Sectoral Intelligence

**Sectoral Intelligence (SI)**, also referred to as **Ariphius Intelligence**, or the **Ariphius Intelligence Agency**, was an espionage and intelligence agency of the Ariphius Confederacy that provided military intel and sectoral data to exterior organisations within the Ariphius Military and other branch agencies of the Ariphius Security & Enforcement Bureau. Sectoral Intelligence was managed by the Chief Intelligence Executive and overseen by the Legislative vizier, and fed intelligence directly to the Ariphius Council. The agency provided important military intel to the commander-in-chief of the Ariphius Military during the Datasea War, and orchestrated a number of undercover operations including the dissolution of the Anti-war delegation. Science and military research also made up a large division of SI, with advanced military sciences providing research into useful advances in weaponry and military technology.

During the Datasea War, Sectoral Intelligence was responsible for rooting out datasea rebel cells on Nikrontri and exposing them, allowing other agencies within ASEB, such as the Ariphius Security Agency to conduct frequent arrests and incarcerate rebel terrorists. SI was one of the largest agencies in the Confederacy, with many sub-divisions, including research and science divisions separate from the intelligence agencies and law enforcement offices.

## Organisation

### Structure and administration

The central leadership of Sectoral Intelligence was the Legislative vizier and his inner council of strategic advisors, each one a chief intelligence executive of an individual SI division. SI primarily provided intelligence that dealt with the military and was important during wartime, as well as conducting scientific research, compared to its sister agency the ASA, which was chiefly concerned with intelligence that dealt with the security of the Ariphius Council and law enforcement in individual sectors. SI had four main sub-divisions - Military Intelligence, Internal Intelligence, Operations, and Sciences. Each sub-division was composed of smaller branches that managed more specific areas within the division. Each division was based in the Sectoral Intelligence Command Centre on Nikrontri, though had branch offices in every individual sector in the Ariphius Confederacy, including corporate sectors.

### Military Intelligence

Military Intelligence was the most important division of SI and boasted the largest number of personnel, gathering important intel transmitted from the front lines by the Operations division and feeding it directly to the commander-in-chief and Ariphius Council. Military Intelligence was given priority as an agency during wartime and was vital to developing strategies in short time. Leading Military Intelligence was the divisional chief executive, who oversaw all MI operations from the Sectoral Intelligence headquarters on Nikrontri.

### Internal Intelligence

Internal Intelligence was the branch that dealt with intelligence from within the Confederacy, intel that affected security and enforcement. Internal Intelligence worked more closely with the ASA than other SI divisions, and during the Datasea War was most active on Nikrontri, providing intelligence relating to the datasea rebellion.

### Operations

Operations was responsible for gathering intelligence on the field and supplying to Internal and Military Intelligence to refine, de-code and organise. Operations also worked closely with law enforcement agencies and orchestrated major arrests of datasea rebels during the Datasea War. High-ranking officers would often be accompanied by the elite enforcers of Operations, trained in the special infantry force division of the Ariphius Military as bodyguards and lethal soldiers.

### Sciences

Sciences was a branch dedicated to scientific research and advances in military technology, and was one of the most important organisations in conducting the improvement and advancement of weaponry and military vehicles during wartime. Interplanetary warships used by the Ariphius Military were first developed by Sciences before construction by the Senevari Corporation.