The Shroud The man known only as the Shroud was a Human male who was a legendary freelance spy active years before the Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire . After a lengthy career that included acts such as the Great Czerka Datacrash , he eventually went underground and was widely considered a myth by the year 3639 BBY , when he was approached by the Hutt Cartel . Biography . The organization , constructed by Shroud by the year 3639 BBY was quite remarkable . He employed numerous battle droids of various design as well as many trusted lieutenants of several species . The Shroud and his men installed listening outposts on every major battlefield of the Galactic War , from Balmorra and Taris to Corellia and Hoth . The listening devices allowed Shroud to spy on any communications in the area , including those of the Empire and Republic , and were usually installed in extremely hard to reach locations , so that in case of discovery the listening devices could not be dismantled easily . In addition to the listening posts , the Shroud deployed MCR - 99 reconnaissance droid s to every planet he considered notable , including such closely guarded worlds as Tython and Korriban . In addition to his main base of operations on Nar Shaddaa , Shroud had his lieutenants posted at several hidden bases , spread from the capital worlds such as Dromund Kaas and Coruscant to the supposedly secret prison planet Belsavis . The bases ' entrances were obscured and the inner workings possesses multiple levels of lethal defense systems , to the point of redundancy . Attempted terrorism . The Shroud was hired to spy on the Republic and the Empire by the Hutts in the lead - up to their invasion of the planet Makeb , but the Shroud soon discovered weaknesses in both governments that would allow him to attack their capitals by launching dreadnaughts straight into Coruscant and Dromund Kaas . Using his significant funds , The Shroud bought both a " Harrower " - class dreadnought and a " Valor " - class cruiser , and planted hyperspace beacons inside Kaas City and Galactic City . One of Shroud lieutenants , Evie Bo , was horrified by the Shroud ' s plan and fled to the Empire , taking a number of the Shroud ' s specially - designed EV2 discreet reconnaissance macrobinoculars with her . News of Bo ' s defection also allowed the Republic Strategic Information Service ' s Agent Deena Riss to learn bits of Shroud ' s plans and procure another copy of the special macrobinoculars . Riss on the Republic side and Darth Mortis on Imperial side recruited the best agents available to track down Shroud ' s lieutenants and fold his plans . When the Shroud first discovered intruders in one of his secret bases , he was extremely underwhelmed , even encouraging the opposition to continue their search for him , confident that it wound end in vain . However , as Republic and Imperial operatives discovered more of Shroud ' s listening outposts and bases , he grew more and more aggravated with their actions , to the point of direct taunts over the holocomm . Eventually , the Shroud was tracked to his largest and best protected base , located on Nar Shaddaa . In his personally designed control room , the Shroud made a stand and at one point during the fight employed holographic duplicates to confuse his enemies . Eventually , the Shroud was defeated and the attacks on Coruscant and Dromund Kaas were stopped . Confident of their success , the Shroud ' s pursuers left his body on the floor and departed his lair to rendezvous with their respective mission controls . The Shroud , however , escaped certain death by putting one of his duplicates in his place at the last moment . He made a taunting holocall to Deena Riss and inflicted his punishment on the defector Evie Bo . The Shroud interrupted her conversation with Darth Mortis and whispered a single word - " asunder " - that triggered the neural scrambler secretly implanted in Evie ' s brain . She remained completely healthy physically , but all of her memories and personality were gone , leaving her a blank slate to be used by the Empire and preventing her from revealing any more of the Shroud ' s secrets . Despite the failure of his plans , the Shroud continued to oversee his extensive spy network in the galaxy . Monitoring the Revanites . The Shroud later became curious regarding the clandestine meeting between Republic Colonel Rian Darok and Darth Arkous of the Dark Council with the blessing of the Order of Shasa . Knowing that the Order follows doctrine of the late Revan , he began noting unusual occurrences with his field agents , such as Asset R - 27 , who was intercepted by an Imperial stealth craft so far into Republic territory . Suspecting that the Order of Revan was rising out of obscurity , the Shroud ordered his agents to gather information on the Order . Post - Eternal Empire Conquest . In the years following the Eternal Empire ' s conquest of the galaxy , the Shroud had his MCR - X reconnaissance droids monitor the massive Star Fortress es placed above key worlds suppressing rebellion . When the Outlander was in the midst of attacking one of these Star Fortresses , they spotted one of these droids with their macrobinoculars , with a coded message from the Shroud saying he was glad the Outlander had returned and he would be watching . Behind the scenes . The Shroud is a character in the 2011 " " video game expansion , following the Makeb missions . For Republic players , following the end of the Shroud missions , the Shroud will appear before the player ( s ) via holodroid and immobilize Deena Riss with a shock collar . He reveals that his double had some information he wasn ' t suppose to and demands that the player ( s ) wipe it from Riss ' console in exchange for her life , warning that he ' ll be monitoring it . If the player ( s ) make the light side choice and return the data , the Shroud upholds his word and releases Deena . If the player ( s ) make the dark side choice and uploads the data to SIS servers , the Shroud kills Deena and becomes enraged . Either way , the Shroud promises to return as he self - destructs his holodroid .