Nus Kcalb Nine

The Nus Kcalb Nine were a group of mercenaries who were formed in 11 ABY. They were some of the most skilled mercenaries in the galaxy. Although they accepted assignments from a number of orginizations, they tended to support the New Republic. They were always sworn enemies of the empire.

Formation
"You'll make for a fine experiment..." - An anonymous Imperial scientist

The Nus Kcalb Nine were inadvertantly formed through a number of factors, the primary of which was the secret Imperial research base at Nus Kcalb, a remote planet in the outer rim. The facility there had been established secretly by Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine and it was similar to the Maw Installation in most respects. It had a variety of high-tech equipment, including upgraded darktrooper suits/droids, enhanced TIEs, and top-of-the-line weaponry. It was also where the Emperor sent the most brilliant minds that he could find to create new designs and refine old ones. Unlike the Maw Installation, those at the Nus Kcalb Facility were aware when Palpatine and the Death Star II were destroyed, but they didn't join any of the Imperial Remnant because they decided immediately to deactivate all communications equipment to prevent discovery and destruction by the rebellion. The leaders there then decided to produce a variety of powerful weapons to combat the Rebels. they also decided to seriously beef up and automate the base's security, since there wasn't much in the way of defenses for them, just a small contingent of stormtroopers and some fighter pilots. (The Emperor had counted on the bases secrecy to protect it, and the fact that he had five star destroyers stationed in a nearby system to defend it if need be. Needless to say, those star destroyers had been called to Endor and were destroyed in the battle there)

Seven years later, in 11 ABY, the scientists at the base decided to begin experimenting on genetic engineering. After doing some experiments on native life, they decided to move on to sentient beings. A newly constructed senor array, one capable of scanning large areas of space was used to find lone, weak ships and fighters, which would then be tracked down and taken by the few pilots stationed at the facility. They started this about the same time as the Sun Crusher incident and Admiral Daala's attack on Dac. The sensor array found eight ships, all within about a parsec of each other. TIE's were dispatched and quickly disabled all of the ships using mag pulses. The ships were then grabbed by a tug ship with multiple tractor beams and taken to Nus Kcalb.

"What is happening? Where are they taking me? Why haven't they killed me yet?" -Monclan, pondering his fate on the way to Nus Kcalb