Sura Sindo

Sura Sindo is a moon in the Wild Regions of the galaxy, orbiting a large gas giant. Almost all of its surface is covered by water, with the exception of a smattering of small volcanic islands and atolls.

History
In the time of the Old Republic, a Sith Lord named Alashaa Sanu built a superweapon called the All-Furnace into the core of Sura Sindo. Though the Jedi Order thwarted her schemes and believed they had defeated her, they could not destroy the All-Furnace due to the presence of a sentient species on the moon (which Sanu had anticipated as part of her plan). The Jedi relocated the moon to the Wild Regions and concealed its existence from the galaxy at large. It is likely that the remaining dark energy of the All-Furnace affected the evolution of Sura Sindo's inhabitants and eventually led to their inability to leave the moon without rapidly wasting away.

According to Zernvik Akawoi, Sura Sindo was the site of Damasa Kovani's first mission as a Jedi Knight. Something went very wrong in the course of this mission and she frequently talked to Zernvik about wanting a second chance to do things right there. For this reason, Zernvik believed Damasa may have gone to Sura Sindo after she stopped responding to messages from the Jedi Council in 26 BBY. The PCs later learned that "something wrong" had involved Damasa's introduction to the Sindonese, the death of her apprentice Deep Light, and the Jedi Council's refusal to train the Sindonese in the Force or to allow Damasa to remain involved with them.

The PCs found Sura Sindo's coordinates in fragmentary files taken from the Jedi Archives and stored on the Citadel. According to these files, the Jedi Council had standing orders to send a Jedi Knight to Sura Sindo every 50 years and report back on what they found there. The PCs erased this information after they downloaded it.

Current Status
In the present day, Sura Sindo appears to be largely uncivilized and uninhabited apart from Avernus, a settlement of a few hundred residents that has existed for a few hundred years on the moon's largest dry land mass (the crater of an extinct volcano). Avernus is an effectively lawless pirate outpost dominated by the Mechanics' Guild, a union of about 20 outlaw techs who make their living modifying spaceships in ways that are frowned upon by the galaxy at large. It is home to a diverse array of eccentric individuals including:
 * Curo Varnas, a Togruta who owns an open-air market renting out stalls to vendors (now an ally of Nomi Amersu)
 * Krune, a Quarren scavenger who spends his leisure time combing the beach for hallucinogenic oysters
 * Rik Randar, a human man who dresses like a weird hybrid of a pirate and a bureaucrat and claims to have lived in Avernus for 35 years
 * Sierra, a female-presenting clone trooper who holds a monopoly on public HoloNet access, which she rents out for exorbitant hourly fees in her cafe
 * Talanis, a female Chiss who is a leader in the Mechanics' Guild
 * Vocho, a young male Hutt who is the proprietor of a fancy hotel
 * A troupe of pit droids who put on acrobatic performances in the street; may or may not be in league with local pickpockets



Sura Sindo's waters are teeming with aquatic life, though there do not appear to be any animals larger than insects inhabiting the land masses. An intelligent octopus-like species known as the Sindonese lives in the ocean; according to Damasa, all of them are Force-sensitive to some degree. The PCs have gotten to know one Sindonese, Green Coral, fairly well. Somi Amersu also met another older one, Middle Current, who displayed aggressive behavior toward her and apparently has some training in Force powers including Foresee.