Bilbringi VII

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  Type: Asteroid Belt
  
  Temperature: Frigid
  
  Atmosphere: none
  
  Hydrosphere: Arid
  
  Gravity: none
  
  Terrain: Asteroids, Shipyards
  
  Length of Day: none
  
  Length of Year: 830 standard days
  
  Physical Diameter: -
  
  Sapient Species: Humans, wide variety of others species
  
  Starport: Imperial Class (Restricted to Imperial military use)
  
  Points of interest: Shipyards
  
  Population: 12 million
  
  Planet Function: Shipbuilding
  
  Official language: Basic
  
  Government: Imperial Moff
  
  Major cities: none
  
  Tech Level: Space
  
  Major Exports: Imperial Warships
  
  Major Imports: Foodstuffs, Mid and High Tech, Raw Materials
  
  Affiliation: Galactic Empire, New Republic, Yuuzhan Vong, Imperial Remnant
  
  System: Bilbringi
  
  Sun: 1
  
  Moons: ?
  
  Sector: ?
  
  Region of Space: Inner Rim

• The Bilbringi system is devoid of life, consisting of rocky worlds rich with heavy metals. The Bilbringi system has little of interest in it save the Bilbringi shipyards, a large, heavily defended facility used for the construction of Imperial warships. The shipyards were created at Bilbringi because of the system's proximity to Imperial convoy routes and the preponderance of available metals and ores. The shipyard's main control facility was constructed on Bilbringi VII, a medium sized planetoid that maintains a monotonously regular orbit around its sun.
  The shipyard facilities themselves are orbital platforms that circle the planetoid, and are constantly monitored by the installation's security systems. The orbital platforms are used for virtually every stage of starship construction: there are open dry-docks for the overhaul of hyperdrive engines, heavy lifting platforms, a work area for the construction of space vessel superstructures, and even a firing platform to fine-tune a new ship's weaponry, Overall, the Bilbringi shipyards are an impressive and efficient facility for the Imperial Navy.
  Unfortunately, the very size of the shipyards makes them vulnerable to attack. In recent weeks, successful attacks against the Empire have been made by both the New Republic and members of Talon Karrde's smuggler coalition. The smugglers Mazzic and Ellor were successful in destroying a nearly completed Imperial Star Destroyer, an act of revenge for the slaying of the Gotal smuggler Lishma. Within a matter of days, the New Republic launched an attack on the shipyards in hopes of procuring a Crystal Gravfield Trap array. A sizable portion of the installation was destroyed during the attacks.
  General Drost, the Imperial officer in charge of Bilbringi's security, has been removed from command. Shortly after the smuggler attack on Bilbringi, Admiral Thrawn allegedly gave the beleaguered officer a last chance to improve security procedures for the shipyards. As the New Republic attack indicated, Drost's revisions to security procedures were, to be polite, ineffective.
  Currently, the defenses of the Bilbringi shipyards have been effectively removed. The Golan II battle platforms and shield generators that protected Bilbringi were damaged beyond repair. The shipyards have since been abandoned. The New Republic, realizing that the shipyards were too exposed to continue as a military dockyard, simply scavenged what equipment and material remained. The loss of Bilbringi is a major blow to the Imperial shipbuilding effort.