Nomo Lieutenant Nomo was a Human male officer who served in the Galactic Empire Starfleet as an air - traffic controller during the Galactic Civil War . Just after his graduation , he was posted to Fuel City , a sizable refueling station on the moon Sulon , during the year 5 ABY . One day , Nomo was to serve as the shift replacement for Captain Zyak , who otherwise ran Fuel City ' s traffic . However , when Nomo arrived , fighting broke out around the docked freighter " Sulon Star " . Nomo and Zyak tried to control the situation , but after several fuel storage tanks were destroyed by the starship " Moldy Crow " , Zyak deserted and left Nomo in charge , much to the lieutenant ' s distress . Biography . A young Human male , Nomo graduated from air - traffic control school during the year 5 ABY , and with the help of several connections in the Galactic Empire , Nomo secured a post as a lieutenant in Fuel City , a fueling depot located on the moon Sulon whose traffic was controlled by Captain Zyak . One day , Nomo was assigned to work at the end of Zyak ' s shift . When Nomo arrived , Zyak was just preparing to leave when a firefight broke out inside and around the docked freighter " Sulon Star " . Feeling that Nomo could use some experience , Zyak decided to stay and help Nomo sort out the situation . Firstly , Zyak ordered Nomo to contact the individual in charge of the stormtroopers around the " Sulon Star " and tell them to cease fire , as they were in danger of disrupting any one of the fuel tanks in fuel station six . The stormtroopers ' officer told Nomo that the infiltrator , a fledgling Jedi named Kyle Katarn , was to be killed at any cost . Zyak dismissed the trooper officer and ordered Nomo to contact operations and stop the fuel pumps and bleed the pipes . A technician informed Zyak of an incoming ship , the " Moldy Crow " . Zyak had encountered the ship earlier in the day , and had let the pilot , Jan Ors , through . Realizing that Ors had dropped Katarn off in the station , and as such was responsible for the battle that was being fought , Zyak order Ors to be shot down . Ors avoided the missile response , and fired on storage tank sixteen . The " Crow " was lost in the explosion , and Nomo initially believed that the ship had been successfully destroyed . Zyak pointed out that wasn ' t the case , and Nomo reported that the fuel pipes had been emptied seventy - percent of the way . However , a relay went down , causing a delay in operations being able to work on the fuel valves . Moments later , storage tanks thirteen , fourteen and fifteen blew one after the other , due to the fuel not having been completely emptied in time , which allowed the fuel in the pipes to act as fuses . Zyak , not wanting the blame to fall squarely on his shoulders , told Nomo that since it was his shift , he had to fix the issue . Zyak sarcastically added that if Nomo could sort the situation out , he ' d become the next Captain by Monday , or else he ' d be sent to work in mines . When Nomo noticed Zyak leaving , the captain informed Nomo that he was going AWOL . Personality and traits . Nomo was a young , sallow - faced Human who had used his connections within the Empire to secure a position that he wanted . Zyak was aware of this , and brought it to Nomo ' s attention as a thinly - veiled insult . Nomo dutifully followed Zyak ' s orders , but was not able to tell that a storage tank had exploded , as opposed to a ship . Zyak referred to Nomo as an idiot because of that . In addition , Nomo did not know fuel station protocol . When Zyak began to leave , Nomo became visibly distressed as his face paled . Behind the scenes . Lieutenant Nomo was created by author William C . Dietz for the 1998 novella " " . Nomo later appeared in the full cast , but his voice actor was not credited .