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The ISB Board[4] was a governing body of the Imperial Security Bureau[1] active under the Investigations branch.[3] It saw ISB Supervisors meet to discuss future plans and events within the sectors they oversaw.[1]
Description
Organization
Part of the Investigations branch,[3] the ISB board was an intelligence council comprised of the eighteen ISB sectorial Supervisors and their Attendants, as well as members of the Imperial Navy and Army whenever required.[1] In 5 BBY,[5] the council was supervised by Major Lio Partagaz, the officer responsible for drafting the Imperial sectors; Partagaz was responsible for organizing the supervisors, settling personal and work-related disputes between them and managing standard forums as well as emergency sessions.[1] In rare occasions, such as the Aldhani heist, ISB chief Colonel Wullf Yularen would also make an appearance on the board to personally brief its members on new Empire-wide developments.[2]
Powers
Unlike the Joint Chiefs of the Imperial Military, the ISB board was not actually comprised of its highest-ranking members, which at the time of its formation were the members of ISB high command[6] led by Colonel Yularen and Deputy Director Harus Ison;[7] rather, the board was a collection of the highest echelon of field operatives who were directly tasked with supervising the armed "boots on the ground".[8] Supervisors and their Attendants would be personally responsible for the planets in their agenda, oftentimes going to great lengths to secure and protect them. Despite their relative authority, members of the board could still be subject to disciplinary action in case they were found to have violated their rules of operation, and could even be reassigned to a different sector altogether. Partagaz was ultimately responsible for deciding on these matters, and would sometimes ask members of the board to resolve their differences before the council by presenting their arguments to their peers.[2]
Apart from being a meeting place and announcements board for new developments on each supervisor's territory, the board also acted as an inter-branch liaison that facilitated the cooperation between the Imperial armed forces and the ISB during delicate operations. For missions that required the military act carefully based on previously collected intelligence, the supervisors would directly take control of the operation and direct all forces accordingly, as was the case during the attack on the Spellhaus Imperial power station.[8]
History
In 5 BBY, the council was comprised of eighteen Supervisors with two or three Attendants each and managed by Major Partagaz. With the slow but steady development of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, the council became all the more relevant as randomized acts of defiance against the Empire started becoming more frequent. With the Ryloth Insurgency becoming more severe every day, Grandi, the Supervisor responsible for the Gaulus sector requested an increase to the Empire's blackline budget in the area due to the number of detentions related to the unrest increasingly eroding local authority. During the same meeting, Supervisor Blevin, responsible for the Free Trade sector reported on the attack against a Pre-Mor Security Inspection team on Ferrix, during which five corpos were killed and a stolen Imperial N-S9 Starpath Unit was recovered.[1]
Members
The ISB Board consisted of the board's chair, at least sixteen ISB Supervisors, and a host of ISB Attendants. Known members included:[1]
- Major Lio Partagaz— chair of the board[1]
- Captain Lagret— at least one sector, which contained Arvala-Six.[1] Had at least one ISB Attendant.[9]
- Lieutenant Blevin—six sectors, including the Morlana sector.[1] Morlana sector eventually transferred to Dedra Meero.[2] Had at least three ISB Attendants[10] and a spy.[11]
- Lieutenant Lonni Jung— at least two sectors, the Abrion sector[1] and the Bright Jewel sector[12]Had at least one ISB Attendant.[9]
- Lieutenant Dedra Meero—two sectors, later three with the transfer to the Morlana sector.[2] Steergard and Sev Tok included in her area of responsibility.[1] ISB Attendants included Heert and Corv.[13]
- Lieutenant Grandi— at least one sector, the Gaulus sector.[1]
Appearances
Andor — "Aldhani" (First appearance)- Andor — "The Eye"
- Andor — "Announcement"
- Andor — "Narkina 5"
- Andor — "Nobody's Listening!"
- Andor — "Rix Road"
Sources
"Nobody's Listening!" Episode Guide | Andor on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as ISb board)- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire (First identified as ISB Board)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Andor — "Aldhani"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Andor — "Announcement"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- ↑ The events of Andor Season 1 begin with "Kassa," which dates itself to 5 BBY. The final episode "Rix Road" takes place immediately after "Daughter of Ferrix," "A Certain Point of View" in Star Wars Insider 220 places "Daughter of Ferrix" five years before Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 5 BBY per Star Wars: Timelines. As the first and last episodes take place in 5 BBY, all episodes of Andor Season 1 must take place in this year.
- ↑ Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure
- ↑ Tarkin
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Andor — "Rix Road"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Andor — "Nobody's Listening!"
- ↑ Andor — "The Axe Forgets"
- ↑ Andor — "Rix Road"
- ↑ "Announcement" establishes that Ord Mantell was in one of the sectors under the jurisdiction of Lonni Jung. Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition places Ord Mantell in the Bright Jewel sector; therefore, that sector was under Jung's jurisdiction.
- ↑ Andor — "Narkina 5"