- "Si vis tenere secretum, oportet eciam vt a te celare"
"If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself."
- ―Signals Intelligence Motto
The Signals Intelligence Division (SID) is responsible for the monitoring of communications, and information systems throughout the galaxy and within Taldryan. Divided into three Branches, SID monitors, slices, and encrypts data in order to ensure informational security is protected within Taldryan, and compromised outside of it. The Signals Intelligence Division is commanded by Yveret Biabru.
Mission
The Signals Intelligence Division is responsible for the gathering of electronic and communications intelligence; from both within the Brotherhood and beyond its borders. Much of this Division's focus heavily upon data analysis, and the creation and distribution of reports based on that analysis to the Counter Intelligence & Domestic Security and Secret Intelligence Divisions. Much of the focus of the data gathering that Signals Intelligence performs is defined, and directed by active operations within the other Divisions.
Signals Intelligence is one of the most technical Branches in the Intelligence Directorate, requiring a great deal of expertise with advanced computer systems, slicing protocols, and pattern recognition. Much of the intelligence is gathered through open intercepts, downloading open holonet tranmissions and by breaking encryptions, but a significant portion of Signals Intelligence is manned by expert slicers, who continuously assault foreign mainframes in an attempt to steal secrets.
The final mission of Signals Intelligence is to ensure the data security of Taldryan's own communications and information systems; Creating brand new and ever more complicated encryption and decryption algorithms in order to protect Taldryan's secrets.
Command Structure
Signals Intelligence is commanded by Director Yveret Biabru. A Bith, Yveret Biabru is not the most sociable of beings, but perhaps the most intelligent person in Taldryan's employ. His organizational and analytical skills are second to none. He is an exacting taskmaster, and expects perfection from each of his subordinates, yet the results speak for themselves. The other divisions are glad to not work under him, but they are grateful for the intelligence that flows from Signals Intelligence.
Each of the attached Branches of Signals Intelligence is commanded by their own Branch Leader, who reports directly to Biabru.
Branches
Communications Intelligence Branch
Communications Intelligence is assigned the task of dealing with communications intercepts throughout the galaxy. Utilizing public communications networks, such as the Holonet, agents of Communications Intelligence tap into subspace and holonet relays, copying everything from shipping manifests, personal correspondence, and all the way up to diplomatic communiques. Consisting of two Sub-Branches each focused on foreign and domestic communications analysis, many of the Intelligence Directorate's decryption experts can be found in Communications Intelligence.
An Electronic Signals Operative in the Field
Electronic Signals Intelligence Branch
Electronic Signals Intelligence is Signals Intelligence's primary information gathering source. Utilizing methods such as planting covert sensors, or the deployment of probe droids allows Taldryan to surreptitiously monitor enemy transmissions. Furthermore, Electronic Signals is where the majority of Taldryan's experienced slicers are employed. Carrying out missions from headquarters, or by physically interfacing with hostile mainframes, these slicers are integral to Taldryan's surveillance efforts. There are two Sub-Branches, once again with one focusing on foreign electronic signals and the other focused on domestic signals.
Information Defense Branch
The Information Defense Branch is considered to be the premiere posting witin the Signals Intelligence Division. Consisting of the most creative, intelligence, and technically gifted systems programmers that Taldryan could tempt into joining. As their mission is to create ever increasingly difficult, obscure and imaginative electronic counter-measures to prevent enemy interception and decryption, the Information Defense Branch is constantly challenging itself to make the truly uncrackable code.
Information Defense is divided into two Sub-Branches, one focusing on the encryption of communications signals, and the other focused on securing Taldryan's systems from foreign intrusion.