During the Yuuzhan Vong War, a force of Fire Breathers were driven off the planet by the Orange Panthacs.
The PC game Star Wars: Rebellion mistakenly places the Orus sector and, consequently, Mantessa, in the Outer Rim Territories. The in-game encyclopedia entry for Mantessa also implies the world is entirely covered by jungle, with no mention of forestry.
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