Secret Operations Executive

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The Secret Operations Executive, commonly known as SOE, is Aliquantus’s external intelligence agency. Under the direction of the Queen it works alongside the Security Services, Queens Governing Office Communications Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence Staff. The SOE is responsible for the Aliquantus’s espionage activities overseas. The service has had its public headquarters at Damara Catwalk in central Aliquantus since 2006; the real headquarters in Aliquantus has its location kept private. As Aliquantus’s secret service, the SOE provides the Queens Government with a global covert capability to promote and defend the national security and economic well-being of the Queendom of Aliquantus. SOE operates world-wide to collect secret foreign intelligence in support of the Queens Government's policies and objectives. Regional instability, terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and illegal narcotics are among the major challenges of the century. SOE assists the government to meet these challenges. To do this effectively SOE must protect the secrets of its sources and methods. SOE has an Astute class submarine, HMS Anachronism at its disposal. It holds fewer weapons than normal to make more room for agents and is used as bases for communications, liaison, command assets and insertion of agents.

The SOE is currently headed by Lady Tiffany who, as Secret Intelligence Minister, is abbreviated T. The Ministry's deputy is Lady Hecuba who is classed as an operative.

Agents

Agents working for the SOE are split into two groups, the first are 'Operatives' who support operations or are staff in the Ministry Headquarters. The second are 'Executives' who carry out foreign operations. The head of the Ministry, Lady Tiffany is not classed as she runs the service; her deputy however is classed as an operative. The SOE has no male employees and because of Aliquantus's disgust of all things deficient in beauty, agents may be easy to tell apart from other nations intelligence agencies.

Recent Operations

  • On the 10th of March 2007 the Secret Service Vessels HMS Anachronism and a large team of agents were sent to the nation of Zambistan during the Zambistan Revolution.
  • On the 18th of March the SOE sent a team to Nuevo Italia’s colonies to monitor the invasion by the Soulforge Cathedral.
  • On the 28th of March two female agents were killed operating in the nation of Kornosia, they were investigating a lead linking The Superior Bio-weapons Company of Raven corps to the LSE Laboratory Bombing earlier in the day and were shot about a mile from the Raven corps headquarters. The agents were filmed by OWK Satellite VII running from armed guards when the first to be killed, Cynetria was shot in the back of the head at close range and the second; Eara was shot multiple times through the torso. The video was shown on Aliquancian news channels and sparked public outrage.


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