Subject: Answers for Outhra!
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Posted on: 2013-05-08 19:52:00 UTC

*Cracks knuckles* Okay, here's the lowdown.

Visually speaking, the only thing that distinguishes Intel agents from the rest of the group would be their flash patches. When on duty, they're usually wearing a canon-appropriate disguise and acting like a background character (if background characters have a tendency to follow a Suvian around while making gagging noises and swallowing copious amounts of Bleeprin, that is).

As for my own headcanon, Intel agents are often quite discreet, meaning that you have to actively look for them in a crowd. It's a habit formed from actively hiding from Suvians, monsters, and canons, wot. They also tend to have more self-restraint than other agents, given the fact that Spies are forbidden to muck with the Suvian when on an Intel run.

Colour teams are just a method of organizing Spies, so no armbands or anything. They are randomly plonked into a team by the Department of Personnel.

There are three duties to perform in Intelligence: sorting badfic in the Sorting Room, assigning fics to agent teams (done from a Spy's own RC), and Action duty (where the Spy goes to a cubicle in the Action Room and waits to be assigned a fic to investigate). There are six teams in Intel, and each is rotated in and out of each duty on a daily basis.

The cycle consists of four straight days of Sorting, one day of Assignment, and one day of Action before the cycle repeats.

Infrastructure agents work in shifts, so there is a "nine-to-five" feel to their job than Action Department agents who are "on call" 24/7 (or whatever time distortion HQ uses). Each colour team has a day shift and a night shift so that an entire team just doesn't walk out at the same time.

As for your last question, most Intel divisions were rendered obsolete with the shift to the colour-team system. Technically speaking, the only divisions that are left would be the DoI's administrative staff and the folks down at the supply depot that's connected to the Hub.

I hope this helps! Don't hesitate to ask more questions, I can go on forever about Intel n'stuff.

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