Taif

A remote system in the Savarkar Sector, Taif is located at the very edge of the Galactic Rim. Home to an extremely bright white star, Taif has never been thoroughly mapped by either Imperial or Republic astrogators, chiefly due to its distance from established hyperspace routes and lack of economic or strategic potential. Long-range astro monitoring suggests that the Taif star is highly unstable, although the exact nature of its instability and the radiation released is unknown.

Taif is home to only one inhabitable planet. When the Empiricist was disabled in the system due to a starquake and ensuing mutiny, it was forced to crash on the planet. The survivors split into two factions based on their allegiance to the Republic and the Empire, forming the Taif Republic and the Taif Imperials. Marooned on Taif, the two factions have been fighting a guerilla war for the last fifty years.