Shortly after their arrival on Balstros, the people of the reborn Empire launched a campaign to clear a wilderness region on the planet. The effort was conceived and organized by the founder and first leader of the Grand Military, Myrim Volkin. Volkin led a newly-formed army of Imperial revivalists into the jungle wilds of the untamed Balstros, carving into the habitats of native Coligs and animal species and clearing the way for the Sith to gain a secure foothold on the world. When the project reached completion, the Imperials had cleared enough of the wilderness to allow for their leaders to begin building a new capital that would later come to be known as Clou City.