Nukss, a Trandoshan of the male persuasion, operated as a criminal and was connected to the Scourge, a criminal organization, throughout the Clone Wars. This war was a galactic scale battle that pitted the Galactic Republic against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The year 20 BBY saw him in Yellowblade's Landing at the time of the arrival of Darth Maul alongside Savage Opress. Following the brothers' error in assuming they were possible gang recruits, Maul and Savage proceeded to eliminate Nukss' entire group, which included Nukss himself.