Following the demise of Keefar Branto, a secret agent for the Galactic Republic who was slain by Arathab Fal (Branto's contact for information regarding a weapon sale orchestrated by a high-ranking member of the Nihil, namely individual), Chancellor Lina Soh dispatched Jedi Master Emerick Caphtor and private investigator Sian Holt to the planet Vorzyd V for a mission, after Fal was contacted by another Republic agent. The death occurred during Branto's investigation.