BRIEFING TO ALL FIELD OPERATIVES
CENTRAL COMMAND, ISA INTELLIGENCE
A forward command center has now been established at the Vektan Embassy. All senior prisoners are to be conveyed there for initial interrogation.
Operatives have been issued with a deck of playing cards illustrating those personnel in the Helghast regime most wanted for questioning. These include:
- Military commanders of rank Colonel and
above
- Senior political figures and members of
High Command
- Scientific researchers and weapons
manufacturers
Officers of lower rank should be brought in for interrogation if operational circumstances suggest they may hold valuable intelligence.
Interrogations should be considered time-critical, but must balance the need to preserve valuable assets. While international conventions on the treatment of prisoners can be ignored, a medic should be present at all times.
Helghast military are notoriously resistant to conventional interrogation techniques. Due to high levels of motivation and fear of reprisals. Neuropathic pain-inducing drugs are recommended.
Civilians are more susceptible to physical pain including beating, electrocution and water boarding. They also respond to threats to family members, especially if these can be corroborated.
Detailed methodologies can be found in the Operatives Field Guide.
Based on the results of interrogation, Intelligence will determine whether prisoners should be extracted to the fleet or terminated.
NOTE: A number of research and production facilities have already been raided and prisoners taken, in Pyrrhus and further afield. A list of these and other key targets can be found in report #56780. In addition, possible evac routes from the city should be kept under 24-hour watch.