"Corruption may be the rule, but the NIA will bring that rule down."

— Gianna Parasini.

Noveria Internal Affairs (abbreviated NIA) is a division of the NDC that investigates incidents and possible suspicions of law-breaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers in the ERCS security force. The Board of Directors founded the organization shortly after founding the first port, placed under the command of former Minister of Internal Affairs Idris Vern. Given the amount of power individual power that administrators are given over ports, this places them under a lot of scrutiny as corruption under these circumstances is extremely common. NIA agents are often placed undercover to investigate administrators thought to be corrupt, and when enough information is collected, that agent can arrest said administrator.

The NIA is also given the jurisdiction to operate on other worlds outside Noveria, with agents on Illium, Omega, the Citadel, etc. The NIA is given clear authority to investigate the NDC's stock companies and to ensure they do not attempt to extort or exploit their facilities or money.