Background: Located in an impenetrable cosmic dust
cloud ominously referred to as the Cloak of the Sith, easily
navigable routes to Roon had long been lost. Even the
most complete accounts, located in the Baobab Archives
on Manda, were sketchy at best, and the lockdown of
information following the rise of the Galactic Empire
seemed to seal Roon's fate as a planet lost to history. This
was fine to native Roonians; the planet was largely selfsufficient and plentiful in resources.
Surrounded by a lethal ring of asteroids and meteors,
Roon was located in an Outer Rim Territories system of the
same name. Other notable planets in the Roon system
included the searing rock planet of Kaloo (which was
moonless) and the barren rock world Iqoon (which had
two moons).
Like nearby Ryloth, Roon only rotated on its axis once
every orbit around the sun, rendering one side constantly
bright and the other side constantly dark. Unlike Ryloth,
however, the lit side of the world was not scorching, nor
was the dark side frigid; this phenomenon may be due to
cloud cover, or an extensive ozone layer. Whatever the
reason, Roon long served as a staging point for spice
smugglers coming from Ryloth.
The way to Roon was rediscovered by explorer and
treasure-hunter Mungo Baobab. In a move typical of his
derring-do, Baobab followed the mysterious annual
rainbow comet, a phenomenon that led him successfully
through the Cloak of the Sith and near enough so that
liberated prisoner Noop Yeldarb could guide him the
remainder of the way. This became the Baobab Merchant
Fleet-established Manda-Roon Merchant Route, a
replacement for the near-suicidal, Twi'lek-charted Death
Wind Corridor connected to Ryloth.