The Safecrackers were an elite Republic Special Forces squad of troopers in the army of the Galactic Republic, who fought against the Sith Empire during the Cold War. The squad consisted of elite demolitions specialists that were trained to infiltrate fortified enemy bunkers and command posts, eliminate hostiles, and either secure the locations for the Republic or destroy them. Immediately following, Havoc Squad and The Safecrackers infiltrated and sabotaged the Gauntlet (Sith Empire) superweapon from within and escaped before it was destroyed.