The bipedal Fia became the masters of Galantos, constructing crude communities atop the gel and twisting the resources of their world to their own purposes. In time, offworlders brought them galactic technology, and the Fia traveled to the stars. After opening trade with neighboring Wehttam, they welcomed the few Republic merchants who made the hard journey to the Farlax sector. The adventurers made soft landings in the thick gelatin of Galantos.
After Palpatine's rise to power, the Farlax sector came under Imperial rule. Star Destroyers bypassed enigmatic Galantos in favor of the stardocks located in the Koornacht cluster. The Fia opened new lines of trade, including the importing of chromite from New Brigia, but a massive Imperial withdrawal from the region eight months after the Battle of Endor left the sector economically adrift. The Fia withdrew as well, casting suspicious and fearful eyes toward offworlders.
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Thankfully for the Fia, the Yevetha suffered a stunning defeat under the gungs of the New Republic fleet before tehy could ever set foot on Galantos.
Now many Fia hope the same will hold true for the Yuuzhan Vong. So far, the Yuuzhan Vong ha shown no interest in conquering territory as inaccessible as the Farlax sector. Many former residents of Coruscant, noticing the same geographical inconvenience, have fled to Galantos after the fall of their homeworld. This has led to a severe culture clash - and a strain on the surface of Galantos's delicate gelatin pools.
The Fia have evolved to move about on the glutinous, oscillating surface of their organic pools. They are a squat, bottom-heavy species with paddle-shaped feet. Fia have a keen sense of balance, and the species has evolved a vital immunity to motion sickness. Fia do not feel comfortable on solid ground; they associate a rigid, motionless surface, particularly the dead wastelands outside their gelatin seas, with death itself.
The inhabitable areas of Galantos are few, even for the Fia. The Fian population has remained sparse, so as not to overtax their environment. Half a million Fia live on the planet, with perhaps ten thousand found elsewhere in the Farlax sector. Almost no Fia live in the greater galaxy outside the Core.
Fia are generally friendly among their own kind. A Fian hermit would be a shocking sight to this fellows. For this reason, the humber of communities on the planet is low, and many gelatin eas are uninhabited. The smallest villages are clusters of fiber-and-stone houses surrounded by rings of thorny arbu trees, which protect the inhabitants from skree-skaters and other predators. The largest cities, such as Gal'fian'deprisi, are modern constructions that incorporate ferrocrete and transparisteel. All Fian structures are engineered to move in concert with the rolling surface beneath them and can withstand all but the most violent "gelquakes". The Fia get much of their building material from mines in the outlying wastelands.
Fian culture is organized around seventeen Gods of Age, from Hus'yoyu (birth to age six) to Erio'anum (age ninety-seven to death). As a Fia ages, he or she worships a new god each time a life stage has expired. Often this change in worship results in significant behavioral changes. A Fia who was shy and studious may turn gregarious or seductive upon reaching a milestone birthday.
