Pulas The Pulas was a black , fist - sized crystal that radiated dark side energy . Over the years , the Pulas was wielded by various members of the Sith Order , until it disappeared around the time of the Ruusan campaign . The crystal subsequently lay abandoned inside a Sith fortress on the planet Almas for centuries . Around 31 BBY , the Pulas was rediscovered by a group of Jedi researchers who were exploring the citadel , and the artifact was taken to the Almas Academy , a Jedi academy that was located on the world . However , the facility ' s headmaster , Lanius Qel - Bertuk , feared that the Jedi could not keep the Pulas safe from the clutches of a group of Sith cult ists who were active on Almas , and he arranged for the crystal to be transported to the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant for safekeeping . Though the cultists attempted to steal the Pulas while it was en route to Coruscant , the artifact was successfully relocated to the Jedi Temple . Description . The Pulas was a fist - sized , black - colored crystal that had forty facets . The relic radiated dark side energy and was considered to be a Sith artifact . History . The Pulas was wielded for generations by various members of the Sith Order , powerful users of the dark side of the Force , and it eventually disappeared around the time of the Ruusan campaign at the end of the New Sith Wars . The crystal came to reside within a Sith fortress on the planet Almas in the Cularin system , where it lay undisturbed for centuries . Around 31 BBY , a team of Jedi researchers led by the Wookiee Jedi Master Kirlocca undertook an expedition into the depths of the Sith fortress and discovered the artifact . However , the Believers — a Sith - worshiping cult that was active on Almas — learned of the researchers ' discovery and were determined to claim the Pulas for themselves . As the Jedi were transporting the crystal en route to the Almas Academy , a Jedi training institution situated on the world , a group of Believers attacked the researchers and tried to steal the artifact , though the Jedi defeated the Believers and successfully brought the crystal to the Academy . The Jedi studied the Pulas , and while they were uncertain as to the exact powers that the crystal possessed , they recognized the relic to be dangerous , and the Believer attack helped persuade the Academy ' s headmaster , Jedi Master Lanius Qel - Bertuk , that the Believer presence on Almas made it unsafe for the artifact to be kept on the world . Qel - Bertuk contacted the Jedi High Council , the governing body of the Jedi Order , and after some negotiation it was agreed that the Pulas would be transported to the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant for safekeeping . However , the Believers continued with their efforts to steal the Pulas . During the first night the artifact was housed within the Almas Academy , a band of Believers broke into the school and attempted to seize the artifact . The cultists were again unsuccessful , and the group all committed suicide to avoid capture by the Jedi . Realizing that the Believers would likely try to interfere with any attempt to move the Pulas off - world , Qel - Bertuk devised a plan to hinder their efforts , and he summoned spacers from across the Cularin system to Almas , assembling a fleet of over 250 vessels . The Almas Jedi obtained a large number of Mandalorian iron boxes , and each box was loaded onto a different ship , with one box containing the Pulas and the others serving as decoys . Only Qel - Bertuk knew which vessel was carrying the Pulas , and he hoped that the Force - deflecting properties of the Mandalorian iron containers would confound any efforts by the Believers to use the Force to sense which box housed the relic . Once all of the containers had been loaded onto their respective ships , the fleet departed from Almas and set a course for Coruscant . As the fleet passed through the Cularin comet cloud , while it moved toward the edge of the Cularin system , a Believer - operated Z - 95 Headhunter surreptitiously pursued a ship in the fleet that the cultists suspected was carrying the Pulas . The Headhunter attempted to cause the purported Pulas - carrying ship to collide with a comet fragment , which would allow the Believers to recover the artifact , but the starfighter did not succeed with its mission , and Qel - Bertuk ' s fleet made it to the edge of the Cularin system and entered hyperspace . The fleet eventually arrived on Coruscant , and the Pulas was transported safely to the Jedi Temple . However , the cultists incorrectly believed one ship that was carrying a fragment of the destroyed dark - side - imbued city " Conkesta " within its Mandalorian iron box to actually be transporting the Pulas . When the ship landed on the city - planet , the Believers attacked the vessel ' s crew and made off with the box , which they subsequently took back to their hideout in the Coruscant Undercity . Behind the scenes . The Pulas was created by Morrie Mullins and was integral to the plot of " Coruscani Dawn " , a 2002 roleplaying adventure that formed part of the " Living Force " campaign . The adventure debuted at Celebration II , a major " Star Wars " fan convention that was held in , , and the adventure contained different endings for those players who completed the module during Celebration II and those who played it after the event . During " Coruscani Dawn " , the player - characters roleplay as the Heroes of Cularin , a band of freelance agents who are among the spacers hired to assist with the transport of the Pulas . For players who played the module at Celebration II , the Pulas was contained within the Mandalorian box that was shipped to Coruscant by the player - characters . During that series of events , while en route to Coruscant , the player - characters were tempted by the dark side of the Force to open the box containing the Pulas , and on arrival on the planet , they disembarked on Platform 3107 with the box . The players then attempted to recover the box that had been stolen by the Believers , and the players had the option of either leaving the Pulas ' s box at the platform in the custody of Jedi Knight Devan For ' deschel or taking it with them as they pursued the cultists . After the player - characters confronted the Believers in the Coruscant Undercity , the Heroes of Cularin journeyed to the Jedi Temple , where they handed their box over to Jedi Master Mace Windu in the High Council Chamber . Windu then informed the player - characters that the box contained the Pulas , and he thanked them for their efforts . However , for players who played the adventure after Celebration II , the Heroes of Cularin transported a fragment of " Conkesta " rather than the Pulas itself . This article presents the series of events faced by players who played " Coruscani Dawn " after Celebration II because the short story " Felanil Baaks , Jedi Artisan " indicates that the post - Celebration II storyline is likely the canon series of events .