Attack on the Brentaal Star During the Cold War , agents Sith Empire launched an attack on the Galactic Republic ' s damaged " Thranta " - class corvette , the " Brentaal Star " , with the intention of intercepting and taking prisoner or killing one of the passengers on board the vessel , a Republic general known only as The General . The attack was ordered by Grand Moff Rycus Kilran , and was intended to be carried out by the crew of the Imperial transport " Black Talon " . The " Talon " captain , Revinal Orzik , defied the Grand Moff ' s command and in response , Orzik was executed by a team of Sith agents dispatched by Kilran himself , eventually getting the crew to participate in the attack . Upon engaging the " Brentaal Star " , the " Black Talon " was beset by laser cannon fire and Republic boarding parties . The Sith agents joined the ship ' s garrisoned Sith trooper s and worked to repel the boarders . After repelling them , the agents took an Imperial assault shuttle and boarded the " Brentaal Star " searching for their objective , The General . Eventually they reached him , executed him and then returned back to the Imperial ship to withdraw before the Republic ' s reinforcements could arrive . Prelude . In 3643 BBY , the Cold War , a proxy war between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic had stood for a decade . At one point a genius General had deserted the Sith Empire for the Republic and so Grand Moff Rycus Kilran assigned the ship " Black Talon " , to intercept the republic ship carrying the General and capture him . However the captain of the imperial starship , Revinal Orzik , saw it as a suicide mission and disobeyed his commands . Kilran dispatched his specialized protocol droid , NR - 02 to the Black Talon . NR - 02 recruited a team of Sith agents , composed of an Intelligence agent , Darth Baras ' apprentice , Lord Zash ' s apprentice and a bounty hunter to restore control in the " Black Talon " and to proceed with Kilran ' s orders to capture The General . The team complied . They fought through Imperial troops attempting to enforce the captain ' s lockdown order to reach the bridge . There they encountered Captain Orzik , executed him and gave the command of the ship to his second - in - command , Lieutenant Sylas . Sylas immediately complied with Kilran ' s commands , sending the ship towards the corvette " Brentaal Star " to attack . Battle . When the " Black Talon " reached the " Brentaal Star " , the republic ship sent its pods full of war droids to sabotage the imperial ship while at the same time , attacking the imperials with laser cannon fire . The droids , led by the GXR - 5 Sabotage Droid took control of the engine room . Kilran ' s team defeated the droids , destroying the GXR - 5 , and returned to the bridge . The Black Talon received a hologram transmission by the Grand Master of the Jedi Order , Satele Shan , who warned the Sith not to engage or otherwise she would arrive with her own fleet composed of 17 vessels to crush the imperials . The imperials ignored her and moved on , eventually boarding the republic ship in an Imperial assault shuttle . Aboard the Brentaal Star Kilran ' s team engaged a series of republic trooper s and proceeded through decks . They fought and defeated Special Forces Commander Ghulil and his escorts and the GXR - 7 Command Droid during this engagement , ultimately reaching the General as he attempted to evacuate . The Jedi Padawan Yadira Ban tried to protect the General but was slain . The team confronted the General , who was seriously wounded as a result of the fighting . The team chose to execute the General and extract his cybernetic implant to secure his knowledge . They then fled the Brentaal Star before Republic reinforcements could arrive . While the strike team was aboard the Brentaal Star the Black Talon crew panicked , with several members believing they would be executed upon the team ' s return . Lieutenant Sylas attempted to restore order , but during the fighting the entire command crew was killed . Their remains were discovered by the strike team when they returned to the vessel . Grand Moff Kilran congratulated the strike team on their success via hologram . When the debriefing was completed NR - 02 piloted the Black Talon onward to Dromund Kaas . Aftermath . After the battle , the treaty between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic , though weak , stood still for one more year . In 3642 BBY , the direct war would eventually break out under the name of Galactic War .