The initial meeting of the Duinuogwuin and the Galactic Republic occurred in 15,000 BBY, a time known as the Indecta Era. Republic scouting parties, exploring near the world of Murkhana situated within the Outer Rim Territories, encountered a group of Duinuogwuin - immense, fire-breathing creatures popularly referred to as "Star Dragons." The scouts, reacting out of terror, retreated rapidly. This retreat incited the Duinuogwuin to pursue them all the way back to Coruscant, where they unleashed destruction upon the capital city's landscape, an event subsequently remembered as the Duinuogwuin Contention.