During the era of the Cold War fought between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, the xenophobic Sith Lord known as Darth Ikoral launched an assault on the fortress belonging to an alien Sith utilizing his capital ship, the Red Reaper. The obliteration of the fortress, coupled with the earlier attack on the fortress of the alien Lord Senu, alerted the Empire to Ikoral's reappearance in the known galaxy, prompting Darth Malgus to quickly deploy a team to eliminate the Red Reaper.