Military Intelligence Directorate (MID)

Creation and Mission

Military Intelligence Directorate (MID) is an intelligence-gathering agency within the Ministry of Defense. It was founded after the Second World War in order to end the duplication of intelligence-gathering efforts between different branches of the imperial military. MID's1 primary mission is to provide the Ministry with relevant, timely information about threats to imperial security. MID also contains a number of Special Mission Divisions (SMDs), whose operations are classified and whose existence is not always acknowledged to the media. SMD activities include reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, sabotage, wetworks2, and other covert and "black" ops.

Leadership

Rickkter has been serving as the Minister of Defense since 1001 CR.

The head of MID is unknown at this time.

Enlistment & Training

Like the Special Forces branches of real life military organizations, one cannot just join MID. Members are recruited from the other branches and sometimes from other organizations (see Psi Ops below). Then the recruits are then put through a rigorous training program that culls most of the recruits, leaving the most capable to then join MID.

Divisions

Psi Ops

He wore a uniform, black and gray, with a little wedge-shaped hat on top of his head.
— Abbey Preson, seeing Victor hin'Kavos in his MID uniform, in Making the Cut

One of MID's most successful Special Mission Divisions is the Psi Ops Division, which was formed as the result of an alliance with the Psi Collective. Psi Op missions usually involve either gathering more information about a threat that MID has identified, or performing a surgical strike to eliminate the threat. Since psionic powers do not leave behind a magical signature that can be traced by augury, psi ops are able to handle the "dirty jobs" that must not be traced back to the Empire or the Majestrix. In exchange for taking care of such politically-inconvenient threats, the Psi Collective receives the full support and protection of MID: when the Imperial Military is about to take action in an area where psis are present, MID helps the Collective to extract their people before the shooting starts.

Brightleaf Division

The Brightleaf is an older covert-ops organization that was descended from the Long Scouts of the old Metamor Keep days. It was in operation through the end of the Second World War, when it was succeeded by other agencies. It is comparable to the now-defunct OSS (Office of Strategic Services) that provided intel to the Allies during World War II.

The division is named for the famous commander of the Long Scouts, Misha Brightleaf.

Imperial Ministry of Intelligence

The IMI is the civilian intelligence-gathering arm of the Empire, which provides information to the Imperial Senate and the Majestrix's Cabinet. Its functions are similar to those of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It is not part of MID but their interests often overlap.

Known Operatives

  • Psi Operatives
  • Non-Psi Operatives

Former Operatives

Author's Notes

MID is one of three intelligence-gathering bodies that have been mentioned in the wiki or in Metamor City stories. It is similar to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in the US military. The Psi Ops Division resembles one of the Special Mission Units of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), which include the famous "Delta Force" as well as less well-known groups such as DEVGRU, ISA, and the Army Asymmetric Warfare Group.

MID covers the functions of the US and British Special Forces military branches.

It is likely that Miriam Bakhtavar played some role in brokering the alliance that created the Psi Ops Division, given her past history of partnership with Imperial Intelligence.


Sources: Making the Cut, http://mkworld.wikidot.com/org:long-scouts, Artax, Miriam Bakhtavar, conversation with RavenB/Etherius

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