Grid Location: K-21

Sector: Kallea sector
Region: Outer Rim

Terrain: Research Station surrounded by a massive black hole

Native Species: None

Crew: 2.938 (Advanced Science Division) 

Commanding Officer: Science minister Graf Hayfield

History: The Long Shadow is a lifeless region of space at the farthest edge of the galaxy in the distant Outer Rim Territories, home to only a supermassive black hole rumored by spacers that had seen it to be slowly consuming the galaxy. Orbiting the black hole is one of the Empire's most secretive research station, Delta-9, conducting experiments of various nature. It's remote position allowed it to remain hidden under prying eyes, secret even to most ISB members, but now the Ashlon Empire collaborates with the station to research new life forms and strange artifacts. Navigating the Long Shadow requires a special sensor computer, hyperdrive and radiation shielding. 


Objective: Continue conducting research.

Grid Location: K-20
Sector: Kallea sector
Region: Outer Rim

Terrain: Snowy tundra

Native Species: Human colonists

Population: Less than 100,000 + Death Watch Remnant (-286 mandalorians) + Ashlons 9rd Army Battalion "Blizzard"

Capital: Velto

Commanding Officer: Grand General Veers 

History: Zastiga was a tumbledown trade world near the edge of the Outer Rim, on the fringes of the galaxy, and rarely visited by the Empire during the Galactic Civil War. But the Ashlon Empire grew desperate for raw materials and selected this system due to its proximity to Terminus and its abundance of Zersium, an ore critical for the creation of durasteel.

Zastiga’s heyday had come and gone when the Republic was young. The planet was covered with eroded ruins, interrupted here and there by patches of modern construction. As Ashlon forces settled into an old Rebel safe house, a splinter group of Maul’s former Mandalorian fanatics ambushed the survey team, marking the beginning of the battle for Zastiga.

Having tracked down Maximilian Veers in hiding on a backwater world in the Outer Rim, Emperor Ashlon offered the disgraced general a high-ranking position in his army, recognizing his true worth. As Grand General, Veers would help crush the Mandalorians and secure the resources the Ashlon Empire desperately needed.

Objective: Extract Zersium and eliminate the Mandalorian threat. 

Recommended color palette: White snow with light acqua accents, Dark bluish gray rocks, Patches of Dark green grass. Of course try to work with the limitations of your collection if these are not available to you. 

Notable Locations: 

Rebel Safe House - This safe House was originally used by the Rebellion to discuss the threat of the second Death Star, now it serves the Ashlon Empire as a staging ground.

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/zastiga-outpost-setup-on-zastiga/#post-5303

            https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/lost-sign/#post-5429

Status: Operational

Scattered Outposts - Several outposts have been built to mantain operations in check.

Builds: 

Status: Still operational.

Durasteel Mine - Serving the Ashlon Empires main Objective, these mines are a prime target for the Mandalorians 

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/drilling-rig/#post-5484

Status: Under Attack.

Mandalorian outpost - Using old ruins as their makeshift headquarters the mandalorians centre of operations is almost unbreachable, defended by cunning warriors and heavy tanks. 

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/battle-on-zastiga/#post-5438

Status: Under Attack 

Outskirt Villages and Capital - The population is concentrated in small research station across the planet, prospecting for Zersium veins with the help of the local natives divided in tribes. 

Status: Still present

Snowy Tundra - Snowy fields and forests make up most of the planet.

Status: Hotly contested

Rutan

Grid Location: L-20

Sector: Atravis Sector 

Region: Outer Rim 

Terrain: Temperate Climate, vast green plains and forests.

Native Species: Rutanians

Population: More than 3 million 

Commanding Officer: Director Mya Vorne

Capital: Testa

History: Throughout their history, the people of Rutan had often been engaged in conflict with their species’ offshoot race, the Senali, who had settled on the moon of the same name. The Senali ultimately prevailed, but the conflict was so devastating that a peace agreement was forged: the firstborn children of both worlds’ rulers would be exchanged at the age of seven. When the children turned sixteen, they would return home, preventing either side from launching an attack on the other.

During the galactic civil war, the people of Senali, home to the ruling family of the Hydian Consolidated shipping company, consistently lobbied for their system to join the Empire, seeing it as an opportunity to enrich both themselves and Hydian Consolidated. However, Alliance-backed guerrilla fighters prevented this from happening, reigniting the long-standing conflict between the two worlds.

As the civil war drew to a close and the Cold War began, Ashlon Director Mya Vorne requested a meeting with Glonatan Hapenar, chairman of Hydian Consolidated. She was eager to see his prized submarines and to discuss shipping contracts in exchange for protection from pirates, as well as potential assistance with the ongoing Rutan situation.

Objective: Collaborate with the Hydian Consolidated to bring order to the region.

Recommended color palette: Olive green/Sand green grass. Of course try to work with the limitations of your collection if these are not available to you. 

Notable Locations: 

Status: Unbreached.

Fondaco crossroads - Subsidiary of the Hydian consolidated, the Fondaco Shipping Enterprise operates from this oribtal space station, comprised of asteroids acting as the main headquarters for the company.

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/l20-rutan-ae-fondaco-crossroads/#post-6387

Status: Operational

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Senali 

Grid Location: L-20

Sector: Atravis Sector 

Region: Outer Rim 

Terrain: Tropical Climate, vast oceans dotted with brighly covered islands.

Native Species: Senali (Near-Rutanians)

Population: More than 2 million 

Commanding Officer: Director Mya Vorne + Ashlon's 5th army batallion "Acklay"

Capital: Valos

History: Senali was covered in oceans except for small islands the Senalis lived on. The Senalis subsisted mainly on fish and fruit from the various scattered islands across the moon. The Senalis' trade centered culture sparked the creation of the Fondaco shipping enterprise, and later on the Hydian consolidated, a congromerate of all major shipping companies along the hydian way. Now the people of Senali help the Ashlon empire set a foothold on the system as Rutanians launch preemptive strikes on the moon. 

Objective: Collaborate with the Hydian Consolidated to bring order to the region.

Recommended color palette: Dark orange/medium nougat/nougat terrain and bright colored leaves, Of course try to work with the limitations of your collection if these are not available to you. 

Notable Locations: 

Valos  - The moon's capital sits on the largest island and houses the core of shipping operations in the region 

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/bitter-steel/#post-6229

Status: Under attack. 

Neighboring islands  - As operations progress, outposts are set up all over islands on the moon.

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/introduction-rutan/#post-5489

            https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/garrison-on-rutan/#post-5905

Status: Operational

Grid Location: L-19

Sector: Atravis Sector 

Region: Outer Rim 

Terrain: Humid Climate, dense jungles and bamboo forests, Vast underground cities.

Native Species: Shivari

Population: More than 5 million + Ashlons 8th Army Battalion "Viper"

Capital: Varshi

Commanding Officer: Captain Plui Falda

History: During the Clone Wars, Shumavar swore allegiance to the Separatists, providing countless soldiers and resources. Aware of this, the Republic launched a large-scale assault near the war’s end to neutralize the population. Though successful in its objective, the planet never truly recovered under Imperial subjugation.

Now, as remnants continue to form, Ashlon sends a diplomatic party to the planet’s surface to negotiate logging rights. But the emperor, having neglected his history, underestimates the danger. The moment they land, the Shivari behead the Imperial diplomat and his bodyguards.


Objective: Punish the insurgents and build up adequate infastructure for logging

Recommended color palette: Green/Bright green grass. Of course try to work with the limitations of your collection if these are not available to you. 

Notable Locations: 

Shivari - Shumavar’s capital is only reachable via extensive tunnels excavated by the Shivari. Any unequipped human would quickly fall victim to the countless traps laid out by the natives. The city itself is built within a massive cavern, with many stalactites overhanging the population.

Status: Unexplored.

Jungles and bamboo forests - Vast wilderness and rivers make up most of the planet's surface, after it's last spaceport was bombarded during the Clone Wars.

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/ltc-l19-shumavar-ae-jungle-expedition/#post-6256

            https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/shattered/#post-6428 

Status: Hotly contested.

Grid Location: J-21
Region: Wild Space

Terrain: Arid Climate, shallow, dusty, scrubby, sparsely-foliated canyons and gorges; littered with deserted ruins carved from sandstone rock.

Native Species: Mostly human

Population: 284.932 + Ashlons 6th Army Battalion "ghost"

Capital: Zoronhed

Commanding Officer: Commodore Tryme

History: Zonju V is a sparsely populated planet that sits at the gates of wild space. During the time of the Old Republic, the planet fell under the control of the Sith, who handed authority to a Hutt family branch that imposed a strict monarchy even after the fall of the Sith.

During the High Republic era, the people revolted, but, unable to form a functioning government, the planet quickly fell into disarray. Sith cultists known as “The Disciples of Ragnos” soon seized the opportunity, planning to reanimate the Sith Lord Ragnos using the ancient Sith ruins and shrines scattered across the barren landscape.

Acting from the shadows, they employ a swoop bike gang called the Wreckjaw Syndicate, which extorts taxes and enforces the will of the cultists. Ashlon, aware of the splinter faction’s dangerous plans, sends a task force to the planet to end the threat before it can come to fruition.


Objective: Eliminate any threat posed by the cultists and the Swoop bike gang

Recommended color palette: Tan/dark tan dirt, Nougat/medium nougat rocks. Of course try to work with the limitations of your collection if these are not available to you. 

Notable Locations: 

Zoronhed - Serving as the capital for the planet, Zoronhed was built by the sith during their occupation in cooperation with the Hutts. Large sandstone walls surround the city where most of the population now lives under sith cultist control.  

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/battle-of-zonju/#post-5600

Status: Mostly Unbreached

Sith Ruins - Scattered across the planet, these ruins are essential for the cultists plans, but no one so far seems to understand how they can be activated.

Status: Unexplored

Status: Unexplored

Wastelands - Barren landscapes make up most of Zonju V, with canyons hiding many Syndicate storehouses and sandstone fields serving as the sites of bloody open battlefields.

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/off-patrol/#post-6253

            https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/j21-zonju-v-ae-mission-on-zonju-v/#post-6023

Status: Hotly contested

Race Track - As the invasion proceeds, bored troopers built a makeshift racetrack to help pass the time using junked vehicles and confiscated swoop bikes. 

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/j21-zonju-ae-tie-racer/#post-6492

Status: Active

Grid Location: J-21
Sector: Kallea sector
Region: Outer Rim

Terrain: Tropical Rainforest Climate, lavender Forests, dense fungal Growth and blue Lakes

Native Species: Imyni

Population: Less than a Million + Ashlons 3rd Army Battalion "Rancor"

Capital: Dargyran

Commanding Officer: Captain Winchel Aurex

History: Sitting at the edge of the Rimma Trade Route and at the doorstep to Wild Space, Imynusoph has always remained outside the borders of galactic governments. Due to its remote nature, the planet has become the subject of numerous folk tales involving a secret treasure, which has led to many conflicts, the most notable of them being described in the opera The Kallea Cycle.

The high-handed nature of off-worlders has forced the seemingly peaceful and passive Imyni population to take up arms to protect their cultural heritage. The arrival of the Ashlon Empire has not helped settle things down, as the Remnant continues sending squads of troopers and mercenaries in search of any possible signs of the rumored treasure.To help fund their cause, the Empire has also subjugated the local populace to extract a stimulant drug, Tirefin, for resale to various criminal merchants across the galaxy. In order to achieve his goals, Emperor Ashlon has sent Captain Winchel Aurex, a veteran of Death Squadron and the battles of Hoth and Endor, making him a perfect fit for the task at hand. New Republic funded proxies have been trying to breach the blockade on the planet but have so far failed.

The toxis waste left from refinement of the product has been scorching the terrain and has caused magma rock and lava rivers to resurface. As foretold in Imyni sacred texts, the people are now forced to take up arms in order to restore balance to the planet.

Objective: Extract Tirefin and transport it to Terminus for smuggling across the galaxy to fund the war effort.

Recommended color palette: Lavanders/violettes and shades of purple, dark green/ bright green for the grass, Dark tan/brown terrain.Of course try to work with the limitations of your collection if these are not available to you. 

Notable Locations: 

Dargyran Temple - Sitting at the heart of the capital access to the temple has been severaly limited by the occupying Battallion, but rebellious natives have still been using the extensive catacomb network as meeting points to plan their attacks.  

Status: Still Operational 

Outskirt Villages - The Imyni are divided into several tribes using concentrated areas of fungal growth as villages. Countless  have been destroyed as revolts against the slavery continue but many still stand in the more dense jungle of the central hemisphere.

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/postid/4903/

Status: Largely destroyed but still present

Imperial Refinery - The bulk of the mining has been taking place on the southern hemisphere of the planet where large pockets of Tirefin are buried under ground, this has lead to the construction of an extensive refinery in the region. 

Status: Still Operational 

Relay Station - To better plan their occupation, the Ashlon Empire has constructed a relay station just outside of the capital. 

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/base-on-imynusoph/#post-5524

Status: Still Operational

Power Station - The large mining operations on the planet have required the construction of a large thermal power station utilizing resurfacing lava rivers. The importance of the site has made it a prime target for insurgents.

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/the-sabotage/#post-6679

Status: Ground Crew currently held hostage

Scattered Outposts - Several outposts have been built to mantain operations in check.

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/postid/4905/

Status: Several Under attack

Jungle Regions - The entangled array of jungle trees that characterize the planet have made ideal locations for the Imyni to ambush troopers 

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/postid/5513/

             https://swfactions.net/community/postid/4518/

Status: Hotly contested

Space Stations and Blockade - The Chronos orbital space station serves as a main shipping hub of Tirefin for Imynusoph as it makes it way to Terminus and into the wider galaxy. 

Builds: https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/indomitable-spirit/

Status: Still operational

Grid Location: R-17
Sector: Arkanis sector
Region: Outer Rim

Terrain: Ocean, rocky islands, mountains

Places of interest: ARGO Industries headquarters

ARGO Industries maintains a significant presence on Arkanis, serving as a crucial hub for many of the company’s operations. While the primary headquarters are located on Siskeen, the Arkanis hub functions as a secondary headquarters, overseeing much of ARGO’s logistics, production, and resource management. Key subsidiaries like Exocorp Nutritech and Dargos Protein operate large-scale facilities on the planet, with ARGO Transit managing a vast network of transportation routes from this strategic location. Arkanis’ proximity to important trade lanes makes it a vital center for ARGO’s business, ensuring smooth operations across the galaxy. The planet has become essential to the company’s overall stability, especially as uncertainties loom over the communications blackout from Siskeen.

Builds:

Freedom is Never Free

Rotten to the Bone

The Backyard

The Pier

Cargo Hold

GR-75 Corellian Gunship

Spear Fisher

The Fish Market

The Sleeping Room

Fisherman's Friend

"Hey, Lore, you got anything going on?"
"Got a routine run to Siskeen for a shipment of rock wart eggs. Could do it in my sleep."

―Han Solo and Avik Lore

Grid Location: R-17
Sector: Hunnovers sector
Region: Outer Rim

Siskeen

Terrain: Tundra, marsh, desert, rocky mountains and canyons, ocean, industrial

Places of interest: ARGO Industries headquarters, ArgoSec headquarters, ARGO Industries research facility, The Siskeen Station

ARGO Industries’ presence on Siskeen is marked by its remote and somewhat secretive nature, making it an ideal location for the company’s primary headquarters and more discreet operations. Siskeen houses ARGO’s most confidential research facilities, where the development of experimental technologies, synthetic proteins, and advanced biotech is carried out away from prying eyes. The planet is also home to ARGOSec, the company’s private security division, which ensures that sensitive projects and assets remain well-protected. While other ARGO subsidiaries, such as Dargos Protein and Aquadyne Seafood, maintain decentralized headquarters elsewhere, Siskeen serves as the command center for high-level decision-making and strategic planning, providing the company with a controlled and isolated environment to pursue its more secretive ventures. This remoteness has also allowed ARGO to operate with a level of secrecy that has recently come into question due to the unexplained communication blackout from the planet.

Builds

• Ticket to Purgatory
• Siskeen Station
• Corporate Divide
• Flushed Out
• Replacements

Kaer

Type: Gas Giant
Places of interest: Kaer Station

Kaer was a massive gas giant in the Siskeen system of the Hunnoverrs sector, its swirling atmosphere a chaotic blend of dark yellow, green, and stormy grays. Towering storms churned endlessly across its surface, creating massive bands of turbulence visible from orbit. Rich in Tibanna gas, Kaer’s atmosphere was both a source of wealth and a dangerous frontier, with unpredictable winds and pressure zones that could tear apart unshielded vessels.

Builds

• Independent Supply

Olanet

Type: Terrestrial
Climate: Tundra, grassy hills, and rocky highlands

"We're making a catering delivery. People eat all hours of the day on Denon."

— Sakhet, a noodle vendor, explaining a delivery run to Luke Skywalker and Nakari Kelen

Grid Location: N-13
Sector: Iseno sector
Region: Inner Rim

Terrain: Temperate, planetwide urban sprawl with seas, lakes, rivers, and canals
Description: Denon is an ancient ecumenopolis, second only to Coruscant. Situated on the crossroads of the Corellian Run and the Hydian Way trade routes, Denon grew its wealth from galactic trade. Its people have a strong cultural identity and it is reflected not only in their way of life but the way the planetwide city has been planned and maintained. During the days of the High Republic, shipbuilding corporation Haelos Star Yards established Denon as its corporate headquarters and entered a symbiotic relationship with the planet and its people. During the Empire, both came under control of Imperial regional governors and as a result Denonians opted independence when offered to join the New Republic.

Lore: Coming soon...

Notable people:

• Maximillian Veers, Imperial General, 44 BBY – present
• Pedrin Gaul, Alliance Pilot, 25 BBY – 1 BBY, died at the Battle of Scarif
• Jani Pryce, scoundrel, 21 BBY – present
• Margearie Tabron, rogue aristocrat, 18 BBY – present

Planet map:

Builds

• Tabestan Opera House
• Begardam Hotel

Faction Presence

Haelos Star Yards
IP: 94 
Locations: Var-Haelos HSY Planetary Campus, Entertainment District, HSY Orbital Facilities
Builds
Yksi-1 Orbital Space Station
Visii-5 Orbital Station
The Ancient Shipwrights

"It's a sort of crossroads, the kind of spot where everyone is too busy with their own business and secrets to worry too much about yours."

— Rebel Spy

Grid Location: G-15
Sector: Trilon sector
Region: Outer Rim

Terrain: Temperate, rolling hills, forests, bluffs, petrified trees, low-tech settlements
Description: Batuu was once a thriving stop for traders and travelers before advancements in lightspeed technology. Now its lush forests and majestic mountain regions are known only to those who dare to venture this far into the Outer Rim. Smugglers and rogues peddle their wares among the towering remains of petrified trees while the locals cook up exotic dishes and spin tales of ancient settlers long forgotten.
Lore:
The Liberation of Tabanna

Builds

• https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/ep1-catb-boarding-house/

Faction Presence

Followers of the Force
IP: 
Locations: Tabanna
Builds
https://swfactions.net/community/season-iii/ep1-catb-boarding-house/