Addalar Hyland, a Human male, established Galactic Solutions Industries, a company that specialized in the production of personal weaponry. This enterprise was started on Nar Shaddaa's moon circa 3642 BBY, coinciding with the outbreak of the Galactic War. Furthermore, he employed a relation, Arnell Hyland, at GSI Headquarters. With the intention of wiping out the rakghoul plague from the galaxy, this businessman also created The Hyland Organization for Rakghoul Neutralization (THORN); it was not widely known, however, that Hyland's motivation stemmed from the death of two children during the rakghoul pandemic on Tatooine. The tragic loss of his children compelled him to dedicate significant financial resources to THORN, driven by the desire to eradicate the devastating plague.