Imperial Regency of Intelligence and Security

IRIS They Also Serve Who Are Not Seen.

Description (Specifications)

1. Mandate 1) Ensure and enforce the smooth and lawful succession of rightful heirs to the Imperial Throne. In the event of an interregnum, IRIS is to act as regent pro-tem until a legal heir is located and/or reaches the age of his/her majority.
2. Mandate 2) Prevent "unreliable" individuals from gaining direct access/proximity to the person of the Emperor.
3. Mandate 3) Check and compare all information relayed to the Emperor against IRIS' own independent sources.
4. Mandate 4) Identify all significant anti-Imperial covert activities initiated by foreign powers. Formulate and expedite responses thereto.
5. Mandate 5) Conduct and maintain covert activities in foreign territories, pursuant to ensuring the security of the lmperium.

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History & Background (Dossier)

Formed in the wake of the Civil War, the Imperial Regency of Intelligence and Security (IRIS) was built to prevent renewed military adventurism and to keep succession orderly. Its remit places it outside the day-to-day rivalries of the Navy, Army, and Scouts while keeping it answerable to the Iridium Throne.

IRIS operates as a compact service with three broad arms: Operations (analysis, logistics, administration), Strike (security and direct action), and Covert (clandestine work and asset management). Sector-level centers carry most field responsibilities because of interstellar lags, while a core leadership cell maintains strategic continuity away from obvious targets.

The agency’s practices include discreet integrity screening for those with sensitive access, close coordination with Imperial services, and the placement of low-profile “advisers” with senior fleet officers to discourage coups or mutinies. Its culture emphasizes discipline and loyalty to the Imperium over personalities: it quietly supports its own personnel while acting decisively against proven traitors.

In play terms and fiction alike, IRIS typically appears as a shadow patron or background power—arranging deniable missions, verifying information passed to the throne, and countering foreign covert threats with limited, surgical action.

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• Challenge 33; Game Designer’s Workshop; 1988; Pg 53; Charles E. Gannon
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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science