Jack Nebulax

"With Palpatine and Lord Vader dead, I think it's only fair that I make myself Grand Admiral. Therefore, on this Imperial day, I shall create the Nebulax Empire, with myself as Emperor. Had Abbadon will now become a center of safety, security, justice, and peace! A new Galactic Empire starts here!"

- Nebulax, in an address to the citizens of Had Abbadon

Jack Nebulax was a Fleet Admiral in the Imperial Navy who would eventually promote himself to Grand Admiral and become Emperor of his own empire.

Throughout his life, Nebulax would serve in the Republic and Imperial Navies, in some points rising rapidly through the ranks. It is known that at a few points in his Imperial career, he attracted the attention of Emperor Palpatine for his outstanding performance at battles.

Unknown to everyone but himself and a small amount of others, Nebulax was Force-sensitive, but not enough to attract the attention of the Jedi Order. Nonetheless, Nebulax knew from a young age he would become a naval commander, and even after finding out about his Force-sensitivity, he did not dream of becoming a Jedi as most others would have.

The highlight of Nebulax's career came after the Battle of Endor when he set up the Nebulax Empire on Had Abbadon with himself as leader. Nebulax would serve as Emperor far into the Legacy and Unity eras.

Origins (56–c. 40 BBY)
"I don't know where Nebulax came from, but it couldn't have been a good place."

- Unknown Rebel officer

Born on an unknown world, possibly Zhar, during the time of the Galactic Republic, Jack Nebulax was destined to become a major player in galactic events. Many speculated at Nebulax's origins, but none would come close enough to grasp the truth. Nebulax was Force-sensitive, and for unknown reasons, his Force-sensitivity was never discovered by the Jedi Order until his time in the military.

During his early childhood, Nebulax and his family were moved off of his homeworld to Corellia. Loss of his records in transit to Corellia, plus the fact that his parents had been drugged by an unknown being in the place Jack was born, led to Nebulax being unable to discover his birth world. Years later, when he met Jedi Master Darius Chranell, a comment made about Chranell's homeworld of Zhar apparently sparked a bit of recognition within Nebulax's mind. Even with the aid of the Force during his time as Emperor, Nebulax was never able to discover whether or not Zhar was his homeworld.

For those few who knew the truth, some believed Nebulax had been a candidate for Darth Sidious's Sith apprentice. One or two of those even went as far as to believe Nebulax had been, in some way, trained by Sidious.

However, the unfortunate truth for Nebulax was that he was not a Sith apprentice. Nebulax had learned a few minor tricks from Force-sensitive beings, but he hadn't learned enough to become one of Palpatine's Dark Side Adepts. It was true that Palpatine had taken an interest in Nebulax during his time in the Republic Navy, but it was merely because of his loyalty, not his Force sensitivity. Years later, Nebulax would regret not getting trained in the ways of the Force, no matter what side.

Early military career (33–19 BBY)
"Who is that?" "That would be Captain Nebulax, master." "He's Force-sensitive&hellip;"

- Darius Chranell and his apprentice, Gyda Kartin

Around 33 BBY, Nebulax met Vladius Magnum, and the two soon became friends.

At this time, Nebulax decided to leave for Coruscant to see if he could make a living there. He first entered a military career onboard a Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser in the Republic Navy. In 20 BBY, he was transfered to the Venator-class Star Destroyer Quasar Flame, which was the home of the 73rd Shadow Battalion, made up of shadow troopers under the command of Clone Commander Shadow-7 and Jedi General Darius Chranell. He served in many actions during the Clone Wars and soon became a captain onboard the Republic Star Destroyer.



During the Clone Wars, Nebulax led the space forces at the Battle of Neimoidia. He barely survived a sucide attack on Quasar Flame made by a squadron of Vulture droid starfighters.

In 19 BBY, after Order 66 was issued, Nebulax fled with his Jedi General to Had Abbadon. About a year later, Nebulax longed to return to Coruscant, so he alerted the stormtrooper forces searching for the Jedi General on the whereabouts of the traitorous Jedi. When he returned to Coruscant, he joined the Imperial Navy and received command of a new Venator-class Star Destroyer stationed in the Outer Rim Territories, the region of the Galaxy under the command of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin.

Imperial service (19 BBY–4 ABY)
"For your success in defending Zhar, I hereby promote you to the rank of Commodore. Congratulations, Nebulax."

- Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin

Shortly after joining the Imperial Navy, Nebulax led the Imperial pacification of Neimoidia, the same world he had led an attack on during the Clone Wars.

In his first few years as an Imperial officer, Captain Nebulax was soon promoted to commodore for his actions in the defense of Zhar in 16 BBY and received his own flagship, the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Nebulax's Fist.

Around this time, Nebulax fell in love with and married Alexia Far'shadow, a native of Corellia and an Imperial Intelligence officer. After their wedding, Nebulax became the owner of a TC-series protocol droid, named TC-17, and a R2-series astromech droid, named R2-Q9, both of which had been gifts from Alexia Far'shadow's brother Dak, another Intelligence officer. Nebulax would later use these droids for infilitration purposes.

During this time, Nebulax's fleet collaborated with the Rogue Cell Division in a blockade of Nar Shaddaa, where a renegade clone trooper had joined up with the Aurodium Sword crime syndicate. The battle was declared a victory, though the top members of Aurodium Sword managed to slip past Nebulax's blockade.

A year or so later, while on a patrol mission, pirates boarded Nebulax's Fist, and many lives were lost, mainly on the Imperials' side. After the pirate leader was captured, he sent off a thermal detonator in the Star Destroyer's hangar bay, taking off Nebulax's right arm in the process. Nebulax's life was saved by a junior pit crew officer named Anton Marcos. Upon finding out the identity of the person who had saved his life, Nebulax recommended that Marcos be promoted to ensign.

During his recovery, a B2 super battle droid arm took the place of Nebulax's severed arm at his request, making him a cyborg. He even made sure that the mechanical arm's blaster was operational, just in case he didn't have his trusty blaster pistol at his side.



Due to the fact that he became a cyborg, some of his senior officers began to think of him as weak and unworthy to be in the Imperial Navy, despite the fact that there were other cyborgs in it. Nebulax, upon finding out about this, sabotaged their shuttles, hired bounty hunters, and paid non-alligned fleets to "fight" the fleets of Nebulax's superiors and kill the commanding officer one way or another. No one knew that Nebulax had been behind all that, except for his second-in-command. "Nebulax, you're the worst thing that ever happened to the Empire." "Really? Then why was I asked by Lord Vader to kill you, Gradon? I think I deserve to be at least the 'second worst'."

- High Admiral Gradon, before his death, and Nebulax

While his superiors were being killed, Nebulax nearly vaporized a small suspected Rebel freighter near Zhar in 11 BBY, causing the commander to flee. Nebulax's Fist almost pursued, but Commodore Nebulax decided to spare the lives of all those aboard the transport.

Sometime after the destruction of the first Death Star, Nebulax dueled a clone of Count Dooku named Darth Cogito on the bridge of Nebulax's Fist. After the clone managed to defeat him, Nebulax used the blaster of his super battle droid arm against the cloned Separatist leader. However, the clone managed to sabotage a tractor beam projector onboard the Star Destroyer, the result of which was his easy escape.

With the majority of his commanding officers out of the way, Nebulax accepted a few more promotions, making it to the rank of Rear Admiral by the time of the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY). He then fought in a battle over Felucia against Rebel forces commanded by Chack Jadson. Shortly after, he was promoted to Fleet Admiral for his amount of service and dedication to the Empire.

However, a year later, Nebulax and his fleet were in the middle of a battle with a small Rebel fleet in the Unknown Regions when he and his fellow officers learned of Emperor Palpatine's and Lord Vader's deaths at Endor. Despite the fact that the Rebel fleet was outnumbered, Nebulax ordered his fleet into hyperspace, set for Had Abbadon, where Nebulax had been years before.

Hiding from the New Republic (4 ABY)
"The Rebels may have had a victory at Endor, but they will not have one at Had Abbadon."

- Nebulax, after retreating to Had Abbadon

Upon reaching the world, Nebulax contacted his wife, who had been on Coruscant. She told Nebulax about an uprising on the planet, and that Grand Vizier Sate Pestage was assuming command of the Empire. Nebulax urged his wife to come to Had Abbadon with their two droids, and sure enough, a Lambda-class shuttle carrying his wife and droids arrived a day later.

However, something else happened that would change Nebulax's life. A few days later, an Alliance MC80a Star Cruiser, along with many CR90 corvettes, EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates, GR-75 medium transports, Corellian gunships, Action VI transports, and numerous starfighters, appeared in orbit around the planet. The battle for Had Abbadon would be a long and hard one, but after two days of commanding his fleet with no sleep, Nebulax and his new defensive fleet of the planet prevailed, capturing the MC80a and other Rebel ships and destroying the rest.

After this victory, Nebulax realized the Empire was dying&mdash;the "New Republic" was becoming stronger and Palpatine, the Emperor of the Galaxy, had been defeated. Without Palpatine, the Imperial forces were like children's holotoys scattered about a holographic playing room. Nebulax knew he couldn't fight the Rebel forces. While still supporting the Empire, he made his fleet the Had Abbadon Defense Fleet. Shortly after that, he created the Nebulax Empire with himself as Emperor.

In charge of an empire (4–c. 137 ABY)
"Your husband has just become Emperor of his own empire, Alexia. What do you think of that?" "I think it's good way to strike fear into the Rebellion's heart."

- Dak Far'shadow and Alexia Nebulax



Shortly after setting up the Nebulax Empire, Nebulax located loyal Imperial officers and created the Had Abbadon Council, his empire's version of the Imperial Senate, with himself as the head of the council.

During this time, Emperor Nebulax hired a small subdivision of Industrial Automaton that was affiliated with Santhe/Sienar Technologies to create the ZX-73 ultimate security droid&mdash;a battle droid so powerful that it could destroy a building by firing one of its powerful blasters at the base of it. Once in use alongside stormtroopers, Nebulax believed that his empire would soon been powerful enough to destroy the New Republic. Once the first few groups of ZX-73s were in deployment, he began to plan Operation Regroup and Destroy. Under the regrouping part, he planned to contact the leaders of the various remnants of the Empire and unite them with his empire. Under the destroying part, the combined fleets and armies would conquer every known New Republic-controlled planet and destroy the New Republic once and for all.

However, Nebulax's plans failed, as the remnants of the Empire became too busy in fighting each other.

Around this time, Nebulax began upgrading the former Coruscant habitation spheres into Battle Spheres Alpha and Beta. Then, he placed Fleet Admiral Bentro, former commander of Executor, in command of Battlestation Command Force.

Sometime after 15 ABY, Nebulax's forces found a modified Star Destroyer, which had been a part of the mysterious Crimson Fleet, abandoned near an asteroid belt. After having it repaired, this crimson-colored Star Destroyer became Nebulax's flagship for a short time.

Conflict with UN-8311 (c. 35 ABY)
"So, a super battle droid has decided to start a conflict with me. Well, I guess we should let him know that I am also part super battle droid."

- Nebulax, addressing the Had Abbadon Council

At some point around the Dark Nest Crisis, Nebulax entered a conflict with a droid known as UN-8311 when a weapons deal went bad.

8311, a super battle droid, had gathered a navy manufuctured at Hypori to combat Nebulax's forces, and several skirmishes on Naboo, Thule, and Raxus Prime broke out between the two factions. While Nebulax had a small fleet of state-of-the-art ships, the droid had a larger fleet, although outdated. The conflict soon developed into a stalemate.

However, that did not end the conflict. UN-8311 hired a bounty hunter to destroy a weapons dump belonging to Nebulax's forces. Nebulax retaliated by destroying an orbital defence platform of the droid's forces above Hypori. Nebulax's small fleet, as well as the droid's larger fleet, was battered. Nebulax, deciding not to waste more warships, sued for peace, which the droid also decided to do. A treaty was then signed, ending the conflict and allowing each side's forces to return home.

Some entertaiment companies released holo-games based on the brief conflict, much to the bemusement of both sides. However, Nebulax managed to bribe the companies to not reveal Nebulax or his empire, suggesting that they refer to his faction as an "independent faction".

Under the leadership of a Sith (42–c. 45 ABY)
"Nebulax is a loyal Admiral. It's only fair that he serve under a Sith."

- Darth Caedus

Nebulax gradually began to lose faith in having a reunited Empire. Not wanting to waste his time fighting the New Republic, Nebulax cut off almost all contact with the rest of the Galaxy. But Nebulax's empire would soon play a major part in the reunification of the Empire in 42 ABY.

A Sith Lord named Darth Caedus would soon become a major player in galactic events. Using his position as Chief of State Jacen Solo of the Galactic Alliance, Caedus recreated the events of 19 BBY. He began another purge of the Jedi and had the officially-appointed Grand Admiral Nebulax reunited the various Imperial remnants for himself. Although his title of Emperor was lost, Nebulax knew he had given it up for the better.

Nebulax eventually returned to Zhar, where Caedus's sister Jaina and her husband Zekk attempted to sabotage Nebulax's fleet. They succeeded in bringing the weapons systems of Nebulax's new Executor-class Star Dreadnought offline long enough for the pair to escape. Jack vowed to personally capture Jaina and hand her over to Caedus. In the meantime, he transferred back to Nebulax's Fist as the Star Dreadnought was being repaired.

Eventually, Nebulax later discovered a Jedi safehouse. With the Imperial fleet under his command, Nebulax began to attack this safehouse. He eventually personally led a legion of stormtroopers down to the safehouse, where Nebulax stunned Zekk and captured Jaina and Zekk's twins. He later took them back to Nebulax's Fist, but Jaina, Zekk, and a person whom Jack had the chance to kill years before were close behind, attempting to infiltrate the warship and free the captive twins.

However, his plans were shattered when a fleet Nebulax had been keeping an eye on appeared. The fleet's commander, after having his forces destroy many of Nebulax's ships, boarded Nebulax's Fist, where Nebulax was forced to accept a peace treaty. However, Jaina Solo, who had rescued her twins, lashed out at Nebulax. However, before a killing blow could be served, the fleet commander who had offered a treaty saved Nebulax's life. Nebulax thought of recruiting his fleet into his Had Abbadon defense forces, but decided not to and so fled. In the end, Caedus was defeated and Nebulax took command of the majority of Caedus's navy, making it his own.

The Sith Order of Decreto and the Battle of Had Abbadon (59 ABY)
In 59 ABY, the Sith Order of Decreto was in the second year of its Sith Crusade. Darth Wyyrlok and his fleet, which included three Decreto-class Super Star Destroyers, entered Nebulax Empire space&mdash;or, more specifically, Had Abbadon space. Seeing this threat to his empire, Nebulax, who was onboard his Palpatine-class Star Dreadnought Palpatine, organized his fleet of Aurora-class Star Cruisers and Imperial II-class Star Destroyers into a protective line around Battle Spheres Alpha and Beta. When the attack came, Nebulax soon realized that, despite the fact that the enemy was a Sith fleet, both sides were equally matched.

Still, his fleet suffered heavy casualities. Numerous Aurora-class Star Cruisers and Imperial II-class Star Destroyers were destroyed, thousands of TIE starfighters were vaporized, both Battle Spheres were heavily damaged and had to flee to a nearby large-scale repair dock while their hyperdrives were still optional, one-fifth of Had Abbadon's population&mdash;those not in the underground bunkers&mdash;was annihilated, and Palpatine's shields were bombarded by two Decreto-class Super Star Destroyers while Nebulax was still aboard. However, the Sith had still suffered heavy casualities as well, so Nebulax called for a cease-fire.

Darth Wyyrlok accepted the cease-fire, and invited Nebulax to his command ship. Despite suspecting a trap, Nebulax went and managed to keep the Nebulax Empire, as well as what remained of its army and navy, intact. To show his gratitude, he leased Battle Station Beta to the Sith forces, and he allowed them to upgrade it with larger weapons to further both empires' gains.

Also, as a part of an alliance with Nebulax's empire, the Sith requested to train an aide of Nebulax's&mdash;Kotan Etur. Agreeing to this, Nebulax quickly sought out Etur afterwards and told him that, if he would come back to Had Abbadon occassionally during his training and serve as Nebulax's dark-side teacher and bodyguard, he would become a high-ranking official on the Had Abbadon Council. Etur agreed, and while the Sith were preparing to leave the space of their new ally, he became Darth Tenebrous.

Every so often, Tenebrous would return to Had Abbadon to fulfill his contract, and Nebulax would never once regret the cease-fire he called.

Maintaining the Nebulax Empire (59–c. 84 ABY)


After the disaster at Had Abbadon, Nebulax saw how badly his empire was in keeping its citizens safe. The New Imperial Army hadn't even participated in the Battle of Had Abbadon, and that was because its numbers were falling sharply. The majority of his ZX-73 battle droids had been destroyed in the bombardment, along with almost every ground walker. Stormtroopers had fled with citizens to the underground bunkers as well. Had the Sith Order of Decreto set down troops, Had Abbadon would have been lost, and the Nebulax Empire would have ultimately been destroyed.

The New Imperial Navy, meanwhile, had been smashed. The wreckage of numerous Aurora-class Star Cruisers and Imperial II-class Star Destroyers littered the airspace around Had Abbadon, along with the barely-recognizable cockpits of TIE fighters.

And then, there was the wreckage of the Decreto-class Super Star Destroyer. Despite having been ripped apart by Battle Sphere Alpha's composite beam superlaser, Nebulax saw how the wreckage could prove useful. He had it shipped to the secret shipyards where Battle Sphere Alpha was being repaired, since Beta had been taken along with the Sith forces. When offering to lease Battle Sphere Beta to the Sith forces, he said that they would have to repair it first before they upgraded it with large-scale weapons. They had agreed. This allowed that secret shipyard to focus its attention on Alpha.

So the Super Star Destroyer was changed into armor plating for Alpha. The portion that had been torn away by the Sith was fixed in a surprisingly quick manner, and the rest of the Super Star Destroyer was used to upgrade Alpha. Upon completion, Alpha once again found itself above Had Abbadon.

Then, the rest of the debris, both Imperial and Sith, was sent to the shipyard to repair the damaged ships and to construct new ones. The fleet of six hundred Aurora-class Star Cruisers was replenished within a decade, and through various pirate connections, the Nebulax Empire gained more Imperial starships&mdash;Imperial Is and IIs, Tectors, Victory Is and IIs, Venators, and numerous other craft of various sizes and roles. Along with them came TIE and other starfighters.

Then, AT-ATs, AT-STs, AT-TEs, AT-PTs, AT-RTs, SPHAs, and every other type of ground vehicle that had been used by Imperial forces began arriving. Stormtrooper ranks were replenishing. It was an awesome sight&mdash;the Nebulax Empire was being rebuilt by itself and others. Soon, the cities of Had Abbadon were also rebuilt, and the population began to rise.

With all of this happening, popular support of Nebulax rose to an all-time high. Finally, the Nebulax family and the cizitens of his empire could feel safe. True safety, security, justice, and peace had finally arrived.

Conflicts with IG-Prime (c. 84–100 ABY)
"My lord, there's a droid uprising beginning. What shall we do?" "Attack, of course."

- A lieutenant and Nebulax

First conflict
By 84 ABY, a 140-year-old Nebulax still appeared to be in his early sixties, thanks to advanced medical technology found during his time under Jacen Solo. By now, he had given the title of Emperor to his son, Jason, which allowed Nebulax to personally take command of his fleet once again. He was still known as "Emperor Nebulax" by all under his command.

About a decade or so later, Nebulax, still appearing younger than he was, learned of a new government called the Confederacy of Free Droids. Knowing that droids had rebelled in the long ago past, Nebulax ordered his fleet to attack their forces, centered around Mechis III. With the permission of his son, something Jack found to be rather odd, Nebulax attacked Droid Space in what would become the Droid-Imperial War. Although outnumbered, Nebulax had secret allies to provide him with credits and more warships and vehicles. Then, the fighting stopped for almost eight weeks.

But the war did not end there. In the Battle of Mechis III, Nebulax personally led the ground forces against IG-Prime's and 4-LOM's army. Little did Jack know that he had dueled IG-Prime once before, since IG-Prime was once Darth Cogito. He marched into IG-Prime's throne room with his elite guards and fought, Imperials against battle droids. Using his upgraded super battle droid arm, Nebulax destroyed droid after droid before setting his eyes on IG-Prime. However, Nebulax's guard ended up being completely destroyed.

But that didn't stop Nebulax. Grabbing a force pike, he stabbed IG-Prime. But despite being severely damaged, the droid said he was about to download his conscious into the planet's central computer. But Nebulax quickly replied that he would soon be destroyed. As he was ready to smash the droid's head with his foot, Zuckuss and 4-LOM entered the room. Caught by surprise, Nebulax turned&mdash;only to see 4-LOM blow his super battle droid arm to pieces. Stumbling back, Nebulax saw Zuckuss and 4-LOM escape with the crippled body of IG-Prime. Admitting defeat, Nebulax retreated back to his shuttle in the opposite direction.

As his fleet, which surprisingly hadn't received much casualties, headed back for Had Abbadon, Nebulax received an advanced super battle droid arm to replace his old one. Clenching his new mechanical fist, Nebulax vowed revenge for his defeat.

Second conflict


By 100 ABY, Nebulax once again came into conflict with IG-Prime. The droid's forces, according to one of Nebulax's scout ship, were building something "that looked a lot like a superweapon". It turned out that this superweapon was the ancient Star Forge, and it was being upgraded with numerous weapons. Realizing that IG-Prime had defeated him once before, Nebulax took this as an opportunity to defeat the droid and use the Star Forge for his own purposes.

Soon, IG-Prime's forces attacked Coruscant. Nebulax's forces, once again being known as an "independent force", led a defense of the galactic capital. Although Nebulax's hatred for the Galactic Alliance was great, he chose to set that aside to defeat his old foe. IG-Prime had set out to defeat those who were creating a cure for droid sentience, according to information gathered by Galactic Alliance intelligence forces. So, Nebulax developed a plan that would make the droid think he had won. After drawing the droid into this trap, Nebulax would follow him to the Star Forge&mdash;a part of the plan Nebulax hadn't told the GA forces.

Soon enough, Nebulax's fleet exited hyperspace near the Star Forge. Nebulax left his flagship and headed to destroy the superweapon, since he had been advised by his own son that such a superweapon would bring the Galactic Alliance into Had Abbadon's orbit. So, he made it to the Star Forge's core and ionized IG-88s E through H. At that time, Nebulax found the necessary codes to destroy the Star Forge's reactor and escape. So Nebulax set the timer, boarded his shuttle, headed for Nebulax's Fist, and watched the Star Forge&mdash;and IG-Prime&mdash;explode.

Later life (c. 137 ABY)
"For you service and loyalty to the Empire, past and present, I award you command of the Star Destroyer Annihilator, Jack Nebulax."

- Roan Fel to Nebulax, c. 130 ABY

By 137 ABY, Nebulax was in command of the Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer Annihilator in the New Galactic Empire, and he participated in the Battle of Caamas that saw the defeat of the Galactic Alliance.

After the New Galactic Empire split, Nebulax took Annihilator and left the navy. He returned to Had Abbadon, where he hoped to avoid being sucked in to the power struggle between Fel and Darth Krayt, the new leader of the Sith Order of Decreto.

It was also believed that by this time, the Nebulax Empire had been dissolved by Jason Nebulax, who transformed what remained of the empire into a democratic republic, creating a rift between Nebulax and his son. However, when Had Abbadon became a battleground between Krayt's faction and Fel's faction of the New Galactic Empire, the rift was healed when both Nebulaxs fought side-by-side to save Had Abbadon from both sides of the New Galactic Empire and when Jason decided to restore the existing government to its pre-democractic republic form&mdash;once again creating the Nebulax Empire. In the end, both forces ended the battle. The Sith remained for a short while, however, to see to it that Nebulax and his empire were loyal to the Sith faction of the Empire. Remembering both the Battle of Had Abbadon against Sith forces and the fact that Darth Tenebrous was still training Nebulax, both Jack and Jason assured the visiting Sith that they were loyal, stating that they would appear to remain neutral, while really supporting only the "true Emperor", Darth Krayt. However, Jack used his small use of the Force to cover up his and his son's lie. "I can no longer sit on the throne, father. Relations with the Sith will cost me my life if I continue to do so." "I agree, Jason. I will take back the throne, if you no longer wish to hold it. Your job now, as it has always been, is to protect your mother. If the Sith need to dispose of the ruler of this world, let it be me who they kill."

- Jason and Jack Nebulax

Following the Sith's departure, Jason gave the Imperial throne back to his father, as he was unwilling to be involved with the Sith. Jack agreed, and became Emperor once again.

Sabotage and coup attempt
"Jack Nebulax has held the throne for long enough. His actions have constantly put us at war, and we all know what happens when a faction not led by the Sith is allied with them. We will surely be destroyed." "I object! Nebulax has been a great leader. Had it not been for him, the New Republic would have killed us all following Endor. He saved your lives, and gave you all a high-ranking position in this empire." "He may have saved our lives then, but it's different now. If this council must be split, then so be it. But mark my words, Bentro: Nebulax will no longer be Emperor."

- Karlst Inaz and Bentro

When word reached the Had Abbadon Council that Jack had once again taken the throne, certain members decided it was time to remove Nebulax&mdash;permanently. The council became split, however, so those who wanted to remove Nebulax began to set their plans into motion on their own. The leader of the coup attempt, Karlst Inaz, justified his actions by pointing out all the times Nebulax had brought Had Abbadon into a war.

Bentro and others managed to warn Nebulax, but the coup attempt had already succeeded&mdash;Nebulax's genetic technology had been sabotaged. As a result, Nebulax's appearance began decaying rapidly, and he was forced to wear a mask when he appeared in public. The rare genetic technology had been sabotaged enough that the minimum amount of time before it could be repaired was approximately five months&mdash;enough time that Nebulax would die before it was restored. However, Darth Tenebrous taught him how to slow down the aging process to keep himself alive until it was repaired. While Nebulax did so, Tenebrous successfully killed Inaz and the other members of the coup. Upon doing so, Temebrous received his seat on the Had Abbadon Council, and the remaining seats were filled.

Five months later, the genetic technology was fixed, and Nebulax could once again use it to keep himself younger. However, certain scars that had been revealed due to the lack of treatment remained permanent.

Conflict with the Chiss Ascendancy
Not long after the end of the coup attempt, the Nebulax Empire faced a new conflict&mdash;a border dispute with the Chiss Ascendancy. When Nebulax's forces discovered a planet just beyond the border of the Nebulax Empire, they quickly set to annex it and begin colonizing it. However, days after it was discovered, a shuttle carrying a Chiss diplomat and a large amount of Chiss soldiers arrived in the system, claiming that the Nebulax Empire had invaded the planet and killed its population.

However, the New Imperial Navy had found the world lifeless. The commander of the task force above the planet, which the Chiss called "New Orrib", insisted that this was true. The Chiss, however, did not believe it, and they quickly mobilized their armed forces to counter the "threat". They did not realize that this action would violate their Non-Aggression Law.

Emperor Nebulax saw that any hopes of resolving this peacefully had faded. Nonetheless, he ordered his forces to wait for the Chiss to strike first, knowing that the Non-Aggression Law would be violated. That same day, the Chiss fired on the New Imperial Navy over New Orrib.

The Battle of New Orrib was a short one, but it would not be the only battle of the Chiss-Nebulax War. Two more battles would follow, both of them space battles above worlds lying on the border of Chiss space. When the third battle ended, Moff Fehlaaur of Krayt's Empire stepped in, urging the Nebulax Empire to stop its attacks and the Chiss to end the war they had begun. Fehlaaur realized that the Chiss had broken the Non-Aggression Law, and the diplomat that had begun the war was exiled from the Ascendancy. In the end, the Chiss gave up New Orrib to the Nebulax Empire.

However, the short war had benefitted Nebulax greatly. The planet he had gained was not truly called "New Orrib"; in fact, when the Chiss had settled the world, they found the name of the world on an inscription on ruins of an earlier settlement. The inscription had been damaged over the thousands of years since it had been carved, but Nebulax knew the true name of the planet&mdash;New Korriban. Having recalled the story of Revan, Nebulax reasoned that the planet was once home to the True Sith that Revan had searched for following the Jedi Civil War. This was partially confirmed when Nebulax first stood on New Korriban's surface and felt the old-yet-strong presence of the dark side. What had happened to the Chiss settlers was unknown, but Nebulax felt their disappearance had something to do with the dark side's control over the world. Hoping to find a trace of ancient Sith artifacts, Nebulax ordered the ruins on the surface to be excavated.

Appearance
Nebulax was described by some people as many different things&mdash;to those who had never seen him but heard of him, Nebulax was a shadowy character who controlled everything he wanted to, and to those who had seen him, Nebulax was a visibly-scarred war veteran who had qualities of a much younger Palpatine.

With genetic technology, Nebulax was able to appear much younger than he really was. In fact, no one knew his exact age, except for himself and his wife, who also had used the same technology Nebulax used to appear young. Nebulax's son, Jason, once wrote, "My father&mdash;he's been an Imperial leader since long before I even existed. But how much longer before, I could never guess, because he's such a good leader. As for his age, he's definitely past a hundred standard years&mdash;about one hundred and forty now, I believe. That just proves how dedicated he is to serving the Empire."

Because of the genetic technology to make himself look younger, and because of his actual appearance, many confused him with Grand Admiral Morlish Veed, the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Navy. Some of the crew members on Annihilator who knew Nebulax even closer claimed that he was in fact Morlish's father, and that Nebulax had had an affair that resulted in Morlish's birth. These rumors remain unconfirmed.

Traits
Nebulax showed a small degree of Force-sensitivity during the Clone Wars, as stated by Jedi Master Darius Chranell to his apprentice. Because of this, Nebulax would later take Chranell's lightsaber after the Jedi's execution and begin to study Form IV: Ataru of lightsaber combat.

However, Nebulax himself would admit, on numerous occasions, that he would never be able to face a Jedi in lightsaber combat and emerge without a single scar. He secretly wanted to be trained by Darth Vader to become a better Form IV user during the Galactic Civil War, but Nebulax knew that this would never happen. However, a Jedi holocron uncovered by Nebulax's forces would teach him a few minor tricks to be used when going up against a lightsaber-wielding Force user.

Appearances

 * Objective: Assault on Neimoidia
 * Objective: Rescue on Corellia
 * Objective: Execution on Zhar
 * Resurrection: The Imperial Plague