Busting from hyperspace, the two star destroyers entered the space of the planet of Eol Sha, dangerously close to the Cauldron Nebula. The small settlement on the volcanic world was not a major presence in the galaxy, but the settlement acted as a key-hold for the region. So, using two a mere two transports worth of troopers, the empire reclaimed the small settlement, and another group was added to the empire and to the wider galaxy as a whole.