Imperial Intelligence Bureau
The Imperial Intelligence Bureau is the primary intelligence agency serving the Acaronian Empire. As the largest entity within the Ministry of Intelligence, it reports directly to the Minister of Intelligence. Operating covertly, agents of Imperial Intelligence excel in manipulation, subterfuge, intimidation, sabotage, and assassination, proving just as lethal as their Draethar Overlords.
Structure
Official designations were limited to speakers of Human and Acaronian dialects; those who did not speak these languages were employed in versatile roles. The real names of Spectres, Artificers, Overseers, and Custodians were classified, with agents known only by their titles and a numerical identifier (e.g., Spectre XXV, Artificer VI, Custodian II, Overseer XI). It is important to note that these numbers did not signify rank or seniority; they were merely used to distinguish between individuals with the same title.
The organizational structure is as follows:
Gatherers: Spies, scouts, and informants who collected information and relayed it back to the headquarters. They were often assigned to a fixed position from which they seldom moved.
Spectres: Skilled in assassination, seduction, manipulation, blackmail, subversion, subterfuge, infiltration, and sabotage, Spectres serve as field agents and the primary assault force of Intelligence. They are proficient with poisons, rifles, and various gadgets.
Custodian: Intelligence processors who receive information from Spectres and anticipate enemy movements. Overseers also serve as internal security, scrutinizing the Intelligence agency for vulnerabilities and addressing any breaches.
Artificer: Technical agents skilled in slicing, engineering, and biomechanics. They process and make sense of technical data, such as datapads and bioscans, gathered by Spectres.
Overseer: Agents who recover, process, and analyze data, then relay their findings back to the Ciphers. Overseer report directly to the Spymaster.
Spymaster: The operational leader of Imperial Intelligence. The Spymaster devises major strategies, issues orders to operatives, and is privy to all of the Empire’s and Intelligence's secrets.
Minister of Intelligence: The highest authority within the Intelligence agency, responsible for the bureaucratic and technical aspects of its operation. The Minister reports directly to the Draethar's Ebon Regnorum, holding the highest position a non-Draethar can achieve in the Empire.
Assets
Buildings and Fortifications
Headquarters on Noxterran - A fortress-like structure equipped with state-of-the-art security systems, including biometric access controls, surveillance drones, and energy shields. The building features heavily fortified command centers, interrogation rooms, and high-security vaults for storing sensitive information.
Safe Houses and Covert Bases - Strategically placed across different planets and territories, these facilities provide safe havens and operational hubs for agents in the field. They are typically equipped with emergency supplies, communication equipment, and disguise kits.
Training Facilities - Specialized facilities designed for rigorous physical and tactical training of agents. These include advanced virtual reality environments for practicing espionage and combat scenarios.
Ships and Vehicles
Stealth Ships - A fleet of ships equipped with cloaking technology to avoid detection. These are used for covert insertion of agents into hostile territories or extraction from compromised locations.
Interceptors and Patrol Craft - Fast, agile ships used for quick response, surveillance, or escort missions within the empire's space.
Armored Transport Vehicles - Heavily armored ground vehicles used for secure transportation of personnel and sensitive materials on planets with hostile environments or potential threats.
Equipment and Weapons
Surveillance Drones and Spy Bots - Small, highly maneuverable drones used for gathering intelligence, eavesdropping, and surveillance.
Encryption Devices - Advanced technology used for secure communication between operatives and headquarters. These devices are capable of resisting even the most sophisticated decryption efforts.
Specialized Weapons - Includes a range of weaponry tailored to the needs of covert operations, such as silenced projectile weapons, energy-based sidearms, and non-lethal options like stun devices.
Cyber Warfare Tools - Software and hardware designed to infiltrate, manipulate, or destroy enemy data systems. This includes viruses, hacking modules, and countermeasures against cyber attacks.
Troops and Operatives
Field Agents - Highly trained operatives skilled in various forms of espionage, combat, and subterfuge. They operate under deep cover to carry out the empire's clandestine missions.
Special Ops Teams - Elite units specialized in direct action missions such as sabotage, targeted assassinations, and tactical raids.
Intelligence Analysts - Experts in data analysis, cryptology, and strategic planning, working behind the scenes to support field operations with real-time information and predictive analytics.
Support Staff and Infrastructure
Logistical Support Teams - Responsible for ensuring that operatives have the necessary resources and equipment for their missions. This includes armament specialists, medtechs, and supply chain coordinators.
Medical Facilities - Advanced medical facilities dedicated to the care of injured agents, equipped with the latest in medtech innovations, including regenerative treatments and advanced surgical procedures.
Research and Development Labs - Focused on developing new technologies for espionage and intelligence gathering, these labs work on everything from advanced materials for stealth technology to new algorithms for data encryption.
History
In the days following the Acaronian exodus in the aftermath of the Liberation Crusades, abandoning such holdings like the planets of Thalos and Acaron, the Acaronian Empire reorganized into a new government on the planet of Noxterran. At that time, a new governmental structure was established, consisting of various ministries and bureaucracies, one of such being the Imperial Intelligence Bureau. The organization was a major asset to the Empire by the 2200 AL, sending various undercover operatives into Alliance and Graxxid space to help stage outbursts of war, violence, political instability and sedition among certain species, as a means to serve the Acaronian Emperor’s plans to return to the Alliance.
Prior to the signing of the Verdant Concordat in 2637 AL, this division of the Acaronian Empire was responsible for blocking the Alliance’s attempt at gaining allies amongst the Graxxid. Intelligence operatives were also responsible for the Draylan Warlord, Rhaan the Bloody's rise to power. They helped him gain victory and success in the Gladiatorial pits on Sanguinex by intimidation and even poisoning of his opponents, giving him an unfair advantage. Through their behind-the-scenes manipulations, they twisted audience perceptions until they were calling him the new Warlord. They used him to rally the scattered Jarnskr clans that still harbored hostility against the Alliance, injecting in them their New Way of adopting other species.
At some unknown point, Imperial Intelligence learned that the Galactic Alliance operated a prison fleet of dreadnoughts known as "the tombstones." Thus, they began attempts at uncovering the location of this super prison and later succeeded in staging a raid against the armada in order to free any Draethar prisoners within the ships.
During the Second Cold War, Intelligence dispatched a talented agent to Graxus to infiltrate Y’ordha ‘Ma’cafim's organization, under the alias of the infamous pirate known as the Shadow Marauder. The goal was to motivate Y’ordha and his lieutenants to support the Empire. The agent succeeded and was called back to Thalos to deal with a rising terrorist movement.
Type
Government, Secret Service
Alternative Names
Imperial Intelligence
Training Level
Elite
Parent Organization
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