Zoph

Zoph is an isolated planet on the Outer Rim. Vic Dantor ran a mining operation on the planet, prospecting for rare crystals, until it was disrupted by Master Quiet and Vesper Syl'tine who claimed to be acting on behalf of the Jedi Order. Vic went looking for answers after his employees refused to return to the site, and as far as he knows the mining camp has been abandoned ever since.

According to files Vic stole from the Jedi Temple which are in the process of being decrypted by Ori Dantor, the Jedi have been involved with Zoph for a thousand years or more. Over the course of the past two decades, several Jedi including Master Quiet and his padawan Nimm Sato, Zernvik Akawoi, and Damasa Kovani have visited Zoph for unknown reasons. In Damasa's case, she took a sample of something and reported to the Jedi Council that the status of the planet was unchanged.

A crystal from Zoph was incorporated into the artifact.

Master Quiet claimed that Vic's mining camp was actually the location of a vergence in the Force which had been used for initiations in the days of the Old Republic. The Force-sensitive PCs all felt strongly that they needed to enter the vergence (Reevo Tetsu did not feel this way). Efnir Kis felt equally strongly that Master Quiet had to be prevented from entering.