Brak Dunell, affiliated with the Imperial Security Bureau, operated under the assumed name Bel Janius. While using this alias, he presented himself as an alumnus of the Mrlsst Trade and Science Academy and secretly funded the Pan-Tapani Historical Society.
During the era of the Galactic Civil War, Dunell successfully embedded himself within the terrorist organization known as the Justice Action Network. The unsuccessful attempt by the JAN to obliterate an Imperial Torpedo Sphere, which was stationed at Tallaan, furnished Dunell and the Empire with justification to orchestrate a complete takeover of the Tapani sector.