Gazjir Nalech

Sir Gazjir Nalech (//) OSO was a male Jubill who became the Director of Royal Intelligence in the Armada of the Golden Empire.

Early life
Born on the Jubill homeworld, Classaeria, young Nalech was the second child and first son of a pair of well-to-do attorneys. He was twelve years old when the Golden Empire absorbed Classaeria into its fold. Like many Jubill, Nalech desired to leave Classaeria and work his verbal magic elsewhere in the galaxy. He initially considered serving in the Royal Navy, but when Royal Intelligence was founded in 107 ABY, Nalech thought it would be a better direction for his talents.

After finishing schooling on his homeworld, Nalech competed for and won a place at the University of Dolomir's College of Governmental Sciences. He completed his mastery of Orhyo and while earning a degree in Government. He interned with the local Consul's office and the Armada during his collegiate years, and after graduation joined Royal Intelligence.

Intelligence officer
Nalech became a collections specialist just in time to participate in the Hunt for Red Eclipse, and joined his colleagues in assisting the Royal Navy and the Order of Keltrayu in hunting the elusive slavers. He earned a commendation from his superiors for identifying a Red Eclipse collaborator and following a slaver trail to the on Synno.

After Sayl Leikvold was killed and her fleet wiped out at the Ambush at Bolera, Nalech continued briefly as a collections officer. However, sensing that more opportunity would lie in a different role, he transferred to an analyst position. In this position, he was tasked with assessing potential security threats to the Empire from newly admitted member worlds. He personally visited Shel Du and Sanduluc after their incorporation into the Empire. Some time in the 120s ABY, Nalech also earned a graduate degree in Public Policy.

By the early 130s ABY, Nalech had risen to a supervisory position in Royal Intelligence. He was part of a committee assigned to analyze the scant information about the in preparation for the Empire's 137 ABY assault on the xenophobic Chiss. After the conquest succeeded, Nalech was promoted again and given the task of analyzing threats and opportunities in the newly acquired Chiss territories.

Stumble
By mid-140 ABY, Nalech's task force had provided critical intelligence which enabled the dismantling of several seditionist Chiss organizations. When the Director of Royal Intelligence retired, he tapped Nalech to succeed him. Tariun Sakaros approved the appointment toward the end of the year.

Nalech's tenure was initially rocky; his division provided the Royal Navy with the information that led to the disastrous Battle of Lebyool, and popular opinion excoriated Royal Intelligence for the incomplete information which had led to the capture of Tariun and a rare defeat for the Navy. Intelligence's inability to accurately assess the threat posed by the enemy fleet and its further failure to find Tariun before Queen Rin Sakaros herself intervened damaged the agency's reputation.

Rebound
Rin and Tariun considered replacing Nalech, but before they could act, the attacked Tenupe and the  began. Determined to redeem Intelligence's reputation, Nalech began an aggressive program of intelligence-gathering, scouring Chiss sources for anything relating to the territory beyond the Empire's borders and interrogating Vagaari prisoners. When Tariun gave Aria Nikina the task of fomenting insurresction on Vagaari-held worlds, Nalech had his agents identify and propose likely targets. Aria's initial success began to redeem Nalech in his masters' eyes.

The Ssi-ruuvi Incursion and the eruption of the Chiss Rebellion presented Nalech with the same problem faced by all of the Armada's leaders: defending the Empire against three threats at once. He proved himself capable of delegating authority, relying on his Field Directors for accurate pictures of ground conditions. Loyal Chiss braved the wrath of their own species by spying on rebel movements on and, and presented the Armada with sufficient information to cut off supply routes forged by the rebels and allow the Armada to restore Order. In the south, Intelligence agents accurately identified the location of Shest Minor, allowing Breek Zagrev's game-changing assault on the Ssi-ruuvi production world.

After two years of war, the Empire triumphed on all three fronts. Intelligence's crucial role in the three conflicts restored the public's confidence in the agency and the Sakaroses' in its leader.

Peace and nightmares
Following the final eradication of the Vagaari, Nalech's agents took part in the ongoing effort to assert actual control over the territory which had belonged to the Chiss Ascendancy and the Vagaari Empire. The large number of collections agents hired during the Tribulation were retained and given the task of assisting the effort to map the regions beyond the Empire's borders. Nalech appointed a number of new Field Directors, including the Chiss Keny'ata'thrian, who had proven himself in the operations in Rebel-held space.

The initial assault of the Reawakened that began the Nightmare War surprised Rin Sakaros as much as anyone else, and less blame fell on Intelligence than it had received for the failure at Lebyool. The Empire's ferocious military response kept the enemy from making real headway after the devastation of Dolomir, Klee`shlyoo`hshee, Oourb'Rest, and others, but Nalech nonetheless devoted all his resources to locating the bases of his new enemies. Intelligence's agents had no living Skavik to interrogate, but they were quick to analyze the remains of the enemy base on Awpierh and locate other systems outside the Empire which the Dark Jedi had devastated.

When the Dark Jedi attacked Quadia and engineered an airborne variant of the Sickness, Rin had Elrabin Ralvik use on the severed head of Karshi Saan. Having seen the Dark Jedi's memories for herself, she gave three Royal Intelligence officers the same image of Kizav's nighttime constellations. Nalech kept his entire division working around the clock, collaborating with the Navy and the Royal Observatory to pinpoint Kizav's location. They succeeded in just under a week of exhaustive work, and Rin personally Kizav's star.

Retirement
Once the Reawakened were finally defeated at the Battle of Dolomir, Nalech initially agreed to helm Royal Intelligence as it continued its efforts to locate any other worlds the Dark Jedi had destroyed. By mid-150 ABY, however, he felt Intelligence had exhausted all reasonable efforts, and submitted his resignation, tapping his protégé Keny'ata'thrian to succeed him. For his contributions to the Empire during two periods of war, Rin made him an Officer of the Sovereign's Order.

Nalech spoke at the dedication of the newly rebuilt University of Dolomir in 152 ABY. He became a visiting lecturer at the school before being hired as a permanent professor in the College of Governmental Sciences.

Behind the scenes
Nalech was referred to exclusively by surname (either alone or as "Director Nalech") in chat roleplay. When Sakaros decided to make him a Jubill, he realized Jubill have given and surnames, and gave the character the name Gazjir.