He sure does. I even said to Kothe we could have worked together, and gained affection. Even if he was out of the room, he still probably knows the agent defected and trusts his decision.
You clearly see both Republic and Imperial dread troopers on the planet. It's just that the Republic troops crashed and some of the survivors had their minds taken over by the dread masters.
It could use:
Turrets
Traps
Vehicles
objectives to capture
a sanctuary area dedicated to spectating the chaos from above(Or perhaps maybe monitors at base monitoring the objective areas?)
Section X is so bad we even found what would have been a legitimate way into the imp base, but it's protected by invisible walls. Section X can go rot empty.