Apatros ( colony ) Apatros was the only colony on the Outer Rim mining world of the same name . The colony was controlled by the Outer Rim Oreworks Company , which mined cortosis on the planet , and was used to house miners . The colony only contained two unique buildings — the ORO Market and Groshik ' s cantina . Apatros was the home of a miner named Dessel , who would eventually become the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Bane . Description . The colony of Apatros was the only settlement on the Outer Rim planet of Apatros , and was governed by the Outer Rim Oreworks Company . Apatros was mostly a ramshackle town of temporary barracks made of durasteel put together by Outer Rim Oreworks to house the several hundred cortosis miners who worked on the planet . Among the miners , Apatros was commonly referred to as " the muck - huts " . The domiciles themselves were in poor condition , as the windows , doors , and roofs were perpetually broken and a layer of dust covered the floors . Also , entire families were often forced to live in a single room . The colony and the cortosis mines were connected by a shuttle that went back and forth between the two locations . Apatros was less than a kilometer on each square side , making it possible to walk from any given building to any other structure in less than twenty standard minutes . Although all the buildings in Apatros were identical , navigating the streets was easy , as the barracks were placed in straight rows and columns . This formed a grid of streets between the uniformly spaced buildings . The streets were cleaned just enough by Outer Rim Oreworks to keep conditions sanitary , but were always cluttered with junk . Apatros only had two buildings that were dissimilar to the other structures — a market , and Groshik ' s cantina , which lay a few hundred meters beyond the edge of the town . History . Apatros was established by Outer Rim Oreworks to house the cortosis miners who worked on the planet . In the year 1003 BBY , a resident of Apatros and cortosis miner named Dessel got in a fight in the Apatros streets with three crew members of a Galactic Republic ship over a game of sabacc , killing one of them . With the help of a Neimoidian bartender named Groshik , Dessel was able to escape arrest and join the Sith army in the New Sith Wars against the Republic . After serving with distinction , his Force - sensitivity was discovered , and he eventually became Darth Bane , one of the most important and influential Dark Lords of the Sith in galactic history . Inhabitants . Apatros was mostly inhabited by miners working in the cortosis mines , the majority of which were Humans . However , other species lived in the colony , including a Neimoidian named Groshik , who owned a cantina there . The most famous of Apatros ' inhabitants was Dessel , who worked in the cortosis mines for years before leaving Apatros and becoming a Dark Lord of the Sith . Locations . Apatros only had two distinct buildings : the general store and Groshik ' s cantina . The general store , once a barracks , was controlled by Outer Rim Oreworks and sold basic items to miners at high prices . Groshik ' s cantina was the main hangout of off - duty miners , and was located several hundred meters from the colony . It was operated by the Neimoidian bartender Groshik , and also contained an Outer Rim Oreworks - controlled gambling room . Behind the scenes . The colony of Apatros made its first appearance in Drew Karpyshyn ' s 2006 novel , " " .