Ord Lithone

Ord Lithone was an Inner Rim world that served as a Galactic Republic outpost during the Pius Dea Era. Millennia later, it hosted a Baktoid Armor Workshop factory. In 22 BBY, citing the increased Republic regulations on battle droid manufacture and sales as a reason, Baktoid announced the closure of several of its factories, including that on Ord Lithone.
==Description==
Ord Lithone was a terrestrial world states that the term "Ordnance/Regional Depot" and the abbreviation "Ord" applied to certain worlds settled by the Galactic Republic. located in the Ord Lithone system, a part of the Northern Dependencies portion of the Inner Rim. A hyperlane linked it to the Chalenor and Gyrica systems.
==History==
Ord Lithone served as an Ordnance/Regional Depot outpost for the Galactic Republic during the Pius Dea Era, a period of time that lasted between approximately 12,000 BBY and 11,000 BBY. By 22 BBY, is set on the date "13:3:7," which corresponds to 22 BBY per the reasoning here. Baktoid Armor Workshop, a manufacturer of battle droids and vehicles that was a subsidiary of the Trade Federation,The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology maintained a factory on Ord Lithone. In the wake of its unsuccessful invasion of the planet Naboo in 32 BBY,The New Essential Chronology in a calculated move the Trade Federation had Baktoid Armor Workshop announce the closure of several of its manufacturing plants in Republic space, including on Ord Lithone, by the end of the month 13:3—a decision that would result in a layoff of an estimated 12.5 million employees of factories in the Colonies and the Inner Rim.
The announcement was reported in the 13:3:7 issue of the CoCo District Edition of the HoloNet News, with the report including an image depicting surplus B1-Series battle droids at the plant of Ord Lithone. Baktoid Armor Workshop cited the Republic's increased regulation on battle droid manufacture and sales as the reason for the closure; however, in reality the company secretly moved its factories to the Outer Rim Territories beyond the Republic's jurisdiction. Ord Lithone fell within the borders of the New Republic between 12 ABY and 13 ABY.
==Behind the scenes==
Ord Lithone was introduced in HoloNet News Vol. 531 #46, an issue of the representation of the in-universe HoloNet News that was written by Pablo Hidalgo and Paul Ens, illustrated by Joe Corroney, and published by March 14, 2002. The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the Ord Lithone system, and therefore the world itself, in grid square L-8.
==Appearances==
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*The Cestus Deception 
==Sources==
*The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Essential Atlas
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
==Notes and references==
Category:Inner Rim planets
Category:New Republic planets
Category:Northern Dependencies planets
Lithone
Category:Terrestrial planets