Miyagi's Landing

Miyagi's Landing, and often just "the Landing" to the young or avant-garde, is the de facto capital of Pantano. It accounts for half of Pantano's population, boasts the only public starport (because pirates don't usually use public starports), and is easily located on approach using the abandoned shipyard that's visible from orbit. It's an eclectic mix of the standard prefabricated buildings you'd see throughout the galaxy, ramshackle wooden huts you'd expect on any backwater, and storefronts shaped from starships that stopped being spaceworthy decades ago.

Landmarks

Cultural

Mayoral estate and Jedi temple

no one is sure why the Jedi built a temple on Pantano eight thousand years ago, but today it's just another decaying ruin honoring the self-serving legacy of that ancient religion and their exaggerated achievements. Miyagi's Landing's mayor, a pudgy Human whose self-importance is matched only by the tales of those Jedi of old, made this temple his residence and offices, though his staff does little in the way of upkeep. Ancient inscriptions refer to this structure as the Temple of Light, forcing one to wonder if there's also a Temple of Darkness.

Dining

Cantina

the interior is a mix of handmade wooden furniture and tables and benches clearly taken out of downed starships, but the drinks are strong and the prices are low, so the cantina remains one of the best places to find work or pick a fight. The bartender is a Zabrak who somehow managed to cover his fully-tattooed body in more prison tattoos, and the only waitress is a Twi'lek who fled her dancer past.

Ramen stall

a classic Japanese ramen stall operated by a Quarren expat. The noodles are pretty good, they're made fresh daily using a flour ground from a fibrous marsh grass, but which of Pantano's swamp fish make their way into these bowls has always been don't ask, don't tell. Still, it's a very zen place to warm your bones and dry off for a while.

Craft brewery

apparently they had hipsters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Wearing (only) a fedora and sporting a beard that's even massive for his species, this Wookiee brewmaster of the Boggy Marsh Brewing Co. uses all locally-sourced ingredients and (filtered?) swamp water to create some really creative microbrews—just watch out for the fur when he pours them.

Entertainment

Pantano Casino

rundown but still pretty glittery, the Pantano casino is a great place to let off some steam and a handful of credits. The gambling addict Tuuba the Hutt and his cousin Jabba are known to frequent this establishment, ruining the locals' lives as much as their credits are saving them. This is one of the few landmarks in Miyagi's Landing that gets its own page, so that has to count for something.

The arena

once a satellite of a mismanaged and bankrupted Hutt entertainment franchise, the Pantano arena is a fighting ring built inside of an old docking bay, attached to the casino by a single skybridge. Despite the operation being completely illegal under Imperial law and located on a forgotten backwater, the arena joins "hunting active bounties" as Pantano's two sources of tourism.

Shopping

General store

the general store lives a double life, doing the most business selling camping and fishing supplies, while enjoying much wider margins operating an unlicensed apothecary. The proprietor is a wizened old Bothan in a headband who forages for local plants and mushrooms daily. Some of them have legitimate medicinal applications, others just get you fuuucked uuup.

Gun shop

a downed Corellian freighter owned by a Sullustian gunsmith with a poorly-kept secret side job making illicit, unstable blaster modifications, it's a great place to buy and repair your weaponry. The selection isn't too impressive, especially given the ship's size, but while he's sloppy with restocking, he's sloppier registering blasters with the Empire, if you hear what I'm saying.

Transportation

Skimmer dock

the preferred method of surface travel on Pantano is the swamp-skimmers, the repulsorlift version of an airboat. While most homesteaders and fishing clans own one or eight of these, visitors have the option of renting them here. The harbormaster is a grumpy Trandoshan; rumor has it that he was a pirate whose retired after his big score turned out light on cash but heavy on a hull full of shitty hover boats. Hmm…

Public spaceport

while Pantano is basically an entire planet where you can dock for free, this is the only place that'll also refuel your hyperdrive and can guarantee your ship won't sink into a pit of sludge. Docking bays would be at a premium, if only more ships cared to land here. The port is run by a mechanically-gifted Duros couple.

Services

Plumbers

twin Trandoshan brothers Sslith and Bojack Witherskins have the thankless job of making sure all of the Landing's liquid and solid waste makes it to the correct side of the swamp. They can usually be identified by their hover truck emblazoned with "Witherskins Bros. Plumbing: You dump it, we pump it."

Behind the scenes

Miyagi's Landing is named after Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid, so, so obviously, mostly for the Okinawa connection (and because I've been watching a lot of Cobra Kai lately).