During the age of the High Republic Era, the Nihil group of marauders launched an assault on Agricultural Hub 42. This factory was located on the celestial body Chortose within the Rseik sector. The Nihil raiders, under the command of a Storm, sought to seize the factory's sprayer droids for their own use. At the time, two Chortose employees were within the factory. Pango tried to transmit a distress signal to the Jedi Order, while his sibling, Gru, decided to protect the factory, doubting the Jedi's timely arrival. After the Nihil breached Agricultural Hub 42, Jedi Knight Keeve Trennis appeared to defend the Chortose, having been sent in response to the signal. Although she hit a Nihil combatant with a redirected blaster shot, the Storm overwhelmed her. Just then, a Force vision of the Sith Lord Darth Krall replacing the Storm stopped her from retaliating. However, the Jedi Wayseeker Orla Jareni, guided by the Force to aid Trennis, rendered the Storm unable to fight. Jareni restrained the remaining Nihil using binders, with the goal of contacting the Republic Defense Coalition for their retrieval.