Secret Intelligence Service - [SIS]

[Secret Intelligence Service]

[SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE]
[FOUNDING DOCUMENT – PARLIAMENT OF BRETONIA]

[PROVENANCE]

After the reformation of the BIS (an act of the Queen, the reasons of which remains classified), the BAF was authorized by the Parliament of Bretonia to explore the possibility of a smaller intelligence agency which would require less funding so that the government could focus funds towards the military and shoring up stockpiles of strategic resources, since the route to Liberty had been partially cut through during the Gallic War. The BAF created an agency which borrowed trusted officers from the Armed Forces as well as trusted outsiders who would primarily rely on their own influence and resources as the intelligence-collection equivalent of a “force-multiplier” to compensate for the smaller agency and its lower funding than its predecessor.

Once Parliament received the proposal for the creation of such an agency from the BAF|, it amended that the agency would fall under the purview of the Foreign Office while conveniently leaving out who exactly within the Foreign Office was responsible for the agency’s day to day administration and execution of its long term goals. This allowed the agency to retain almost complete independence while also reserving the resources of the Foreign Office to use for the creation of cover identities and falsified travel and diplomatic documents which would assist independent agent operations in setting up assets in foreign houses or uncontrolled space. The agency had just enough government funding that it would remain dependent (and thus loyal) to the Crown, but also relying on the wealth, influence and resources of its independent agents, it achieved the economic freedom to pursue their own projects without the interference of government red tape bureaucracy. In practice, the agency would report only to the Queen and the Prime Minister. This agency was henceforth known as the Secret Intelligence Service, SIS.

Over time, SIS became bureaucratised as it grew to become the premiere intelligence organisation in Bretonia. It was also discovered that SIS was in fact an LSF project. Agency 404 of the LSF needed an intelligence agency as an ally within Bretonia however the main =LSF= wanted to create an agency that would reflect not just Bretonian, but also Liberty's national interests. Kaze Dagon, who founded SIS, was actually an intelligence operator of the LSF's Agency 404. It was discovered that the second in command of [SIS] between 824-826, Adrienne Perry, was actually a deep undercover =LSF= officer attempting to cement Liberty's interests within the SIS covertly. To this day, the SIS is unaware of its origins. However, the bureaucratisation of the agency brought in a system of background checks that extended beyond informal connections. As a result, the LSF has little to no influence or undercover agents within SIS.

With the dismissal of Harry Weber as Director, Victor Steiner took up the mantel of Director and led the SIS outwards, focusing less on Gallia and more on ensuring that other groups and houses remained on reasonable terms with Bretonia. A wide range of operations have been undertaken, which were largely unknown to the Bretonian Government. However the appointment of Steiner (which coincided with his brother's appointments as Police Comissioner and Fleet Admiral) cemented the SIS's loyalty to Bretonia and unintentionally purged any remaining Libertonian influence within the ranks.

Following the conclusion of the Tau War & the Gallic invasion of Bretonia the Service was no longer required and with the corresponding demobilization of Bretonia it's assets were put into storage and Officers reassigned or released from Service. In the intervening years, the BIS was expected to take up the responsibility of intelligence gathering and monitoring, however due to the increasing threats faced by a still weakened Bretonia the decision was taken to recall the last directors of the SIS and re-establish the Service although in a much diminished capacity. By this time those agents and assets that had served during the Gallic Invasion had long since moved on and so the task of rebuilding an effective and competent Intelligence agency fell to Steiner and Statham as well as building a picture of what threats Bretonia faced from within and without.

[NOTABLE OPERATIONS & FACTS] (This is severely out of date)

Since the founding of SIS on the May, 824/201 A.S. the SIS has participated in several notable operations including both intelligence victories and failures.

1. Perhaps the most well-known operation. Around August 824, [SIS] made contact with the Tears of Izanagi, later known as the Kijima Clan of the Blood Dragons (BD|). A deal was worked out to begin a shell corporation within Kusari which would funnel funds for the Blood Dragon movement. In the meantime, the Izanagi/Blood Dragons were given 500 million credits worth of equipment to initiate their terror movement. For 1-2 months, virtually all trade and base resupplying operations were stopped as a reign of terror spread throughout Kusari. Since then the Izanagi have evolved into the Kijima Clan which proceeded to tone down their terrorist activities, primarily targeting Samura operations only and letting most civilians go. As Normalcy returned to Kusari, the Blood Dragons regained some public support, however discrete. This operation suggests that SIS continues to view the previous Republic of Kusari and current Reformed Kusari Empire as a Gallic puppet state, regardless of what the reality is. In either case, their continued claims over the Tau territories means Bretonia and Kusari will remain in a state of geopolitical competition, otherwise known as a Cold War. A recent action includes a joint operation with the BAF| Merchant Navy to supply the Blood Dragons with thousands of military vehicles so as to help the Blood Dragons in their fight to capture Planet Tomioka.

References: 1, 2, 3

2. SIS developed relations with the Order which helped us grab suspicions that Enma Loyola was infected. After the Order published intelligence that Sapphire Raven and Enma Loyola may be infected, she was asked to come to the University of Cambridge for testing but never showed up. This later led to suspicions upon the Core when she was asked to lead the Omicron state, but her departure from Core seems to suggest the possibility that the Core found out and neutralized all infected threats. Nevertheless, this created the background from which the SIS was able to pursue improved relations with the Order in order to utilize their network of allies for intelligence collection, amongst other activities.

References: 4, please note that other evidence is with the user @Victor Steiner and the @University Of Cambridge accounts.

3. SIS organized the ceasefire with the Coalition on behalf of Bretonia. Although still in the works, several months of no fire between Bretonia and the Coalition has allowed Bretonia some breathing room to focus on the war in Gallia. This later on developed into a strategy to become allied with the allies of the Coalition so as to put pressure on the Red Hessians to arrange a ceasefire with them as well. This would secure shipping to and from Rheinland and Bretonia from all threats, save the Corsairs. By doing so, Bretonia, which no longer has a stable/safe supply line from Liberty, would not have to worry about the supply lines from Rheinland and thus gain further breathing room for her war against Gallia. Part of the reason why relations with the Order were pursued were to further influence the Red Hessians into a ceasefire.

References: 5

4. There is evidence that the SIS supplied the National Council of Malta with intelligence pertinent to their national security.

References: 6

5. Although relations with foreign intelligence agencies such as the Buro, 404 and the =LSF= were pursued, most of this was met with disinterest and possibly suspicion. In light of this, SIS heavily pursues relations with unlawful organization in foreign houses (as seen with the Blood Dragons and more recently, the Lane Hackers) in order to use their local expertise to gain further intelligence on the other Houses in Kusari. A notable exception is Rheinland, which the Bretonian War Cabinet does not allow the SIS to spy upon. In return, the Buro and the Government of Rheinland has agreed not to send spies to Bretonia under any circumstances either, unless without the permission of the other government. This is primarily because the Bretonian War Cabinet needs to maintain good relations with the Rheinlandic government as it represents Bretonia’s last relatively safe supply line.

References: Just ask anyone in the Bretonian War Cabinet or the Rheinland Government/Buro.

6. During late October 824, the SIS got caught attempting to spy upon the Lane Hackers due to a faulty intelligence asset. As a result, this led to Lane Hacker retaliation inside Bretonia but the general avoidance of interaction with the Lane Hackers have since led to the Lane Hacker refocusing their piracy and terror operations towards Liberty. This thaw over the past 6-7 months has allowed relations to be re-established with the Lane Hackers to some degree.

References: 7, 8

7. Like the Blood Dragons, SIS had also funded the Apostatas organization which is attempting to turn the Corsair Empire from a pirate-state into a lawful, trade-oriented state run by the concept of the Rule of Law. This funding however has not yielded any results as of yet.

References: 9

8. Recently, SIS has been able to codify their activities into Bretonian law with the launch of the Official Secrets Act legislation. Before this, SIS did break some Bretonian laws from to time to time in order to further national interests abroad. As a result, while SIS has been able to develop good relations with the BAF|, the SIS always tip-toed around the BPA) as it was feared that if SIS’s operations were revealed to them, members of the organization would be prosecuted. Thanks to the Official Secrets Act, relations with the BPA) have improved significantly and intelligence is being shared.

References: 10

[GENERAL INFORMATION]

[FACTION NAME]: Secret Intelligence Service or SIS

[FACTION TAG & NAMING CONVENTION]: [SIS]-Codename/Callsign, or [SIS]-Firstname.Lastname, or [SIS]-Fakename

[ID & IFF]: SIS ID & BIS IFF

[SHIP-LINE & EQUIPMENT]: Any Civilian, Borderworlds, Bretonian and Liberty Lawful ship-line (as per Lend-Lease Agreement) and as per ID restrictions. Ships outside of these ship-lines may be accommodated with permission from the top. Cruisers are not permitted under any circumstances, if we need heavy firepower, we'll ask the BAF| for assistance.

[ZONE OF INFLUENCE & OPERATIONS]: ZOI is Bretonia & neighbouring systems, ZOE is everywhere in Sirius (with few logical exceptions e.g. Alaska, Munster & Tohoku)

[RECRUITMENT & MESSAGE DUMP]:
- [ACCESS RECRUITMENT OFFICE]
- [ACCESS INTELLIGENCE DATABASE]

[SIS HIERARCHY]

[DIRECTORS]:
Victor Steiner (Director, 1st in Command), Zachary Statham (Chief of Staff, 2nd in Command) . They are entrusted with the long term goals of the organization and developing a viable intelligence collection strategy.

[INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS]:*
Generally taken from the BAF, usually Bretonian citizens these high potential individuals are sought out, vigorously trained in espionage, leadership and other relevant skills and qualifications. They are in charge of developing the overall intelligence network of SIS, recruiting intelligence assets/agents in foreign space, working on their own projects and working on projects handed to them from the top. To an extent, they are also expected to analyse the intelligence they collect with the help of Defence Intelligence Staff. Intelligence officers are commonly called 'spooks' by the uniformed branches, usually because they operate without being seen.

[INTELLIGENCE ASSETS/SOURCE AGENTS]:*
Locals or other individuals selected for their potential in espionage, to spy for SIS. They are not official members of SIS, but in general they do work for the SIS officer who recruited and trained them. They have a chance to become officers themselves, with few exceptions (e.g. Outcasts due to their dependence on Cardamine).

*You do not need to become an intelligence asset first in order to become an officer, they are more like different roles. Furthermore, Intelligence Assets are NOT members are [SIS], they are spies who are paid to work for us. Examples include individuals who are our allies. Intelligence assets do not carry the [SIS] tag, the BIS ID nor IFF.

[ROSTER]

· @Victor Steiner - Mr. James Skirka, Lt. Cmdr. (Ret.) Victor Steiner 1st in Command)
· @Vulkhard Muller - Zachary Statham 2nd in Command
· @"Shoebill" - Angus Black
. @Xenon - David Webb

[EXTERNAL RELATIONS]

[ALLIES]:

· BAF|, Bretonian Armed Forces
· BPA), Bretonia Police Authority
· Bowex), Borderworld Exports
· BMM-, Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing
· BMF-, Bretonia Mining & Fabrication

[FRIENDLY]:

· [LN], Liberty Navy, 1st Fleet
· All Liberty Corporations/Lawfuls
· =CR=, Crayter Republic
· [C], The Council
· BHG|, Bounty Hunters Guild
· Gateway|, Gateway Shipping (Not allied as it is not a crown corporation)
. · Core|, The Core
· Planetform Inc. (Not allied as it is not a crown corporation)

[NEUTRAL]:

· IMG|, Independent Miners Guild
· [RM], Rheinland Military
· NC-, National Council of Malta, Outcasts
· Zoners
· All Rheinland Corporations
· All Kusari Corporations
. Liberty Intelligence Agency
· BDM| Buro der Marinenachrichtendeinst
· Everyone else not mentioned

[UNFRIENDLY]:

· 404, Agency 404/=LSF=, Liberty Security Force
· [KNF], Kusari Naval Forces
· KNI|, Kusari Naval Intelligence
- Kempeitai
· All Gallic Corporations
· MNG|, All GRN Fleets


[color=#FFFFFF][HOSTILE]:

· LH-, Lane Hackers: [indent]SIS has decided to work towards building relations with the Lane Hackers in order to establish an intelligence collection presence inside Liberty. However, the relation remains challenged as of 17/05/825.

· [TBH]/C:, The Brotherhood, Custodi, Corsairs
· [M], The Molly Republic
· GG-, Gaian Guard
· Xenos
· Forlorn|-, The Forlorn Hope
· All Nomads
· [RHA], Red Hessian Army
· Order|, The Order
. Enclave forces
· SCRA|/SCEC

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