Shadows of the Iron Fists

Close protection (CP) fall under the jurisdiction of Scáileanna na Iarndóideanna. They receive directive straight from the SI Office. Those filling this role of close protection officers guard one the highest profile targets in the universe. And this extends to any principal placed under our protection. That noted this task is largely a mundane one: it consists mainly of planning routes, pre-searching rooms and buildings where An Tiarna will be visiting, researching the background of people that will have contact with him, searching vehicles, and attentively escorting him on his day-to-day activities. IED and electronic "bug" detection, counter-sniper monitoring, etc is also performed as a standard practice by the SI. Given the high risk category of the client great attention is paid to every detail. Daily tasks are executed par the rules of engagement outlined by the SI. A strategy is designed for each movement and a team is assigned to execute such. These cover everything from a walk in the garden to an attack on the HQ. Specific preplanned duty is assigned to teams as necessary. Also, the SI is able to employ men for assignments separate to that of close protection officers for the crown.

Scáil na hOíche – The Shadows of Night:

The duty of this office is to direct Scáil na hOíche – The Shadows of Night in both covert and clandestine ops as prescribed by the Crown. Both tend to fall under the blanket term “Black ops” but they are actually quite distinct. The difference between the two is that covert implies deniable and clandestine means hidden. In the case of covert ops the operation it is so planned and executed as to conceal the identity of or permit plausible denial by the sponsor. The emphasis of clandestine ops is concealment of the operation. Covert operations are employed in situations where openly operating against a target would be disadvantageous. Operations may be directed at or conducted with allies and friends to secure their support for controversial components. These include:

Sabotage:
A deliberate action aimed at weakening another entity through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. In a workplace setting, sabotage is the conscious withdrawal of efficiency generally directed at causing some change in workplace conditions. One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur.

Extortion:
This is generally an act of obtaining either money property or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. It is the threat of violence as opposed to violence.

Assassination:
Refer to the government-sanctioned killing of opponents or to targeted attacks on high-profile enemy combatants. This may also include killing of high-profile members of allied individuals that are considered a threat to our security. The term used for such operations is “Termination with extreme prejudice”.

Coup d'état:
By means of supporting a coup d'état we are able to replace governmental bodies that we oppose. At best we will be able to establish a governing body that serves our purposes. A coup d'état succeeds most highly when the usurpers establishes legitimacy. The means by which this is achieved is support of resistance movements to actual physical involvement in key elements of a coup d'état.

Plausible deniability:
This implies the ability of denial of blame or where upper rungs of command can quarantine the blame to the lower rungs, and the lower rungs are often inaccessible, meaning confirming responsibility for the action is nearly impossible. In the case that illegal or otherwise disreputable and unpopular activities become public, high-ranking officials may deny any awareness of such act or any connection to the agents used to carry out such acts.

A clandestine operation is an intelligence or military operation carried out in such a way that the operation goes unnoticed. Thus the bulk of clandestine operations are related to gathering intelligence, typically by both people and by hidden sensors. The fundamental roles played solely by humans are (a) infiltration and ( spying. Placement of underwater or land-based communications cable taps, cameras, and similar systems require that the mission go undetected and unsuspected. Clandestine sensors range from hand-placed sensors to unmanned vehicles, satellites and so forth.
Many clandestine operations are primarily political in nature, generally aimed at assisting groups or nations favored by the sponsor. However the scope of such operations is quite wide and includes technology-related operations.
Some operations may have both clandestine and covert aspects, such as the use of concealed remote sensors or human observers to direct artillery attacks or airstrikes. The attack is obviously overt (coming under attack alerts the target that he has been located by the enemy), but the targeting component (the exact method that was used to locate targets) can remain covert.

SI assets undertake a number of roles, with a degree of interaction and interoperability:
• Counter-terrorism
• Covert & Special Reconnaissance
• Direct Action
• Close protection: Advanced hand to hand martial skills, survey & isolate dangerous individuals & other aspects of personal escort duties
• Counter-revolutionary warfare: aka counter-insurgency is normally conducted as a combination of conventional military operations and other means, such as propaganda, psy-opd, and assassination. Methods can be readily applied to conduct and perform insurgent activity
• Reconnaissance of the deep battlespace (Land, sea and space)
• Offensive operations in the deep battlespace (SAB)
• Battlespace preparation in transition to war
• Infrastructure disruption
• Capture of subjects of interest
• Interrogation Methods/ Conduct after capture (Escape and evasion, R2I)
• Human intelligence collection
• Defence diplomacy
• Training of the armed forces of other nations
• Extensive knowledge of military vehicles (Land, sea and space)
• Sniper training: Extensive knowledge of long range small arms, sniper techniques & the capacity to swiftly isolate areas best suited to position snipers (Not only for aggressive action but also to locate enemy snipers)
• Heavy weapons training: Extensive skills with both fixed artillery and mobile armor
• Demolition: Advanced knowledge of close-range destruction methods and superb capability of detecting & neutralizing explosives
Calvary: Superb horsemanship & bowmanship skills including & advanced knowledge of offensive & defensive Calvary tactics

**All orders received will be coded