Arden was a male Human captain of the Republic Strategic Information Service

Strategic Information Service (SIS) Organization Galactic Republic (GGW, CW and GW)

living during the Galactic War. Around 3642 BBY he contacted Captain Elson

Elson (Human) Character Minor Characters (Cold War era)

on Hoth

Hoth Planet

and informed him that an Imperial transport, which held two SIS agents captive, was recently shot down by Republic starfighters and that an escape pod

Escape T-Pod Starship Utility Ships & Devices

was launched out. Arden and Elson believed that the agents hid vital information in the pod, so they send a team of elite Republic operatives to find and retrieve it.