Rebus (Galactic Empire)

Rebus was Moff of the Atrivis Sector.

As an Imperial weapons designer, he was a key figure who worked on the Dark trooper project. He chose the sewage systems of Anoat as his hideout. The Dark trooper weapons bore the initials M.R. as his signature.

Rebus did also some work for Imperial Machines, but he hated their political infighting and wanted a more creative environment.

Moff Rebus's Hideout
Moff Rebus was a very eccentric and insecure man. After learning of the overwhelming success of the weapon he designed to be used with the dark trooper soldier, Rebus barricaded himself deep within the subterranean sewage system underneath the abandoned Anoat City. This seedy locale gave Rebus his so-called "free and creative" environment he lacked when working directly under the supervision of the Empire.

The sewage system itself was mammoth and extremely confusing to navigate. Rebus made sure that even the smartest of trespassers were thwarted due to complicated drain gate switches and a seemingly endless array of sewage tunnels to traverse. To make matters worse, the sewers under Anoat were infested with dianogas.

Capture
After the Battle of Talay, the initials on one of his discarded prototype weapons led the rebel mercenary Kyle Katarn to find Rebus in his hideout lab, simply sitting in a black chair holding a large weapon. Rebus put up no resistance, was captured, and subsequently questioned by Katarn on the darktrooper project. Rebus provided very little useful information and was arrogant and uncooperative during questioning by Jan Ors and Kyle Katarn. Rebus simply ranted on that test results on Fest were above and beyond what he expected in success rate, and as a result many innocent Rebels and civilian lives were lost at the hands of the darktroopers after Tak Base was attacked on the planet Talay

Fest hosted a testing facility for phrik, used in the construction of the Dark Troopers. This leak eventually led Katarn to the elimination of the whole project.

Behind the scenes

 * Rebus means 'riddle' in Latin and probably refers to the gradual discovery process of the Dark Trooper project by Jan Ors' examination of evidence, or the complexity of the level he appears in.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Dark Forces