Astronavigation Data: Kuat system, Kuat sector,

Core Worlds
Orbital Metrics: 322 days per year/20 hours per
day
Government: Aristocracy
Population: 3,600,000,000 (80% Human, 20%
other)
Languages: Basic, Kuati
Terrain: Plains, forests
Major Cities: Kuat City
Areas of Interest: Gardens of Tralala, Nebula Due to the planet's geopolitical significance, its
Orchid, Tekshar Falls defenses were formidable. Guarded by a significant
ground-based garrison along with a large Imperial
Major Exports: Civilian and military starships, fleet, its defenses were considered nearly
luxury goods, alcohol, art, food impenetrable, with a large percentage directed
Major Imports: Electronics, machinery, raw towards space combat.
materials
Trade Routes: Hydian Way
Background: Kuat was a vital shipbuilding and
industrial planet located in the Kuat system of the
galaxy's Core Worlds region. Known for the
prestigious Kuat Drive Yards corporation and its Kuat Drive Yards, or KDY, was the largest
large shipyards, the planet notably produced military shipbuilding corporation in the galaxy
warships for both the Galactic Republic and at the time of the Galactic Civil War, based on
Galactic Empire. Kuat.

Kuat was a standard terrestrial planet of clouds,
water, and land. Unlike other planets in the galaxy,
a single, large man-made ring circled its equator.
Serving as Kuat Drive Yard's legendary shipyards,
the ring appeared to galactic citizenry as an
immense scaffold in space, bridged and augmented
with enormous habitats and machinery. Inside the
scaffolding existed the skeletons of ships and other
craft, with tiny bright dots drifting to and from the
ships under construction with the habitats of the
station. The orbital ring had a total inhabitable area
of less than three hundred thousand square
kilometers, thus making its livable space smaller
than a typical planetary substation.
Kuat Drive Yards mainly sold its products to
the Galactic Empire, and the Galactic Republic
previously. Many Kuat products could be
found in TIE Fighters, armored fighting
vehicles such as AT-STs and AT-ATs, Star
Destroyers, and other military vehicles. Kuat
Drive Yards did not sell only to the Imperials,
however; many planetary governments
purchased its weapons for the purposes of
defending their planet from the war. These
circumstances helped to make Kuat Drive
Yards one of the most famous corporations in
the galaxy.