Windwhistle

Windwhistle is an isolated agricultural colony on the outskirts of the Savarkar Sector.

Considered remote and out of the way even by Outer Rim standards, Windwhistle was settled by a group of two hundred colonists from Disentis who were offered free transportation to a new world after the Imperial Navy confiscated their farmland to use as an orbital defense facility.

The colonists arrived twenty years ago and are almost completely cut off from the rest of the Sector except for the occasional visit from an Imperial patrol vessel and tramp freighters bringing supplies or taking away trade goods. Due to their small numbers, the colonists rely heavily on agricultural droids, so droid fuel and spare parts are in great demand. The colonists live in and around a small settlement which goes by the name of Windwhistle town. The settlement is located between rolling hills on the windward coast of a small, mountainous island in the planet's southern hemisphere.

Most of the planet is considered unsuitable for long term inhabitation due to the high velocity winds that buffet its surface and give it its name, but a local weather anomaly makes the colony island suitable for settlement, although the winds are still stronger than most visitors are used to, especially during dusk and dawn. The vast majority's surface is unexplored but it is extremely diverse, with mountains, glaciers, forests, hills and vast open plains.

A year ago, the smuggler Karit Isood crashed her ship, the Exit Clause, on Windwhistle while investigating a mysterious facility defended by automated missile defense systems and droids. She was rescued by the crew of the Saucy Mare, but not before her first mate, Kit Toms, died.

Windwhistle also served as the rallying point for smugglers escaping the Adjani system following the Battle of Adjani.

The colonists of Windwhistle are locally famous for their barn dances, held every Friday night at their cantina.