Analysis was a department in the Intentions branch of Alliance Intelligence. As the Intentions branch's largest department, Analysis examined data supplied by Cryptology, Interrogation and Operations to establish whether the information was accurate or false. It also compiled intelligence reports for sector intelligence units and daily briefings for the Chief of Intelligence and the Supreme Allied Commanders.At first, Analysis was overwhelmed by more information than it could reasonably process: there were too many reports and too few personnel to review them all. Consequently, Alliance High Command and sector forces were woefully underinformed about Imperial intentions and plans. To address this, a sub-unit known as Triage was established with one objective—to assess every report for usefulness upon arrival, filing and discarding anything that was not clearly vital. Although this system undoubtedly led to many important and useful reports being rejected, Intelligence operatives considered it preferable to act on partial information as quickly as possible rather than wait for the data to be processed and most likely become out of date.Analysis HQ was based alongside the High Command, and every Sector Command Headquarters had an Analysis office on site, as did the flagship of the Alliance Fleet. Hundreds of operatives staffed Analysis, including statisticians, interpreters, correlators, and retired field agents, with support from droids and computer. Separate Analysis offices focused on information concerning their own areas of operation, reducing the burden on the main Analysis office and enabling local forces to act on data more quickly.The Analysis office was responsible for issuing the SecuriDex files on potential threats to the Alliance. Although Analysis issued them, SecuriDexs were not written solely by its staffers. They were usually authored by active operatives within Passive Operations and Systems Operations.
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