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Espionage
Topic Started: Oct 12 2013, 08:32 PM (62 Views)
resilientone
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No Cold War game would be complete without a system of espionage and counterespionage.

Each nation is to create an intelligence agency within their national forum. Agency names can be made up, but must be realistic to the real-life historical trends of your nation (i.e. CIA, KGB, MI6, etc). Here is where you plan civilian covert operations and intelligence gathering for the sake of either helping the Americans or the Soviets.

The cat-and-mouse game of spies, assassins, intelligence drops, and moles can be confusing, but luckily for you, here is a primer on clandestine human intelligence (HUMINT):

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Intelligence agencies operate outside of nearly every aspect of government (including the military) and thus have their own system and organizing structure. While they can work closely with Special Forces for direct action, much of their work is directed at gathering, and defending, intelligence considered vital towards national security.

Intelligence Gathering
The primary role of intelligence agencies is to gather intelligence pertaining to national security, by any means necessary. Whether it is keeping track of the military strength of a rival nation with constant monitoring or observation. "Persuading" defections from nationals of the rival nations with valuable information, or even planting a mole within a rival intelligence agency, the goal is to ensure a tight link in information between agents in the field and analysts in the HQ. Efficiency dependent on Operational Effectiveness Civic Level.

Counterintelligence
Gathering intelligence on rivals also presents the problem of those same rivals doing the same to your nation. Counterintelligence officers routinely inspect internal agency staff to root out possible defectors, double agents, and moles. Efficiency dependent on Counterintelligence Civic Level

Covert Operations
Sometimes, world events dictate kinetic covert action in order to protect national security. Regime changes, assassinations, psychological operations, and covert aid to rebels in rival nations work to ensure disruption at the highest level. Efficiency dependent on Covert Operations Civic Level.

Types of Agent Covers:

Station under Diplomatic Cover:
Spies with diplomatic immunity. These agents are usually placed within the safety of a foreign embassy in order to gather intelligence in the host country and are led by a Station Chief (i.e. CIA Moscow Station Chief).

Stations under Official but Nondiplomatic Cover: These agents act as representatives for their nation, but under different occupational identities, such as a humanitarian aid worker, journalist, university professor, or member of the clergy in order to gain access to the nation in which they are gathering information.

Stations under Nonofficial Cover: These agents "illegally" enter the target nation in order to gather intelligence. They can also act as "sleeper cells" with safehouses in order to conduct direct action (unconventional warfare) or other covert operations against a target nation.


Examples of Intelligence Drops:

Gathering information through agents is half the battle, the other half is passing information, either to superiors or, if one is a defector, the opposing party, without breaking cover. A disrupted information drop can turn up valuable counterintelligence for an agency.

Brush Pass: Agents who are unable to meet with their handlers must make a "brush pass" or "baton pass" of information by meeting in a public place and covertly "passing" information without arousing suspicion. Papers, film rolls, and even weapons can be discreetly passed between operators in a potentially dangerous environment.

Dead Drop: A dead drop is a container which is not easily found, such as a code-secured metal box under a park bench, or a briefcase in the trunk of a locked car in an alleyway, where information can be stored and passed discreetly. Some devices contain countermeasures that destroys the information if it is not opened properly in order to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.


Examples of Covert Operations:

Coup d'Etat: There comes a time where former friends become enemies, and must become friends again, for national security. So why not pay a couple generals from the Staff Council to overthrow their Commander-in-Chief and install a new government friendly to you?

Assassination: No one will ever expect an exploding cigar in the hands of a rival leader, or a sniper in a tower facing your rival's motorcade...


These are just a few real-life examples to get your espionage-creativity juices flowing. Happy hunting!
Edited by resilientone, Oct 12 2013, 11:12 PM.
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