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Wullf Yularen was a human male born on born to an influential Coruscanti family and raised on the planet Coruscant. Yularen's father, Thull, was a legendary naval instructor who desired perfection from the cadets he trained. Wullf followed his father's footsteps and sought a naval career from a young age, studying historical conflicts like the Waymancy Storm and the Pius Dea Crusades with his father. Yularen attended Prefsbelt Academy on Prefsbelt IV and opted for service in the Planetary Security Forces over the Judicial fleet. Yularen took service in the Kwymar Sector Forces. In command of an Outer Rim patrol, Captain Yularen began cleaning up the dangerous sector; he fought slavers on the Listehol Run and destroyed several Sikurdian pirate bases in Wild Space.

In 34 BBY, Yularen served with a Republic task force assembled to break the blockade of Malastare, which was involved with a dispute with the Corporate Alliance over fuel allocations. Formally present as a military observer, Yularen's experience with Sikurd's pirates in the Kwymar sector made him *de facto* commander against the Sikurdian privateers that formed part of the Corporate Alliance fleet. In the resulting Battle of Malastare Narrows, the Republic force was almost completely annihilated by the fleet of the Harch Admiral Trench. The timely intervention of a Republic task force led by Jedi Knight Kep-She saved the remnants of the Republic force and vaporized Trench's flagship. The Harch was presumed to have gone down with his ship.

Yularen's time with the Kwymar fleet left him obsessed with uncovering corruption and ensuring security, as leaks in Republic law-enforcement agencies often tipped off his targets. Ultimately, this lack of security caused him to resign from the sector fleet and instead pursue a career in intelligence. The prominence of his family provided Yularen the political backing to get a job as a special agent with the Senate Bureau of Intelligence. Over the next decade, he investigated a myriad of cases for, against, and about the Senate, observing all the major delegates and assembling detailed dossiers on all of them.

Yularen's dedication caught the eye of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who assigned him to an anti-corruption unit under the Office of the Supreme Chancellor, investigating both government corruption and individuals' ties to the growing Separatist movement. Yularen soon came to admire Palpatine and the direction in which he intended to take the Republic. Very soon, he was a loyal follower and a trusted agent for Palpatine's inner circle. However, the Senate saw Palpatine's special unit as a threat to its power and prerogatives, and managed to starve it of funding and resources. Frustrated and dissapointed, Yularen was forced into early retirement. Nonetheless, the Supreme Chancellor was not prepared to let a man like Yularen leave his services forever.

In 5 BBY, a rebel infiltration team managed to steal the quarterly payroll for an Imperial sector from the Imperial garrison on Aldhani. As the news reached the Imperial capital, Yularen spoke with Emperor Palpatine, who gave the ISB direct control of operations going forward, as well as informing the Colonel that he would convene an emergency session of the Imperial Senate. The following day, Yularen addressed the board of ISB Supervisors inside the ISB Central Office and informed them that the criminals responsible for the attack on Aldhani had not taken the Empire by surprise. He went on to say that the Empire would impose a tribute tax five times the amount stolen from Adldhani on any sector harboring partisan activity and continued to say that the use of any local custom, festival, or tradition as a cover for rebel activity would trigger a permanent revocation of Imperial tolerance.

After relaying the intricacies of his meeting with the Emperor, Yularen informed the board that none of them would have any issue gaining access to Army or Naval resources henceforth. He went on to say that during the upcoming emergency session, the Emperor would propose a legislative package of bills and amendments that would give the ISB unlimited powers of surveillance, search, and seizure. He also informed the assembled that the Empire would also be invoking the Public Order Resentencing Directive, which decreed that any criminal act with even indirect effect on the Empire would be classified as a Class One offense henceforth. Yularen continued and informed them that all prison sentences would be re-evaluated immediately and all outstanding fines and levies would be paid in full. Supervisor Dedra Meero listened to Yularen's speech but was visibly upset, something that ISB Attendant Heert noticed. After the meeting, Heert spoke with Meero privately in her office, where Meero expressed concerns that Yularen's policies were playing into the rebel's hands. Meero also remarked that the Empire was treating the Aldhani incident as a robbery when it was, in her belief, an announcement.

Following the initiation of the P.O.R.D. legislation, Major Partagaz, leader of the board, temporarily reassigned the Morlani system to Meero and replaced its previous supervisor, Blevin, as the incident on the planet Ferrix had become a point of interest for Dedra while it had become a distraction for Blevin. In this role, Meero presented a report to Yularen and the other supervisors regarding a stolen N-S9 Starpath Unitfrom Steergard. Yularen, intrigued, informed Dedra that he was listening. Dedra went on to explain that the Starpath Unit had been found on Ferrix the month prior in the wake of the ambush and that a local named Cassian Andor was the apparent thief and that he was in the act of transferring the unit to a person whom she identified as "Axis," believing he was a central point to an organised rebel effort based on stealing Imperial gear.

As she spoke, Yularen read the list of supplies Meero had requested and remarked that they were "quite a wishlist." Meero, however, assured the Colonel that they were all ready to go and that if someone on Ferrix knew information regarding Axis, they needed to listen. Yularen pointed out that it was a rather large investment, but Meero asserted that it was a fraction of the cost of the lost technology. Surprised by her boldness, Yularen's eyes widened, and he asked Dedra what her plan was. She asserted that they needed to find out who Axis was, and that Ferrix was the first and best lead the ISB had. Partagaz added that Meero had convinced him that Axis, even though they did not know his identity or region of influence, had already caused much trouble. Dedra then asserted that Ferrix was the first mistake Axis had made, and that what she wanted was to drill down, find Andor, and get a hunt started.