The events that transpired around the 3643 BBY departure from the Republic on Ord Mantell of nearly the entire Havoc Squad unit, a part of the Republic Special Forces Division, came to be known as the SpecForce Incident. Only one member remained. Subsequently, the defectors managed to convince a large number of other Republic Special Forces personnel—thousands in total—to join the Sith Empire. In the months that followed, the newly reformed Havoc Squad hunted down and located all of these individuals.