Intelligence Operations Handbook

A supplement for MechWarrior, Second Edition, the Intelligence Operations Handbook offered new archetypes, equipment, and information for game masters and players who wanted to focus on special operations and intelligence in their campaigns. Written as a Wolfnet briefing document issued in 3055, the Handbook provides a copy of Jaime Wolf's report to the Clans about the Inner Sphere, as well as providing a thumbnail history of intelligence agencies in the Inner Sphere and recent events (between the Battle of Tukayyid in 3051 and 3055).

Most of the equipment listed in this book would later be used in the MechWarrior Companion supplement, while the historical and agency information would be referenced in A Guide to Covert Ops.

From the back cover
"The Inner Sphere has been fighting a shadow war of clandestine intelligence operations for centuries, pitting House against House, agency against agency. In the war against the Clans, those same organizations cooperated to save worlds and keep hope alive on captured planets.

Now, something else is happening in the shadows. Mercenary units are disappearing without a trace. No one knows how to find them, or where to look. The governments of the Inner Sphere are helpless to move without the information that intelligence operatives provide.

The Intelligence Operations Handbook is a Wolfnet document detailing the operations of all the intelligence agencies of the Inner Sphere and Inner Sphere-based Clans. It includes the history and current activities of each organization and provides new archetypes and personal equipment suitable for use in any intelligence-based campaign."

Contents

 * INTRODUCTION
 * Wolfnet Classified Report Alpha Level Clearance
 * INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
 * Role of Intelligence
 * Wolfnet
 * Colonel Wolf's Report
 * Kurita: Rise of the Dragon
 * Steiner: Challenge and Change
 * Marik: Civil War
 * Davion: Duelling with Capella
 * Post-Fourth War
 * Summary
 * Clan War
 * New Developments
 * LYRAN INTELLIGENCE CORPS: HOUSE STEINER
 * Overview
 * Briefing
 * Separatists
 * Monitoring SAFE Operations
 * Brief History
 * Guardians of the Steiners
 * Snow Fire
 * Secret Police
 * United Realms and the LIC
 * Command Structure
 * LIC Branches
 * Norns
 * Diplomatic Guard
 * Diplomatic Corps
 * Lohengrin
 * Propaganda
 * Espionage
 * Headquarters and Training
 * Strengths and Weaknesses
 * Steiner/Davion Relations
 * Personalities
 * DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE: HOUSE DAVION
 * Overview
 * Briefing
 * Maintaining Federated Suns Borders
 * Disruption of Capellan Operations
 * Strengthen Relations with St. Ives
 * Locate Clan Homeworlds
 * ComStar Surveillance
 * Brief History
 * McKenna's Hegemony
 * Age of War
 * Rise and Fall of the Star League
 * Succession Wars
 * Revenge of the Fox
 * Birth of the Federated Commonwealth
 * Command Structure
 * Rank Structure
 * Operational Procedures
 * DMI Branches
 * MI1: Command
 * MI2: Analysis And Speculation
 * MI3: Electronic Information Gathering
 * MI4: Covert Operations
 * MI5: Counterinsurgency
 * MI6: Special Forces
 * MI7: Intelligence Secretariat
 * MIIO
 * Information-Gathering Services
 * Covert Operations
 * Bureau of Internal Investigations
 * Counterintelligence
 * Regional Operations
 * Headquarters and Training
 * Strengths and Weaknesses
 * Personalities
 * INTERNAL SECURITY FORCE: HOUSE KURITA
 * Overview
 * Briefing
 * Current Objectives
 * Brief History
 * Von Rohrs Dynasty
 * House Kurita and the Star League
 * Fall of the Star League
 * Shadow War and Aftermath
 * Takashi Kurita and the ISF
 * A New Generation
 * Command Structure
 * ISF Branches
 * Covert Operations
 * Internal Security
 * Voice of the Dragon
 * Metsuke
 * Special Units
 * Draconis Elite Strike Teams
 * Sons of the Dragon
 * Ghost Regiments
 * Headquarters
 * Training
 * Psychological Warfare
 * Cultural Familiarization
 * Weapons Training
 * Strengths and Weaknesses
 * Personalities
 * THE MASKIROVKA: HOUSE LIAO
 * Overview
 * Briefing
 * Liao-Marik Relations
 * Brief History
 * Rise of the Maskirovka
 * Time of Tribulation
 * Years of Peace
 * War Renewed
 * Maximilian the Schemer
 * Operation Doppelganger
 * Recent Events
 * Command Structure
 * Maskirovka Branches
 * Capellan Operations Branch
 * Special Services Branch
 * The Death Commandos
 * Headquarters and Training
 * Strengths and Weaknesses
 * Personalities
 * SAFE: HOUSE MARIK
 * Overview
 * Briefing
 * Internal Monitoring
 * The ComStar Situation
 * Marik-Liao Relations
 * Summary
 * Brief History
 * Formation of the Free Worlds League
 * Power Plays
 * Succession Wars
 * Janos Marik
 * ComStar's Captain-General
 * New Alliances
 * Command Structure
 * SAFE Branches
 * Analysis Branch
 * Covert Operations
 * Counterintelligence Directorate
 * Headquarters and Training
 * Strengths and Weaknesses
 * Personalities
 * ROM: COMSTAR/WORD OF BLAKE
 * Overview
 * Briefing
 * The Schism
 * Weakening the Free Worlds League
 * The Clan Front
 * Federated Commonwealth Relations
 * Brief History
 * Operation Silver Shield
 * Foundation of ROM
 * ROM and the ComStar War
 * Witch Hunts
 * Dangerous Games
 * The Waterly Era
 * Coming of the Clans
 * The Reformation
 * Command Structure
 * Rank Structure
 * ROM Branches
 * Headquarters and Training
 * Strengths and Weaknesses
 * Personalities
 * THE WATCH: THE CLANS
 * Overview
 * Clan Wolf
 * Clan Jade Falcon
 * Summary
 * Briefing
 * Clan Wolf
 * Clan Jade Falcon
 * Brief History
 * Command Structure and Operations
 * Clan Wolf
 * Clan Jade Falcon
 * Headquarters and Training
 * Clan Wolf
 * Clan Jade Falcon
 * GAME INFORMATION
 * INTELLIGENCE SKILL PACKAGES
 * New University Packages
 * Intelligence University Skill Packages
 * Basic Training
 * Intelligence Occupational Specialities
 * ARCHETYPES
 * Clan Field Agent
 * Covert Operations Agent
 * Counterintelligence Operative
 * Deep-Cover Operative
 * Liaison/Diplomatic Corps Operative
 * Rogue Operative
 * Special Forces Operative
 * Surveillance Operative
 * INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY
 * Universal Technology
 * Security Bypass Kits
 * Remote Sensors
 * Federated Commonwealth Technology
 * Shredder Heavy Needler
 * Draconis Combine Technology
 * DEST Infiltration Suit
 * Neural Lash
 * Capellan Confederation Technology
 * Neural Interrogation Computer
 * Minolta 9000 Advanced Sniper System
 * Free Worlds League Technology
 * Sunbeam Starfire ER Laser Rifle
 * ComStar Technology
 * ComSat Surveillance System