Rane Kovach was a Human Cyborg who worked undercover for the Republic Strategic Information Service during the Galactic War. After the Sith Emperor escaped confinement on Yavin 4, Kovach was dispatched and set up inside Sith Intelligence as an executive officer to Lana Beniko. While undercover, he answered directly to Theron Shan and another Republic-aligned individual who had landed on-world.