Sirpar

An arid, heavy-gravity world, Sirpar is used by the Empire as a training outpost for Imperial Army soldiers. The large planet has a wide variety of terrain but possesses no valuable natural resources, and is protected by three orbiting defensive satellites. Many training centers dot the surface, including the Arctic Environments Combat Range at the north pole and the Deep Oceans Operations Camp in the tropical seas. Sirpar's equatorial continent is covered with a thick muddy jungle, and the planet's main starport is located on an equatorial island. Sirpar is also the homeworld of the timid Eklaad, quadrupedal aliens possessing prehensile snouts and covered with tough armored hides. Sirpar's 1.5 million Eklaad live in tribes ruled by hereditary chieftains, and have not advanced beyond stone-age technology. Once, the Eklaad had a planetwide Council of Chieftains, but that ruling body has not convened since the arrival of the Imperial Army. [SWAJ]