Kini'ei

The Brocade-clad Guard Bureau (錦衣衛局 Kini'ei Kyoku), commonly known as the Kini'ei, is the primary domestic intelligence agency of Chisei and part of the Chiseian intelligence community. The Bureau is directed with defence against crimes of an 'international or political nature', in particular counterintelligence and counter-terrorism, as well as threats against the constitutional and democratic order. More conventional federal law enforcement and intelligence-gathering is conducted by the National Security Agency, with which the Kini'ei works closely.

From it's foundation in 1786 until the Intelligence Collection Act of 1973, the Kini'ei was a directly subsidiary agency of the Royal Guard Corps, and one of it's major roles was investigating and gathering intelligence about threats to the Royal family and the royal government. After 1973 it was reorganised on a statutory basis and made an independent agency of the Ministry of the Interior, with a broader domestic security role encompassing those held by the various pre-1954 secret police forces, such as the Central Security Group and the White Gloves.

The Bureau is overseen by the Commander of the Kini'ei, a member of the Royal Intelligence Council.

Special Forces
The Kini'ei Tactical Unit is the main paramilitary arm of the Kini'ei. It consists of four special forces regiments of around 400 men each. The active regiments of the unit are organized under the Royal Special Forces Directorate, a joint agency of the Armed Forces, but also answer to the Kini'ei's internal Directorate of Military Affairs.

Similar to the Special Corps of the Jōhōgumi, the purpose of the Tactical Unit is to provide the Bureau with an organic rapid response capability for swiftly apprehending potentially dangerous suspects or persons of interest.