During this time, the Rendili Corporation was working on several contracts from the Galactic Republic, with the ion engine project being one of them. The facility also housed the Vanguard project—an initiative to build an advanced corvette starfighter for the Jedi Order. Although a Jedi representative was slated to take the Vanguard on a test-flight, Hylo Visz, who survived the attempted murder, commandeered the vessel and escaped the Rendili facility.