In 3 ABY, the situation on Coruscant was becoming more destabilized by a recent conflict over the planet between Imperial loyalists and forces of the rogue Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin. The upstart was defeated, but within weeks, anti-Imperial activity surged on the capital world. A group of five criminals known as the Core Collective decided to take advantage of the rising chaos. Throughout the year, they committed a number of successful heists across Coruscan as Imperial security forces were more focused on crushing dissent rather than actual crime. In these heists, the group was able to steal credits and objects which were many credits. They made about ten million credits in total off of those early heists.