Commander Kupalo was a Rebel officer who became an Imperial sleeper agent. Kupalo had been captured after the Battle of Hoth , and during his time as a prisoner he was conditioned as an agent. Kupalo was later allowed to be rescued by the Alliance. After an Imperial defector joined the Rebellion, Kupalo's conditioning was activated and he was revealed as a sleeper agent.
He fled in the shuttle AA Three X-wings were initially sent after the shuttle, but it launched mines which targeted and destroyed the three X-wings.
Another group of Alliance pilots were sent out to capture Kupalo before he could return to the Imperials. These pilots forced Kupalo to stand down, and Kupalo was captured. One facility used by Imperials for brainwashing was Lusankya , a Super Star Destroyer buried under the surface of Coruscant.
Isard would use drugs, torture , and other psychological tools to turn people into sleeper agents. A number of people were brainwashed, conditioned as agents, and returned. After their conditioning had been activated they would often repeat the word "Lusankya" over and over again.
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Related Program:. The first is an extension of the real world sleeper agent where an enemy agent is substituted for a person already in a trusted position. The second and more common category involve people who have been subjected to mind control techniques, such as drugs, torture, psychological conditioning , implanted devices, and even telepathic manipulation who then are either released, or allowed to escape back to friendly territory.
These sleeper agents are then used by enemy forces to spy, to conduct sabotage, to assassinate certain targets, or for other operations the enemy has in mind for them. The substitution sleeper agent was often surgically altered to appear as someone else but more recent versions tend toward androids or clones.
Or the agent may have been an infiltrator from the start but brainwashed to believe they are the real thing until activation. Activation of the second kind of sleeper is, at least in novels and stories, done by approaching the agent and uttering a long ago memorized password or pass phrase , or by mailing a postcard with a significant picture to the sleeper.
Once a sleeper becomes active, counter intelligence agencies can, at least in principle, become aware of the sleeper as intelligence is collected and transmitted, as instructions are passed, and so on.
There are a number of examples of sleeper agents found in science fiction and other forms of entertainment. Many times the unveiling of a sleeper agent is an important part of the plot and acts as surprise element and a plot twist. Some examples of sleeper agents include:. Military Wiki Explore. Popular pages.
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