Jacob Nive Jacob Nive was a Human male who employed himself as a pirate with the Eyttyrmin Batiiv organization based on Courkrus during the Galactic Civil War . When the band was all but wiped out by Imperial forces , he became the leader of their remnants , dubbed the Khuiumin Survivors . An intelligent tactician and a man of handsome bearing , Nive typically wore his blond hair in a long braid . He was a competent leader who cared about his men and enjoyed drinking lum in moderation . Biography . Most of Nive ' s adult life was spent as a member of the Eyttyrmin Batiiv pirates , where he moved up the ranks to become Captain of the Corellian Corvette " Backstab " . In the Battle of Khuiumin , ninety - seven percent of the eight thousand Batiiv pirates were killed in an Imperial attack . In the aftermath of the raid he became the leader of the remnant by default , but he did not lack tactical competence ; during the fight he managed to save lives that would otherwise have been lost to the attacking " Victory " - class Star Destroyers . Renaming themselves the Khuiumin Survivors , the remaining pirates swore bloody vengeance against the Empire ; in the years to follow , Nive led the Survivors on hit - and - run raids against Imperial installations and convoys . Some time later he and the rest of his people would become a part of the Invids under the renegade Admiral Leonia Tavira , staging out of Nal Hutta , providing her with some of her best starfighter pilots . Leader of the Survivors . In the wake of the Batiiv massacre , Nive insisted that the Survivors , who were essentially the best of the gang prior to the Imperial attack , begin an intense regimen of military - style training . This training focused on discipline as well as tactics ; Nive forced the Survivors to adopt and wear uniforms whenever they were on duty . He was extremely dedicated to his men and despite his lust for Imperial blood , went to great lengths to ensure their safety . By 11 ABY Nive and his second - in - command Tyresi Gurtt , had led the Survivors back to Courkrus , the site of the Batiiv pirates ' original base , along with many of Tavira ' s other groups , such as the Blackstar Pirates , Riistar ' s Raiders , the LazerLords , the " Red Nova " crew and the " Fastblast " . Later that year he participated in a raid on a pair of luxury passenger liner s , the " Tinta Palette " and " Tinta Rainbow " , a raid in which " Jenos Idanian " , actually the disguised Corran Horn , was caught in the middle . When Jenos later showed up at the Survivors ' base to join the group , bringing with him the shuttle " Tinta Blue Seven " , Nive , after sorting out the details of the Corellian ' s brazen arrival , welcomed him with open arms and assigned him to Rock Squadron over the objections of newly - elected Bolt member Remart Sasyru . Not long after Jenos had joined up with the pirate gang , Nive and the Survivors left Courkrus to capture Zlece Oonaar . Oonaar had been the captain of one of the two Victory - class Star Destroyers that had carried out the original Batiiv massacre . The Survivors ' mission proved successful and it was Nive who personally executed Oonaar , shoving a credit coin into the ex - Imperial ' s mouth and spacing him out of the " Backstab " airlock . During the mission itself , however , a private yacht happened upon the " Galaxy Chance " , the ship on which Oonaar had been traveling . The yacht sent its guard of six Z - 95 Headhunters after the Survivors ' tri - fighters . In the dogfight that followed , Jenos used his craft ' s ion cannons against the interlopers , preferring to leave them to be picked up instead of outright killing them . When Nive asked the newcomer about his choice of tactics , he reacted favorably to Idanian ' s reasoning . In the months that followed , Nive continued to lead the Survivors on raids at the behest of Tavira . Notable missions included and participating in the Battle of Xa Fel and raiding the Caamasi Remnant colony of Morymento on the world of Kerilt . However , not long after the Kerilt action , things began to change drastically for Nive and the Survivors . Joining the New Republic . In the wake of the Kerilt raid , a series of bizarre incidents began happening all over the Aviary , the area of Vlarnya where the Invid crews made their homes . The first event occurred when Nive and Idanian " witnessed " a vision of Oonaar visiting the Crash cantina in order to return the credit coin that Nive had given him according to an old superstition . Over the next three weeks the pirate crews were hit by a Ghost Jedi wielding a lightsaber ; as this was going on Nive grew more and more reclusive and despondent over the declining morale of the pirates , particularly in the wake of Shala the Hutt ' s death at the hands of the mysterious interloper ; he increasingly resorted to drinking to ease his suffering . Eventually , the arrival of Tavira ' s advisors on Courkrus forced the Ghost Jedi into a corner , only to be rescued when Jedi Master Luke Skywalker arrived and assisted in subduing them . In the wake of the brief skirmish and having exposed the Jensaari , Luke and " Ghost Jedi " Corran revealed themselves to Nive . The two Jedi offered the leader of the Survivors a deal : take care of the Jensaari prisoners and make sure that they could not warn Tavira , and in return he could start a new life with the New Republic , taking the Survivors with him . Along with the Jensaari , they would eventually form the core of the defense fleet for the newly - liberated moon of Susevfi . Personality and traits . Jacob Nive was known to be a competent leader , if a bit more on the superstitious side than the typical spacer . Though he was a pirate , Nive nonetheless did possess a sense of professional compassion ; this was demonstrated in his agreeing with the false Jenos Idanian that it was better to disable rather than kill a group of bodyguards that happened upon the Survivors during a mission . Idanian suggested that this would discourage future needless bloodshed in any future encounters of that nature . Given an opportunity to back down , pilots and bodyguards who were not otherwise the targets of a raid would more likely take the chance instead of going at the Survivors full - out , knowing that they would die anyway . Nive ' s dedication to his crew and their dedication to him was well - established in the wake of the Batiiv massacre . It was his tactical shrewdness which enabled him to save as many members of the group as he did . He was quite handsome and could be very charming as well ; as the leader of the Survivors , Nive was also reluctant to shed innocent blood ; whenever his band encountered civilian shipping he preferred to rob instead of kill . Behind the scenes . Jacob Nive first was created by Simon Smith and Eric S . Trautmann when they wrote " " which was first published in 1993 . He later appeared in Michael A . Stackpole ' s 1998 novel " I , Jedi " .