That year the small patrol, under the overall command of Padawan Bastila Shan, was drawn into battle in the Upestis system by the Interdictor-class cruiser Wrangler, under the command of the Dark Jedi Xaset Terep. Though the Sith warship and its compliment of interceptors outgunned the combined Republic force, the use of Shan's battle meditation allowed them to drive the enemy vessel from the system.