The sibling of Armand Isard, who was the Director of Imperial Intelligence, served on a starship belonging to the Galactic Republic in 44 BBY during the Stark Hyperspace War. In that conflict, the navigation computer of the starship was among those that were affected by the navcomputer virus that the Stark Commercial Combine unleashed against the Republic Navy. The ship, on its way to the planet [Troiken](/article/troiken/legends], was forced out of Hyperspace by the virus directly into a star, resulting in its destruction and the death of Isard's brother. Isard recalled the destruction of this ship in 3 BBY while talking with Imperial Intelligence Agent Jahan Cross about the War. The brother in question was never named.
The comic book Agent of the Empire – Iron Eclipse 1, released in 2011, featured the initial depiction of the starship through a flashback sequence. John Ostrander penned this comic as a segment of the "Iron Eclipse" storyline within the Star Wars: Agent of the Empire series.