The Starveil Project represents an initiative spearheaded by the Galactic Republic around 4067 BBY, with the purpose of investigating the Luire system.
The project's stated objective was the exploration and discovery of alien life forms. The true, underlying purpose, however, was the search for an experimental Republic Navy ship that had disappeared in the vicinity of the Luire system. To execute this project, Commander Bethanie Melan from the Republic Navy received orders to take command of the Starveil, a vessel used for civilian exploration, and employ it to survey the Luire system for any trace of the lost ship. During the execution of this mission, the Starveil suffered a crash landing on Nyriaan, which is the fifth planet within that system.