Various years ago he hired Vala Mal Doran to execute a job that went wrong. Some time later Vala incursioned on his home on Aldan-3 and retrieved a Data Disk. Arvold managed to confront Vala, and as Vala escaped, he declared her an official enemy of the Lucian Alliance. (SG1: "Vala Mal Doran 1") He hired the bounty hunter Shrike to capture Vala. (SG1: "Vala Mal Doran 2") Shrike contacted Arvold and replied that after killing Vala, he would be going after Arvold. (SG1: "Vala Mal Doran 4")