[ Captain Ives | CO Ready Room | Deck 01 | Vector 01 | USS Theurgy ] Attn: @CanadianVet
When the signal of Trent's arrival came, Jien continued to read the PADD in her hand while admitting him. "Enter. Please, have a seat."
Once the intelligence officer was seated, Jien flicked between the reports on it until she got to the one that Trent had sent her - the initial report made in his new role. Many of the concerns and requests had been touched upon in the meeting at 0800 hrs., where the Senior Staff had spoken with the Aldean representative as well as the stationed Klingon general. "I've reviewed your report and I can now answer most of the points you brought up."
While he was seated, Jien rose to her feet and spoke of each point in order as they had come in the report, slowly walking towards the viewport - the Aldean planet surface and clouds stretching out like a golden sea outside Vector 1. "We have gained access to traffic monitoring, but since this is a task that needs constant monitoring, the on-duty Tactical staff will be observing traffic during all shift rotations. You have also gained access to this feed, and will be able to see the logs of coming and going ships."
Outside the viewport, a worker bee slid past, and its flashing nav lights touched Jien's face when she scrolled down. "As for shuttles and warp fighters, they are already being fitted with new transponders and they will also be given light visibility cloaks to hide their appearance. With Chief Ji's help, their emission trails have been altered just enough to suggest that they might as well be Aldean crafts instead of Federation in origin. The point is to hide identity but not make them invisible. No deniability required. The Aldean Defence Committee will claim responsibility for our small craft operations. As for ground assets, on duty reports will serve as accounts of observation, and of course any officer observing something out of the ordinary will be reporting it. They are Starfleet officers, even off duty. The Chief of Security will handle rapid response needs and suitable deployment of personnel."
Pacing in the other direction with slow steps Jien touched upon the next matter. "Your report seem to suggest that our Liaison officer wouldn't report their ongoing duties clearly, but as for recordings, that will have to be on a case-to-case basis. You will gain access as according to your security clearance, Lieutenant, since all matters should not be under your purview at this time. Your duty is not Aldean and Klingon relations. Let the Liaison officers and our Diplomatic attaché do their duties."
Almost finished, Jien set a slow course towards her seat again. "We are already receiving Aldean communicators that will mask Human lifesigns and show Aldean ones instead, along with Aldean replication data for apparel. Non-Human personnel will be getting worker or trade permits under false names, and the Aldeans are giving us all false identities that are verified through the Custodian Network. We are already using non-Starfleet communication frequencies since months back, but they will be switched to an Aldean spectrum instead. Still encrypted, of course, for us alone, since we're not opening our communications to our hosts, just like we won't have access to their secure channels. As for transportation, rules and access are already arranged for at this point."
She seated herself then, putting the PADD down. "I think we've covered the limitations upon your interaction with Aldean and Klingon authorities already. You are an analyst, and act as a listener. Your ear against the rails, as the saying goes, using your remaining access to Starfleet Intelligence in order to learn if or when Command may have learned about our presence here. I look forward to learn if my old safehouses here on Aldea are safe to access or not, and if they might be accessed, I think we will benefit from those back-doors into Starfleet's channels. The import, however, is to remain hidden here, any such access should be made by former Starfleet Intelligence operatives, who knows how to not trigger the subspace alert systems. This was included in your training."
She stopped there, letting Trent come with any other concerns he might have, leaning back in her chair patiently.
OOC: The report for sake of reference:
Operational recommendations:
Access to traffic control and monitoring:
Between being in shipyard hands and the limitations of passive sensors, access to Aldean and Klingon communications, tracking and traffic control systems is required to maintain situational awareness within the system; this should be considered a high priority.
Spacegoing assets:
The shipyard lays in geostationary orbit above Aldea Prime, and our requirement for discretion would preclude the use of any of our currently embarked small craft for any surveillance from orbit save within line of sight by passive sensors. We will require locally-sourced, deniable, small craft with sensor packages sufficient for our purposes. Operation of these flights will require careful coordination and cover stories to ensure deniability when overflying sites of interest. Access to the planetary communications and/or surveillance infrastructure may mitigate the need for manned flights, but not entirely eliminate them. Furthermore, having spacegoing assets would allow us to maintain independent situational awareness when the ship's sensors will be unavailable due to maintenance and repairs.
Ground assets:
Recommend all department heads provide lists of personnel who would be suitable as eyes on the ground; no intelligence training is required, simply good memory and observation skills, and the ability to remain discreet and sufficient common sense to not appear to be intelligence assets.
Furthermore, Security should provide a list of candidates well-suited for rapid reaction on the surface, including the ability to quickly search a location and report on any irregularities, and accompany liaison personnel to identify possible intelligence assets or threats.
Liaison staff reporting:
Recommend all liaison personnel file clear, concise and detailed reports, preferably accompanied by audio recordings, of all interactions with Aldean and Klingon points of contact, and such reports be forward to me as a default
Counterintelligence concerns:
ALL personnel should be briefed on the need to maintain a low profile, and common indicators they are being pumped for information. A common cover story, as well as individual ones, should be crafted accordingly. Secure communications need to be established, staying away from known Starfleet and Federation frequencies, and encryption should be made available. Exclusive access to a set of Aldean transporter facilities in the shipyard, and/or locally sourced small craft for personnel transportation, is imperative.
Personal suitability:
Exposure to several aspects of the Intelligence spectrum of operation was only cursory introduction during the Basic Intelligence Officer's Course, and my knowledge base makes me unsuitable for a number of tasks. I am not trained as a spy, commercial, political or social analyst, counterintelligence agent, source handler or covert operative; employing me in such roles would result at best in inaccurate or incomplete analysis, at worst in tainting our relations with the Aldeans and the Klingons and seeing them turn hostile to us.
Further recommendations will be made as the situation develops.
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