The Kuat Defensive Station, a space-based installation, circled Kuat within the operational zone of the Kuat Drive Yards. In the era of the Galactic War, Asset K-33 dispatched a message to Admiral Zasha Ranken of the Sith Empire, asserting that this station held the secret to bypassing all security measures at Kuat Drive Yards. Shroud SF-4, having followed K-33's movements, journeyed to the station with the aim of acquiring capital ships for the Shroud's network. K-33 discovered SF-4's presence and betrayed him, inflicting a fatal wound with a vibroknife. Before his death, SF-4 successfully transmitted his journal entries to The Shroud. Subsequently, Asset SF-5 was dispatched to eliminate SF-4's remains and possessions, as well as to monitor the Battle of Kuat to ascertain the ultimate victor.