Nero Theban

"The money from the haul is important too, but there's certain kinds of power money can't buy. The kind you have to take into your own hands"

- Theban

Captain Theban is a Kel-Morian Combine scavenger, and leader of the crew of the Magpie. He has a mysterious affiliation with the United Earth Directorate.

Biography
Captain Theban and his crew operated through the Koprulu Sector, salvaging ships but rarely moving into Terran Dominion space. However, some time after the Second Great War, Theban and his crew had a dry spell of runs with low profitability but his break came when they discovered a derelict protoss carrier. In secret, Theban was after the ship's gunnery power cell to use as a weapon for his own ends. Theban told his crew they they were hired to salvage technology from the ship. He met with his crew, who all volunteered to board the ship.

However, after the meeting, Theban took Kyra and Orry, two of his crewmembers, aside, asking if they could trust the newest hire, an engineer named Caleb with their secret sympathies with the United Earth Directorate. Kyra didn't know, and Theban said that if they could not he could be replaced.

Theban and his crew boarded the protoss ship, with Theban going alongside Kyra and Caleb to find the power core, but with the ship's orbit decaying they had a limited timetable. They followed the power conduits of the ship, discussing the protoss and zerg conflicts, when Theban got a distressed communication from Orry, saying she was being attacked by a shadowy assailant. Communication was then lost with her.