During the era of the Cold War, a conflict unfolded in the Balosar system. This battle saw the forces of the Galactic Republic clash with those of the Sith Empire. The Coruscant Aegis Squadron, backed by the Republic's naval forces, launched an offensive with the goal of obliterating a Sith space station. This station was protected by a number of vessels belonging to the Imperial Navy. The Empire had secretly established this illicit space station within the Balosar system. Its purpose was to serve as a base of operations from which to launch clandestine attacks targeting Republic-held regions. The Republic, however, discovered this secret and dispatched elements of the Coruscant Aegis Squadron, reinforced by a minimum of three Thranta-class corvettes, with orders to eliminate the space station.