This trinary star system, a system situated within the Gardaji sector of the Outer Rim Territories, resided in a concealed area on the far spinward and galactic northern edge of the Gardaji Rift, enveloped by substantial dust clouds. Charza Kwinn, a pilot, observed that pinpointing the system was nearly impossible without prior knowledge of its location. The system comprised three stars: a red giant and a white dwarf, closely orbiting one another, along with a diminutive, intensely luminous yellow dwarf positioned several light-months away from the other two stellar bodies. Material originating from the red giant was drawn towards the white dwarf and subsequently expelled as ionized gas.
Expeditions that mapped the Rift region, where the system was located around 229 BBY, reported the system's lack of life. Sometime between that year and 89 BBY, a seed from the extragalactic planet Yuuzhan'tar arrived in the system and evolved into the sentient world known as Zonama Sekot. In 89 BBY, a group of Ferroans and Langhesi colonized it. The planet remained in the system for six decades. In 32 BBY, the Yuuzhan Vong attempted to inhabit the living planet, initiating a siege that lasted for two years. A year later, a Republic Outland Regions Security Force squadron commanded by Wilhuff Tarkin and Raith Sienar attacked it. However, Sekot revealed its kilometers-tall hyperdrive engines, recently constructed by the Langhesi, and escaped into hyperspace.