Editing Republic Strategic Intelligence Service

: "''I'm with the Republic Strategic Information Service. Key word is information — if you talk, I let you go.''"
:: ― Theron Shan, SIS agent[src]

The '''Republic Strategic Information Service''', most commonly known simply as the '''Strategic Information Service''' ('''SIS''') or '''Republic Intelligence''', was the Galactic Republic's domestic and foreign intelligence agency during the '''Great Galactic War''' and the following period of political unrest. Although the agency existed prior to the Great War's initiation in 3681 BBY, as a monitoring and decryption arm of the '''Senate Library''', the rapid expansion of the conflict prompted the Galactic Senate to shift the group from a small-scale decryption agency to a full-fledged information and espionage bureau.

== Overview ==
: "''But the galaxy has changed, and someone with flexibility has to protect the Republic.''" 
:: ― SIS Director Marcus Trant

The '''Republic Strategic Information Service''' was an espionage agency of the Galactic Republic. Though it was smaller and younger and managed a smaller network of spies and informants than its intelligence counterpart in the Sith Empire it was still deemed to be an effective intelligence service. Serving as an agency with the Senate Library before the Great Galactic War, the SIS was charged by the Galactic Senate with monitoring and decryption duties. With the outbreak of war, the agency was responsible for providing intelligence to the Republic Military and the Jedi Order. By the end of the war and the start of the Cold War, its duties included the management of networks, counter-intelligence, foreign intelligence, military intelligence, and assisting local law enforcement agencies.

The SIS was headquartered in the '''Heorem Complex''' on [[Coruscant]] and was led by the '''Director of SIS''' who would have several agents on special assignments answer directly to him. Under the Director were regional operational directors such as the '''Director of Core World Operations''' and the '''Director of Mid Rim Operations'''. Planetary operations were headed by '''Bureau Chiefs''' who supervised '''Special Agents''' and regular agents.


: Source: [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Republic_Strategic_Information_Service Wookieepedia]