Watcher X Watcher X , formerly codenamed Watcher Five and codenamed Minder Eight before that , was a Human male operative of Imperial Intelligence of the Sith Empire . Biography . Born in 3685 BBY , Watcher X was genetically altered while still in the womb as part of a joint initiative by the Imperial Science Bureau and Imperial Intelligence . He joined Intelligence at the age of 21 and performed very highly , but resulted in a re - evaluation of his service . He started seeing connections and conspiracies where none existed and had to be forcibly retired . He was put in a section of Shadow Town on Nar Shaddaa , being too dangerous to use but too valuable to dispose of . Around 3643 BBY he was visited by Cipher Nine and helped the agent bring down the local branch of the Eagle terrorist network . Watcher X explained to Nine that the terror cell were using Cyclone , an dangerous stimulant . He gave the location of a Cyclone seller in the Corellian Sector and serum to make the agent look like a Cyclone addict so they could track down where the drug was produced . Though Nine failed to find to obtain any Cyclone from the two Nautolan sellers , the agent was able to extract a blood sample from a deceased Evocii . At Watcher X ' s instruction , Nine proceeded to an abandoned medical facility in the Duros Sector to analyze the sample and sent the data to X , who determined that the technology to develop Cyclone belonged to Synchet Corporation , which declared bankruptcy five years ago . He identifies a former Synchet executive , Jordel Tlan , who left the company before it was officially dissolved , and was staying at the Star Cluster Casino and suggested poisoning his drink and offer the antidote in exchange for his information . Watcher X hacked into Tlan ' s security systems and overheard Nine obtain the information , learning that Tlan sold off a medical subsidiary , VerveGen , to unknown buyers , which he suspected to be the terrorists . Watcher X then instructed Nine to hack terminals around VerveGen headquarters before recalling the agent back to Shadow Town . There , X gave Cipher Nine a series of implants to holographically disguise themselves as a droid to infiltrate VerveGen , though under Kaliyo ' s supervision . After Nine successfully infiltrated the building and eliminate the terror cell leaders , Watcher X took note of a cyborg survivor and instructed Nine to uplink his cybernetics so he could pinpoint the communication hub to prevent the remainder of the cell from recovering . But while the agent was accomplishing this , Watcher X took advantage of the hub ' s disruption , knowing it would disrupt Shadow Town , enabling him to escape . But X couldn ' t resist informing Cipher Nine of this and knowing that Imperial Intelligence would hunt him down , bargained information on Intelligence and Kaliyo Djannis ' true history , in exchange for Nine covering up his escape . Nine accepted . Unbeknownst to Nine , the implants Watcher X implanted enabled X to manifest within the agent ' s mind . In 3642 BBY , when Nine was sent to infiltrate Ardun Kothe ' s SIS team , the spymaster used the agent ' s own brainwashing code to force the agent to do his bidding , at which X voiced his observations , Nine being unaware of the mysterious voice in his head . After completing a mission for Kothe on Taris , Watcher X made his presence known to Nine and explained that brainwashing of this type was an Imperial tactic , not a Republic one - which meant that Imperial Intelligence had betrayed Nine and their information was given to the Republic . Secretly entering the archives in Imperial Intelligence HQ back on Dromund Kaas , Nine discovered that the brainwashing had indeed been ordered by Intelligence . Searching through the records , Nine discovered the IX serum that had been used to condition them could be used again to reset and then shut down the conditioning . The chemicals required for it could be found on the poisonous world of Quesh , and Nine was able to secure a ready supply of the required chemical , dimalium - 6 . However , the serum would take time to make and circulate through the Agent ' s system . After Nine recovered the shuttle " Starbreeze " on Hoth , the agent returned to Quesh at Kothe ' s order , and discovered that he had preparing to secure the Shadow Arsenal as deterrent to prevent further war . As Nine is ordered to remain at the Arsenal facility shield controls , Adrun Kothe determines that Nine ' s usefulness had reached its end . While the IX serum hadn ' t fully circulated through Nine ' s system , Watcher X determined that it was enough to reset the conditioning , at the risk of being put in a permanent vegetative state . As the conditioning reset itself , X gave Nine final orders to stop the SIS and find out how they obtained Imperial brainwashing codes . Before disappearing , Watcher X tells Nine that there are truths that must be uncovered . Behind the scenes . Cipher Nine can choose to let Watcher X escape ( dark side choice ) or can stop Watcher X and kill him at the Nar Shaddaa spaceport ( light side choice ) .