Ubrik Adelhard

Grand Moff Ubrik Adelhard was a human male of the Galactic Empire who served as the Governor of the Anoat sector during the Galactic Civil War. Upon hearing of the death of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine at the Battle of Endor, Adelhard went rogue, and locked down his sector, initiating the Iron Blockade and isolating his citizens from the truth. With the help of Commander Bragh and his Purge Troopers, Adelhard started killing those who opposed the status quo or dared to propagate so-called anti-Imperial rumors or people who wanted to rebel against Adelhard. Adelhard consolidated a coalition around his flagship, the Star Destroyer Scepter. Adelhard forged alliances while he also fought against both the New Republic and leader of the loyalist Imperial forces, Counselor to the Empire Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax.
==Biography==
===Early life===
A male human, UbrikStar Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious Adelhard was born in the planet Ripurni in the Anoat sector. His family was poor and Adelhard was forced to work bone-splitting jobs under the Galactic Empire reign to survive. At some point, while working on a mine, a co-worker of his spoke ill of an approaching TK stormtrooper patrol, prompting one of them to execute him on the spot. Despite the rest of the workers being horrified, Adelhard instead found his purpose in the trooper's actions, realizing he craved this power above all else.
===Imperial service===
Adelhard soon joined the Stormtrooper Corps as a TK stormtrooper, fighting from the bottom ranks of the Galactic Empire's armed forces. He scored his first kill as a stormtrooper during the storming of Abartolom, killing a Lasat who was attacking a fellow trooper. A true believer in the need for a strong Empire to keep the galaxy from descending into chaos, he gradually rose up the ranks. Years prior to the Battle of Yavin, Adelhard served as a junior advisor in the Imperial Military and helped crush the Moraysi rebellion. 
At some point, Adelhand — having attained the rank of Commander— stood alongside several other Imperial officers that watched as the Emperor's Fist Darth Vader briefly choked another officer through the Force before departing, leaving the officer on their knees before Ubrik. By 2 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines Adelhard had attained the rank of Commodore in the Imperial Navy, serving in the 7th Fleet as an officer in the flagship Chimaera and taking part in the Battle of Atollon. Sometime later, having risen to the rank of Admiral, Adelhard's fleet was dispatched to deal with a base of dissidents on Anoat, the sector capital of the Anoat sector. Instead of an invasion, which would lead to a prolonged and deadly conflict, Adelhard ordered his forces to gas the planet, transforming the city-world into a toxic waste dump. Many citizens believed that the incident was the result of an industrial accident, though a few were privy to the truth.As a result of his actions during the conflict, at some point before the Battle of Endor Adelhard was summoned to the Executor by Lord Vader, who congratulated him on his decision and personally appointed him as the governor of the Anoat sector.Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire Adelhard also married a woman who had ended up being killed by the Kouhun, a secretive order of assassins. Eventually, Adelhard became one of the rare stormtroopers to become a general and he was ultimately appointed a Grand Moff. At one point following his promotion, Adelhard was present within the Imperial Throne Room to watch as Emperor Palpatine punished Administrator Sly Moore for her previous mistakes by electrocuting the Umbaran with Force lightning. In 3 ABYStar Wars: Timelines dates the events of Darth Vader (2020) 14 to 3 ABY. the production of gas that Governor Adelhard supervised on the planet Bespin had listed off projections by seventeen percent, reaching that point where reports concerning the issue were mentioned to have still been a problem. When brought to the attention of the prescreen department on Coruscant, an Imperial officer recommended that Adelhard tie rations to productivity while reading off various items to the recently-demoted Sub-Administrator Moore, who agreed to the proposal.Darth Vader (2020) 14
===Post-Endor===
====Establishing the Iron Blockade====
After the Battle of Endor, a cataclysmic defeat for the Empire in which the Alliance to Restore the Republic destroyed the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station and the Emperor and the Supreme Commander, was killed, reports of the Empire's defeat began to circulate across the galaxy. The Empire denounced these reports as lies propagated by the treachery of the Rebellion. When Adelhard learned that the Emperor had indeed been killed, he quarantined the Anoat sector with the Iron Blockade and declared anyone who challenged the status quo would be marked for death.
Despite Lieutenant Kith Alaytia's concerns, Adelhard brutally assaulted a convoy of rebel ships inspecting the sector, disabling the ships and firing upon the survivors, although pilot Rynn Zenat was barely able to escape. Adelhard's forces further pursued them to the planet Darlyn Boda, where Adelhard mocked them for trying to escape, and berated their commitment to a New Republic and executed Eiro for standing up to him. The remaining rebel pilots were arrested and taken for interrogation by Alaytia.
====Searching for support====
Intelligence about Adelhard's propaganda reached the gathered Rebel leadership on the moon of Endor through Zenat, who made it to the system on board her A/SF-01 B-wing starfighter escape pod. General Landonis Calrissian raised concerns about what Adelhard's control over Anoat-produced tibanna would hold for the young New Republic; if the Empire still controlled the galactic fuel supply, he reckoned, the Empire could still control the galaxy.The Princess and the Scoundrel
Accompanied by Purge trooper Commander Bragh, Adelhard insisted on any mention of the Emperor's death being silenced, and began a search for like-minded Imperials who would help him retain control of the Anoat sector. One of the first to be contacted was Anzati mystic Reyna Oskure, who reported on Adelhard's call to the Acolytes of the Beyond, at the time led by former Emperor's adviser Yupe Tashu. Tashu encouraged Oskure to accept Adelhard's call and give him the support of the dark side of the Force, leading to Oskure taking up the role of Adelhard's advisorBattle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising 3 and Force-sensitive enforcer.Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising 4 Adelhard also allied with the Spice Runners of Kijimi, who provided mercenary protection to his fleet. 
====First skirmishes with the New Republic====
Following the arrest of the New Republic pilots on Darlyn Boda, the New Republic command dispatched its most elite agents on board a Barloz-class freighter to scout the Anoat sector. They were, however, intercepted by the Spice Runners who engaged the vessel, leading to a battle and the intentional detonation of the freighter by the New Republic agents. Despite the spice runners suffering severe damage, the agents were captured by Adelhard's forces and brought on board his flagship Star Destroyer, the Scepter. There, Alaytia, secretly a New Republic spy, released them from their cells, only for them to encounter and be stopped by Bragh and Oskure. The agents were rescued by Luke Skywalker, who overpowered Bragh and Oskure, then proceeded to confront Adelhard while the agents secured an escape ship. Skywalker encountered Adelhard, who was backed by a platoon of stormtroopers, in a control room. The ensuing confrontation resulted in Adelhard falling off a catwalk, though Skywalker suspected this was not the end of him. He would be proven correct as Adelhard emerged from the wreckage of the control room swearing vengeance. Concluding that he was wrong to be so dismissive of the Force, Adelhard mused that perhaps it was time to tap into some darkness of his own.
====Adelhard's fall====
The Iron Blockade led to the Uprising resistance against the Empire, one carried out by a collection of resistance fighters, bounty hunters, smugglers, and more. To combat the Uprising, the Empire used Purge Troopers led by Commander Bragh, who reported to Adelhard. Adelhard had a chamber within the prime tower on the Tibanna gas mining colony of Cloud City, located on the planet Bespin. In the months following the Battle of Endor, Lobot hired the pirate Kars Tal-Korla and his companions to capture the Imperial collaborator Borgin Kaa in order to extract an access code needed to open an access hatch leading to Adelhard's personal quarters. Once the hatch was open, Lobot and an intrusion team planned to capture the Governor.Aftermath Though Adelhard escaped, the planet was soon liberated by the Uprising.
While Gallius Rax initially grudgingly tolerated Adelhard for his potential to divert the New Republic's attention away from the Contingency, he eventually decided that Adelhard needed to be eliminated.Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege 2 Grand Moff Randd contacted Rax's spy aboard the Scepter, eventually revealed to be Reyna Oskure, and relayed Rax's command to terminate Adelhard.Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege 3 Aided by Alaytia and Kranor, a Trandoshan bounty hunter the Spice Runners kept on retainer, Oskure staged a mutiny against Adelhard. Adelhard, Bragh, and stormtroopers loyal to Adelhard were placed in a sabotaged escape pod and launched into space. As the pod plummeted to the planet Gallowyss, Adelhard came to the realization that the Empire he devoted his life to was truly dead, and that something stronger and deadlier would need to rise in its place.Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege 4
In the aftermath of the mutiny, most of the New Republic leadership believed Adelhard to be dead. However, Skywalker sensed through the Force that Adelhard was still alive, and still a threat, and Calrissian and Beilert Valance agreed with him. Using a shuttle loaned to them by Valance, Skywalker and Rynn Zenat landed on Gallowyss in search of Adelhard. Adelhard and his troops quickly spotted Skywalker and Zenat on the planet, and Adelhard plotted revenge on the Jedi.Battle of Jakku — Last Stand 1 
By the time of the Battle of Jakku, Adelhard's Imperial forces in the Anoat sector had crumbled under Calrissian's siegeAftermath: Empire's End while the governor remained focused on joining the Battle of Jakku itself.Battle of Jakku — Last Stand 3 Calrissian and Lobot led a joint force of Bespin Wing Guards and New Republic soldiers as they mopped up the remaining Imperial holdouts in Cloud City. Calrissian managed to convince a dozen Imperials holed up in the Bolo Tanga room to surrender by telling them that Adelhard's story about Palpatine was a lie.
==Personality and traits==
Adelhard was a human male with black hair, a full beard, and fair skin. He was a strong supporter of the Galactic Empire and was willing to lock off his entire sector in order to punish those who reported the truth about the Battle of Endor. A man of humble beginnings, he was opposed to luxury and pomp.
==Behind the scenes==
Adelhard is a character who appears in the mobile game Star Wars: Uprising, which was released by Kabam on September 10, 2015. His first name was revealed in the 2018 reference book Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, written by Pablo Hidalgo.
The governor was designed by Brian Matyas. One of Matyas' first designs had Adelhard wearing a long cape and an armored chest plate similar to Darth Vader's, but this did not pass the approval process.The Art of Star Wars: Uprising
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