Security (mu/iota)

[Sword] ROM's Security Branch carries the responsibility for protecting important ComStar officials. These operatives serve as drivers, pilots, and bodyguards for key ComStar personnel, and are trained in a variety of armed and unarmed fighting techniques. Since the incident in 3054 when two members of the Toyama sect infiltrated the Security Branch and attempted to assassinate ComStar's entire command structure by smuggling a bomb onto Hilton Head Island, security operatives undergo frequent testing for loyalty and dedication to ComStar.

Most ROM security agents live and work in or around the major ComStar facilities on Terra, where the greatest number of high-level officials regularly congregate. The degree of protection provided has increased dramatically since the Toyama incident, which demonstrated just how far the Word of Blake was willing to carry the intelligence war.

The Word of Blake has attempted to assassinate several ComStar representatives over the past three years, including an attack against Precentor Daniel Corman of the Hesperus II HPG facility. An enemy agent attempted to ram Corman's ground-car with an ammunition truck, and only the skill of the Precentor's driver prevented a collision. The truck crashed into a bridge piling and then exploded, killing the would-be assassin, but evidence showed the driver's connections to the Word of Blake. The current head of security is Demi-Precentor Marshall Owens, a veteran ROM officer.

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Will Day < willday@rom.oit.gatech.edu >
Apr. 20, 1996