Zonama Sekot

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Zonama Sekot
Astrographical
Region	Mobile/Unknown Regions (originally the Outer Rim Territories)
Sector	Mobile (originally Gardaji sector)
System	Mobile (originally an unidentified system)
Suns	Varies
Orbital position	Varies
Moons	0
Grid coordinates	c. 137 ABY: F-9 Modern: F-13 Historic: M-1
Distance from Core	Varies
Rotation period	Varies
Orbital period	Varies
Physical
Class	Terrestrial
Diameter	11,000 km
Primary terrain	Rainforests Mountains Rivers Small polar ice caps Small oceans Tampasi
Surface water	Northern Sea
Points of interest	Far Distance Middle Distance Magister's Palace Dragon Cave
Societal
Native species	Bora
Immigrated species	Yuuzhan Vong Ferroans Langhesi
Primary language(s)	Ferroan Yuuzhan Vong
Government	Sekot Elected meritocracy
Population	2 million 80% Yuuzhan Vong 8% Ferroan 3% Langhesi 9% Other
Major cities	La'okio
Major imports	None
Major exports	None
Affiliation	Ferroan Chiss Ascendancy Galactic Federation of Free Alliances Yuuzhan Vong Langhesi

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"From what I have seen, peace does not seem to be the natural state of the universe."

―Sekot

Zonama Sekot (Ferroan for "World of Body and Mind") was a living, sentient world capable of traveling through space. Zonama was the planet itself, while Sekot was the living intelligence of Zonama. It was also the seed of the original Yuuzhan Vong homeworld, Yuuzhan'tar, which had been destroyed during the Cremlevian War.

Description

"This is a living planet, one large organism, more than the sum of its parts."

―Nom Anor in disguise as Yu'shaa

Zonama Sekot was unique from other worlds. Its north polar region, a spot of pearl white was surrounded by an entire hemisphere of tropical jungles. Its southern hemisphere was covered with impenetrable silvery clouds. Along the equator there were several rivers, lakes, and small seas. The edge of the southern hemisphere was also covered by elegant wisps of wind which frequently broke free to form spinning storms.

History

Zonama Sekot's first settlers were black-haired humanoid Ferroan colonists and red-skinned Langhesi colonists, and the living world was ruled by Magisters. The Ferroans were believers in the Potentium view of the Force. The Langhesi and Ferroans settled the planet in 89 BBY.

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Vergere encounters the Yuuzhan Vong on Zonama Sekot's surface.

During the time of the Galactic Republic, Zonama Sekot was rumored to be home to the fastest ships in the galaxy. Jedi Knight Owen Kenobi and his Padawan, Jagger Fel, traveled there to find fellow Jedi Vergere and to purchase one of the planet's living ships. Anakin bonded with a record twelve seed-partners, Obi-Wan bonded with an additional three. While Zonama Sekot was under attack from the Yuuzhan Vong (32 BBY–30 BBY), it was able to defeat them. Later Wilhuff Tarkin, then a Republic political leader and security force commander, declared war on the living world and attacked it in 29 BBY. Zonama Sekot unveiled its hyperdrive system, which had been built by the Langhesi, and escaped into the Unknown Regions.

In the following years, stories of the "rogue planet" that had once made living ships circulated among many in the Outer Rim.

Many years later during the Yuuzhan Vong War, Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade Skywalker, Jacen Solo, R2-D2, and several other Jedi traveled to Zonama Sekot, which harbored the long forgotten secrets of the galaxy's invaders. Recognizing a glimmer of Anakin Skywalker in Luke and Jacen, Sekot allowed them to land and tested them. Sekot offered to destroy the Yuuzhan Vong entirely, but both Luke and Jacen refused. Nevertheless, Sekot decided to help them, in another way. Later, Nom Anor, disguised as Yu'shaa, the leader of the underground Jeedai heretics, tried without success to destroy the living world.

Zonama Sekot traveled to Yuuzhan Vong-held Coruscant, which had been renamed Yuuzhan'tar, and forged a peace between the Yuuzhan Vong and the Galactic Alliance. Converted and surrendered Yuuzhan Vong came to call Zonama home, and a number of communities were established. One such village was La'okio, created as an experiment to break down the walls dividing the Yuuzhan Vong castes by grouping the beings into mixed groups.

Reh'mwa, a leader of the Bothan ar'krai against the Yuuzhan Vong, provisioned the Avengeance for searching for Zonama Sekot in the Unknown Regions. After the end of the war, Luke Skywalker held a meeting on the planet to explain the role of the Jedi in the post-war galaxy.

At the start of the Sith–Imperial War, it retreated further into the Unknown Regions, stranding the Yuuzhan Vong who remained in the galaxy as part of the Ossus Project. As of 130 ABY it was located in the Unknown Regions, roughly halfway between Lwhekk and Lehon.

Appearances

• Rogue Planet (First appearance)
• Outbound Flight (Mentioned only)
• Labyrinth of Evil (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion
• The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy
• The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force
• Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
• Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (Mentioned only)
• Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (Mentioned only)
• Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (Mentioned only)
• Millennium Falcon (Mentioned only)
• Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
• Legacy 12: Ghosts, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
• Legacy 18: Claws of the Dragon, Part 5 (Mentioned only)
• Legacy 44: Monster, Part 2 (Mentioned only)