The Undertide

HQ : Zemjelos Major (Khariton)

Found on : Zemjelos Major

 

The Undertide Division — often shortened to simply “The Undertide” — is a clandestine intelligence and influence agency operating under the authority of the Council of Twelve Currents, Khariton’s ruling executive. Officially, the Division doesn’t exist. Unofficially, it’s whispered about by rivals, dissidents, and a few journalists whose curiosity was rewarded.

Where other factions make noise, the Undertide works through silence, leverage, and tides unseen.

 

It was founded during the chaotic aftermath of the Lantern Riots — a mass uprising sparked by corporate interference in city governance.  The Khariton Council realized it needed an invisible hand to defend democratic waters from murkier forces.

Over time, the Undertide grew into a formidable network of deep operatives, seaborne data-interceptors, and social manipulators — all dedicated to preserving Khariton’s political flow.

 

Its goals are : 

To preserve the political stability of Khariton — through infiltration and manipulation,

To quietly steer the Tide Assembly Forum by manipulating which voices rise and which are submerged — literally and politically.

To suppress technologies or ideologies deemed corrosive to civic order in Khariton.

 

The operational arm of the Undertide is made up of operative cells known as Ripples.   These 3-5 person teams specialize in misinformation, subtle sabotage, or psychological pressure.  State of the art biotech surveillance systems allow them to listen in undetected.  They use memory implants to soft-rewire the memories of targets, preferring such tactics to outright violence.

 

Despite this tendency towards non violent methods, rumour in the Undertide itself has it that there exists a Flood Protocol, allowing entire sections of Khariton to be intentionally sunk, thus flushing out embedded threats or preventing enemy control.