Zone Sixty-Six, situated on the lunar surface of Cynda, functioned as a mining sector. In the course of the Gorse Conflict, Imperial stormtroopers, following the directives of Count Denetrius Vidian, mandated an immediate departure and subsequently executed an experimental detonation. This destructive test resulted in the deaths of numerous miners and constituted a component of Vidian's scheme to substantiate his hypothesis that exploding Cynda would preserve the moon's thorilide deposits. Despite the damage inflicted upon the crystals by the test bombing, Vidian concealed the true outcome as a facet of a complex strategy aimed at undermining the reputation of his adversary, Baron Lero Danthe.