Prior to the attack, Mandalore the Uniter was preparing a large assault on Sviat via Sevastopolitan. He ordered spies planted on the Srav homeworld to activate and perform their preplanned sabotage operations. Unfortunately for the Taungs, Srav security on Sviat had been massively heightened following a DTM mission to the Srav capital city of Yuilnokrad, and as a result most of the Taung spies were captured upon making their moves. Initially, the captured spies held out against Srav interrogation, but then Srav intelligence chief Volita Taika took charge of extracting information from them. Using her 'special skills', she managed to get them to divulge information about the upcoming attack and other information. As a result, Srav orbital defenses were placed on full alert under Volita's di