Shortly after the start of the conflict, a Jedi flotilla dropped out of hyperspace preventing the Sith and his army's escape. Outnumbered and out matched by the Jedi's forces Desolous was destroyed along side his forces.

Pre-clone Wars
The Jedi vessel Outbound Flight was launched from Yaga Minor in 27 BBY, under the command of Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth. It had 50,000 colonists destined for the Unknown Regions. It failed as a result of Darth Sidious's machinations.

Imperial Remnant
The planet was one of the last strongholds of the Imperial Remnant. It featured a major cluster of shipyards that proved instrumental in Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign against the New Republic, and was also the site of an important Ubiqtorate base.

At the time of the signing of the Pellaeon-Gavrisom Treaty in 19 ABY, Yaga Minor was the last shipyard under Imperial control. It was governed by Moff Kurlen Flennic. Just before the signing of the treaty, Yaga Minor was the site of the last battle of the Galactic Civil War.

Yuuzhan Vong War
During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Imperial forces fleeing from Bastion regrouped here before facing the Yuuzhan Vong at Borosk. A third of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet defeated there jumped to attack the shipyards, though they were repelled in short order.

BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:
The Yagai (singular: Yaga), are tall, reedy tripeds native to Yaga Minor, the site of a major Imperial shipyard. They have two nine-fingered hands, and all of their fingers are mutually opposable, making them well-suited to delicate mechanical work. They are particularly knowledgeable about starship hyperdrive and have been conscripted by the Empire to help maintain the Imperial fleet.

The Yagai tend to favor baggy, flowing garments of neutral colors (at least neutral to their world - whites and many shades of blue and purple).

CULTURE AND HISTORY:
Before the Empire, the Yagai were famed for their starship-engineering skills and their cooperation with the Republic. While the Yagai are still known for their skills, their relationship with the Empire is strained. The people of Yaga Minor deeply resent the Imperial presence and are always looking for prudent opportunities to sabotage the Imperial war effort. Unfortunately, with the rest of their people as hostages, most Yagai starship workers are reluctant to risk incurring Imperial wrath - the Yagai are intimately familiar with the atrocities the Empire has been known to commit. Their society encourages its young to take up technical professions, fearful of what might happen if they cease to be useful to their Imperial masters.

They are an aggressive and territorial species that would make a valuable asset to the Alliance if they could be freed from Imperial rule. Unfortunately, since Yaga Minor is so heavily defended, the rescue of the Yagai is a short-term impossibility.

Yagai Drones are huge, muscular versions of the Yagai main species. They have purple skin and wild, yellowish hair. They almost never speak, except to acknowledge orders from their work-masters.

APPEARANCES:
Specter of the Past (First appearance)

SOURCES:
The Last Command Sourcebook (First mentioned)
The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
Alien Encounters

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