When the decision was made to construct a shipyard in Airam space, Nobu 1 and its sister-ships, Nobu 2, Nobu 3, and Nobu 4, were joined with a Rebel convoy charged with bringing the needed supplies and personnel. Nobu 1 itself bore construction equipment. Unfortunately for the Rebels, the Galactic Empire had learned of them and readied a trap in the Rocrin system. Nobu 1 was destroyed with all the others.