The Republic Military engaged in a military operation known as the Battle of the Gauntlet. The objective of this operation was the annihilation of the Gauntlet, a superweapon wielded by the Sith Empire in the initial stages of the Galactic War. The Gauntlet, a faster-than-light hyperspace cannon installed on a Harrower-class dreadnought, was slated for large-scale production once finished. However, a joint assault by the Republic Navy's Fifth Assault Fleet, commanded by Fleet Admiral Numinn, alongside multiple divisions from the Republic Army and the Republic Special Forces Division, which included SpecForce teams like Havoc Squad and the Safecrackers, led to the superweapon's demise.