Basically, here is where I will be adding data and trying to answer questions related to the mission.
First off...some planetary data.
Planet Name: Ord Durall
Type: Terrestrial
Temperature: Hot
Atmosphere: Type 1 - Breathable
Hydrosphere: Dry
Gravity: Light
Terrain: Plains
Length of day: 18 standard hours
Length of year: 248 standard days
Sentient races: various
Starport: Stellar class
Population: 800,000
Planet Function: Colony, Military Outpost
Government: Elected Council
Tech Level: Space
Major exports: None
Major imports: Finished products
Capsule: Ord Durall is a former Republic colony. The “Ord” designation defines the planet as an Ordnance/Regional Depot, or ORD. Over the centuries, the word Ord was simply used to describe the planet. Many such planets of greater note carry the same designation. However, Ord Durall is not known to most of the galaxy. In fact, it is the tail end of a once lucrative, though minor, trade spine known as the Tiddell Way. The other end of the spine was Ord Tiddell, a planet evacuated in great haste due to a planetary stone mite infestation.
Without the traffic to and from the Mid Rim, the Tiddell Way fell into disuse, and the bulk of the planets in its path slid towards anonymity and economic ruin. Ord Durall evolved into a way station for scout teams and colony groups trying to escape the New Order. Most of its increasingly antiquated weapons systems were sold or bartered for supplies and new technology as various flotillas headed Rimward.
What remains is a fairly large Outer Rim trading planet of mixed species population. All trade is local and in the form of agricultural products and light industry. Any finished goods come via the occasional trading fleet (usually a smuggler outfit) from the Core or Mid-Rim planets.