Asteroid FieldAsteroid Field
 The dangerous
asteroid belt in the Hoth system was formed
billions of years ago by the collision of two planets.
Millions of boulders and rocky asteroids careen through
space in orbit together, forming a deadly swarm and a
menace to navigation. Entering such a field with a
spacecraft would be sheer suicide.
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On some asteroids
there are delicate crystal ferns, which could be a
primitive silicon-based life form. Over the centuries
smugglers and criminals have from time to time built
bases in some of the larger asteroids, including a
notorious pirate who was said to have imported huge space
slugs to guard his hideouts. After the