Hesta

Hesta is a barren mining colony in the Extran Syndicate and one of the only planets the Syndicate "owned" before the outbreak of the war.

Back when the Extran Syndicate was only a business, they negotiated with the Overlords to allow Hesta freedom of self-governance in exchange for half of the ore produced on the planet. However, it was a Hesta miner named Simone Quarter who recognized that the Syndicate could earn more money, and ensure better lives and working conditions for its workers if the Syndicate declared itself a sovereign state and militaristically opposed the expansion of the Overlords throughout the galaxy. For this stroke of genius, Simone Quarter was instantly promoted, and she would be promoted many times more until ultimately landing her current job as Chief Financial Officer of the Extran Syndicate. Just another example of how the Extran Syndicate values all productivity and good ideas, even on the mostly forgotten planet of Hesta.