Imperial Security Service

The Imperial Security Service, often referred to as the Security Service and abbreviated as the ISS, is a law enforcement and security intelligence organization of the Sith Empire.

The Security Service was commissioned in tandem with the coronation of Darth Vowrawn as Emperor of the Sith, and placed under the jurisdiction of the Emperor's Hand. The creation of the Security Service is one of several measures taken by the Hand to consolidate the new emperor's power.

Organization and Ranks
The Security Service holds jurisdiction across the Empire and all occupied territories. It is responsible for maintaining state security by upholding and enforcing Imperial law and ensuring the loyalty of the populace. In conjunction with Sith Intelligence, it counteracts espionage and terrorism within the Empire.

The Bureaus
The Security Service is divided into four bureaus, each charged with a unique directive.

Operations Bureau
Operations is responsible for most field activity undertaken by the agency, including enforcement, investigation, and surveillance. By far the largest bureau of the Security Service, it accounts for nearly half of all agency personnel.

Adjustments
Adjustments is the special operations branch of the Security Service. Its agents are entrusted with critical assignments and report solely to the director; their orders are only given verbally and no physical records of their activities are kept. Adjustments agents are disparagingly referred to as "black baggers" due to their notorious practice of placing black bags over the heads of their captives.

Internal Affairs
Responsible for ensuring operational efficiency, the primary directive of Internal Affairs is to investigate and, if necessary, deal with incidents of malpractice by Security Service personnel. Additionally, it is responsible for ensuring that the Security Service is free of infiltrators and spy rings.

Analysis Bureau
Any and all information acquired by the Security Service, whether it was obtained via surveillance or direct involvement of Security Service personnel, is catalogued by Analysis. In that regard, it is the bureau that corroborates most often with other government agencies. Analysis also crafts cover identities for use by other Security Service personnel.

Ranks
Unlike other intelligence agencies in the Empire, the Security Service does not make use of coded ranks and instead operates under a more militarized structure. Ranks are sorted into categories based on the level of security clearance they possess, known as grades; except in the case of Adjustments, whose agents all possess at least grade three clearance, regardless of the rank they hold.

Grade Six Grade Five Grade Four Grade Three Grade Two
 * Director
 * Assistant Director
 * Bureau Chief
 * Commander
 * Captain
 * Lieutenant
 * Sergeant
 * Supervisory Officer

Grade One As rank assignments are not incredibly well-known outside the agency, other government officials oftentimes address Security Service personnel simply as "officer" or "agent."
 * Senior Officer
 * Officer