- "Over the next twenty-four hours, the planet Fedovoi End will be rendered uninhabitable. The Yomo Council will die with the territory it usurped."
- ―Soran Keize
Fedovoi End, or Fedovoi, was a planet in the Inner Rim Territories and Trailing Sectors occupied by the Yomo Council, a breakaway faction from the Galactic Empire following its defeat at the Battle of Endor. While primarily a military outpost, Fedovoi End was home to half a million troops and their families. As the Yomo Council committed actions that the Imperial loyalists saw as treasonous, including refusing to follow the orders of Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing was sent to destroy Fedovoi End in a renewed Operation: Cinder campaign.
After Colonel Soran Keize announced the unit's intentions to destroy Fedovoi End and eliminate the leaders of the Yomo Council, inviting any other former Imperials to abandon the planet and join them, the 204th shattered areas of Fedovoi End's polar ice caps, opening up gas pockets and slowly poisoning the planet's atmosphere. After the New Republic became aware of Fedovoi End's destruction, General Hera Syndulla intended to reroute starships she had left in the Nythlide Array to look for survivors on the planet.
Description[]
- "Send the order to move in. The escorts will take position near the moons. Commander Broosh will lead the TIEs into the atmosphere."
- ―Soran Keize, to the bridge crew of the Yadeez
A terrestrial planet[3] in the Inner Rim Territories[1] and Trailing Sectors,[2] Fedovoi End,[3] or simply Fedovoi, was situated at the coordinates M-14 on the Standard Galactic Grid.[1] It appeared brown and green from space and was orbited by three rose-colored moons. The planet was situated in the same region as the planets Dybbron III and Kortatka, and together the three worlds formed a near-straight line of travel. Fedovoi End possessed an atmosphere and polar ice caps that held pockets of toxic gases beneath the ice sheets.[3]
History[]
Remnant of the Empire[]
- "This is Colonel Soran Keize of the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing and the carrier Yadeez. In response to the Yomo Council's treasonous actions—its defiance of Grand Admiral Sloane's order to direct assets to the D'Aelgoth sector, its refusal to acknowledge the Empire's rightful regent on Coruscant, and its alliance with the Shiortuun Syndicate, among others—we have been sent to bring retribution to your world."
- ―Soran Keize
The Battle of Endor (pictured) was such a loss to the Galactic Empire the regime began to fracture, leading to rebellious factions like the Yomo Council of Fedovoi End.
During the Imperial Era, Fedovoi End was under the control of the Galactic Empire. Following the Empire's defeat at the Battle of Endor[3] in 4 ABY,[4] a number of factions broke away from the Imperial forces. One such faction, the Yomo Council, whose leaders included Governor Brashan and General Tuluh, took control of Fedovoi End. The Yomo Council refused to cooperate with the Imperial loyalists, defying the orders of Grand Admiral Rae Sloane.[3]
In 5 ABY,[5] as a result of the Yomo Council's actions, seen as treason by the loyalists, Fedovoi End became a target in a renewed Operation: Cinder—a campaign to destroy numerous worlds first undertaken by the Empire after the Battle of Endor—with the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing, led by Colonel Soran Keize, sent to destroy the planet and eliminate the Yomo Council. The 204th's bulk freighter Yadeez and its escorts positioned above Fedovoi End, defeating the heavy firepower that the Yomo Council sent toward them. Keize informed the Yomo Council of the planet's imminent destruction and urged any inhabitants not loyal to their superiors to abandon Fedovoi End. The Yomo Council did not reply to Keize's message, instead powering their defenses' ion cannons.[3]
Death of a world[]
- "We haven't received word on the status of Fedovoi End, but we can only assume Shadow Wing has come and gone. At last count, Fedovoi End housed half a million troops and their families. It was primarily a military outpost, it's true—but we haven't seen slaughter of this sort since Operation Cinder."
"The Empire is eating its own."
"Yes. The loyalists have gone to war with the breakaway factions—civilians caught in the cross fire be damned." - ―Hera Syndulla and New Republic pilot Chass na Chadic
The fractured Galactic Empire was at war with itself in 5 ABY, with the Yomo Council and loyalist Imperials clashing at Fedovoi End.
The 204th's TIE fighters, led by Commander Teso Broosh, moved into Fedovoi End's atmosphere. They were originally directed toward Fedovoi End's capital to eliminate the planetary defenses, but under a suggestion from Lieutenant Yrica Quell—a former 204th pilot who had returned from New Republic service with the intent of assisting in the destruction of the fighter wing—Keize instead ordered the starfighters to take the riskier approach of heading directly for the planet's polar regions, where they bombed the ice caps, releasing the gases that had been held within. As the TIEs continued to bombard the ice caps, the atmosphere of Fedovoi End was gradually poisoned and its population eventually succumbed to the toxic gases.[3]
A number of the planet's inhabitants, including Major Njock, escaped its destruction by accepting Keize's offer and joining the Imperial loyalists. Three days after Fedovoi End's devastation, the New Republic discovered a recording of Keize's message, learning of the planet's fate. New Republic General Hera Syndulla intended to reroute starships that she had left in the Nythlide Array under Major Jaun to look for survivors at Fedovoi End.[3]
Inhabitants[]
- "To the rest of the inhabitants of this world, I offer a choice. Once, you were Imperials—not in name alone, as now, but in heart and hierarchy. You can be so again, but only if you accept the demise of your disloyal superiors and the planet you now occupy."
- ―Soran Keize
Though Fedovoi End was primarily an Imperial military outpost, it was home to over half a million troops and their families. Prior to destroying the planet, Keize believed that some of the former Imperials on Fedovoi End would be willing to abandon the planet, but that others would be incapable of doing so or refuse to leave Fedovoi End or join the Imperial loyalists for various reasons. Ultimately, some of the inhabitants did abandon the Yomo Council, but the remainder of the population fell victim to the planet's destruction.[3]
Locations[]
- "The TIEs are going straight to the capital?"
"Simplest to eliminate the planetary defenses before turning to the real work." - ―Yrica Quell and Soran Keize
Fedovoi End had a capital that was armed with planetary defenses, as well as military bases and other population centers. However, the planet's population was small enough that its military bases were few in number.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Fedovoi End appeared in the 2021 novel Victory's Price, written by Alexander Freed.[3]
Appearances[]
- Victory's Price (First appearance, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Victory's Price audiobook
Sources[]
- Star Wars Galaxy Map
SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars Galaxy Map
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxy Map places Fedovoi End in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as Trailing Sectors.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 Victory's Price
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ The events of Victory's Price begin after the Cerberon system campaign, and the novel also features the Battle of Jakku at the end of its three main sections. Since Star Wars: Timelines dates both of those conflicts to 5 ABY, the main events of Victory's Price must therefore be set in that year.