Imperial agent (playable class)

**Imperial agent** is one of the four Sith Empire playable classes./.

#### Assassin, the Sith Empire's secret weapon and Saboteur

The Sith Empire dominates scores of star systems across the galaxy, but not through the power of the dark side alone. Behind the scenes, the cunning agents of Imperial Intelligence track down and eliminate the Sith Empire's enemies - from intractable Galactic Republic senators to traitorous Imperial Moffs to bloodthirsty rebels with republic ties. Imperial Agents must master the arts of assassination, infiltration and seduction to advance the Sith Empire's causes; they face the opposition of a terrified galaxy and the capriciousness of their own Sith overlords.

Imperial Intelligence cultivates a notoriously vast and efficient network of informants, enabling the agent to navigate the galaxy's political landscape with effortless suave. Naturally, the agent's allegiance to the Sith Empire is without question, but great latitude exists for those so closely attuned to the Sith Empire's secret agendas - agents often harbor their own mysterious motivations as well. Having pierced countless layers of intrigue, these spies know of conspiracies within conspiracies. Even close contacts find it hard to predict what an Imperial Agent will do; until it's done.

The most elite operative within Imperial Intelligence is the "Cipher" agent - recruited and trained to carry out the most dangerous and sensitive assignments the Sith Empire has to offer. Whether working undercover or carrying out assignments in broad daylight, the Cipher races along the razor's edge of disaster, using carefully orchestrated tactics that leave little room for error - the smallest slip-up can be catastrophic. But each successful mission, shifts the galactic landscape in the Sith Empire's favor and the agent plays a supremely critical role in securing Imperial domination.

#### Relations with the Sith Order

The upper echelons of imperial society are reserved for the force-sensitive Sith alone, but theirs is a world apart. The heart of the Sith Empire consists of millions of subjects, descendants of the original exiles; who settled Dromund Kaas.

For these loyal citizens, an imperial agent is the exemplar of the highest level of achievement one might aspire to. These are the individuals an agent risks everything to protect. Although there are few idealists in Imperial Intelligence, the art of professional perfection is held in deep reverence and an agent embodies the imperial ideal in this respect.

#### Field reconnaissance

Reconnaissance images of imperial agents are rare; between their varied disguises and stealth enhanced battle-gear, they can be hard to spot. If there is anything remarkable about their habits, patterns and appearances it's that they can change at any time.

Many of the tasks set before an imperial agent call for a high degree of subversion and infiltration; into hostile organizations, so it's a safe bet that if they aren't with their friends, they're probably with their enemies.

#### Outfitting

The Sith Empire risks everything on an imperial agent's performance and spares no expense to make sure agents's gear is as smart as they are. State-of-the-art attire with high-grade armor mesh provides protection and ease-of-movement.

Many of an agent's outfits are augmented with advanced communications technology and attachments to facilitate interfacing with varied computer networks and security systems.

#### Combat tactics

Relying on range, surprise, and an arsenal of state-of-the-art gadgets and weaponry, an imperial agent enters battle with a confident strategy. Although striking from a distance or from the shadows plays to an agent's strengths, a well-equipped operative is more than capable of evading his enemies; when necessary or moving in close to quietly slide a blade between an opponent's ribs; whether on a solo mission or working in conjunction with a strike team, this operative keeps a finger on the right button for almost any situation.

In the heat of battle, an imperial agent can activate a field of energy to protect from oncoming blasterfire. From the relative safety of cover, an imperial agent capitalizes on the element of surprise, using a stun dart to paralyze his foe and finishing with a targeted laser attack.

Orbital Bombardment; allows an imperial agent to call in a satellite air strike to rain down lasers and missiles on an unsuspecting group of enemies.

## Abilities

* *See Imperial agent abilities*.

While all imperial agents have abilities used from cover, snipers gain the most by using this system. Snipers use a variety of probes in combat as well as choosing to use a sniper rifle to maximize damage from long range. An operative uses a blaster rifle along with a vibro-knife to deal damage from mid to melee range and a stealth system to stay hidden. Operatives also bring a kolto injector; into combat to heal allies and companions.

An Imperial agent utilizes an energy resource system. Energy is used to activate certain abilities that; will cause an additional effect; such as increased damage or a crowd contorl effect. Energy regenerates fairly quickly even in combat, but it is important to pace the energy out incase something unexpected occurs and it will be possible to counter.

Energy management is essential for both the operative and sniper advanced classes. Your energy pool's regeneration rate is dependent on your total amount. In other words; the more energy you have, the more it regenerates. The less you have, the longer it takes to regenerate.

It is important to find a balance between skill usage and managing your energy pool. Using your biggest and most powerful abilities will not sustain your damage (as a sniper) nor your ability to heal your party members over a long period of time.

## Known Advanced classes

### Operative

Operatives specialize heavily in stealth and concealment. They can hide their presence on the battlefield, position themselves for attack, and strike without the enemy even knowing they were there.

A second specialization in medical technologies; allows them to heal their allies. An Operative makes an extremely useful teammate to have on the field.

### Sniper

Snipers focus on long-range battle tactics, using powerful rifles to eliminate targets from great distances. In addition to their marksmanship ability, they are also able to use probes and droids to investigate and eliminate targets.

Snipers are the recon units of the Sith Empire.

## Known companions

* 2V-R8
* Eckard Lokin
* Kaliyo Djannis
* Raina Temple
* Scorpio
* Vector Hyllus

## Trivia

* Imperial agent is one of the two Sith Empire-aligned non-force-sensitive classes.

## Gallery

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## External links

* File:Star Wars: Old Republic Wiki.jpg Imperial agent on Star Wars: Old Republic Wiki