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{{infobox/character | image-top = Boltik.jpg | caption-top = '''Nikolas Boltik''' | gender = Male | affiliation = [[New Galactic Empire<br />[[Dominion of Fezzan]] (formerly) | status = Deceased ({{d|800|uc}}) | occupation = Governor-General of Fezzan<br />Fezzani High Commissioner to the Galactic Empire (formerly) | actor = [[Tatsuyuki Jinnai]] (Deceased) }} '''Nikolas Boltik''' (Japanese: '''ニコラス・ボルテック''') was a [[Dominion of Fezzan|Fezzani]] diplomat and politician who served as the governor-general of [[Fezzan]] under the [[New Galactic Empire]]. Formerly he had served as the last Fezzani ambassador to the [[Galactic Empire]] and the personal secretary of Landesherr [[Adrian Rubinsky]], before choosing to collaborate with Imperial dictator [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]]. ==Political career== As of {{d|796|uc}} Boltik was the secretary of [[Adrian Rubinsky]], the Landesherr of Fezzan. During this he reported to Rubinsky on different developments in galactic politics, including the [[Battle of Astarte]], the rise of [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]] and [[Yang Wen-li]], and the [[Imperial Civil War|internal]] [[Alliance Civil War|conflicts]] in the Empire and the [[Free Planets Alliance]]. Around September-October {{d|797|uc}}, Boltik was assigned to the Fezzani High Commission in the Galactic Empire by Rubinsky as the new ambassador. In his capacity as Fezzan's high commissioner on [[Odin]], Boltik played the main role in organising the kidnapping of the child emperor [[Erwin Josef II]] in the summer of {{d|798|uc}} and smuggling him to the Alliance via Fezzan, as part of Rubinsky's plan. Boltik worked with [[Alfred von Landsberg]] and [[Leopold Schumacher]], two veterans of the recent civil war and loyalists of the [[Goldenbaum Dynasty]] who carried out the kidnapping. ({{logh|001|016|019|026}}) [[File:Internal security.png|thumb|left|Boltik being arrested by [[Internal Security Department]] agents ({{d|800|uc}})]] During the execution of the kidnapping plan, Boltik was summoned by then-Imperial premier Reinhard von Lohengramm, who had deduced the essence of what Rubinsky and the Fezzanis intended. After Reinhard made that clear, Boltik explained that it was Fezzan's intention to help him conquer the universe by having the kidnapped kaiser form a [[Galactic Empire Legitimate Government|government-in-exile]] with some exiled high nobles in the Alliance for the goal of overthrowing Reinhard. The existence of a Goldenbaum exiled government in the Alliance would give him a legitimate pretext for invading them. Reinhard then asked for terms for the Imperial Fleet's military passage through the [[Fezzan Corridor]]. Boltik was taken aback, as it was not part of Rubinsky's plan to allow the Empire access to the Fezzan Corridor. ({{logh|036|037|038}}) Ultimately, Boltik betrayed Rubinsky, giving Reinhard the navigation data they required to launch a blitzkrieg assault on Fezzan, leading to the successful [[Operation Ragnarök]]. Rubinsky had no idea that Boltik had betrayed them, while his son and new secretary [[Rupert Kesserling]] did have a suspicion that it was Boltik who had been played by Reinhard. Neither of them realised the extent of Reinhard's plan until it was too late. After the Imperial annexation of Fezzan in December {{d|798|uc}} Boltik was allowed to become governor of the planet, as they agreed. Reinhard decided to do it temporarily, expecting Boltik to eventually lose control over the Fezzani population's expected resistance and using that as an excuse to place Fezzan under direct rule. ({{logh|041|044}}) Boltik managed to remain as governor-general for about a year and a half, but was later falsely accused of having organised a bombing attack that killed another Imperial official, [[Bruno von Silberberch]]. This was done by Reinhard's chief of secret police, [[Heydrich Lang]], after being convinced to do it by Rubinsky, who was in hiding since the Empire's annexation. The Fezzani governor-general was taken into custody by the [[Internal Security Department]] in July {{d|800|uc}}. He was later poisoned while in prison and died. In reality, Boltik was innocent, and the knowledge that Lang had murdered an innocent man was used by Rubinsky as blackmail. An investigation by [[Ulrich Kesler]] of the [[Imperial Military Police]] later discovered this and Lang was sentenced to death for his role in Boltik's murder. ({{logh|085|094|106}}) ==Appendices== ===Appearances=== <div class="appear"> *{{logh}} **{{e|001}} (first appearance) **{{e|002}} **{{e|005}} **{{e|016}} **{{e|019}} **{{e|020}} **{{e|026}} **{{e|027}} **{{e|036}} **{{e|037}} **{{e|038}} **{{e|041}} **{{e|047}} **{{e|085}} *{{onw}} </div> ===Name variations=== *'''Nicolas Boltec''' (Novels) *'''Nicholas Boltik''' (<abbr title="Digital Versatile Disc">DVD</abbr> subtitles) *'''Nikolas Boltik''' (<abbr title="LaserDisc">LD</abbr> subtitles) *'''ニコラス・ボルテック''' (<abbr title="LaserDisc">LD</abbr><span class="lr-1px">/</span><abbr title="Digital Versatile Disc">DVD</abbr> subtitles — Japanese) [[Category:Fezzani citizens|Boltik nicholas]] [[Category:Politicians|Boltik nicholas]] [[Category:Characters from Overture to a New War|Boltik nicholas]]

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