| abstract | - Relaea (pronounced /rɛˈleɪ/) was the fourth planet orbiting the binary star composed of the K-type main sequence stars Relius Prime and Relius II in the Relaea system of the Unknown Regions. The sole habitable world in the system apart from Rao, it developed no sentient life, which led to it being ignored by the nearby Rakata civilization, though the race did use the planet for weapons testing. After the Rakatan Infinite Empire shattered and fell some time around 27,500 BBY, Relaea was forgotten by the organization's successors. In 3,655 BBY, Relaea was rediscovered by Galactic Republic personnel from their outpost in the Lehon system a mere three light-years away, but remained uncolonized due to the winds of the planet, which could reach speeds of 450 km/h and were a result of the temperature differences caused by the slow rotation of the planet. Being a world with conditions inhospitable to Humans and not having large deposits of metals, it was generally ignored, though an outpost was built into a mountain to study the climate and geology of the planet. After this establishment was abandoned in 3,651 BBY, Relaea became uninhabited once again. Millennia later, in 8 ABY, a newly formed Imperial splinter faction, the Empire of the Hand, colonized the planet in an effort to provide minerals for the war machine. The only major settlement, Relaea City, was constructed on a plateau surrounded by peaks to shield it from the winds, while a network of underground tunnels, mines and facilities were drilled into the crust. In 15 ABY, a civil war took place on the planet between Imperial loyalists and those seeking separation, which ended with an Imperial victory. Following the merging of the Empire of the Hand into the Fel Empire, the new rulers abandoned the system, evacuating most of the inhabitants, and the inhabitants that chose to stay had to survive on their own.
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