What do huts look like

About Visit a Zulu Hut Poles from sapling are placed in a circle, bent inwards and fastened together to form the frame. This basic framework is thatched with grass for a roof. A cow-dung and anthill mixture forms the floor which once set is covered with cattle-fat.

Michael Cullen, Dublin. Sefton Bivvy, New Zealand. The oldest hut in New Zealand's Mt. Cook area. The oldest hut in Mt. Cook National Park, Sefton Bivvy has provided a launching pad for generations of climbers. Footstool and offers four bunks.

Gervasutti Refuge, Italy. Nautical and aeronautical design inspired the toothpaste tube shape of this hut located at 2,m beneath the massive walls of the Grandes Jorasses, Italy. The bed hut is built to stand the test of time, but apparently not everyone approves of its futuristic design.

Koncheto Hut, Bulgaria. While some huts offer hot food, wine and books and magazines to read, there are others that are a little bit more basic. The Koncheto shelter is one such example in Bulgaria. You'd only want to stay here if you get caught out in a storm. Solvay Hut, Switzerland. To get here you have to climb the Matterhorn. It sits at 4,m, only m below the summit of Matterhorn 4,m and requires alpine skills to reach.

Hutts were furthermore divided into castes, including H'uuns. Notable for being a very egocentric species, Hutts on their homeworld believed themselves to be the center of the universe, akin to deities to some of their subject races. In fact, their survival after the destruction of their homeworld of Varl led them to believe that they were greater than the gods that they had once worshiped. This made them act like galactic brokers who made deals and manipulated the economy with calculated power plays and strategies.

As a result, it was difficult for a Bothan to trust a Hutt due to the professional rivalry between the two races. Their race held their own set of rules and laws which members of their kind followed. Among these included the law that any property given to a Hutt's child after their imprisonment had to be re-sold with their improvements to the parent at the original price. They also possessed their own courts which were used to determine the legality of wills left behind by deceased Hutts and declaring which were genuine and which were fraudulent.

A council of elders was responsible for oversight over Hutt Space and was comprised of Hutts that represented the oldest and most influential kajidics. It was this group that decided the fate of everyone that lived in Hutt Space with all Hutts being answerable to them. These clans were families that were able to trace their ancestry all the way to distant Varl.

The means by which the Council makes their decisions was largely a mystery which stemmed from the fact that the Hutts did not allow outsiders to witness their governmental proceedings. Hutts all across the galaxy to even the farthest outskirts ultimately abided by the decisions of the council.

In reality, the group was a criminal syndicate that was often splintered between its members that had competing interests. In terms of religion, they believed in a pair of sun gods known as Evona and Ardos that were both destroyed in the ancient disaster that forced them from Varl.

Among these was that of Da Soocha that was a word for "Waking Planet" and referenced the legend of a vast planet-covering ocean. It held a special sacred place amongst the Hutts as they never explored it after they achieved spaceflight and initially it never appeared on any of their astrogation charts.

Hutts spoke and read their own language known as Huttese though were equally able to master Basic. However, they considered their own language to be superior to Basic and typically demanded other beings address them in their own native tongue. During the Pre-Republic era the Hutts evolved on the rich [37] lush [7] temperate forest planet of Varl that became the legendary homeworld of their kind.

However, the validity of these claims was uncertain and were dismissed by the Hutts themselves. Scholars believed that originally the Hutts were likely solitary beings that grouped together during a crisis point when their population was too great and resources were few leading to a point when their species was threatened with extinction. However, no true records exist and thus much of the early development of Hutt civilization was a mystery. In the aftermath, the Hutts would seize control of the Rakatan technology left behind that they would use to forge their own empire.

As a result, it was not known whether they had developed interstellar technology themselves or had acquired it from another species to various historical accounts that conflicted with one another. What was known was that the Hutts were an aggressive warrior species with expansionist plans who invaded several outlying worlds. There, they either exterminated the native races or enslaved them to become thralls, which they did with hundreds of worlds.

Similar to other species, their race spread to many planets upon achieving space travel. After leaving Varl, the Hutts began exploring the neighboring stars but left the Cyax system alone due to the myths they attributed towards it and their desire not to destroy the legends of the worlds located there.

It was mainly based in the Outer Rim Territories though it also covered a portion of the Mid Rim and was, for approximately two centuries, the most powerful government in the galaxy. Any species they encountered whether they were strong enough to resist them or too weak to fight were utterly destroyed. Only those that were useful and capable of being mastered survived these predations.

Even amongst these enslaved races, many of them were worked to extinction. The victims of the early Hutt conquests were long dead with few records kept of these early times. Among the few chronicles that exist were those of the Sakiyans that were one of the few species from Hutt Space that retained their independence and earned the Hutt's respect. However, even their records were silent on the crimes of the Hutts.

Only the oldest of the Tion legends and those histories from long established Rim worlds such as Delacrix and Rinn spoke of the Hutts with fear as well as terror. These records spoke of worlds caught between feuding clans or that offended the Hutts with such planets being depopulated either by poisoning, bombardment or incineration.

These included the lush boomworld of Ko Vari and the treasure world of Sleheyron. This latter world marked the true boundaries of the Hutt's dominion where only their most trusted slaves were allowed.

Hutt Space became a series of trade routes that led into a tangle of satrapies where the Hutts and their vassals both schemed and intrigued. Their empire was eventually challenged in 25, BBY by the Human Tionese warlord known as Xim the Despot who had formed a powerful interstellar empire of his own within the Tion Cluster. Initial contact led to negotiations between Xim's courtiers and Hutt's vassals that culminated in an embassy being placed on Ko Vari where two dozen Hutt nobles attended.

Amongst the Tionese was an individual remembered by the Hutts as Oziaf the Insignificant and whose presence was deemed a grievous insult. However, the Hutts could not ignore the accomplishments of Xim and thus made the decision to offer the Tionese the chance to be particularly favored slaves.

These chain of events led to Xim deciding to burn down the Hutt worlds and he claimed the title of Daritha whereupon he used his empire's beacon network to flank Sleheyron.

By the 25th year of Xim's rule, he launched a two pronged attack on Sleheyron and Ko Vari. This period was noted in Hutt legend as the sacking of Ko Vari was considered a singularly brutal act.

However, accounts from the Hutts and even the Tionese acknowledge that the push to Sleheyron ultimately failed. Xim the Despot's warships were driven back to Xo's Eye where they were lost in the nest of black holes that populated the region. Despite a victory, the Hutts came to realize that they had made a grave mistake and had badly underestimated the Tionese species as well as their leader.

This was because Xim's empire controlled many worlds and his people seemingly bred like vermin that turned out new warships at a frightening rate. He would move to rally the clans by offering to increase the power bases of his brethren in exchange for their complete support in defeating Xim. The larger clans agreed as they saw the potential prospect of profit to be gained whilst the smaller clans joined afterwards in order to not be left out. Amongst Kossak's first acts was emptying all treasure hoards and outlawed expenditure on anything other than war material along with provisions.

This initially drew ire from his fellow Hutts but the Clan-General proved himself by sticking to his word that maintained the tenacious peace amongst the clans. After the initial funds were depleted from naval construction, a great influx in profit led to the treasury expanding threefold from spoils taken from the war. Kossak promised to pay back the "loans" provided by the clans using this surplus as interest.

This ended any further apprehension from his fellow Hutts and allowed Kossak to engage in his primary strategy during the epic war against Xim where he turned the pirate's own tactics against him. The Clan-General hired thousands of Weequay mercenaries to pillage the shipping lanes and damage any commercial enterprises not allied with the Hutts. A combination of weakening his forces and bribes from Kossak led to many of Xim's allies moving to the Hutt's cause after being deprived of sufficient protection.

Whilst an achievement, the Hutts lost control over Moralan when the Tionese helped instigate the natives in a revolt against the Hutts.

Afterwards, Kossak began his attempt at manipulating Xim and demanded that the Tionese leader engage the Hutt in ritual combat on the world of Vontor. This savage planet deep in the Si'Klaata Cluster was a source of kiirium ore. Xim ultimately accepted Kossak's invitation and battled on Vontor that was the source of many Hutt ritual combats. The Despot managed to arrive on the planet where he eliminated the Weequay garrison on the world. According to scholars, a battle was fought in 25, BBY where Xim's pilots were outmaneuvered by the Hutts along with their slave species.

The Despot ultimately lost and as a penalty he was forced to withdraw his forces from all worlds that were claimed by the Hutts. The Tionese complied but instead drew plans for the division of the Hutt territories. Xim's newly built warships were sent into the Si'Klaata Cluster where they raided the worlds of Kintan , Klatooine , and Vodran.

However, Kossak instead challenged Xim to a second round of ritual combat where the Hutt army consisting of Cyborrean , Jilruan and Weequay mercenaries battled the Tionese only to suffer massive casualties at the hands of the Duinarbulon Star Lancers. Xim ultimately lost the battle though managed to escape with a large supply of Kiirium ore that his war-droids had mined from Vontor. In the aftermath, Xim's warlords warned that Hutt raiders were now loose in the Kiirium Reaches and counselled their leader to abandon the conquest of the Hutt Empire but instead fortifying his own kingdom.

The Despot refused to abandon his plans but did decide to withdraw from Moralan that was promptly overrun by the Hutts who sterilized the world. Xim refused to surrender Ko Vari which allowed the Hutts to build up their forces once more. Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu, who had led the extermination of Moralan, retook Ko Vari that left both the Hutts and Xim on the brink of total war. Kossak instead proposed a third round of ritual combat on Vontor with numerous conditions.

If Xim won, he would keep Ko Vari and what was left of Moralan but if he refused than he had to renounce all claim to the Kiirium Reaches. Following the Second Battle of Vontor, Kossak began to attempt to rebuild his army that had suffered severe losses. Thus, he sought to seek new species to enlist into the Hutt's cause against the Despot.

As a result, he sent three of his most trusted emissaries into the Xim-sacked worlds in the Si'Klaata Cluster. These native species of the Si'Klaata Cluster were in awe of the Hutts and saw them as demigods whereupon they vowed to fight against Xim by pledging their service to their new masters in exchange for the secrets of "star-magic".

Upon "her" arrival in the Kintan system, she came to realize that the Cult of M'dweshuu held a stranglehold over the planet and that the Nikto feared them. Legends spoke of "her" respecting the Cult but recognizing them as being fierce and unpredictable. These chain of events led to the Treaty of Vontor that allowed the creation of a sizable mercenary army consisting of Nikto, Vodran and Klatooinian warriors whose leaders had bound the three species to a permanent state of servitude.

Afterward, the Hutts then invaded and devastated much of the Tion Cluster. The Tionese were so debilitated militarily and economically that they did not pose a military threat for a long time.

The Hutts saw the young rich worlds of the Core being ripe for exploitation and thus their raiders as well as slavers were known to have struck from the shadows against such planets. It was known that entire Core colonies were depopulated by the Hutts who seized cargoes before retreating into their own domain.

Hutt predations on worlds by the Rim saw such planets seeking the protection of the Republic to aid them against such attacks. A victory was only achieved by the Republic when its agents stirred up trouble in Hutt Space. The angry Hutts were thus sent on a collision course with their old enemies in the Tion. This led to the Hutts invading the Kiirium Reaches and exterminating many of the Tionese there in a devastating camapign of genocide known as the Devouring.

With their human foes united, the Hutts prepared for a war which did not ultimately occur. The next major event to befall the Hutts was a terrifying civil war known as the Hutt Cataclysms with the origin of the conflict being unknown.

They claimed that long ago their gods ruled their home system in peace. This was until Evona was lured into a collision course with a tiny black hole where she perished. Thus, he ejected his gaseous shell, which seared Varl in the process, eventually condensing [7] and collapsing into a white dwarf. Starship pilots and galactic explorers, as well as scientists, subscribed to the belief that Varl was destroyed by the Hutts themselves after being embroiled in a civil war of such vicious ferocity that only their own kind were capable of comprehending it.

One of the systems that attracted the Hutts that fled Varl was the Y'Toub system where they discovered the primitive Evocii. Having decided that Evocar was a suitable home, they traded their modern technology [37] with the Evocii in exchange for pieces of land on Evocar.

By the time the Evocii learnt the truth, the constructions teams had arrived to begin their work where they tore down the native lodges and monuments to replace them with Hutt structures. Similar construction efforts were also being conducted on the planet's moon , due to its growing importance in smuggling circles. It was thus paved over to allow for countless cargo warehouses, docking towers, trading plazas, and landing bays.

As a result, the Evocii were displaced to the moon of Nar Shaddaa that was deeded to them. However, unknown to them, the Hutt's business representatives had bribed the negotiators that forced them to remain as cheap in-system labor. In time, the Hutts confiscated more land and bought more of the growing industry which saw the Evocii being more exploited to the point that they became a degenerate sub-class in the lowest levels of the city moon.

Once on their new homeworld, the Hutt Grand Council was established. It was the brainchild of Budhila Hestilic Amura , who had also created the philosophy of the kajidics. The teachings espoused by Budhila highlighted that fierce competition among the clans removed the weak from their ranks. Yet it also made note against outright warfare or territorial conquest. Thus, a dramatic change was seen in the Hutt mindset, as they believed normal means of conflict were tools used by weaker species.

This era saw their earlier histories being transformed into myth [1] and the formalization of the kajidic social structure. Hutts would now pursue a policy of manipulation and of working in the shadows, rather than their previous warring ways. During the Kymoodon Era , Republic colonists spreading beyond the frontier into what was then the Wild Space between the Republic and Hutt Space were subjected to numerous Hutt-sponsored raids.

These had the aim of enslaving the colonists. The successful defense of Parcovey Minor was one of the few bright spots for the colonists amid the raids. At least one Republic soldier knew of them as the "devil-slugs", and believed that they had eaten Xim the Despot to gain his powers.

In this time, one Hutt known as Blotus even became Supreme Chancellor of the Republic and was hailed by its citizens for his actions during the Rianitus Period. However, the Hutts' destiny was changed forever in BBY when the star of the Kyyr system went supernova , sundering the Ootmian Pabol.

With the decline of the route and the Corellian Run expanding beyond Ryloth , legitimate trade fled Nar Shaddaa and the moon became the galaxy's most notorious shadowport , a haven for smugglers , pirates , and other criminals. Deprived of trade, the Hutts soon adapted to become the masters of the galaxy's criminal underworld.

From this, the Hutts had wormed their way into the megacorps of the Republic within a few millennia. The machinations of the Hutt kajidics allowed them to gain economic control over more planets whilst the Republic rotted from within. In the Jedi Civil War , and later the Dark Wars , the Hutts found themselves increasingly challenged by the criminal syndicate known as the Exchange.

During this time, the Exchange attempted to gain control over Nar Shaddaa and fought with the Hutts for the Smugglers' Moon. This led to the Hutt's power waning on the moon and to it temporarily being within the hands of the Exchange crime syndicate. This led to a number of confrontations with the local Hutt Vogga, who hired bounty hunters and even made a deal with Goto's underling to eliminate his boss.

During the emergence of the Sith Empire , the Hutt Cartel played little part in events of the Great Galactic War as the criminal networks of the galaxy debated on which faction to back.

However, the Hutts resented the Sith Emperor for not including them in his pre-war conspiracy against the Republic. Despite this, Imperial Intelligence were known to have blocked all Republic efforts in gaining the Hutts' support.

But their dealings were eventually discovered by the Sith Empire. This forced the Hutts to declare the three clans to be traitors, and they were forced to help the Sith in attempting to re-occupy the planet. However, Nar Shaddaa remained a common gathering ground for criminal elements throughout the galaxy and was tolerated so long as the Hutts were given a cut in any profit generated.

Included among notable activities by the Hutts were Hutt Cartel business dealings through Barrga the Hutt at the Rendili Vehicle Corporation , which led to the creation of the Vanguard -class light corvette. However, Rendili betrayed the Hutt and killed his agents in order to cover up their dealings [56] As the Cold War continued, numerous attempts were made to align the Hutts with their faction. This was accomplished by the Cipher Agent planting information that indicated Nem'ro's rival, Fa'athra , was receiving Republic support.

After taking the bait, Nem'ro contacted the Sith Empire about Imperial assistance in combating the Republic. This saw the invasion of the planet Makeb where Toborro the Hutt bribed the InterStellar Regulators to serve him whilst he intended to mine the world of its supply of isotope It was his intention to gather enough of the substance to create new weaponry and energy supplies with which the Hutts planned to use to conquer the galaxy.

According to a vision by Kreia , the Hutts eventually ceased tolerating the presence of the Exchange, which caused the criminal syndicate to slowly feed on itself until it was ultimately destroyed. However, when the Republic cut off the comm relays, these Sith began to fight with one another and were weakened. This allowed the Hutts to move their goods and forces in place until the Sith either worked with them or were destroyed.

Afterwards, Zodoh the Hutt began to intrude upon Sith controlled space of the Bactranate , starting with Aquilaris , as he attempted to expand his business ventures. Without their Sith masters, the Hutt forces easily managed to overpower the Sith troops and began to deploy their atmospheric Stormdriver.