For the best part of about two years, the DTM had been assembling its forces; now, its leaders had decided to use them. They decided to first attack the world of Iyuta, a world allied with the Srav Federation, complete with a small Srav garrison. The DTM decided it would be best to seize minor worlds initially, and so it began to smuggle suicide bombers and fanatics into Iyuta as it had done before, while preparing a larger attack force.