The Mind was intended for installation in a GSV. The factory ship it was on was attacked and destroyed by the Idirans. The Mind evacuated on a smaller ship but was intercepted by the Idiran 93rd Fleet. It self-destructed the escape ship and encoded a message in the blast, and escaped on personal warp units to Schar's World. "Mr. Adequate", the Dra'Azon overseer of the Planet of the Dead, allowed the Mind entry because it was in distress. It emerged in the Command System critically damaged: its field and hyperspace capabilities were disabled, and it only had one remote drone. Once in the System the Mind used the local resources to fashion crude defences and mislead pursuers.