Staatssicherheitsdienst

"'For us, there are only absolutes in knowledge's arrival and in death's finality. We are the scrying glasses, the observing lens to the normalcy of all life around us. To become the protectors of our State, we must invalidate ourselves to any method of normal conduct and behavior.' — Totenkopf"The Staatssicherheitsdienst (Galactic Standard: State Security Service), acronymized as the SSD (or, in Standard translations, Triple S) is the most powerful and secretive state intelligence organization of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat, covering both domestic and foreign intelligence circles. Unlike the civil Aufsichtspolizei secret police or the military Staatsabwehr intelligence of the Staatswehr, the SSD is not bound to a higher administrative organization except for the Staatskanzlei, and only reports to the Staatskanzler or an appointed intermediary.

The organization is considered to have significant influence in the politics of the Sternenstaat, as it is a more shadowy extension of the powers of the Staatskanzler and Sternenkaiser without having a morass of bureaucracy such as the Staatsschutz or being bound to specific directives and principles such as the Staatswehr. The primary goals of the SSD is for intelligence gathering on levels that supersede the abilities of other intelligence organizations (such as the Staatsabwehr), covert paramilitary operations to eliminate targets or infrastructure, and to wage psychological and cyber-warfare against the weak points of the enemy. In addition to this, its fundemental nature as a security organization permits the usage of its personnel to protect key figures in the Sternenstaat. With unlimited jurisdiction and near limitless powers, members of the SSD are considered to be one of the most skilled individuals in the Sternenstaat in the terms of personal combat and agility, with rumors abound about the usage of psionic or cybernetic enhancements for its agents.

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