Editing SMERSH (section)

== Resources of Smersh ==

As a high ranking elite unit within the Church of Liberty, Smersh answers only to the Politburo and sidesteps the heirarchy of the Church completely.  Its members, in fact, treat the Church of Liberty's regular intelligence branches with contempt and have even been known to "flag" them in the field.  Ironically, this actually makes them popular with the rank and file troopers who consider the group to be genuine patriots as opposed to the Church.

SMERSH can draw on the entire army's resources of Amania if they have to and often tend to take over any military operations that they become part of.  While higher ranking, the officers of the Army tend to be afraid of Smersh operatives due to their closer ties with high command.  Smersh tends to prefer smaller groups of soldiers than all out attack, however.

Smersh also has a vast collection of well trained killers on hand.  The devotion to the State is so strong in some SMERSH operatives that they have been known to produce Blackguards (and more rarely; Paladins).  They also employ freelancers without problem.  As such Winterweir has been largely bamboozled in the intelligence areena.