ISB Internal Affairs Always vigilant in their search for sedition and other high crimes, the Empire is at times forced to keep watch over its own operatives and personnel for such behavior. The newly established ISB is no different from any other part of the Empire, and is far from suspicion, from within and without. This suspicion is not without just cause, as those individuals who pursue the Empire's criminals are as susceptible, if not more so, to corruption as the average Imperial citizen. For this reason, the ISB has maintained a very liberal policy of self-policing and monitoring through the Internal Affairs branch. In the past, rules and procedures have been extremely unclear and ambiguous concerning the policing of its personnel, to the point that Internal Affairs was able to exploit these gray areas. This enabled the Internal Affairs branch to expand their powers, by means of threats and intimidation of the other branches. In the Servais Sector ISB, these ambiguities and gray areas have remained, as have the power and influence of the ISB. In fact, since the ISB was made official in the Servais Sector, the power of the Internal Affairs branch has grown due to the vastness of the new ISB's influence. As a result of their power and influence, and mostly due to the nature of their operations, Internal Affairs remains isolated from the rest of the ISB and other offices of the Empire. Their investigations are given wide latitude by Moff Sexton, and individual field agents have a great deal of autonomy, allowing them to operate rather freely. Coupled with the fact that their jurisdiction includes the various bureaucracies of the Empire, the Internal Affairs branch has a great deal of power. The agents of Internal Affairs are extremely well trained agents and, most importantly, superb actors. They are very good investigators who have a talent at uncovering the best hidden secrets of the Empire's most loyal subjects, the members of the ISB and the ruling government. These operatives are thoroughly trained in the word and letter of the law, as well as all ISB standard procedures. With this knowledge, they are capable of fitting into any branch of the ISB or other Imperial bureaucracies with relative ease, and can fill almost any positions therein. Every agent is responsible for his or her investigations which are handed down from their system director. Once given their assignment, they are free to carry it out in any manner they please, and are given as much support and time as is necessary for them to complete their investigations. Throughout the ISB and the rest of the Imperial bureaucracy, these agents are feared. After all, if IA is watching them, then who is watching IA?
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