Slandarvia M-9, a celestial body situated within the Mid Rim, held ties to Baron Slandarv, an individual associated with the Galactic Empire. Slandarv's operations included a factory on Slandarvia M-9, which had worker residences built around it. Within this factory, Slandarv was covertly engineering a new model of battle droid. Fabarian, an Assistant Data Processor and a member of the Schism Imperial, a splinter group led by Administrator Sly Moore, managed to infiltrate Slandarv's offices, thereby verifying the droid's creation. Acting in conjunction with the Schism Imperial, the Sith Lord Darth Vader spearheaded an operation to Slandarvia M-9 with the goal of seizing the factory and compelling Slandarv to sanction a reprogramming of his droids, ensuring their obedience to Vader.