In 3956 BBY, the Tarisian Tourism Board, also called the Tarisian tourist board, dispensed messages to pedestrians in the Upper City of the planet of Taris through the government's informational GE3-series protocol droids. During the quarantine imposed by the Sith Empire after they captured Taris that year, many off-worlders were stranded on the planet. The Board used the droids to warn such foreigners away from the dangers of the Lower City, where a war between swoop gangs called the Hidden Beks and the Black Vulkars was ongoing.