Chapter 550 - 242 What the heck is called a surprise!
The Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau of the Sherman Empire was the largest intelligence organization within the Empire’s territory, under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Military Department. Its original duty was to supervise the army, but later it expanded to monitoring all officials and departments related to the military.
The main leadership of the Bureau was held by a Vice Admiral, a powerful military figure directly accountable to the Empire’s highest three commanders.
Under the Bureau’s framework, twenty-six deputy directors held the rank of Rear Admiral or Brigadier General. With overlapping responsibilities and a plethora of offices, they jointly oversaw the main work of this massive organization.
When mentioning the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau, one inevitably has to mention the Central Intelligence Agency of the New Federation.
The difference, however, was that the Bureau was mainly in charge of supervising internal affairs of the Empire, while the Federation Intelligence Bureau was responsible for intelligence work outside the Federation; the two were not directly comparable.
Within the Imperial Military Department, the Bureau was actually the fastest place for military promotion.
A noble-born officer with exceptional talents could, within the Bureau system, earn a few evaluations of third grade or higher military achievements, actively participate in administrative work, and, with a bit of luck and patronage, aspire to reach the rank of Colonel before retirement.
Lieutenant Colonel Atro’s career trajectory was initially set on this glorious path.
With the help of his uncle, this Baron worked diligently in the Bureau for over twenty years, eventually reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and the position of Head of the International Court Department, stationed at the bustling Cole Port International Court.
Although he already had a wife in the Empire, while working abroad, he still developed numerous office romances and even had a cozy resting room set up in the local office.
There was no helping it; the cultural atmosphere of Cole Port was uncompromisingly against "gambling and drugs," and Lieutenant Colonel Atro was simply adapting to local customs.