An agent working for the Galactic Republic was tasked with the development of the Power Guard Enhancement System. This project, a supersoldier program, was an initiative of the Republic superweapon initiative during the Cold War with the Sith Empire. Given complete authority and a substantial amount of credits by the initiative's director, General Var Suthra of the Republic Military, the agent advanced the Power Guard project in total secrecy on the neutral moon of Nar Shaddaa. However, the Empire discovered the project in 3643 BBY, and the man was tortured to death by the Sith Lord Sadic. Agent Galen of the Republic Strategic Information Service, the Republic's intelligence division, located the operative in the Nikto Sector, where she discovered that the Imperials had taken data files related to the project from his body.
The Republic agent was initially referenced in Star Wars: The Old Republic, a video game created by BioWare and LucasArts, which was released in 2011. The "The Power Guard Project" Jedi Knight class mission first mentions him, while his fate is revealed in the follow-up quest "The Search for Agent Galen." Neither of these mentions, however, reveals his name or species.