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The INS and Operation Patriot
By: Jack Ford Date: August 7, 2016, 10:33 am
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Intelligence and National Security
Established after the Changeling invasion, the INS works to
monitor, collect, and analyze data. They will also work to
protect domestic and international interests. Over time they
began to grow, putting offices not only all over Equestria, but
internationally too in unknown locations. Their main base of
operations is in Canterlot, but they have another very large
office in Manehatten as well. As they grew, the public began to
feel uncomfortable. The amount of monitoring the INS does began
to infringe on the privacy that Equestrians thought they once
had. The controversy continues to this day.
Once the Crystal Empire was liberated, a base was established
there as well to monitor any signs of Sombra returning.
There are many sections within the INS that work on planning and
carrying out covert missions to save hostages, take out/arrest
anypony whom they consider a threat to Equestria or to the
world. Their interrogation tactics have been controversial as
well as magic users are able to manipulate the minds of
prisoners which is unethical.
The INS recruits anyone that is fit for the job: Griffins,
ponies, dragons, etc. They will travel a lot to tech conventions
to find any fresh meat they feel is good enough for a position
in their surveillance teams. There are directors in the INS that
will lead and control certain sections and teams within the
agency while the head director oversees it all. In order for
operations to be carried out, they need permission from him and
the princesses.
That much is known by the public. However, there are spots in
the INS that even the a lot of directors don’t know about. The
public, the princesses, everypony is unaware aside from those in
it. One operation in particular will be discussed below.
P.A.T.R.I.O.T. = Prestige Anti-Terrorist Regional &
International Operations Taskforce
Current Director: Jack Ford
Operation Patriot: Created after Tirek and Discord attempted to
take over Equestria as a test and was put into full motion after
hearing about the Starlight incident. This operation is unknown
to everypony in the INS except for the director, and those
within Patriot. They recruit soldiers and Equestrians that they
feel are extremely skilled and capable of the tests they are put
through. It uses a behavior-modification program to break down
the trainees morality and make them effective nearly unstoppable
living weapons. One test is killing a prisoner without reason or
knowing who he/she is. After the morality break down,
presumably, the assassins received advanced training in sniping,
fighting techniques, and tradecraft. Once completed, they are
sent to various areas and are told to live normal lives doing
whatever. Patriot refers to these killers as ‘assets’.
Unlike other branches in the INS, Patriot does not need a green
light from the princesses or even the director of the INS. They
are not held back by red tape, and are basically free to
greenlight their own plans as long as there is approval from the
director of Patriot. All it takes is a message sent to the
assets with a name and picture. The asset will go to kill not
caring about the reason. This almost makes them sleeper agents.
They are made to follow orders and won’t stop until they have
completed them or pulled out. These assets are nearly invisible.
Their trails are well covered up and even if something goes
wrong, the INS has their back. They are provided with fake
passports and equipments to travel as they please, though they
will typically stay where they are stationed unless ordered
otherwise.
Patriot has a control room where they have tracking systems on
every asset. When needed, they can pull up an entire map of the
area and help the asset locate his or her target and a route
they are most likely going to take, giving the asset a prime
location to set up and complete his or her mission. This mission
control room is also capable of facial recognition and has every
little bit of technology provided to them to, in their minds,
keep Equestria safe. They also have backup available to help the
assets out.
Operation Patriot is responsible for many assassinations of not
only foreign dictators, politicians, etc but many popular
Equestrian figures too. In fact, they have taken out INS
directors and operatives as well for various reasons.
The asset information files are incredibly sensitive but
available to the directors within Patriot. The files show test
result and every side effect that the Patriot program trainees
experienced. Some famous assets in this program:
Unknown: That's what they call her. She works efficiently and
one of their most talented assets. It could be because she was
one of the first recruits. She is based in Canterlot. Like
Morgan however, she tends to make kills personal.
Morgan Lockett: Based in Ponyville. She tends to show more
emotion than the other assets, but she accomplishes her missions
that are assigned to her so they keep her in the program. She is
under heavy surveillance due to the chance she might desert.
Walter Dorsett: Saddle Arabia is where he stays. He is a good
example of an asset that does what he is told and leaves it at
that.
Danielle Allen: As a Noctral, Danielle prefers being contacted
at night. She is based in the Crystal Empire.
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