B4-A1 Faith: "So the Watchers Council has assassins on payroll. Sweet buncha guys." Giles: "They've never had a contract on a human that I know of, but in the world of international sorcery, things get... complicated. It's not all pointy hats and purple cloaks." — Faith Lehane and Rupert Giles The Watchers Council Special Operations Team was an elite unit of human operatives working for the Watchers Council. It was formed by three men - Collins, Weatherby and Smith - and charged with handling morally ambiguous missions such as interrogations, kidnappings, assassinations and smuggling.