Battle of Taral V As the peace from the Treaty of Coruscant began to dissolve around 3642 BBY , the Jedi Master and Republic Fleet Admiral Oteg was contacted by the spirit of the long - dead Jedi Meetra Surik . Surik implored Oteg to rescue a vital Jedi prisoner from the Maelstrom nebula , as the prisoner possessed information on the Sith Emperor himself . To that end , Oteg gathered an elite strike team of troopers , Jedi , and other Republic - allied individuals to attack the Imperial fortress on the planet Taral V to recover a computer designed by the Gree species that would allow the Republic fleet to navigate the Maelstrom . Prelude . In the aftermath of the Sith Lord Darth Angral ' s campaign of vengeance against the Galactic Republic , as well as other proxy conflicts , the tenuous peace brought about by the Treaty of Coruscant began to fracture . Both the Republic and the Sith Empire began preparing for war . It was around this time that the Jedi Master Oteg , a former member of the Jedi Council and a Fleet Admiral of the Republic Navy , received a visit from the Force ghost of Meetra Surik . Surik had been killed over three centuries earlier during a failed attack on the Sith Emperor , and ever since she had been lending her strength to her ally Revan as the Emperor fed off of Revan ' s strength and knowledge . Surik gave Oteg knowledge of Revan ' s predicament , and asked that the Jedi Master rescue him from his prison in the unnavigable Maelstrom nebula . To reach the prison , Surik told Oteg to recover an astrogation computer on Taral V — a computer designed by the mysterious Gree species . To that end , Oteg gathered an elite strike team of Jedi , Republic trooper s , and other Republic - allied individuals to retrieve the computer . The battle . Using a stolen Imperial shuttle , the strike team landed on Taral V near the main Imperial fortress . They then made their way up to the fortress ' security outpost , fighting through the various Imperial soldier s , jurgoran s , gundarks , and Imperial commandos that crowded their path . Handler Gattan and his pet vine cat s were killed in the process , and strike team ' s assault on the security outpost saw them destroy several Imperial war droids and eliminate over a dozen defenders . Captain Shivanek ' s futile last stand and death enraged his pet jurgoran Ripper , forcing the strike team to kill the large creature before deactivating the fortress ' outer defenses . They then proceeded further up the path and crossed the bridge to main fortress . Within the fortress the strike team engaged a number of Imperial troops and additional jungle animals . After crossing a heavily defended bridge they moved into the fortress proper . After defeating Doctor Zharen and Lord Hasper they fought a power war droid at the entrance to the internal corridors . The strike team then confronted Kilran via hologram . The Imperial Moff declared his intention to bombard the fortress from orbit , but the strike team continued their mission despite this obstacle . Fighting through additional Imperial soldiers and Sith Warrior s the strike team reached the center of the fortress where they faced General Edikar and a group of turrets . The general was defeated , and the team confronted an Imperial researcher in possession of the Gree computer . The computer was handed over , but only after the strike team agreed to allow Imperial forces mapping the Maelstrom to evacuate .