MIT - Minan Investigative Team
MIT, or the Minan Investigative Team, was initially chartered as a Guild tasked with the responsibility of enhancing relations between the Federacy and the Minans.
They are now a Federacy Special Investigative Unit, with a charter to investigate Precursor, Psionic, and related interests. It's activities are confidential and when dealing with Matters of Interest, they report to Senator Ana and/or Chief Elder of the Minans along with specific designees.
Formerly, the powers that be (Dometown Transitional Authority aka the DTA and Riftside Affairs Division) had commissioned the Alphans (PC team) as an Independent Investigative Service with the following guidelines:
Oversee and Assist the investigation of the Precursor Sites
Assist the process of the DTA in developing and maintaining equitable terms for the Minans and to gain access to their planet.
Somewhere along the line, they unilaterally decided to collaborate more fully with the Minans. It is unsure what prompted the expansion in loyaltie, and at some point they developed functionally into diplomats serving both the interests of the Federacy and the Minans.
Provisos have been expressed by the following sides:
Represent the Minans by ensuring that the Federacy doesn’t simply come in and “take over.” To this end, the Team has been “provisionally” accepted by the Minan Chief Elders, who - up until recently - had been thought to be much more independent than they apparently are. At the insistence of the Chief Elders, they are effectively “diplomats,” albeit of limited status (only while in the Minos system). This carries significant weight due to the presence of the Precursor artifacts on the planet which they have made clear that they control.
Represent the Federacy by a) gaining access to the sites and/or the objects of the sites, and b) securing these sites against abusive interests. Help to determine the suitability of the Minos as a Federacy Protectorate.
Defend the common interests of both parties by a) preparing and protecting us against Common Threats and b) put forth reports and suggestions concerning the utilization of the Precursor Sites.
That commission and those provisos remain somewhat intact except that they are now officially considered Ambassadors to the Minans and Curiosity Alpha is considered something of a mobile Embassy. Though they haven't been offficially accepted as Federacy diplomats, it is only a matter of time, especially in their new role as an SIU sanctioned by Senator Ana.
Assets
Primary Assets are centered on the Curiosity Alpha as the mobile operations and command center. Recently, MIT has developed 2 Precursor Sites the findings of which they share with DTA and Xanadu. The discoveries have been significant...
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Expedition, Scientific
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Alphans
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