The Star Destroyer known as the Penumbra, belonging to the First Order, journeyed to Batuu with the mission of apprehending a Resistance spy operating under the alias Starling, for transport to the Finalizer. Lieutenant Wulfgar Kath of the First Order was assigned to the ship, accompanied by his squad. This squad's second-in-command was the stormtrooper CE-6675, and it consisted of twenty additional troopers, one of whom was CD-5502.