A clandestine chamber resided inside the Institute of Government Service on the world of New Apsolon during the year 41 BBY. Representatives of the Absolutes, the Workers, and the Civilized were scheduled to convene there, with Jedi Master Tahl serving as the negotiator. Regrettably, Chief of Security Balog, an Absolutist, had abducted Tahl and departed for his hidden headquarters.
Furious, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi uncovered the betrayal and located Tahl's lightsaber discarded in a small container. Jinn, in his anger, used his lightsaber to obliterate a table and declared their determination to rescue Tahl.