The planet Talay, which housed a significant Republic outpost and communications center, was the target of an invasion by the reconstituted Sith Empire's military forces. During the initial stages of the Great Galactic War, the Empire had made an earlier attempt to seize Talay, but they were defeated in the Battle of Talay. Darth Arkous, a Sith Lord, supervised the subsequent invasion that occurred years afterward, amidst the [Galactic War]; however, he almost fell victim to an assassination attempt by the Republic Strategic Information Service on Dromund Kaas before he could finalize the offensive.