The communications station that was situated on Malastare, a planet, belonged to the Galactic Empire. As part of the events of the Galactic Civil War, Wedge Antilles, a Commander, scouted the station prior to its destruction by the Alliance to Restore the Republic in the Battle of Malastare. General Jylia Shale stated that the Empire's already weak grip on the world was lost when the station was destroyed.