The Black Sands of Socorro

The Black Sands of Socorro
Attribution information
Author(s)	Patricia A. Jackson
Illustrator(s)	Joel Carroll Storn Cook Jerome De Crotie
Editor(s)	Bill Smith
Publication information
Publisher	West End Games
Publication date	June 1997
Type	Paperback
ISBN	0874315034

The Black Sands of Socorro is a supplement to Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game published by West End Games. It was written by Patricia A. Jackson and was first published in 1997.

The book was written from an in-universe perspective, and provided information on the Outer Rim planet Socorro and the rest of the Socorro system. The author attempts to create an Arabian-like ambience for the locations and characters encountered on the planet.

From the publisher

A frontier world far from the tyranny of the Empire, Socorro offers opportunity, wealth—and danger!

Travel the Doaba Badlands, learn the secrets of the infamous Black Bha'lir smuggling coalition... explore a world as distinctive as its unforgettable ebony surface.

Contents

• Prologue
• Chapter One: Socorro
• Chapter Two: Symbiotic Economics
• Chapter Three: Soco-Jarel Spaceport
• Chapter Four: Vakeyya: A City on the Edge
• Chapter Five: The Wilderness
• Chapter Six: The Black Bha'lir
• Chapter Seven: Cjaalysce'I
• Chapter Eight: Abdi-Badawzi, Monarch of the Sands
• Chapter Nine: Security Addendum: Saadoon-Kauldi's criminal empire
• Chapter Ten: Neftali
• Scout's Addendum: Swoopchasing!
• Story Starters
• Epilogue

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Abdi-Badawzi Gial Ackbar Hhalyia Ahsane (First mentioned) Drexler Ambar (First mentioned) Keturah Ambar (First mentioned) Karl Mathieu Ancher Toob Ancher Leniel Beal (First mentioned) Aquato Boliscon (First mentioned) Vance Caelli (First mentioned) Lando Calrissian Nikaede Celso Cjaalysce (First mentioned) Jobany Cyrs (First mentioned) Kirr Cyrs (First mentioned) Brii'n Dalei (First mentioned) Chase DeVitt (First mentioned) Iann Doaba (First mentioned) Feyyaz Ferdusi (First mentioned) Boba Fett Arner Figgis Sordu Gogg (First mentioned) Grenal (First mentioned) Guzald (First mentioned) Elias Halbert Izzat (First mentioned) Jabba Desilijic Tiure Jengus (First mentioned) Wryk Jobones (First mentioned) Kael (First mentioned) Talon Karrde S'oelle Khiss (First mentioned) Kuykenda (First mentioned)

Memcha-Badawzi Rondale Merced (First mentioned) (Also as "Lee Merced") Erland Merich (First mentioned) Oceke (First mentioned) Tully Owens (First mentioned) Palpatine Tahji Panagakos (First mentioned) Drake Paulsen Kaine Paulsen Blizz Pinnix Rakikta (First mentioned) Tait Ransom Fenn Rizaar (First mentioned) Idris Ro (First mentioned) Thaddeus Ross Saadoon-Kauldi Squig Uth Sulrowe (First mentioned) Pret Swain (First mentioned) Syychi (First mentioned) Jeoff Tevez (First mentioned) Semler Tevez (First mentioned) Tiranga (First mentioned) Tra'Parr'Sratt Trauger (First mentioned) Armennion Ullgusta (First mentioned) Benoni Ulte (First mentioned) Unidentified would-be bounty hunter Secles Uslopos Ana Vitorrian (First mentioned) Trep Winterrs Xim Zalizar Zudii (First mentioned)

Organisms

Bantha Bha'lir (First mentioned) D'oemir bear (First mentioned) Dianoga Dinko Druyza (First mentioned) Guda fish (First mentioned) Insect Chiru (First mentioned) M'onnok Mariqar snow q'lk

Modrol Mutriok (First mentioned) Mynock Olai (First mentioned) Rancor Ronto Sarlacc Tailring (First mentioned) Tra'cor (First mentioned) Water beetle

Droid models

Analysis droid Maintenance droid (as repair droid) Medical droid Probe droid (as probe drone) Protocol droid J-9SB (First mentioned) Security droid Sentry droid Service droid (as serving droid)

Events

Cjaalysce'I 500 (First mentioned) Cordel Cove Winter Carnival (First mentioned) Destruction of Alderaan Dissolution of the Imperial Senate Saadoon-Kauldi's anti-slaver campaign (First mentioned) Massacre on the galleon Rescue at the Imperial garbage scow The Bazaar (First mentioned) Triple Crown (First mentioned)

Locations

Alderaan Arapia system Arapia Coyn Duunir Garos IV Inner Rim Iyred Kashyyyk Najiba Byzal Canyon Children of Najiba Surma (First mentioned) Nar Shaddaa Omman Minor system (as Omman system) Omman Minor (as Omman) Meril Power Station Naked Hutt Cantina (First mentioned) Ottega sector Ottega system Outer Rim Territories Socorro system Sokor Neftali Bay of Fflus (First mentioned) Beija (First mentioned) Beija Major Sea (First mentioned) Beija Minor Sea (First mentioned) Cordel Cove Ambar's Big Game, Tackle, and Gear Shop (First mentioned) Cordel Cove Hostel (First mentioned) Jhunia Snow Plains Keturah's Point (First mentioned) Orane Mountain (First mentioned) Yiuli Mountains (First mentioned) Yiulimar Ice Fjords (First mentioned) Socorro Doaba Badlands (First mentioned) Adsila Rifts (First mentioned) (Also as "Adsila Ridges") Asilyr Tribal Lands (First mentioned) Badawzi Fortress (First mentioned) Bharhulai Tribal Lands (First mentioned) Cjaalysce'I (First mentioned) Cjaalysce'I starport (First mentioned) Swain Import/Export Emporium (First mentioned) Ibhaan'I Tribal Lands (First mentioned) Judges of the Dead (First mentioned) Madra (First mentioned) Min Min Heights (First mentioned) Ndowi Tribal Lands (First mentioned) Nhar'qual Rift (First mentioned) Norble (First mentioned) Rym Mountains (First mentioned) Vakeyya Black Dust Tavern Soco-Jarel Spaceport Custom Stop (First mentioned) Boliscon Towers (First mentioned) Tiranga's Loft (First mentioned) Uhl Doaba'I (First mentioned) Volmey Strip (First mentioned) Thrugii Asteroid Belt Tatooine Redcap Ryloth Stend VI The Pits Toola Vizcarra

Organizations and titles

Agent Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance High Command Field agent Ambar family (First mentioned) Ambassador Anthropologist Archaeologist Arms dealer (as weapons dealer) Artisan Asilyr (First mentioned) Assassin Bartender Bharhulai (First mentioned) Big game hunter Black Bha'lir (First mentioned) Tribunal of the Black Bha'lir Society (First mentioned) Apprentice (First mentioned) Master Smuggler (First mentioned) Mentor (First mentioned) Old Guard (First mentioned) Pilot (First mentioned) Prince (First mentioned) Black Dust Industries (First mentioned) Black marketeer Black Sun Bodyguard Bounty hunter Caelli-Merced Syndicate (First mentioned) Captain Cartographer Chancellor Chef Chief of Security (as chief security officer) Colonist Commander Controller Corellian Engineering Corporation Crime lord Customs official Diplomat Director Doctor Engineer Ethra Brewery (First mentioned) First Mate Fisher Free-trader Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor Imperial Academy Imperial Office of Customs Imperial Senate Stormtrooper TIE pilot Galactic Republic

Gambler Gangster Garrison Geologist Ghtroc Industries Historian Hutt Empire Ibhaan'I (First mentioned) Ikas-Adno Information broker Translator Jedi Order Jedi Jedi Knight Kanauer Corporation (First mentioned) King Kodoos Repulsor Ltd. (First mentioned) Kuat Drive Yards Law enforcement agency Lawyer (as attorney) Loan shark Lord (as Lady) Mantis Syndicate (as Mantis Bounty Hunting Syndicate) Marbra Associates (First mentioned) Mercenary Merchant Navigator Ndowi (First mentioned) Noble Officer Operative Pilot Pirate Police officer (as law enforcement officer) Port manager Ramesh (First mentioned) Saadoon-Kauldi's criminal empire Scholar Scout Shaman Bronwen Slaver Slavers' Guild Smuggler Spacer Spearmaster Spy Squadron Swoopchaser Swooper Technician Thief Tribal Relief Fund (First mentioned) University of Alderaan (as Alderaan University) Vangaard Industries

Sentient species

Coynite Devaronian Duinuogwuin Gamorrean Human Corellian Socorran Hutt Ithorian Jawa

Kadri'Ra Mon Calamari Mriss Nduuati (First mentioned) Rodian Sluissi Sullustan Twi'lek Whiphid Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Airspeeder Sandpopper (First mentioned) DS-1 Orbital Battle Station (as Death Star) Glider Ice sailing craft (First mentioned) Landspeeder Speeder bike Starship Bulk cruiser Colony ship Freighter Bulk freighter Action V transport Merkel (First mentioned) Steadfast YT-1210 light freighter YT-1300 light freighter DeLucia (First mentioned) Seldom Different Garbage scow Patrol ship (as patrol craft) Scout ship Pathfinder-class scout ship (as Vangaard Pathfinder) Outward Bound (First mentioned) Shuttle Slave galleon Transport Bulk transport Wild Karrde Z-95 Headhunter Zidth (First mentioned) Swoop 950 series (First mentioned) CR-43 Low-Ride Gossbey Racing Edition (First mentioned) CR-43XA (First mentioned) Mac-15 (First mentioned)

Weapons and technology

Arrow Blast door (as blast shield door) Blast vest (as protective vest) Blaster Blaster rifle Blaster carbine Blaster pistol Series III blaster pistol (First mentioned) Heavy blaster pistol Sentinel IV heavy blaster pistol (First mentioned) Hold-out blaster Repeating blaster Light repeating blaster E-Web heavy repeating blaster Blaster power pack Bow Bowcaster Club Comlink Coyn'skar Coynite battle armor Cybernetics D'skar Datafile Datapad Deflector shield Deflector shield generator Directional landing beacon Engine Force field Fragmentation grenade Ice Detonator Helmet Crash helmet Holorecorder Homing beacon Hoversled (as repulsorlift dais)

Hyperdrive Backup hyperdrive Infrared goggles Ion cannon v-150 Planet Defender Ion engine Ion flare Knife Landing jet Laser Laser cannon Quad laser cannon Lightsaber Macrobinoculars Maneuvering jet Medpac Motion sensor (as motion detector) Navigation computer Pike Portable scanner (Picture only) Power generator Repulsor buoy Repulsor field Repulsorlift Sensor Skifter Spear Starship tool kit (as starship repair kit) Technical tool kit (as tech kit) Thermal detonator Tractor beam projector Transponder code Turbo-sled Turbolift (as tubelift) Turbine Turbolaser Viewscreen (as holo-monitor)

Miscellanea

Aa'kua (First mentioned) Acid Adegan crystal Adsila (First mentioned) Alien Antidote Ash-storm (First mentioned) Asteroid Asteroid field Atmosphere B'rrsk (First mentioned) Black market Bounce Bounty Brandy Corellian brandy Cantina (as tavern) Casino Centimeter Clothing Flight jacket Flight suit Parka Robe Snow boots (First mentioned) Concrete Credit chit Deity Desert Doonium Duracrete Flower Foodstuff G'riles (First mentioned) Galactic Credit Standard Gambling Gas Trauger gas (First mentioned) Goggles Golnca (First mentioned) Gravity Groundquake Hangar (as docking bay) Holovid Obeisance: Betrayal Within (First mentioned) The Edict of Jiaan (First mentioned) Homeworld Hooch (First mentioned) Hundred Club Hyperspace route Ice-sailing (First mentioned) Imperial Peace-Keeping Certificate (as bounty hunting license) Jeboe'i (First mentioned) Jyalma (First mentioned) Kilogram Kilometer Meter Language Galactic Basic Standard Kadri'Ra language (First mentioned) Socorran Olys Corellisi (as Old Corellian) Leather Liquor Local day Magma (as lava) Map Metric ton Min Min lights (First mentioned) Mineral Mining Moon Moss Museum Music Nether ice Osk'y (First mentioned) Osma bag (First mentioned) Phrenbi (First mentioned) Planet Plasteel Polymer Prison Pveric'ell (First mentioned) Qul'bukie Joker (First mentioned)

Raava Restaurant Rishi honeystix Rite of the Retribution Rum Sabacc Sanohb'I (First mentioned) Sand well Sandstorm Sector Shadowport Slavery Ski Drydock Spaceport Imperial-class spaceport Spice Ryll Spice cigar (First mentioned) Spirit Standard (temperature) (as degree) Standard day Standard decade Standard hour Standard minute Standard month Standard week Standard year Star Red giant Star map Star system Survival-regressive-isolationist theory Swoop racing Swoopchasing (First mentioned) Bank (First mentioned) Grand Moff Bank (First mentioned) Gravity Well (First mentioned) Pop'N'Drop (First mentioned) Suicide Peak (First mentioned) Complex (First mentioned) Arena Complex (First mentioned) Emperor's Palace (First mentioned) Kessel Run (First mentioned) Labyrinth Complex (First mentioned) The Channel (First mentioned) Shooting Gallery (First mentioned) Tube Complex (First mentioned) Bootlegger's Slide (First mentioned) Otherspace (First mentioned) Water Complex (First mentioned) Luzitall (First mentioned) Tarkin's Shears (First mentioned) Fence (First mentioned) Shift-Vertical (First mentioned) Cantina Hangover (First mentioned) Dianoga Swamp Trap (First mentioned) Rancor Pit (First mentioned) Vertical (First mentioned) Repulsor-In (First mentioned) Repulsor-Out (First mentioned) Gate (First mentioned) Tapestry Tayaba'I (First mentioned) The Force Force-sensitive The Tale of A Tiger and A Worm (First mentioned) Thermal gliding (First mentioned) Thermal well (First mentioned) Tejha Larel (First mentioned) Torture Transparisteel Turbo-sledding (First mentioned) Turminum (First mentioned) Uldyr (First mentioned) University Urran (First mentioned) Viewscreen Volcano Vyvya (First mentioned) Water Whiskey Corellian whiskey Zsajhira berry Zsajhira berry juice Zsajhira berry tea

External links

• The Black Sands of Socorro on the Aurebesh Wiki