Intergalactic Summit

Good Morning.

As anyone not making a deliberate attempt to avoid current affairs will know, Tibus Heth and the Caldari Providence Directorate (CPD) were recently ousted from their position within the Caldari State, a move that is perceived, rightly or wrongly, as something of a return to "business as usual".

However there are some questions myself and others within SYNE's various departments are curious about; The CPD was not just a political affiliation or campaign office, it was for all intents and purposes the first (and so far only) true state-wide internal security service, a paramilitary police and intelligence organization. It seems reasonable to assume that during their tenure they would have amassed resources, carved themselves out a structure within the State and filled roles created for them or created by themselves. So in short, I narrow it down to the following questions:

1) What would have been done with the resources of the CPD that we'rent removed or destroyed by the Provists?
- - Of particular interest are any intelligence, espionage and counter-espionage resources.
- - Any examples?
2) With the disappearance of the CPD, what (if any) "power vacuum" issues have occured?
3) Is there a danger of former members forming a subversive element within the State?
4) Are there any capability gaps in internal security within the State?
- - Is that due to factors other than CPD related?
5) Are there any agencies that seek to take on some of the CPD's former portfolio?

Any answers from Caldari or experts familiar with the subject matter would be greatly appreciated.

*NOTE: On a point of terminology, the words "State" or "Caldari State" are being used as shorthand for referring to the Megacorps, and their handful of shared assets, as a group, not to describe a singular homogeneous entity.

I fear, sir, that the agencies who would have the answers you are looking for have a vested interest in keeping those details private.

Were they actually detected, or did the State only find out from Operation: Highlander leaks? I ask this with complete sincerity.

Quite right, I wouldn't expect them too, but what I'm aiming for here is a public discourse using open-source information (harder than you think), in order to paint a rough picture of the reality.

We're not looking for a guide to the State's most secretive corners, but more a basic knowledge regarding stability within State, and the wider picture of interstellar stability.

Thanks for bringing it up, I hope this clears up our intentions.

One might say that what the CPD failed to grasp, and what the former Executor failed to realize is that corporate management and bureaucracy in the State is designed to be resilient and it is that resilience that has ensured its survival the centuries after the formation of the State and the centuries prior. The laws, protocols, and procedures of the Megacorporate bureaucracy are practically the traditions of the Raata Empire itself. One does not break with history and tradition simply on the whims of a single man who sought to make himself unequal before the law that governs all.

As for your questions, Mr. Makari, I have a feeling that those who are best able to answer them would be those least likely to divulge, leaving only the impasse of supposition. My own speculation then might be that the CPD no longer exists in the State for in all its attempts at espionage and intelligence there already was in place a far more effective and extensive apparatus it was unable to overcome.

Hakatain-haan seems to be becoming more prickly since he joined Alexylva Paradox in their wormhole system. Curious.

That said, Mr. Makari, my suspicion is that any assets related to foreign or military intelligence would reasonably have been passed off to the Caldari Navy. Assets active within the State have, to be quite honest, likely been purged to prevent any one corporation from profiting excessively from Heth-guri's fall.

I would describe it as more "pithy" than "prickly," and applaud this development. Well done, Alexylva Paradox!

No, sweetie, Mummy was not lisping. It's a real word. Look it up. Do I need to get out the cone of shame? Good boy.

The information I volunteered was public domain in nature.

Mssr. Makari:
Don't mind the Caldari too much. They have a massive inferiority complex. Additionally, they don't have "underwear drawers". After ironing and starching their knickers, they hang them in the closet.

Well done, you answered yourself.