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| - When Areltsi declared war on the Nulvarl Empire, Trivas knew that keeping the a base on Sterex hidden would be the perfect fall back point in case the Areltsi Coalition won the war. He commissioned a hidden base deep in the mountains and kept its location secret to all but his most trusted Chiss officers. Neither Jorell nor the Sterexi authorities knew of its existence. The result was known as Pinnacle Base due to its high altitude location among the mountains. When Trivas had a daughter, Eliana, he sent her to this base and faked her death. He did not realize that this base would become her home for the next 22 years. After Jorell betrayed Trivas and forced him to flee from Nulvar, he sent his trusted friend and second in command, Repness to oversee the base and his daughter. Repness kept the base hidden as long as possible, but Sterexi farmers discovered the installation and reported it to their authorities. He managed to negotiate a peace when an army assembled in the plains below the base and the Sterexi became friends with the Chiss soldiers there. Trade and technological advancements flowed to and from the base and a small city was founded near it. When the Ni'novian Empire defeated Jorell and Trivas established the Nymean Ascendancy, he returned officially to the planet to ask if it would join. The government of Sterex were hesitant at first, but with Repness assuring them that Trivas was not a harsh dictator and that he was a fair and honorable Chiss, they relented. Pinnacle Base remained as the secret location of Trivas' daughter, but other bases were build on the planet. During the Galaxial War, the angry Jedi Master Uvilan Naith attacked the planet with a Star Destroyer and killed all but two of the base's personnel. He sent Repness back to Trivas with a message that he had captured his daughter and wanted to meet him for a final duel. Pinnacle Base was rebuilt, but now has a Sterexi garrison instead of a Chiss one.
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