With the planetary assests on Tefillin under control and in a time of relative peace, the more outlier of the Zarethian race decided to more out and add colonies to the empire's glory. To further this goal, this planet, relatively unknown to most of the galactic community was a good target for the first stages of the colonization effort.
The Zarethians, star faring as they are, came across the planet after the Lorcar attacked andd consumed their original planet and colonies. At the time they did not have the mind, or resources, to colonize the planet. But they came back. Now five colony capital ships escorted by the ships of the HWDF the Athena, the Ouranos, the Ares, the Sigurd and the Atlas came into orbit around the planet. Unable to scan for sentient life-forms because of the mass of ecology, they sent down lightning-type assault pods full of warrior and a diplomat to scout out the area.
The pods landed in the northern regions of the largest continent and begun to scout the area for the colony ships.