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Intelligence Command
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The Intelligence Command grew out of Star Law's Covert Operations Division, which in turn grew out of the Armada Command's Security Bureau. The Bureau was part of the Armada from its inception, and grew in size and power until reformists in both chambers of government began to call for its separation from the military.
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For espionage-oriented campaigns, Kim Eastland's Patriots, Terrorists, and Spies in Dragon Magainze #109, p. 80 is a must-read.
- Lord Irish
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The Bureau as a department was spared, but most of its responsibilities and staff were placed under the jurisdiction of Star Law in FY 26, in the hopes that becoming part of a civilian agency would keep it in check, while at the same time bolstering the prestige of the fledgling organization. This arrangement broke down in FY 49, by which time Covert Operations had all but eclipsed its parent organization and provoked the ire of civil libertarians who began to accuse the department of plotting the establishment of a police state. Once again, Covert Operations was allowed to survive as a division of Star Law, but the bulk of its personnel and authority were taken away.
Intelligence Command, or INTELICOM, was born in FY 50, and placed under the joint jurisdiction of both the Senate and the Assembly. The Director of the Intelligence Command is a Cabinet-level position answerable to the President and the Senate, and responsible for coordinating INTELICOM's Espionage Division. The Commissioner of Federation Intelligence is a Chamber-level position answerable to the Prime Minister and the Assembly, and responsible for coordinating the Internal Security Division of the Intelligence Command.
The two divisions tend to be very competitive with each other, and as a whole, INTELICOM is quite competitive with its former parent agencies and their intelligence departments. Despite its inefficiencies and convoluted structure, however, the arrangement has satisfied just about everyone but INTELICOM's agents and administrators for almost a century, and shows no signs of changing any time soon.
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