Home to the Ayrou species, Maya Kovel was a windswept planet in the Moddell sector of the Outer Rim Territories. The atmosphere of the planet was thinner then average and the taste and smell of the air was considered acrid. The world was regularly inundated by intense windstorms, exposing the iron-rich soil and rock to the air giving the world a reddish appearance. Long crevices formed in the surface, allowing for a form of lichen to thrive. This green lichen produced durable seedcases which would erupt when out of the wind and near water, even if it took decades to meet these conditions.