Liberty City, FPS
The two agents of the Federal Security Service had stepped off the Eastern Airlines flight from Kelssek and immediately caught a taxi to the government agency the FPS government had told them to liase with. A breifcase was present and contained some very important information. They were careful to ensure nobody followed them. Sure enough, nobody did.
They arrived about half an hour later, tipping the driver and sending him off. They were met in the lobby and escorted into a meeting room on the 6th floor, where as requested, the projector was ready. After a few minutes to set up, they were ready.
“Ok everyone”, he said, looking at the somewhat glum looking collection of people. They were all dressed extremely conservatively, grey and black was the order of the day. Fair enough.
“My name is Tom Wiltshire, this is my counterpart, Anton Yushkevich, we’re both from the Federal Securty Service, Counter-Intelligence cell.”
He brought up the opening slide.
“Excuse me for slowly arriving at my point and the purpose of this meet, but there’s some historical background you’ll need first. In 1991, when the Soviet Union broke up, the KGB was broken up amongst the republics. The CFSSR was no exception, as the fledgling nation of Coocoostan received all KGB assets within our 1991 borders. We established a successor agency, the FSS and retained about 2,000 people, all of them agents. This meant about 5 times that many, including all KGB soldiers were out of work. They were far from pleased with the situation and formed an intelligence organization parallel to the FSS, commonly called the Cheka. The name, is a take off on the saying ‘One Step Forward, two Steps Back’. If you go forward one from the KGB, you get us. If you go two back, you get the NKVD, then the Cheka, the initial Soviet secret-police. The purpose of the Cheka is currently twofold. One, is to secure financial resources, to finance their operations as well as line everyone’s pockets. They do this by funnelling government funds, blackmail and the theft and sale of top-secret information. For example, we HAD a stealth-fighter program until they stole the plans and sold them to Dinarastan. We went in and got them back, but lost 5 people in the process.”
He paused for a few seconds.
“The second purpose, is the protection of their interpretation of the national interest. Simply put, they do what we are about to do, only with a much more liberal application of force. They’re very slick, very well trained and seem to never approach any potential members who would betray them.”
Another pause.
“Now, the reason we’re here, is our only source within the Cheka, from their Foreign Operations Directorate, told us recently that the Cheka have a lone agent operating here, in the FPS.We believe that information is 99.5% accurate. All he could tell us is, that she is a junior officer in the FPS navy. Now, my counterpart will tell you about the theory of how she got here and what she’s doing.”
The other man walked up.
“Again, I’m Anton Yushkevich. We beleive, that if the operational protocol from the Cheka has been followed, which it usually is, here’s what they likely did. She is almost certainly not from Coocoostan originally, or the FPS. She’s probably been here several times, to scout and probably lived here and worked under a different identity than right now. The paper trail to cover her is certainly solid. References, service history. She may not have served all the time that’s listed on her record, but it would be impossible to tell the difference, as they’ve likely been careful to avoid anyone who in theory, should have known her from before. She is definitely proficient in Systema the Spetznaz martial art, as well as with firearms and explosives. These Cheka agents go so deep into cover that they honestly live their identities. She has no family ties maintained, no life to go back to. Should she fail and be allowed to continue working, she would have another identity created. As to what she could be doing, we aren’t sure. Aside from any questions you have, we have one. What possible motive could the Cheka have for being here?”