RP Aid (Where the Force Is Strong: Chu'unthor)

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From the pages of Star Wars Roleplaying Games: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook.

Chu'unthor
Durning the height of the Old Republic, the Jedi Temple on Coruscant was the site for the early trainning of most Jedi who entered the Order. It wasn't the only such facility, however--training every Jedi from throughout the galaxy on the same planet would have been impractical. The Jedi Council knew that Jedi should be open-minded, possesing a broad wealth of experiences to better serve as impartial guardians and arbitrators. To introduce aspiring Jedi to culture and planet from around the galaxy, the Jedi Council commissioned the vast trainning ship Chu'unthor from Republic Fleet Systems some four hundred years before the rise of the Empire.

History
Chu'unthor (a Cerean word meaning simply "academy") was constructed in orbit around the Mid Rim world of Abhean, where Republic Fleet Systems maintained a large shipyard. Indeed, the specifications for this mobile Jedi academy were so great that Abhean had the only facilities capable of handling them. Other shipyards were devoted primarily to the construction of corporate vessels, which grew in size commensurate with the power of the corporations that sponsored them. According to the specifications, Chu'unthor had room to house fourteen thousand Jedi students, teachers, and accompanying support staff.
This immense vessel was the brain child of a handful of forward-thinking Jedi Masters. Cheif amoung them were Fin-So-Rowan, a Cerean, and Ivixa Delbaeth, a Human. They beleived it vital that Jedi--both Masters and apprentices--keep pace with changes sweeping through the Republic. Much has changed since the days of the Great Hyperspace Wars and the ascendancy of the Sith Empire. The Republic encompassed the bulk of the galaxy, and it's supremacy went unchallenged except by scattered bands of seperatist and malcontents. This situation led to complacencty in the Senate, the population at large, and even the Jedi Order. Instead of pushing back the boundries of ignorance and overcoming fear of the unknown, the Republic was content to rest on its laurels.
Fin-So-Rowan and Delbaeth knew that this attitude might one day spell disaster for the Republic. They rightly felt that the Republic--and the Jedi along with it--must constantly advance, questing to improve itself and its citizens by fither exploration and contact with new worlds and new species. With the approval of the Jedi council, Chu'uthor was builtas an antidote to the Order's own complacency. Conceived as a mobile training center and exploration vessel, the ship was intended to travel throughout the Republic and beyond on missions of peace. Launching an experiment of grand proportions, the Council considered building additional vessels like it if Chu'untor proved as successful in its missions as its promoters suggested.
For the first century of its existance, Chu'unthor was indeed a success. In hundreds of exercise and training rooms, Padawans learned the ways of the Jedi. They sat at the feet of Masters who instilled in them the Jedi Code. More important, they gained first hand experience of the worlds and species of the Republic, witnessing their diversity and unique strengths. Along the way, the ship and it's crew discovered even more planets and peoples never before encountered by the Republic. After generations of self-satisfied insularity. Chu'unthor proved a remarkable undertaking, injecting much-needed energy into the ailing Republic.
Despite its obvious successes, Chu'unthor remained one of a kind. The Jedi Council did not authorize the creation of another training vessel of such size, arguing that it was unnecessary, especially with the declining number of Force-sensitives entering the ranks of the Order. Though that decision disapointed Fin-So-Rowan and Delbaeth, Chu'unthor continued its work. The ship occasionally drew the attention of galactic media for its exploits, such as the negotiation of a truce on Qualtrough and first contact with the Elathan. Chu'unthor also produced powerful Jedi, such as Easal Mar and Ainvar ul-Esca.
Shortly after marking one hundred years in service, Chu'unthor made contact with the remote world of Dathomir. Some of the planet's inhabitants had mastered a unique attunement of the Force. These so-called "Force witches" were the descendants of a fallen Jedi named Allya, who lived in exile on the planet after her expulsion from the Jedi Order. A serries of catastophic malfunctions the ship suffered when it was in orbit caused Chu'unthor to crash into a tar pit on Dathomir. The Force witches and the Rancorsthey controlled surrounded the vessel and threatened to harm its passengers.
A team of Jedi lead by Master Yoda arrived to rescue the passengers and negotiate with their captors, At first, the Dathomiri refused to aquiesce to the Jedi Order. However, Yoda's willingness to save the life of a young witch named Kell bridged the gap between them. The Force witches agreed to free the pasangers on two conditions: Chu'unthor and its contents would be left behind on Dathomir, and the Republic would never again visit their world. Yoda agreed, but only after asking Kell to hide the vessels storehouse of reader tapes. She pledged to hold them until, as foretold by Yoda, a young Jedi came to Dathomir and freed the planet form the control of the Nightsisters, a group of Force witches who had turned to evil.
Kell agreed to Yoda's request and protected the reader tapes, which contained vast amounts of information on Jedi training and disciplines. Because the republic never again visited Dathomir, the tapes were saved from the Jedi Purge instituted by Palpatine and his New order.

A map of Chu'unthor from Star Wars Roleplaying Game: Power of the Jedi Sourcebook
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