Ardun Kothe Ardun Kothe was a male Human Jedi Knight who later became a Galactic Republic spy with the Republic Strategic Information Service during the Cold War and the Galactic War . Biography . A Force - sensitive Human born to Edra and Neven Kothe , he fled his homeworld of Dantooine to the Core Worlds during the Great Galactic War when the Sith Empire invasion began . The Jedi Order was able to identify his Force sensitivity when he was a young boy and recruited him into the Order , training in the ways of the Force and ascending to the rank of Jedi Knight . Working with refugees on Brentaal IV during his career , Kothe was a respected Knight and close with fellow Jedi Syo Bakarn and Jaric Kaedan . Serving throughout the Great Galactic War , Kothe was responsible for rescuing the Senators Thranz and Falit from an attempt on their lives while on Coruscant . When the Treaty of Coruscant was signed in 3653 BBY , Kothe left the Jedi Order and joined the Republic Strategic Information Service as an agent . Kothe rose swiftly in rank and was granted command of the Mid Rim Operations Group sixteen months after joining the SIS . There , he began a series of covert projects including , and . Around 3642 BBY , Kothe was given special sanction by the Galactic Senate to operate autonomously and to take any actions necessary to avert a disastrous second war with the Sith Empire . Kothe always believed in fate and redemption and the enemies from the Empire would be converted to the Republic side . He later encountered Cipher Nine who was serving undercover for the Empire . However , he didn ' t trust that the agent was sincere in defecting and used Nine ' s own brainwashing code . He and his team used the agent to gather various items for an unknown purpose , while the Agent secretly searched for a way to free themselves of the programming . During a mission on Quesh , Kothe was going after the Shadow Arsenal , an armament of undetectable nuclear missiles developed during the end of the previous war . His plan was to use the missiles as deterrent , believing that threatening Kaas City on Dromund Kaas would cow the Sith into surrendering . He ordered Nine to remain at the shield controls until the missiles were moved , and at which Nine would return to Imperial Intelligence for a few months . Shortly after , the chemicals took effect and the Agent ' s brainwashing program reset . The agent went in and engaged Kothe who revealed himself to be a former Jedi . At the end of the battle , Nine trapped Kothe behind a force field and activated the security turrets . Kothe remembered the Jedi Code and was shot down by the turrets . Personality and traits . Ardun Kothe appeared to have a particular interest in subversion and recruitment of enemy assets . He wanted to believe his enemies could be converted into friends , but also maintained an awareness of the associated risks . He was instrumental in several slave rebellions : suggestive of strong political beliefs . Behind the scenes . If the agent player choose light side option he / she can spare Kothe . If so , Kothe and his team will reunite with Cipher Nine on Corellia in place of Neyla Hawkins . Nine explains to him about the Star Cabal and Kothe agrees to help fake the agent ' s death . Near the end of Chapter 3 , Kothe will kill the two Dark Council agents who arrived at the Star Cabal headquarters . He then requests the Black Codex , promising to use it to destroy the Star Cabal before sealing the data . Nine can choose to either betray Kothe and kill him or refuse to hand over the Black Codex , so Kothe departs . If Nine did give the Black Codex to Kothe then he would ask Nine before departing if the agent wanted to join the Republic . Nine could either refuse or join the Republic ( light side points ) . If Nine spared Kothe and defected to the Republic , at the conclusion of battle against Revan at Yavin 4 the agent contacts Kothe to update him on the Empire ' s operations and happenings since their last contact . Ardun Kothe is voiced by Dude Walker .