The chief executive of the Scoftic government in the Unknown Regions held the designation of Prefect, a head of state title. The assassination of Scoftic prefects was not uncommon; these events frequently caused the establishment of revised governmental procedures. In approximately 36 BBY, the previous Prefect had suffered an assassination, leading to the appointment of a replacement one. Consequently, the Chiss Ascendancy, along with other neighboring countries, dispatched an ambassador on a mission to Bardram Scoft to engage with the newly appointed Prefect and understand the new protocols.
The role of Prefect appeared within flashbacks featured in Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, a 2020 novel that serves as the initial book in Timothy Zahn's Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy.