Serik, a male Human, held a position as an officer within the ranks of the Galactic Republic throughout the duration of the Galactic War. While stationed on Belsavis, he made the discovery that the Rattataki had developed a method to synchronize their jungle movements with a level of accuracy akin to military operations. Consequently, he dispatched an individual allied with the Republic to retrieve a protocol droid with the intention of decoding the concealed communication.