ADVENT: Dossier
ADVENT Intelligence Director Elizabeth Falka
"Anyone who could successfully infiltrate America, China, Russia and North Korea at the same time is not someone to be dismissed."
- Shaojie Zhang, Director of XCOM Intelligence
Director,
As requested, I have put together a brief list of our planted agents around the world, so you have a complete picture of our reach before we begin contacting the aliens. Keep in mind that many of these agents are under deep cover and any actions regarding them will take some time to enact. At the moment, the primary operation is, as always, intelligence gathering with steady advancement of agents in political, military and intelligence circles.
This will be broken down by continent:
North America: An easy start, and we have, of course, Matthew and the entire Solaris family spreading their influence in American politics, and I predict that within five years he will become the primary voice of the gun lobby, barring significant obstacles. Elsewhere in America we have several mid-ranking agents in the NSA, FBI and Marine Corps. There is one high-ranking member of the CIA, and of course we have agents planted in various corporations, SuperPACs and additional special interest groups. Local media has also been targeted, and there are some hosts and editors under our influence.
To the south, Mexico has been completely compromised politically, and we have enough blackmail on the entire legislature to force whatever we want, should it become needed. However, the military is our weak point here, and we only have several officers planted. They will rise, but not for several years at least. In conjunction with Darian's plan for the cartels, we have successfully planted high-ranking agents within them and are beginning phase 2 of his initiative.
Canada is irrelevant, and their so-called "intelligence" agency is not only compromised by our agents (One of whom is a trusted friend of the Director himself), but by Chinese and North Korean agents as well, and those are who I can identify. Based on intel from America, I believe they have also successfully penetrated CSIS as well. They are not a concern and if we really wanted to, we could utterly cripple their ability to predict outside threats.
South America: Every major nation's government is in some way connected to the cartels and large sums of illegal money. Brazil in particular could be completely collapsed, should we require it. However, Darian's operation to subvert the cartels is going exceptionally well, and within a few years (And planting of certain information), I believe we can break the hold these cartels hold both on the populace, and government itself.
Similar to Mexico, there are few highly-placed agents within the various militaries, but there are a decent number of talented operatives who are seeded throughout. Outside of these two groups, there is little point in investing agents elsewhere in the continent.
Africa: This is your domain, Director, and Egypt is truly the only place where I have devoted significant effort. Quite simply, there is very little worth in investing in much of Africa as it is far behind the rest of the world in terms of development, but I have taken the opportunity to place agents that are running many start-ups and relief projects there. If something ever happens, we'll know about it.
I have several agents watching Saudi Arabia, though only for the purposes of removing any of the leadership that remains. Given how reduced in power the Saudis are, I don't expect they will try anything. But any wrong moves and they have the green light to execute any of the remaining royal family.
Europe: Ah, plenty to do here. I have taken a similar approach to here as America, seeding agents in all aspects of European society, media, military and politics. This has resulted in knowing about major events well before they are publicized and access to information regarding what these nations are doing behind the scenes.
Russia has also successfully been penetrated, although Savvin is extremely paranoid, which has resulted in almost no agents with access directly to the government, not to mention intelligence. I have to admire him for that, but we have several mid-ranking agents in the military itself. However, information coming out of Russia is not as much as I would like.
Israel is extremely tight, and the amount of successfully planted agents is minimal, and unfortunately not in valuable places. That might change in the coming years, but Israel and the Mossad are something we cannot rush.
Asia: I will focus on the large players here. In China we have very few, but highly placed agents, whose primary goal is strictly information gathering. Should they do anything else, they will be compromised and likely killed. This means, in essence, that we have access to information, but very little ability to interfere directly in the country itself. They are smart, but have their weaknesses. They should not be able to surprise us.
South Korea is also seeded with our agents in all aspects of the country, though none high-ranking, sadly, but more than enough to enact changes as we wish. North Korea on the other hand is an almost complete unknown. It makes the Mossad look like a cakewalk by comparison. I have one agent in the entire country, information is scarce and the Supreme Leader apparently keeps a very close watch on every aspect of his country.
This is concerning because Gwan is smart, and if he's allowed to just do whatever he wants, it might lead to trouble later. A man like that has plans, and we need to know what these plans are. The problem, of course, is that infiltration is almost impossible, and actually getting important intel even more so.
Australia: Similar operations to America and Europe, although much like Canada, there isn't really anything that warrants our attention. The most important part of the country is the Venator soldiers, and there is a very low chance they'll ever be discovered, and I have agents in place to make sure that doesn't happen.
- Elizabeth Falka, Spymaster of EXALT
Analysis Record: Elizabeth Falka
Current Role: Director of ADVENT Intelligence
Current Interference Level: High
Threat Level: High
Usage Level: Low
Brief Assessment: While most of EXALT's leadership and personnel have been regulated to lesser tasks in order to blend in with the rest of ADVENT, the former Spymaster of EXALT is one of the few Saudia has placed in a notable position of power. I suspect due to the sensitive nature of the work of ADVENT Intelligence, Saudia would deem it worth the risk to put someone in charge that she can trust.
It also helps that Elizabeth Falka earned her name of Spymaster. Interrogation of former EXALT personnel leave me with a newfound respect for the entire family, and Director Falka in particular. She was tasked with spreading EXALT's influence across the world, and in truth, managed to do an excellent job of doing such.
She successfully infiltrated every major country in the world, and not simply in military or government positions. There are a surprising amount of ordinary citizens that are actually EXALT sleeper agents in disguise. Details on the family reveal that the children born to Falka family members are trained from birth to be spies and fill whatever position is required.
The issue is that these people are still out there, which means there are likely former EXALT sleepers in civilian populations of major cities, and short of interrogating each one (Preferably with psionic assistance), we are unlikely to determine their allegiance as their identities will be foolproof, and every single Falka agent, "civilian" or not, has been able to withstand every interrogation technique short of psionic interrogation and truth drugs, the latter of which they resist with surprising vigor.
This also includes threats to family members or friends.
Elizabeth herself is also something of a family woman, much to my surprise. She has a husband and two children, and parents whom she supposedly keeps in contact with. By all accounts she is rather protective of them, although I would expect her to not break should she be presented with a choice. However, it is still a weakness we can exploit.
Elizabeth has also shown that she is more than willing to cause major changes if necessary. We know for a fact that she was behind the collapse of Brazil and the current conflict in the Middle East, and may also doubtlessly have additional contingencies and agents planted. They were able to discover the location of the Citadel via one of their own agents in the Council, which we were unable to determine.
What I find interesting is how she will react to a threat like us. Infiltration will be difficult and she cannot rely on traditional methods to disrupt our operations. I am very curious to see how she will adapt and utilize ADVENT against us.
- Zar'Chon'ravarian'vitiary
XCOM Profile 172
Authorization Level: Internal Council
Subject: Elizabeth Falka, Director of ADVENT Intelligence
Threat Level: Low
Assessment Author: Shaojie Zhang, Director of XCOM Intelligence
Approved by: The Commander of XCOM
SECTION 1: Physical Characteristics
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Blue
Skin color: White
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 156 lbs.
Age: 38
Scars or markings: None
Physical Condition: Above average, though less than a trained soldier.
Nation of Birth: England
SECTION 2: Assessment
Despite her work in infiltrating countries all across the world, I do have to admire her work from a purely professional standpoint. She has successfully mastered the art of planting thousands of sleeper agents all across the world to fulfill certain tasks. We have certainly seen what her work can accomplish with the engineered collapse of Brazil, and the method by which it was done suggests that they have had such information for years.
Elizabeth appears not to balk at using blackmail, and seems to prefer slowly collecting information that she can utilize later. She tends to perform this on people of note, and instead of directly using agents, she feeds information to an associate or rival who she can easily predict, and thus achieve the desired result without any risk of EXALT being exposed.
A complicated, but necessary precaution for a woman in her position. Now without having to worry about being exposed, I expect she will expand her reach as far as possible, and is no doubt planning to exploit each and every country, none of whom currently (With the possible exception of China) have an answer to the combined power of ADVENT Intelligence.
I have personally interacted with her several times, and she has proven to be a very professional and excellent colleague, who appeared to hold some respect for XCOM Intelligence in particular. I sincerely doubt that she poses an immediate threat, as she knows very well that her continued existence is due to us, and she is unlikely to risk that.
SECTION 3: Psychological Profile
Saudia has described her as 'always in motion', which translates to that she always has to be doing something, such as constantly pacing, fiddling with objects in her hand and moving between three documents at the same time. While not confirmed, it is possible that she has some form of ADHD as it would explain this irregular behavior. Then again, it may simply be a personality quirk.
Much like most in EXALT, she is very organized and analytical in her decisions, and also is capable of very long-term plans that won't come to fruition for years. I would compare it to Nicole Treduant, except applied on a much larger scale. The scope of her plans is impressive, to say the least, with a very thin margin for error.
Unlike most in her position, she is surprisingly…sentimental, and that is a possible weakness to exploit. She dislikes putting agents in danger, and is paranoid of placing them in positions where they can't handle the pressure. It is why her plans take years to start bearing results, because most operatives start out very low, and gradually rank up over a period of years. With that said, it ultimately makes agents far more useful in the end.
Her family in particular is a curious point, and I am surprised someone in her position would become so attached. She has a husband and two children, both boys, and maintains good relationships with her immediate family. While I doubt she would break under pressure from threats to her husband (Who is also an agent), her children are the clearest vulnerability, and would likely be an excellent key in ensuring her cooperation.
However, I sincerely doubt Elizabeth would ever force our hand in that way. She is manipulative, methodical and unfailingly professional. She is not an idiot, and should not be treated as such, nor as a mindless lacky. Someone in her position doesn't get there without proving they will do whatever is needed, and she is no exception.
In short, Commander, I believe she will be a useful ally in fighting the aliens.