Ord Ibanna I is located extremely close to the Ord Ibanna sun.  It is because of this closeness to the sun that the planet's average yearly temperature is far above those of most planets.  A thick, yet breathable atmosphere covers most of the planet and helps to keep the surface from being stripped by the heat.  Still, most of the planet is covered in desert and rock. Pockets of planet life exist in the form of grassland and jungle.  The areas of jungle have slowly been decreasing over the centuries as more and more radiation slowly seeps into the planet, killing off the trees.

Ord Ibanna I's high temperatures make the planet extremely uncomfortable to most species, yet at least one colony of an advanced race had lived here before.  The remains of the colony indicate that they were most likely a mining company, although no one is entirely sure what mineral was so precious that a race would risk the hot and thick air to mine it.  It is also likely that the desert region the abandoned colony is in was once part of the ever-decreasing jungle region.  Historians actually have found little reason to be interested in the colony as no one has discovered anything new from it in over half a century.

Occasionally a spice mining company will stop at Ord Ibanna I to extract some of the highly unusual spices found on the planet.  These excursions last shorter than a few weeks at a time, although the spices do catch a nice price around the galaxy.