When retreating from Ord Mantell, Dunn Vesex had also upheld the fine tradition learned from the Kingdom of Dawn: destroy every facility on the planet that could possibly be reused. Fuel depots, maintenance centers, factories, orbital space stations, and supply warehouses were all blown up.
Not only that, Dunn Vesex's fleet even destroyed several of the planet's major cities. He left only the residential districts intact; everything else, including hydroponic farmland, factories, commercial districts, casinos, and entertainment facilities, was wiped out.
He also took everything that could be carried away, including technicians, engineers, and skilled workers. Even the Kingdom of Dawn Currency Number Four in the residents' pockets was confiscated. While looting, some Stormtroopers even packed up and took the food from people's dinner tables.
The space stations around the planet were stripped of every removable component. There was also an Agonev-class star base that the Kingdom of Dawn had already abandoned. The Kingdom of Dawn had cleared out this star base once before, but Dunn Vesex went even further. He brought in several tugboats, tore off the star base's heavy main armor, and hauled it away.
Not stopping there, he installed simple thruster engines onto the remains of the star base and pushed the wreckage toward the system's star.
This turned Ord Mantell into a complete wasteland, ensuring that the Kingdom of Dawn would be unable to use it as a forward base to launch an offensive against Parlin Minor for a very long time.
Dunn Vesex had thought it through. He could no longer launch a counterattack in this direction anyway. Since he had to withdraw and hand the place over to the Kingdom of Dawn, he might as well leave them a total mess.
When the Imperial fleet withdrew, the residents of Ord Mantell had less than