Five centuries BBY, Hugo Bartyn, an agent of the Outer Rim Oreworks Company claimed the planet to exploit it for its industrial use. ORO then named him the local Administrator of Lamaredd. After getting rid of the Menahuun, Bartyn made good use of this time to create a fishing community, Bartyn's Landing, populated by indentured servants of amphibious species who fished for him. Eventually, these people were released from their servitude, but most of them remained on the planet. Soon after the battle of Naboo, the believed-dead Menahuun, who had turned into an aggressive civilization, reappeared. Later, the Galactic Empire sent a number of troops to this planet. Lamaredd was left untouched during the Yuuzhan Vong War.