Third Intelligence Department

The Third Intelligence Department, or TID, is a minor org in the Coalition that concerns itself with the vampires streaming into Japan.

Operations

Embedded inside Japan's Defense Intelligence Headquarters, the TID is mostly concerned with the influx of vampires into the country’s population centers as they are hunted and forced out of their shelters in other parts of Asia. They rely heavily on FIRSTLIGHT and IAO for information and budgeting respectively, but their operational security makes them reliable and discreet partners in any operation.

TID has no official sanction in the Japanese intelligence bureaucracy and their lack of oversight often attracts zealous agents who see themselves as chosen for a special purpose. Their small size also means that they rely heavily on force multipliers such as drones and robots to make up for their lack of manpower. Despite their zeal, they do not take unnecessary risks with their personnel as they do not have a deep bench of recruits to replenish any losses. A typical TID deployment will be accompanied by multiple tactical drones for battlefield awareness and at least one robotic dog to deal with heavily trapped nests.

References

• VTM: Second Inquisition, p. 138