InterSec Defense Solutions

InterSec Defense Solutions
Industry	Private security services
Race	Human
Allies	UEE Navy

InterSec Defense Solutions is a private military company and the leading military defense contractor in the UEE^[1]. It mainly provides escalable, expendable and deniable force for the UEE Navy. You can get contracts from them around the Nyx system.

Achieving Jr. Contractor unlocks the following contracts:

• Neutralize UEE threat
• Vanduul tech smugglers

Professionalism, procedure, and precision. These three ‘P’s are the cornerstones of InterSec Defense Solutions’ success according to founder Oyvind Gibbons. With their well-earned reputation of operational expertise, the private military firm has been the UEE Navy’s preferred sub-contractor for decades, helping to protect the empire in ways that the public doesn’t often get to learn about. But to understand how InterSec got its start and earned the trust of the military, you would need to look back to one of the most turbulent times in the empire’s history – the fall of the Messers and the rise of a  new democracy.

Oyvind Gibbons felt the call to serve from a young age. Enlisting in the UEE Navy at the age of eighteen, he excelled within the military thanks to his discipline, loyalty, and performance under pressure.

This was proven time and time again while on operations, but no more so than the time when he led a mission to detain a group of slavers moving through the Nul System. His squadron had been pursing them for weeks – flying through inhospitable landscapes, monitoring the most remote locations, all while keeping a low profile. It was demanding work, pushing many of his squadmates to their physical and mental limits, but through Oyvind’s composed and effective leadership, they were finally able to capture them and rescue over two dozen enslaved civilians. After countless tours, achievements, and milestones, his twenty years of service landed him the title of Grand Admiral within the UEE Navy. When asked about what drove him, his response was always the same: “I have a duty to the people of the UEE, nothing else.” However, the final ten years of his service would test his loyalty in ways he never imagined.

Under Linton Messer’s brutal rule, Oyvind began to have doubts. His track record and respect within the military saddled him with more responsibilities, but conversely his orders became increasingly oppressive. At the time, there was a growing upheaval among political dissidents and the Imperator used the military to push back against protestors. As recounted in extracts from his personal journal during this period, Oyvind expressed that he felt that he had become a thug disguised as a soldier. Despite his misgivings, he held onto the ideals of the Navy that had drawn him to serve in the first place. He tried to leverage the power of his rank to focus on the good he could do for the people of the empire. However, as time wore on and the regime became more unstable, he was unable to keep his hands completely clean. More and more often, he was tasked to help quell the growing insurrection. Wherever he was able, he chose to show compassion and reason, minimizing harm as best he could. When he ordered a squadron to disperse a group of protestors outside a government building on Earth, he had them outfitted with nonlethal weapons to minimize casualties – a move that drew the ire of many Messer loyalists.

“Those were dark times. Everyone did what they had to do keep their head above water. It’s not a period of my life I like to talk about,” Oyvind stated solemnly in an interview for a documentary series regarding the Messer Era. But when Oyvind learned of the genocide of the fledging sentient species on Garron II, he decided the time had come to take a stance.

No longer able to be complicit to a government so divorced from the principals he held dear, Oyvind Gibbons felt he was left with no choice – he resigned as the Grand Admiral of the UEE Navy. In a rare move, Linton Messer rejected his letter of resignation. He claimed that to resign was treason and a soldier’s service was until death. Summoned to his chamber, Oyvind and the Imperator had a heated confrontation witnessed only by Linton’s closest advisors. In the aftermath, historians speculate that Linton was cautioned against executing Oyvind, that his standing within the military could potentially cause ripples throughout the UEE – that other high-ranking members of the military may leave, or worse: form a coup. On his official service record it states: “Oyvind Gibbons was dismissed on the grounds of ‘not being fit for active duty’”, and after 30 years serving in the UEE Navy he left. Despite now being free of the military, Oyvind felt listless. He took no joy in his dismissal and had no interest in overthrowing the established government, so he struggled to process the anger he felt towards the UEE’s rulers.

When Linton Messer was eventually overthrown and Erin Toi became the first Imperator appointed by the people, Oyvind still remained distrustful of this “new” UEE. Toi vowed to govern under the principals of ‘social consciousness,’ leading to a reduction of the military, causing many of Oyvind’s former comrades to be forced out of the Navy. Oyvind began to organize meetings with his fellow veterans. Initially, they were social events to rekindle the connections and comradery of the military, but they were also a way to support those that were struggling with the dejection they felt from losing their jobs. “I don’t know what I would have done without that group, they were my lifeline,” former Commander Beverly Vanatta stated in an interview. Sharing the same distrust of the government but eager to serve their people, the group began to discuss the idea of forming a private militia. One that would only be accountable to themselves and the shared values they held. The group naturally turned to Oyvind, as the most senior member amongst them. Eager for a fresh start, Oyvind agreed and the group founded their private security company under the name InterSec. They started small: local defense contracts for fledgling settlements, protection services for charitable organizations, and soon their reputation began to spread.

In 2795, the Fair Chance Act was enacted, placing developing planets under UEE protection so their primitive species could develop free from outside interference. This new mandate required personnel while the government still tried to ferret out Messer loyalists, so the UEE announced that they were looking for highly skilled private contractors as the initial security force to protect the planets, until they felt confident that they could transition security to the  military’s purview. Hearing the news and feeling that call to action once more, Oyvind submitted a bid for InterSec to handle the security. Wary of the optics of hiring Linton Messers’ Grand Admiral to protect planets placed under an act that was designed in response to the atrocities committed by that dynasty, the new Imperator was initially skeptical. But despite these hesitations, the depth of experience and skill of InterSec far outweighed that of the other bidding competitors, so Toi decided to grant the contract to InterSec.

InterSec set up perimeters around Osiris I, regular patrols, and intelligence operations to inform their planning. Their military expertise was exactly what the UEE needed and briefly, the contract appeared to be going well. But not everybody shared Imperator Toi’s forgiving nature. Members of the government and public were outraged that the ‘new’ UEE would use former Messer military. The Terra Gazette wrote a ruthless hit piece on the government’s use of InterSec, describing them as “amoral executioners masquerading as soldiers to seduce a morally bankrupt Imperator.” The new government was facing mounting political and public pressure, with some calling for Toi to resign. In the midst of this, a news story broke that a UEE-controlled refueling station near Osiris I had been seized by outlaws. Attempting to capitalize on the empire’s disorganization, they threatened to destroy the station and the dozens of hostages unless they were given an exorbitant amount of credits. Their leader stated that if they spotted a single UEE patrol ship, they would start killing hostages. Oyvind orchestrated and presented a careful rescue mission to Imperator Toi.

The outlaws barely knew what hit them when InterSec infiltrated. Within an hour of launching the operation, they’d freed the hostages, captured the outlaws, and secured the station. Impressed and perhaps even intimidated by the efficiency of their work, the public’s perception of the InterSec began to shift. Over the course of a year, they were able to protect the planet from any outside interference using a combination of deterrence and decisive action. At the end of their contract, they performed a seamless handover and returned control to the UEE military. The UEE’s use of InterSec continued to rise while the company expanded into private sector work. Able to operate places where the empire might not be as free to act, they helped lead a daring extraction of a high-profile member of Congress who had been abducted and taken to the Tal System, and in 2809 they gained further recognition for successfully defending large groups of displaced refugees caught in the attempted militia coup on Elysium IV. Most recently, the UEE have employed InterSec in Nyx, attempting to keep the empire safe from the emerging Vanduul threat while not formally violating the independence of the local government, the People’s Alliance. Almost two hundred years on, InterSec have maintained their excellent reputation. Expanding their ranks with numerous highly skilled operators, the company has grown but their core values have remained. Many of its original founders are no longer here, but engraved on the wall of their corporate headquarters on Kilian VII are the words of its founder: “Nostrum Officium Populo.”  Our Duty to the People.