This base, belonging to the Tarkin Initiative, served as the birthplace of the BT-1 assassin droid. Prior to the secret mission to Geonosis, the BT-1 prototype, exhibiting homicidal tendencies, caused the death of all personnel within the base before initiating its self-destruction sequence, after which the assassin droid was launched into space. Following the base's destruction, the droid was eventually discovered and reactivated by Doctor Aphra, who reconfigured its programming, compelling it to serve Darth Vader.
The initial depiction of the Tarkin Initiative base occurred during a flashback sequence in Darth Vader (2015) 3, a comic written by Kieron Gillen with illustrations by Salvador Larroca.