Internal Security Force

The Internal Security Force (ISF) is the Draconis Combine's spy agency and secret police force. Though it has existed since the Combine's founding, only recently has its internal organization come to light.

After Theodore Kurita succeeded his father in 3054, he enacted a number of reforms that concerned very conservative elements of Draconis society. In an attempt to appease these factions, Theodore gave Japanese names to many organizations that never had them before, including the branches of the ISF. Prior to Coordinator Theodore, the ISF was sometimes known as metsuke, or All-Seeing Eyes. This name was later assigned to one specific ISF branch.

The branches of the ISF as of 3067 are:

• Mononokete ("Ghost Hands," formerly known as the Covert Operations Division): The "active intelligence" branch, agents are trained in a manner similar to DEST team members, but they typically operate in smaller groups and in deep cover assignments. Their focus is directed at external threats, be it a sabotage mission, assassination, or monitoring foreign visitors as a liaison officer. These agents are not used to resolve internal matters.
• Mokonete ("Guiding Hands", formerly known as the Internal Security Division): The branch most people think of when they think "ISF," Mokonete agents are responsible for identifying foreign intelligence agents and eliminating them. Their other focus is finding and reeducating dissident citizens.
• Koe No Ryu ("Voice of the Dragon," previously called the Propaganda Division): With an agent on the board of directors of every Combine media concern, the Voice of the Dragon is the most benign branch of the ISF. The agents of this branch limit their activities to reporting Inner Sphere and Combine events in a manner consistent with the wishes of the Kurita family.
• Metsuke ("All Seeing Eyes," previously known as 'Intelligence Gathering and Analysis Division): The agents of this branch are the passive observers, infiltrators, and sleeper agents who see everything. They do not act themselves, but provide information to the analysis section, which may activate agents of other branches, or DEST commandos to eliminate a threat.
• Draconis Elite Strike Team: Though technically not a branch of the ISF, the DCMS MechWarriors assigned to this branch frequently provide the "muscle" needed to eliminate ISF-identified threats. Members of these teams are easily the equal of the LIC Loki teams or the DMI's Rabid Foxes. They were not given a Japanese name because their branch has such a fearsome reputation across the Inner Sphere.