Fialta Security Bureau

The (FSB) was the state intelligence agency of the Second Fialta Imperium during the mid-400's A.U. When Emperor Asterion was ousted in a coup following the failed invasion of Tar'Thalran in , part of the FSB remained loyal to him rather than to Prince Neptos, forming a major part of the loyalist faction of Martial Cato.
The FSB was often at odds with Naval Intelligence and the leadership of the semi-secret Black Fleet, both over demarcations of portfolio and over policy. The FSB placed greater emphasis than the Navy on domestic security, and in operations abroad favored tactics such as media subversion and disinformation. The Navy, often acting with only the loosest authorization, preferred more actively destabilizing measures such as arming rogue nations or conducting false-flag military raids in Celestial Space. 
In contrast to the strained Navy-FSB relationship, the FSB's tactics led to closer cooperation with the Church of Dalthad, which favored psyops and cultural warfare both in its capacity as an Imperial organ and as a semi-autonomous religious institution. The CoD in turn included the FSB in its ventures to build a national academy system, both as a repository of expertise and as a counterweight to the Navy. Indeed, the FSB-Navy rivalry quickly became part of the struggle for influence between the Church of Dalthad and the Bank of Valdos.
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