Gaining the Trust of Kaliyo Djannis

Despite the turn of events at Ord Mantell, Vorgen Cyphon now a high-ranking member of Imperial Intelligence continued to build his private army known as the Hydra Legion. To help him lead this army he chose the anarchist criminal Kaliyo Djannis. With the vast resources and wealth available to him, Vorgen ensured she received the best training and upgrades, even starting a failsafe cloning process in the event of her suffering a critical injury. Kaliyo was not an individual whose trust was easily gained, and Vorgen Cyphon was one of the few to have tried and succeeded in doing so. In the several missions they had conducted, he had been given many opportunities to leave Kaliyo behind and escape, but he always made sure she was able to leave with him and let a body double be captured instead. He gave her the best weapons and armor, and even personal sparring to make her even more deadly than she was before. In return she gave Vorgen access to all of her criminal underworld contacts, giving the Sith technology that was years ahead of what the Republic possessed. Vorgen also granted her a rare favor: if ever she needed something illegal done or a secret kept, he would do so without question, even if held at gunpoint. Just as this was declared, one of Cyphon's superiors entered the captain's cabin of the Black Rose and attempted to kill Kaliyo, saying she had outlived her usefulness. Without hesitation, Vorgen drew his knife, charged at the commander and after both slitting his throat and breaking his neck sent him out the airlock. When asked later by Kaliyo why he had saved her, he replied he planned to make her the most feared revolutionary in the galaxy for years to come...