bel-dar-Nolek
this immense man was the Director of the Obroan Institute during the Black Fleet Crisis, when Joto Eckels was exploring the planet Maltha Obex. He was once a prolific explorer, but retired from fieldwork to run the Institute. He believed that archaeology and exploration should not be rushed, since the artifacts that could be found had already waited several millennia. He was part of a faction of educators who felt that the New Republic had basically abandoned Obroa-skai to the Yuuzhan Vong, after the planet was destroyed in an unprovoked Yuuzhan Vong attack. He also blamed the Jedi Knights for the death of Elegos A'Kla. After the New Republic Senate explained that there was no way they could have saved Obroa-skai, bel-dar-Nolek threatened to enter into an alliance with the Yuuzhan Vong in order to recover the data stolen or lost when Obroa-skai was devastated. .