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this planet, the homeworld of the X'Ting race, was originally known simply as Cestus, until the Old Republic was allowed to use the planet as a prison world. As such, the planet was designated as an ordnance/regional depot, and renamed Ord Cestus. Much of the planet's landmass was volcanically active, resulting in a landscape that was continually being reshaped by lava floes. Because of this activity, the rich stores of valuable ores and minerals found beneath its surface were continually being exposed and combined, resulting in a veritable treasure trove of raw materials. Much of the planet's surface was once covered with sand and small bodies of water, with hardy plants eking out niches by exuding acids through their roots to break down the rock and sand into essential elements. The descendents of the prisoners who were first incarcerated on the planet became farmers and settlers, using stringent irrigation techniques to grow more than two dozen different kinds of vegetables. However, the abundance of the raw materials was eventually discovered, and many of the resources proved to be important components needed in the manufacture of droids. It was on Ord Cestus that Baktoid Armor Workshop set up its first major operations, although its manufacturing facility was shut down shortly before the onset Clone Wars due to the increasing tariffs imposed on the Trade Federation for their battle droids. This tariff didn't stop the work of Cestus Cybernetics, however, which had the backing of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. During the height of the Clone Wars, Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Kit Fisto, along with their group of clone troopers, managed to defeat the Separatist forces that controlled the planet and the native X'Ting population. Most X'Ting lived in underground hives, preferring to remain out of sight of the offworlders who lived in ChikatLik city. Their networks of tunnels and caves were lit by a bioluminescent, white fungus, which survived by eating away at the rocks on which it lived. This served to naturally expand the tunnels and caves over time. The planet was orbited by a pair of moons.