Following Order 66 and the end of the Clone Wars, Tápusk and several others worked as a crew on board the starship Kasmiri under fellow Kalleran smuggler Janus Kasmir. Following one of their jobs, Tápusk and the crew then confronted Kasmir about cheating them on a deal. As he and his crew were about to kill Kasmir, they were taken by surprise by Jedi Padawan Caleb Dume. After his men were subdued, Tápusk ran away from Kasmir and Dume.