As Graystone Industries struggled to produce a cybernetic combat unit for the Caprican government, the Prime Minister urged Defense Minister Val Chambers to hire Tomas Vergis in Daniel Graystone's stead if Graystone did not start achieving results.[citation needed] The Prime Minister of Caprica is currently unknown, represented to Graystone Industries by the newly appointed Defense Minister, Joan Leyte, in the wake of Chambers' murder.("Pilot")