The following list details Star Army Intelligence ships, personnel, and equipment actively engaged in espionage activity throughout the Kikyo Sector and beyond. It is not an exhaustive list, and thus does not represent the full might of SAINT's assets in the field, nor does it include intelligence ships and personnel that fall under a Star Army Fleet's chain of command.
While stealth systems and subterfuge are far from impregnable defenses, Star Army scout ship captains and undercover operatives are trained extensively in ways to effectively avoid detection. If you wish to interact with any of the ships or agents listed on this page, please contact the Director of Star Army Intelligence, Manager of Star Army Intelligence, or the Faction Manager of Yamatai.
SAINT maintains both space- and planet-based assets assigned to the collection of information that would aid in national defense. Within the Yamataian intelligence community, the term “station” refers to any grouping of clandestine operatives assigned to cover a specific geographic area, such as a city, planet, or deep space structure. SAINT stations always have at least one Station Chief, who is responsible for overseeing operations and reporting to their superior at the appropriate command, and may also include as many operatives as is necessary to accomplish its mission.
These ships are operated by the Fleet Intelligence Directorate, and form the core of SAINT's organic space-based intelligence gathering capability. Most of SAINT's scout ships are divided between the Strategic Response Pool and the Expeditionary Strike Flotilla, but ships are often separated from these formations for more static assignments.
50 of SAINT's 400 Yui 7-class Scout Ships make up the Strategic Response Pool. These ships are utilized to address targets throughout Kikyo Sector space, and tend to find port wherever is most convenient. Within Star Army registries, they are officially ported out of Vicky.
350 of SAINT's 400 Yui 7-class Scout Ships are assigned to operations in support of Yamatai's expeditionary efforts outside of the Kikyo Sector. During the Kuvexian War, the entirety of this formation was assigned to the Kuvexian Theater. The assets are commanded by Commodore-Director1) Chiho Ito.
This flotilla of starships is based around starfighter reconnaissance missions. The YSS Kishū — a Heitan-class Carrier carrying 14 squadrons of Teisatsu-patterned Super Kawarime fighters (converted in YE 44 from older Teisatsu-patterned Ke-V8-2x) — forms the center of the 689th, and is joined by two Yui 7-class Scout Ships and three Midori-class Scout Ships. All ships in the squadron have black hulls and fall under the command of Chusa Anno Hideyoshi aboard the Kishū.
SAINT's Hera Group liaison cell attached to the SaigaCorp cold research lab on Asura XI is monitored and protected by this Hayai-class Gunboat. It is painted in standard Star Army livery and captained by Chui Chen Baolin.
This black-hulled Midori-class Scout Ship is captained by Taii Yokino Yoko and assigned to survey activity around the Mist Nebula. The ship's mission includes monitoring the Azorea.
This Yui 7-class Scout Ship is painted in standard Star Army colors. It is captained by Shosa Tsukemono Heiwa. Awaiting reassignment as part of the Strategic Strike Pool after previously monitoring the homeward of vicious mud-lizards, as well as reacting to unrest involving a SAINT operative within the piratical OSO faction.
This old Ayame-class Cruiser is in orbit above the system's capital world of Asura.
Intelligence Operatives (and groups thereof) who are assigned to specific locales are referred to as a “station.” They are responsible for monitoring their assigned location and always develop a deep familiarity with it. Almost every planet in the Star Empire has at least one SAINT station operating upon it, as do many worlds within the Democratic Imperium of Nepleslia and other neighboring powers.
The most populous system in the former United Outer Colonies is of particular interest to SAINT. The intelligence service watches movements in and out of the system with a keen eye and has operatives in place to assure the system's continued loyalty. A cell of intelligence operatives and analysts operates on the surface of Asura. They are tasked with gathering human and geospatial intelligence, and have infiltrated local governments, companies, and other organizations.
First seen with Yamataian eyes by the Star Army's captain Hanako and her crew in YE 30, the Azorean Commonwealth has been a difficult nation to gather intelligence on. Though a friendly power, foreigners tend to stand out in a big way when mingling with the locals. The stormy Azorean homeworld of Sudran's eighteen city-states have been hard for SAINT to infiltrate because of the planet's almost exclusively Azorean population. With the arrival of an Iromakuanhe colony of international allure and scope, Yamatai's spymasters took the opportunity to finally set up in Azorean space.
Kyopelinvuori Station is based on the floating city of Kyopelinvuori, jointly administered by the native Azorean Commonwealth and the Iromakuanhe Astral Commonwealth. It is a place of great interest to the Yamatai Star Empire. Because Yamatai has no formal relations with the Iromakuanhe itself, SAINT has sent a mission of operatives posing in various roles as tourists, entrepreneurs, and other innocuous notables in an attempt to gather intelligence on the foreign power's dealings in the Kikyo Sector. This station currently exists in service of Operation Soothsayer.
Nozomi Station is responsible for collecting intelligence on Gashmere and is headed by the Yamataian Shosa Imagawa Kagemori2). These operatives have remained aloof of the events of the Kodian Civil War and watched from the shadows, but maintain exactingly up-to-date information on the conflict and planet Gashmere itself. Many Kodian operatives and assets are used in pursuit of intelligence, and the station's network of spies usually has a better handle on what's happening than either side on the civil war does.
When the United Outer Colonies seceded from the Yamatai Star Empire in YE 30, Leo Star Fortress was one of the only items of equipment ceded to the traitorous Motoyoshi Tio's new government. Though the Peacekeepers took over, SAINT quietly remained, ever vigilant through those rough years. After the United Outer Colonies was dissolved in YE 33 and Leo returned to the Star Army of Yamatai, SAINT kept its undercover team in place as a safeguard against further treason.
Known as Bakufu Station, Leo's operatives serve beside the intelligence officers overtly assigned to the star fortress. SAINT has maintained a cell of clandestine operatives at Leo Star Fortress since before the United Outer Colonies broke away from the Yamatai Star Empire. Bakufu Station's agents mostly provide HUMINT gathered from Leo's myriad denizens, but have historically been ready and willing to sabotage the efforts of the Empire's foes during periods that the Star Fortress has changed hands away from Yamatai. Since YE 43 when the Motoyoshi Colonial Sector was established, this station has increasingly focused its eyes away from internal threats.
This page was originally created on 2017/02/13 13:08 by raz. It is being formulated on request of the Faction Manager. It was overhauled on 2023/03/27 by raz.
The details on this page are constantly in flux, and could often change with the flow of roleplay.
