Marcus Trant Marcus Trant , known to his subordinates simply as the Director , was a Human male spy for the Galactic Republic who notably served as Director of the Strategic Information Service ( SIS ) . Originally a decryption analyst employed by the SIS when it was the covert branch of the Senate Library , Trant became a field agent when the agency began to expand at the start of the Great Galactic War in 3681 BBY , with the return of the Sith Empire . Trant helped Lieutenant Elin Garza of the 45th Infantry Division fight a successful ten - month campaign on the planet Bomodon , during which they forged a close bond . However , their fledgling marriage ended in divorce less than two years later . In the later years of the war , Trant rose through the ranks of the SIS to become Bureau Chief on Nar Shaddaa . His work caused tensions at home , and Trant ' s relationship with his second wife ended in divorce as well . Three years after the war ' s end and the beginning of the ensuing Cold War , Trant ascended to the position of Director of SIS . He did not shy away from making hard decisions , even if they caused hundreds of deaths , as long as there was a greater good that was served . As the Republic ' s intelligence director , Trant believed the SIS was responsible for conducting the dirty work that would protect the Republic . He initiated several operations that would lead to the Galactic War and the Republic ' s victory over the Sith Empire . That included a mission that resulted in the destruction of the Sith ' s planet - destroying Sun Razer weapon , and Operation End Game , which brought about the defeat of the Sith Empire ' s most powerful warship , the " Ascendant Spear " . Biography . Early career . A Human male , Marcus Trant worked as a decryption analyst for the Galactic Republic ' s Strategic Information Service , which at the time was a covert subdivision of the Senate Library to avoid questions about its budget . It was then that the Great Galactic War began in 3681 BBY with the return of the Sith Empire . As the war dragged on , the Senate ordered the SIS to be expanded into a full - fledged intelligence agency separate from the Senate Library , and Trant became one of the SIS ' field agents . In 3674 BBY , Trant was stationed on the planet Bomodon , when a platoon of the Republic Military ' s 45th Infantry Division under the command of Lieutenant Elin Garza was shot down . Trant assisted Garza in waging a ten - month guerrilla campaign that ultimately succeeded in driving the Imperial invaders off the planet . Trant and Garza became romantically involved during the battle , and the two were married not long after . However , their marriage ended in divorce after only twenty - six months , and Garza married a naval captain named Joron Tal ' vor , who died in 3671 BBY . Trant married again , though his work caused tensions at home , and his second wife divorced him as well . His relationship with Garza remained tense throughout the rest of their lives , though they had to frequently interact when Garza became the commanding general of the Republic Special Forces Division , which worked closely with the SIS . Trant participated in many SIS operations throughout the war on planets across the galaxy , including Ralltiir , though they were all classified . In 3654 BBY , he was appointed Bureau Chief on Nar Shaddaa . Over the next four years , Trant established fifty - six different safe houses on the moon and conducted multiple successful operations . Director of SIS . Three years after the Treaty of Coruscant ended the Great Galactic War in 3653 BBY , the SIS director decided to step down due to ailing health . He named Trant as his successor , and Trant was promoted to Director of Republic Strategic Information Service . His troubles began right away : though the Great War had ended , the Republic and the Empire were locked in a bitter Cold War . Instead of soldiers fighting on the front lines , the galaxy became a battlefield of intrigue and spies . Trant himself had a bounty placed on his head , and intelligence and counter - intelligence became the primary concerns of both governments as they sought to fortify their positions for when all - out war would resume . In the aftermath of the Sacking of Coruscant , the attack by the Empire which had forced the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant , Coruscant had been left in shambles . Other planets , abandoned by the Republic under the treaty ' s terms , were taken over by the Empire . Planets such as Ord Mantell , Nar Shaddaa , Tatooine , and Balmorra become battlegrounds between the SIS and Imperial Intelligence . Trant initiated operations that he personally supervised , including those of Agent Theron Shan and Director of Mid Rim Operations Ardun Kothe . Trant assigned Shan to reconnoiter the planet Makeb in preparation for a possible Republic intervention . Shan sent Trant a field report highlighting key locations on the planet , as well as evaluating key figures and the local military strength present . Activities by the SIS increased as they sought to find more information about Imperial Intelligence and the Empire in general . Under Trant ' s watch , the SIS began to assist the overwhelmed Coruscant Security Force by providing intelligence on some of Coruscant ' s most dangerous criminal and militant organizations such as Black Sun and the Justicars ' Brigade . Seeing the Jedi Order as a valuable Republic resource , Trant encouraged SIS agents to work hand - in - hand with the Jedi , which played out in operations on locations such as Coruscant , Nar Shaddaa , Taris , and others . As director of SIS , Trant had to balance the day - to - day operations of an intelligence service with the continual politics that were involved as the head of a government agency . Senate budget and oversight hearings demanded information on covert operations , which Trant refused to give for operational security reasons . The risk of compromising the identity of one of his agents was too great , and only a handful of people had access to the personnel records of SIS . Nevertheless , the bureaucrats who ran the finances of the Republic government wanted to see results for the credits that were spent , and as a result Trant was continually fighting to justify the existence of the SIS , since by its definition , the results of his agency ' s work were covert . In 3643 BBY , Trant summoned Theron Shan to his office . There , he briefed Shan on the overall state of the efforts by the SIS to undermine the Empire . Together they flew to the SIS operations center on a mission to locate a missing Jedi named Ngani Zho . Though he at first hesitated , Shan accepted the mission , as Zho had been the one who had raised him and trained him in place of his mother , Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan . Traveling to the Vesla system , Shan was able to find Zho , who told him of a powerful weapon called the Sun Razer that was being developed under the command of Sith Lord Darth Mekhis . Determined to destroy the weapon , Shan called in to Trant to inform him of the developments . Though Zho was in an unstable mental condition , Shan told Trant he believed that Zho had found something important . A week prior to that , an SIS station on Nar Shaddaa was shut down , and Trant had been informed of rumors that the Sith Empire ' s Imperial Guard was being mobilized . Because of that , Trant knew the Republic had to force every available advantage , Shan ' s mission being one of them . Both Trant and Shan agreed for the latter to move forward on locating the weapon and conducting reconnaissance . However , as the mission played out , Shan ended up finding and killing Darth Mekhis as well as destroying the Sun Razer . Trant would later remark to Shan that his actions might have put in motion a renewed war with the Sith . Trant offered Shan vacation time , but Shan refused , telling the director he would continue to follow leads on stopping the Sith . Renewed war . A renewed war did begin , and with the apparent death of the Sith Emperor at the hands of a Jedi Knight , the Republic gained the upper hand . In 3640 BBY , the new Republic Supreme Commander Jace Malcom worked with Trant in developing a plan to free Republic prisoners - of - war from slave markets . Named Operation Transom , the mission moved forward with success , and the SIS was able to locate a major source of the slave dealing on Nar Shaddaa in the palace of Morbo the Hutt . Three months into the surveillance , Trant was informed by field agents that Theron Shan , who had not been assigned to the mission , was snooping around Morbo ' s palace . Trant called Shan , demanding he leave Nar Shaddaa immediately . At that point , Shan was approached by a Houk and hung up on the director . The Houk demanded that Shan explain his presence , which Shan refused to do . The two fought and Shan was able to gain the upper hand and defeat the Houk , placing him securely on the ground . When questioned by Shan , Houk admitted he was an SIS agent . He also told Shan about Operation Transom , the details of which surprised Shan . However , Shan continued to ignore the director ' s orders to leave Nar Shaddaa and infiltrated Morbo ' s palace . In the process he helped several captive Republic soldier s escape , alerting the Hutts that the Republic was observing their operations . Trant was soon informed of Shan ' s actions and that Operation Transom was subsequently blown . Meanwhile , Trant visited the Supreme Commander ' s office in the Senate Building . Though Malcom asked Trant why Shan had interfered with Operation Transom , Trant , covering for Shan , took the blame of the mission ' s failure . Privately , Trant was furious and promised to himself that he would thoroughly question Shan on the matter . To move forward with defeating the Sith Empire , Malcom had developed a plan to capture and destroy a new Imperial warship , the " Ascendant Spear " under the command of Darth Karrid , a Falleen Sith Lord . Malcom presented the idea to the SIS director as a joint operation with the military and the Jedi , and Trant agreed . Upon returning to Coruscant , Shan was taken to the Director ' s office under forced escort by SIS agents posing as Coruscant Security Force police officers . Trant was furious with Shan ; not only had he disobeyed a direct order , but he had blown a three - month long surveillance operation . As a punishment , Trant took Shan off field duty and reassigned him to the Analytics Department . However , Trant had Shan start work on developing details for the new mission against the " Ascendant Spear " , called Operation End Game . Chasing the " Spear " . Shan submitted his final operational plan to Trant , who redacted Shan ' s name . Yet , Shan put his name back on the document before it was submitted to Jace Malcom . During the discussion concerning which SIS agent would be assigned as the lead operative , Malcom requested that Trant assign Shan to the mission . Trant , frustrated that Shan had outmaneuvered him , reluctantly agreed . Malcom also requested the aid of the Jedi High Council Master Gnost - Dural , Darth Karrid ' s former Jedi Master , who arrived on Coruscant a short while later . Shan , Gnost - Dural , and Trant went to the Supreme Commander ' s office to discuss the final details of the mission . Trant , meanwhile , had been developing a flirtatious relationship with Malcom ' s receptionist , and Shan privately suspected that she was Trant ' s move toward wife number three . After the meeting with the mission details finalized , Operation Endgame was put underway . While the mission was formally under Malcom ' s direct supervision , Trant provided frequent tactical suggestions and information as well as overseeing reports from Shan . On the planet Ziost , Shan and Gnost - Dural were able to secure a black cipher , a special encryption device of the Imperial Navy . The cipher was turned over to Trant , who immediately gave it to the analytics team to work on . Shan and Gnost - Dural , meanwhile , continued with their mission and invited a smuggler named Teff ' ith to help them . Trant , however , was skeptical of Teff ' ith ' s abilities and loyalties to Shan and the Republic . Using the black cipher , the SIS discovered that the " Ascendant Spear " would dock at the space station known as Reaver Station for two days . Trant called Shan with the information , and the team made their way to the station . Shortly thereafter , the SIS intercepted information concerning a planned assault on the planet Ruan . Trant took the information to Malcom , and the two decided to allow the assault to happen to protect the fact that they had access to Imperial communications . The battle at Ruan was a devastating Republic defeat and , shortly thereafter , Trant went to Malcom to brief him on the damage and casualties . The two also decided then to allow a second attack by the Sith , this time on the planet Duro , to take place . Meanwhile , upon his arrival at Reaver Station , Shan found out about the attack on Ruan . Concerned that the cipher was no longer working , Shan contacted Trant who was in the briefing with Malcom . Trant and Malcom explained their actions to Shan , who was horrified and angered by their decision . After disconnecting with Shan , Trant gave the Supreme Commander the estimated causality rates for the attack on Duro . Malcom agonized over whether or not his decision was correct , and he asked Trant ' s opinion on their actions . The Director assured Malcom that the decision was correct in the grand scheme of things , although he joined Malcom in several drinks that evening . Meanwhile , Shan and Gnost - Dural were able to infiltrate the " Ascendant Spear " and set its course for the Duro system . At the same time , Shan sent Teff ' ith to Coruscant to tell his mother , Satele , about the " Ascendant Spear " movements and to convince Trant and Malcom to act in defense of Duro . Teff ' ith was able to warn Master Shan , who in turn convinced Malcom to take action . When the " Ascendant Spear " arrived at Duro , a Republic fleet under the direct command of Malcom ambushed the ship , and a battle ensued . During the fighting , Shan was able to kill Darth Karrid , allowing the Republic forces to destroy the " Ascendant Spear " and succeeding in the operation ' s goal . Shan gave Trant his final report on the operation which Trant then went to the official debriefing in the Supreme Commander ' s office . Shan did not attend and gave his regrets to the Supreme Commander . After the debriefing , Trant returned to his office to continue his work leading the SIS . Later in the war , when agents of the secretive Order of Revan framed Shan and several others for the death of Colonel Rian Darok , an officer in the Special Forces Division , the Director managed to lessen the fallout for Shan ; instead of a death sentence , Shan was classified as a " disavowed rogue agent , apprehend on sight . " Personality and traits . Marcus Trant had dark colored skin , brown eyes , and dark brown hair . A man of average height and weight , he carried a relatively subdued presence when walking through the halls of the Senate , which he preferred . Though Trant was , by his nature , a pessimist , he believed in the good of the Republic and threw himself into his job . As Director of SIS , he was faced with hard decisions , often ones of life and death . He never shied away from his responsibility . If need be , he was willing to sacrifice hundreds , if not thousands , if it meant that the greater good could be served and a Republic victory would be in sight . His covert work created a severe strain in his personal life , and both his marriages ended in failure . That , however , did not discourage him , and he was known to be somewhat of a womanizer . His failings in his personal life stood in stark contrast to his professional career . Trant was one of the greatest agents of the Republic during his lifetime . His abilities to juggle multiple missions at the same time served him well as Bureau Chief of Nar Shaddaa , and was a trait that he took with him when he became Director of SIS . Though not required , he would directly supervise several missions himself instead of leaving the task to subordinates . Specifically , Trant had a close interest in the career of Theron Shan . Trant was aware that Shan ' s mother was Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan , a fact which was a closely guarded secret between a handful of people . Trant valued Shan ' s work as an operative and considered him as one of the best agents in the SIS . Though Trant allowed Shan greater latitude during missions , Shan would also frustrate his director , especially when he would deviate from specific orders . Trant kept a careful eye on Shan as he would his own son , sending him on missions that the director would personally supervise , and taking an interest in Shan ' s physical and mental health . As director , Trant dedicated himself to ensuring the safety and secrecy of his people above all else . He was known for telling his operatives that if they had done their job correctly , nobody would know they had been there . As the SIS was a covert agency , Trant struggled daily with refusing to hand over operational details to the Senate . The back - and - forth politics frustrated him , as senators continually sought to cut his budget and personnel . However , Trant refused to give up and sought allies to help him vouch for the necessity of the SIS . One of these allies was Jace Malcom , the Republic Military ' s Supreme Commander . Their relationship developed smoothly and , for the most part , Trant enjoyed working with Malcom , as they both shared a common goal and philosophy . Trant ' s operational success as an agent and as director led him to be one of the most valued of the Republic ' s spies . Behind the scenes . Marcus Trant was created for the " " metaseries , which is centered around a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game of the same name that was released by BioWare on December 20 , 2011 . He first appeared in " The Old Republic — The Lost Suns 1 " , a published on June 8 , 2011 . He appeared throughout story arc , though only identified as " The Director . " He was first identified as Marcus Trant in the " " , published on October 15 , 2012 by Dorling Kindersley . The encyclopedia entries for both Trant and Elin Garza established Trant ' s backstory , including his relationship with Garza . The " Encyclopedia " was published shortly before Trant ' s latest appearance in " " , an set chronologically after the game ' s class storylines . The novel was written by Drew Karpyshyn and published on November 13 , 2012 .