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[Katrina Oniseki]

The following is an attempt to provide personality to these corporate security branches that otherwise have none. Submissions from Prime Fiction and speculation are more than welcome in the comments below. This topic will be posted blank at first and be filled up as people submit ideas.

For now, I am focusing on the ground viewpoint, and not mentioning the space aspect of their operations.

Home Guard (Kaalakiota)

Reality

Media

Wiyrkomi Peace Corps (Wiyrkomi)

Reality

Media

Lai Dai Protection Service (Lai Dai)

Contributed by Dex Nederland

Reality

Given Lai Dai's focus on Research and Development, its first internal security services focused on protecting data.  In addition, scientist & engineers turned security administrators turned to utilization of large quantities of data collected on employees via a multitude of sensors and inputs to then analyze for potential hot spots and provide optimal prevention options.   To the uninformed, this can appear to result in unexpected rapid changes in the corporate structure, environment, or even just schedules to minimize hot spots.   This may be as simple as scheduling a business trip or even paid vacation for an employee in order to reduce the future threat.

The "rank & file" of LDPS are contingency response teams, who move to sudden hot spots to execute rapidly solutions predetermined to reduce potential for a crime to occur.   Sometimes this does involve the detention of various persons, who are moved to the very controlled environment of the LDPS precinct.   Those in custody are then analyzed for potential future issues prior to release, which may include significant changes to their lives, to include a change in role, company, or, in extreme cases, employment within the Lai Dai megacorporation.

Media

LDPS is portrayed as if the actions of its teams are spur of the moment, instead of being from a pre-planned set of solutions.  While the pre-planned solutions tend to get the desired result, LDPS struggles with black swan events.  But even this has high-level contingency teams to manage failures.  So, when LDPS contingency teams enter the situation they are backed by extensive data and possible "futures."  This gives the appearance of being "a group of dashingly handsome tactical geniuses who devise complex original stratagems at the drop of a hat, usually under circumstances of extreme duress."

Peace And Order Unit (Sukuuvestaa)

Reality

Media

Internal Security (NOH)

Contributed by Vaun Erryk

Reality

The truth is that, despite having a marginally greater fondness for intoxicants than the other seven corporate forces, Nugoeihuvi's Internal Security is no more and no less aggressive. Whispers of a new, particularly savage deed intermittently resurface, but more often than not it is unclear if this is based on truth, the handiwork of a local gossip, or indeed the result of Nugoeihuvi itself wishing to perpetuate the stereotype.

Appropriately for a megacorporation so invested in the media and recording, surveillance plays a pivotal role in the real-life activity of Internal Security. Cameras and bugs of all sorts are employed to gather information on suspects; indeed, their prevalence has lead to perennial, jocular references to the "all seeing eye" of Internal Security's logo, usually flaring up after news of a particularly high-profile operation's success -- or failure -- breaks. Unvalidated rumours of Internal Security stooping to blackmail suspects, or even the innocent, with incriminating information gathered in this way abound. Critics cite the reduction in expenditure if such evidence can be used to manipulate individuals instead of orchestrating a raid of multiple officers, with cynics taking this a step further again and suggesting that, on rare occasions, footage and recordings are fabricated entirely.

Media

The popular image of Internal Security paints a picture of an organisation composed mainly of criminal elements thrust into the ostensible role of employees' protection, having distinguished themselves from the hoi polloi with a talent for excessive force bordering on atrocity.

Even Nugoeihuvi's considerable propagandistic might has been unable to undo this perception -- but not for lack of trying. After a series of abortive attempts to portray Internal Security as anything different, the megacorporation then chose to embrace the public conception of their security branch. Nugoeihuvi media of the past few decades depicts them as rough-and-ready action heroes, always working in the interest of the corporation but playing by their own rules. Eschewing bureaucracy for their own improvised, dramatic and thoroughly stylish methods, the fictionalised Internal Security agent never fails to get the job done. At least, in Nugoeihuvi media: competing megacorporations much rather spin the same traits as producing shoddy and violent results, often to comic effect, that a more competent security force must then clear up.

Spacelane Patrol (CBD)

Contributed by Saede Riordan

Reality

Operating as a hybrid between a military and police-force, the SpaceLane Patrol maintains a large number of ground marines, and their public presence is very high. Their combination as soldiers and police often means their methods tend towards the brutal, and raids tend to be common. Internally, their tactics are cold, brutal, and efficient, their focus is on worker productivity, and anyone who interferes with the enforced status quo is treated as if they were an enemy combatant. The indifference to human rights they exhibit is evident everywhere, and their operations are cold and mechanical, planned with the cost of every bullet fired in mind. Those who are taken away by them in the night are rarely seen again.

Media

Like all of the CBD Corporation, SpaceLane Patrol is seeped in sometimes subversive corporate propaganda, occasionally shading into outright mind control. Referred to within all documents as 'human resources management' the Spacelane Patrol maintains the facade of cheerful upbeat corporate propaganda that is evidenced everywhere under CBD's aegis. Bright white friendly armour, emblazoned with corporate logos and occasional product placement, an odd double image emerges in the mind when looking at the reality in contrast with its portrayal. Painted as average workers, just doing their duty to the corporation like any other, even the top of the line assassins and special forces are given the ignominious titles of 'human resources troubleshooting specialists.' The true face of the Spacelane Patrol is often only visible when it crashes through your door in the middle of the night.

Ishukone Watch (Ishukone)

Contributed by Katrina Oniseki

Reality

Ishukone Watch is strongly focused on controlling and monitoring the flow of information. With extensive surveillance deployed throughout their jurisdiction, they typically know about a problem before it actually becomes one. They have a reputation for high arrest counts on charges of "Conspiracy to Commit ______". Ishukone Watch agents usually operate alone or in pairs. They employ the largest number of plainclothes detectives, who constantly comb their assigned areas in attempts to gather information or operate in long term undercover assignments. This extreme invasion of personal privacy is often the subject of popular jokes, sometimes popular resentment.

Media

Ishukone Watch as depicted in the media typically rely on cunning and intrigue to solve crimes. It is often Ishukone featured in film noir mystery holoreels, usually with a strong male lead detective battling the weight of duty versus ethics. Unlike the real Ishukone Watch, quiet surveillance and evidence gathering is passed over in favor of deductive reasoning and strong-armed negotiation tactics.

Corporate Police Force (Hyasyoda)

Contributed by Mithfindel

Reality

The Hyasyoda Corporation, already amongst the corporations with the greatest pressure for its employees to fit in the norm, employs considerable Corporate Police Force surveillance assets to root out any sign of dissident. While this keeps the level of crime exceptionally low on Hyasyoda property, civil rights are often stomped on and a considerable number of Hyasyoda employees find themselves "reassigned" after crossing the tight invisible bounds on what is tolerated by the corporation. Often this includes having their children being adopted by foster parents, or in some cases, corporate child care.

Media

The Corporate Police Force acts as a shield of the Caldari society, tracking both criminals and spies with relative ease. Unlike their competitors, the security presence is displayed to be nearly nonexistant, though the incorruptible neighbourhood cop (nearly always displayed as a stern but goodhearted fatherly figure) manages to solve or even prevent crimes and espionage in the nick of time, occasionally with the help of Navy veterans in Hyasyoda-owned corporations or even allies from Ishukone Watch, a rare occurence of an out-of-mega references in corporate propaganda. Unlike in the Gallentean production CPF Blue, in Hyasoda's own media the antagonists are nigh categorally outsiders (usually not Caldari - though significantly often from Wiyrkomi) and displays of treachery or misconduct amongst the Hyasyoda family are very rare. In those cases, the corporation fatherly corrects its employees towards decent Caldari life.

[Katrina Oniseki]

Possible idea for Home Guard:

Reality:
One of the most outright militaristic of all the corporate security groups, Home Guard is more of a paramilitary division than it is a police force. As befitting a megacorporation focusing on arms and military technology, Kaalakiota boasts the largest and best equipped security force in the Caldari State, third only to the Caldari Navy. Home Guard typically operates using five to twelve man squads, with extensive use of MTACs as basic enforcement vehicles. With Home Guard favoring the tactic of overwhelming force, violent criminals often enjoy a visit to the local hospital before they serve any jail time. These brutal tactics, while sometimes seen as excessive, are nonetheless extremely effective. Kaalakiota rarely has any issue with serious civil unrest. Despite these strengths, Home Guard suffers from some of the worst intelligence gathering, and have an abnormally high number of false or unwarranted arrests.

Media: Home Guard is often depicted in State Media quite opposite to their real operations. Surgical strikes in the nick of time, daring rescues of pet animals, and even officers performing yard and road work for fellow citizens is not uncommon in holoreels. Befitting their name, Home Guard in the media are depicted as selfless and heroic defenders of the common citizen, willing to make the ultimate sacrifice without any hesitation.

[Saede Riordan]

Alright, here's my thoughts on the Spacelane Patrol

Reality
Operating as a hybrid between a military and police-force, the SpaceLane Patrol maintains a large number of ground marines, and their public presence is very high. Their combination as soldiers and police often means their methods tend towards the brutal, and raids tend to be common. Internally, their tactics are cold, brutal, and efficient, their focus is on worker productivity, and anyone who interferes with the enforced status quo is treated as if they were an enemy combatant. The indifference to human rights they exhibit is evident everywhere, and their operations are cold and mechanical, planned with the cost of every bullet fired in mind. Those who are taken away by them in the night are rarely seen again.

Media
Like all of the CBD Corporation, SpaceLane Patrol is seeped in sometimes subversive corporate propaganda, occasionally shading into outright mind control. Referred to within all documents as 'human resources management' the Spacelane Patrol maintains the facade of cheerful upbeat corporate propaganda that is evidenced everywhere under CBD's aegis. Bright white friendly armour, emblazoned with corporate logos and occasional product placement, an odd double image emerges in the mind when looking at the reality in contrast with its portrayal. Painted as average workers, just doing their duty to the corporation like any other, even the top of the line assassins and special forces are given the ignominious titles of 'human resources troubleshooting specialists.' The true face of the Spacelane Patrol is often only visible when it crashes through your door in the middle of the night.

[orange]

Masks of Authority

The Lai Dai Protection Service, meanwhile, are regularly shown to be a group of dashingly handsome tactical geniuses who devise complex original stratagems at the drop of a hat, usually under circumstances of extreme duress.

Lai Dai Protection Services

Reality
Given Lai Dai's focus on Research and Development, its first internal security services focused on protecting data.  In addition, scientist & engineers turned security administrators turned to utilization of large quantities of data collected on employees via a multitude of sensors and inputs to then analyze for potential hot spots and provide optimal prevention options.   To the uninformed, this can appear to result in unexpected rapid changes in the corporate structure, environment, or even just schedules to minimize hot spots.   This may be as simple as scheduling a business trip or even paid vacation for an employee in order to reduce the future threat.

The "rank & file" of LDPS are contingency response teams, who move to sudden hot spots to execute rapidly solutions predetermined to reduce potential for a crime to occur.   Sometimes this does involve the detention of various persons, who are moved to the very controlled environment of the LDPS precinct.   Those in custody are then analyzed for potential future issues prior to release, which may include significant changes to their lives, to include a change in role, company, or, in extreme cases, employment within the Lai Dai megacorporation.

Media
LDPS is portrayed as if the actions of its teams are spur of the moment, instead of being from a pre-planned set of solutions.  While the pre-planned solutions tend to get the desired result, LDPS struggles with black swan events.  But even this has high-level contingency teams to manage failures.  So, when LDPS contingency teams enter the situation they are backed by extensive data and possible "futures."  This gives the appearance of being "a group of dashingly handsome tactical geniuses who devise complex original stratagems at the drop of a hat, usually under circumstances of extreme duress."

[Mithfindel]

Despite my desktop wallpaper (Ken's Ishukone Watch one, based on the sci-film noir pic), I've always thought that Ishukone Watch propaganda was more like a gadget-of-the-week series, where Ishukone's latest high tech invention saves the day.

[spoiler]

Hyasyoda focuses on bread-and-butter industries such as agriculture, mining, and consumer products. Its operations are largely contained to the State itself, although it has partnerships with foreign companies to market many of its products in foreign territories.

The corporation is still largely controlled by the Osmon family that founded it, though much of its stock has been sold off over the company’s long history. Perhaps as a result of this history, Hyasyoda’s corporate culture is just as conservative as its business strategies, with a strong leaning toward old school corporatism and established tradition. The amount of social pressure on Hyasyoda employees to “fit in” is extremely high, even for the Caldari State, where such pressure is part of daily life.

Hyasyoda is also extremely distrustful of the other megacorporations, the exception being Ishukone, their longtime ally; the corporation is also wary of any hint of centralized State authority. As a result, Hyasyoda has been one of the strongest critics of the Caldari Providence Directorate, despite joining it voluntarily shortly before the Caldari Prime invasion, and has led opposition to the Executor in the CEP.

Corporate Police Force is the police and security arm of the Hyasyoda mega corporation.

Hyasyoda's private security corporation, the Corporate Police Force, focuses on counterintelligence and counterespionage work, largely due to its parent company’s distrustful nature. As a result, it is one of the most effective corporate security forces in the State, despite Hyasyoda's small relative size to most of the other megacorporations. It is not uncommon for CPF agents to be contracted by the Navy for their expertise on such matters.

In comparison, the CPF does not maintain as large a military force as the other megacorporations, preferring instead to protect its assets through superior intelligence networks. However, these civilian police forces are second to none; while corporate police are often seen as softer on run-of-the-mill crime, the CPF is a notable exception, and many independent corporations use the CPF as their preferred security provider.

The CPF tends to favor smaller, better-equipped starcraft for its operations, especially those ships equipped with high-end electronics. The Ishukone-designed Falcon is a particular favorite of the CPF, and they are common sights near Hyasyoda colonies and installations.

Altercations between the corporate forces exist on record, but in almost every case they have been small incidents based on misunderstanding, with warning shots the only ordnance released. A notable exception is an incident known as the Ingalles incident, where soldiers belonging to the Wiyrkomi Peace Corps opened fire on a Hyasyoda convoy being escorted by the Hyasyoda’s agency, the Corporate Police Force.

The Hyasyoda detail had received advance clearance for entry into the outpost, a high-tier classified Wiyrkomi research node buried in the shadow of a Citadel moon. They were to escort the CEO of a subsidiary of Hyasyoda’s, Santra Alloys, to a meeting with a high-ranking Wiyrkomi scientist. The arrangement was legitimate (if unusual), but the Wiyrkomi Peace Corps saw incongruity in the direct meeting of a CEO and a scientist.

They stopped the convoy and conducted a heavy-handed interrogation. Due to a fatal combination of bad intel and jittery nerves, they then ended up attacking it, killing four people and destroying the reputation of their police force for years to come. (To this day, the Wiyrkomi Peace Corps are something of a laughing stock among the corporate forces, and to compound things they consistently place near the bottom of the yearly (Haadoken) summit’s scoreboards.)

[/spoiler]

Reality:
The Hyasyoda Corporation, already amongst the corporations with the greatest pressure for its employees to fit in the norm, employs considerable Corporate Police Force surveillance assets to root out any sign of dissident. While this keeps the level of crime exceptionally low on Hyasyoda property, civil rights are often stomped on and a considerable number of Hyasyoda employees find themselves "reassigned" after crossing the tight invisible bounds on what is tolerated by the corporation. Often this includes having their children being adopted by foster parents, or in some cases, corporate child care.

Media:
The Corporate Police Force acts as a shield of the Caldari society, tracking both criminals and spies with relative ease. Unlike their competitors, the security presence is displayed to be nearly nonexistant, though the incorruptible neighbourhood cop (nearly always displayed as a stern but goodhearted fatherly figure) manages to solve or even prevent crimes and espionage in the nick of time, occasionally with the help of Navy veterans in Hyasyoda-owned corporations or even allies from Ishukone Watch, a rare occurence of an out-of-mega references in corporate propaganda. Unlike in the Gallentean production CPF Blue, in Hyasoda's own media the antagonists are nigh categorally outsiders (usually not Caldari - though significantly often from Wiyrkomi) and displays of treachery or misconduct amongst the Hyasyoda family are very rare. In those cases, the corporation fatherly corrects its employees towards decent Caldari life.

[Vieve]

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Media
Like all of the CBD Corporation, SpaceLane Patrol is seeped in sometimes subversive corporate propaganda, occasionally shading into outright mind control. Referred to within all documents as 'human resources management' the Spacelane Patrol maintains the facade of cheerful upbeat corporate propaganda that is evidenced everywhere under CBD's aegis. Bright white friendly armour, emblazoned with corporate logos and occasional product placement, an odd double image emerges in the mind when looking at the reality in contrast with its portrayal. Painted as average workers, just doing their duty to the corporation like any other, even the top of the line assassins and special forces are given the ignominious titles of 'human resources troubleshooting specialists.' The true face of the Spacelane Patrol is often only visible when it crashes through your door in the middle of the night.

Your Spacelane Patrol sounds like the perfect Caldari security branch to have hired Gallente expatriates.  (They do make a practice of that, if one believes the agent roster.)

[Saede Riordan]

Yeah, I honestly really love CBD as a corporation their cheerful upbeat 1950sesque stepford smiler façade. I occasionally toy with the idea of making a CBD alt, but I don't know if I have the time for a second character. They're like space walmart, only worse, much worse.

[Aelisha Montenagre]

Possible outline for the Peace and Order Unit:

Reality
As presentable, uniform and steeped in martial behaviour as their peers, the Peace and Order unit is most notable for the integration of individuals with previous infractions such as assault, disturbance of the peace and even theft.  By no means a majority, these individuals have still left their mark on the unit, which has a reputation for taking State mandated 'use of appropriate force' to it's very extreme in many cases. 

Re appropriation of property is a common cause of internal investigation, as the bureaucracy of the unit continue to attempt to clean house, not realizing that it is their loose recruitment policy that makes them both ruthlessly effective and well-manned.  As only the most conniving of bad-seeds last through the screening process and constant employee evaluations, some of the most adaptable and effective 'deniable operations' agents are lifted from this organisation to live out their borderline sociopathy in a capacity useful to their employers.

By and large the men and women of the Peace and Order unit are law abiding, proud and corp-loyal citizens, but their reputation for roguish behaviour has given them a mien of danger and unpredictability that their parent corporation has been quick to capitalise on.  Though well equipped, the Unit lacks the heavy arms and armored units of Kaalakiota, instead opting for an infantry heavy approach that has proven well suited to their policing of the vast tracts of real-estate that Sukuuvestaa is famous for.  Due to rental agreements with various other megas and subsidiaries, the Unit is used to cooperating with other corporate militaries, though they reserve a rivalry with the Home Guard.

Media
Land, manpower, the agricultural backbone of the State.  Sukuuvestaa is always keen to press it's image as landlord and breadwinner, eager to decry others as too focused on their toys and guns to have any realistic chance of challenging them in their field of expertise.  The very fact that each mega specialized as quickly as possible in their early history to carve a stable niche from which to rule their new nation is besides the point; you can't feed a family (for long) on guns and ammo, the self sufficiency of many megas be damned. 

The Peace and Order Unit follows this line closely; the Unit provides.  It provides peace of mind for the law abiding citizen, justice for victims and punishment to criminals.  The very excesses in brutality that keep internal affairs up in a cold sweat can make PR specialists clap their hands in glee, as the simmering desire for vigilante justice in many a population is harnessed by showing the police force as empathetic to the 'horror' of the crimes being punished.  The fate of a transgressive officer in this regard, is often bound up in the crime in question.  Brutalizing a thief is hard to play up, but crimes of violence or violation are heartily broadcast, sometimes including hazy or grainy cam-drone/CCTV footage of the brutality while exhorting it as 'justice served'. 

The main image of the average Unit officer is that of the pressed-uniform and shining badge of office.  Stalwart, dedicated, without number.  Sukuuvestaa cares about it's employees, and so do it's soldiers/police officers. 

[Vieve]

Yeah, I honestly really love CBD as a corporation their cheerful upbeat 1950sesque stepford smiler façade. I occasionally toy with the idea of making a CBD alt, but I don't know if I have the time for a second character. They're like space walmart, only worse, much worse.

Yeeeeeesss.

Celeste recruited quite a few of her core staff from there (e.g. Hannali, who used to be a Spacelane Patrol station cop in Torrinos).

[Seriphyn]

Yeah, I honestly really love CBD as a corporation their cheerful upbeat 1950sesque stepford smiler façade. I occasionally toy with the idea of making a CBD alt, but I don't know if I have the time for a second character. They're like space walmart, only worse, much worse.

Yeeeeeesss.

Celeste recruited quite a few of her core staff from there (e.g. Hannali, who used to be a Spacelane Patrol station cop in Torrinos).

Hang about, is there even any CBD PF?

[Saede Riordan]

Yeah, I honestly really love CBD as a corporation their cheerful upbeat 1950sesque stepford smiler façade. I occasionally toy with the idea of making a CBD alt, but I don't know if I have the time for a second character. They're like space walmart, only worse, much worse.

Yeeeeeesss.

Celeste recruited quite a few of her core staff from there (e.g. Hannali, who used to be a Spacelane Patrol station cop in Torrinos).

Hang about, is there even any CBD PF?

Not really, but there's a sort of informal image that each of the megas have acquired through roleplay over the years. People made stuff up and other people ran with it until a rather interesting (and hilarious) image of CBD emerged.

[Vieve]

Yeah, I honestly really love CBD as a corporation their cheerful upbeat 1950sesque stepford smiler façade. I occasionally toy with the idea of making a CBD alt, but I don't know if I have the time for a second character. They're like space walmart, only worse, much worse.

Yeeeeeesss.

Celeste recruited quite a few of her core staff from there (e.g. Hannali, who used to be a Spacelane Patrol station cop in Torrinos).

Hang about, is there even any CBD PF?

And there is Masks of Authority, which Dex already linked.


I have no problem reconciling the Spacelane Patrol's description as "a cadre of brash hotshots who travel from one corner of the universe to another on missions that usually involve much purposeful strutting around exotic locales" with "cheerful upbeat 1950sesque stepford smiler facade".  Seriously.  They're as wholesome on the outside as Top Gun and Independence Day.

[Vaun Erryk]

Late to the party, but tidying up my desktop. This has been sitting on it a while, and if I post it here I can delete it from there.

Nugoeihuvi: Internal Security
REALITY:
The truth is that, despite having a marginally greater fondness for intoxicants than the other seven corporate forces, Nugoeihuvi's Internal Security is no more and no less aggressive. Whispers of a new, particularly savage deed intermittently resurface, but more often than not it is unclear if this is based on truth, the handiwork of a local gossip, or indeed the result of Nugoeihuvi itself wishing to perpetuate the stereotype.

Appropriately for a megacorporation so invested in the media and recording, surveillance plays a pivotal role in the real-life activity of Internal Security. Cameras and bugs of all sorts are employed to gather information on suspects; indeed, their prevalence has lead to perennial, jocular references to the "all seeing eye" of Internal Security's logo, usually flaring up after news of a particularly high-profile operation's success -- or failure -- breaks.

Unvalidated rumours of Internal Security stooping to blackmail suspects, or even the innocent, with incriminating information gathered in this way abound. Critics cite the reduction in expenditure if such evidence can be used to manipulate individuals instead of orchestrating a raid of multiple officers, with cynics taking this a step further again and suggesting that, on rare occasions, footage and recordings are fabricated entirely.

MEDIA:
The popular image of Internal Security paints a picture of an organisation composed mainly of criminal elements thrust into the ostensible role of employees' protection, having distinguished themselves from the hoi polloi with a talent for excessive force bordering on atrocity.

Even Nugoeihuvi's considerable propagandistic might has been unable to undo this perception -- but not for lack of trying. After a series of abortive attempts to portray Internal Security as anything different, the megacorporation then chose to embrace the public conception of their security branch. Nugoeihuvi media of the past few decades depicts them as rough-and-ready action heroes, always working in the interest of the corporation but playing by their own rules. Eschewing bureaucracy for their own improvised, dramatic and thoroughly stylish methods, the fictionalised Internal Security agent never fails to get the job done. At least, in Nugoeihuvi media: competing megacorporations much rather spin the same traits as producing shoddy and violent results, often to comic effect, that a more competent security force must then clear up.