RRT Origins & Mandate
Summary
Founded covertly beneath New Houston in the decade before the global volcanic Cataclysm, the Rapid Response Taskforce (RRT) presents as a supernatural peacekeeping agency while operating a deniable military machine below the surface. Its edge comes from a closed-loop pipeline—Salvage (S10) → R&D (S5) → Command/Deployment (S2)—and the employment of the Dogs of War (werewolves mutated by demon blood) for black actions that protect secrecy. RRT is officially directed by angelic edict under Cyrus Faslarrin, who in truth is a fallen never cast out, guiding policy from the shadows.
Founding Timeline
Year −10 to −7: Black patronage secured via shell NGOs and “critical infrastructure” bonds; property acquisitions begin in New Houston’s redevelopment corridors.
Year −7 to −4: Subsurface excavation and structural bracing; one‑way egress shafts bored to diverse urban masks (service alleys, culverts, kiosks).
Year −4 to −2: Core sublevels commissioned—S2 (Command), S5 (R&D), S10 (Salvage), S1 (Motor Pool); cover staff seeded in front companies.
Year −2 to 0: Personnel onboarding (scientific diaspora and SOF cadres), doctrine crystallized; leadership coalesces around Cyrus Faslarrin’s edicts.
Cataclysm Week 0: Facility hard‑seals; decoy surface office continues routine; RRT emerges as stabilizing responder to supernatural fallout.
Why New Houston
Geologic bed favorable for deep bracing and multi-shaft egress; resilient utilities corridors and port/rail access.
Post‑disaster redevelopment funds easy to launder; diverse population masks irregular shifts and logistics.
Strategic hub for continental outreach and salvage intake.
Cover & Funding Mechanisms
Layered shell companies (facilities mgmt, biomedical testing, telecom maintenance) justify freight, odd hours, and power draw.
Grant laundering through emergency preparedness, public health, and infrastructure “modernization.”
Inter‑agency memoranda that exist only as redacted abstracts, providing plausible cooperation without discoverable detail.
Command Philosophy & Governance
Cyrus Faslarrin (Figurehead/True Arbiter): Publicly rules by holy edict; privately applies fallen pragmatism to preserve secrecy and initiative.
Triune Council: Operations (S2), Technology (S5/S10), and Compliance (Liaison & Legal, PsyOps) ratify directives into executable doctrine.
Black‑Letter Edicts: Short, immutable rules that override local SOPs during crisis; mirrored in the Redundancy Bunker.
Compartmentalization: Sigma‑Glass protocol limits cross‑level knowledge; handlers and CIC chiefs get only need‑to‑know.
Recruitment & Training Pipeline
Sources: Displaced researchers, medics, engineers; SOF, EOD, and intelligence veterans from collapsed states.
Vetting: Polygraph + thaumic screening; sealed pasts with controlled legends.
Indoctrination: Litany of the Soldier’s Path (ethos), counter‑memetic drills, and emergency seal/egress rehearsals.
Training: S7/S8 gyms, ranges, classrooms; certification lanes for augmentation, containment, and urban anomalous response.
Operations History: Cataclysm and After
Impact Week: Evacuations under ashfall; first anomalous quarantines; evidence routed to S10.
Ash Months: Peacekeeping footprint expands; liaison desks craft the “public guardian” narrative.
Accords Period: Limited MOUs with remnant authorities; RRT becomes default responder for supernatural crime.
Shadow Docket: Covert actions begin against exposure vectors; Dogs of War first fielded on deniable missions.
Technology Advantage (S10 → S5 → S2)
Salvage (S10): Hazard triage, forensic teardown, data forensics, secure evidence vaults; countermeasure cell emulates threats.
R&D (S5): Prototype labs, materials/energetics, augmentation bays, cyber/drone workshops, QA certification.
Command (S2): Doctrine integration, NOC hardening, mirrored CICs; rapid doctrine pushes to field teams.
Sample Recoveries: Ash‑insulated superconductors, resonant bindings for containment rigs, demon‑touched biomaterials for targeted hemostasis.
Dogs of War Program (S4)
Origin: Werewolf pack exposed to demon blood; survivors stabilized as hybrid physiologies with extreme regeneration and predation.
Containment Architecture: Suites A–K with environmental controls; medical wing, specialized armory, deep‑compliance chamber, handler ready room.
Handlers & Conditioning: Bonded teams with biofeedback muzzles, command pheromones, and mnemonic locks; indoctrination capped to preserve battlefield initiative.
Employment Rules: Deniable kill/capture on contract approvals or internal criticality flags; non‑human signatures preferred where misattribution aids cover.
Post‑Op Remediation: S10 decontamination and evidence laundering; S2 memetic suppression and narrative planting.
Current Dogs of War Team
Wolfe Garm
Desmond
Jenny Lancaster
Voss
Trey
Lien
Ron
Frost
Rey
Quintus
Varos — MIA, presumed KIA
Team Biographies (One‑Line)
Wolfe Garm: Alpha tactician and breach leader; highest resilience, prefers shock-entry under ash cover.
Desmond: Recon marksman with long-range scent mapping; specializes in overwatch and counter-sniper.
Jenny Lancaster: Combat medic and handler liaison; balances triage with command compliance cues.
Voss: Tech specialist and systems integrator; field diagnostics, device subversion, and rapid prototyping support.
Trey: Urban infiltration and lock bypass; excels at scent-masking and silent takedowns.
Lien: Field comms/crypto; runs mesh beacons and counter-surveillance while on the move.
Ron: Heavy weapons specialist; suppression fire, anti-armor packages, and standoff breaching support.
Frost: Tracker and containment; deploys binding rigs and cold-sterile cleanups.
Rey: Brute-force hand-to-hand combatant; grapples, clinch control, and rapid incapacitation in close quarters.
Quintus: Shield and breach specialist; ballistic shield entries, stack leadership, and doorway dominance.
Varos: Demolitions and denial; last seen during vault breach op (see Case File).
Case File: Varos (MIA/KIA)
Last Mission: Black-flag vault breach tied to an artifact courier cell; objective was denial and burn-back.
Contact Loss: Comms severed post-charge placement; only telemetry ghost recovered via S2 buffers.
Status: Search frozen to prevent exposure; memorial kept off-roll to preserve deniability.
Rules of Engagement
Public Ops (White/Amber): Minimum necessary force, evidence preservation, civilian corridor control.
Black Ops (Red/Black): Target-focused lethality, signature misattribution, mandatory S10 cleanup.
Override: Cyrus edicts supersede local SOPs during mass-casualty or secrecy compromise events.
Contract Vetting Workflow
Intake via Liaison & Legal; SIGINT/HUMINT corroboration and psyops risk matrixing.
Triune Council review for alignment with secrecy and capability preservation.
Tasking packet to S2 with op codes, handlers, and egress masks; shadow docket archived in Redundancy Bunker.
Command Edicts (Excerpts)
“Secrecy is survival.”
“Contain the wound, cauterize the witness.”
“If knowledge spreads faster than mercy, burn back the road.”
Handler Protocols & Safety Interlocks
Bond keys: biofeedback muzzles, sigil clamps, mnemonic lock phrases; dual-confirm to disengage.
Compliance cues: scent tags and subsonic pings to de-escalate frenzy without pharmacology.
Fail-safes: S4 isolation shutters and gas-flood purges; S2 deadman cut across team implants.
Containment & Augmentation Tech (S4/S5)
Resonant bindings tuned to hybrid physiology; thermal-sheath restraints for post-shift containment.
Selective hemostasis packs (demon-biomat derivation) to accelerate functional recovery.
Masking rigs: odor-null membranes and EM-quiet cloaks to defeat pursuit and sensors.
Known Adversaries & Threat Taxonomy
Carnival of Eternal Bliss: Decentralized cult-network using euphoric rites and spectacle as cover for memetic rituals, proxy agitation, and disposable “joy cells.” Counter-ops focus on narrative sinkholes and rapid S10 seizures.
The Club (Threat Unknown): Publicly a high-end club for patrons to have a good time. However, RRT intelligence elements have been consistently unable to gain entry past its bouncers, and all inside sources have gone dark. Its previous status as a broker of anomalous assets is unverified, making it a high-priority intelligence gap for S2 re-acquisition.
Zy’rax Cells: Fate-tampering sects engineering collapse cascades to harvest destiny debt. TTPs include probability kinks and implanted omens. Countered via choice‑scrub protocols and decoy timelines.
Sanctum of Man (South America): Xenophobic, pro-human militant confraternity viewing non-humans as existential threats and their collaborators as “corrupted traitors.” Doctrine centers on ensuring human purity and sovereignty.
Intelligence Blips: (1) Blacksite seizure with hybrid-targeting restraints; (2) Ambush of remnant convoy recovering thaumic dampeners; (3) Recruitment broadcasts promising human sovereignty.
Assessment: Threat High. High likelihood of anti-RRT ops, specifically targeting Dogs of War and HX-Δ program assets. Counter-ops: HUMINT penetration and decoy telemetry.
Wild Threats: Non-aligned hazards like Class E-G entities, ash-mutant clades, and rogue technomancers. Countered with standard containment, culling, and S10 intake protocols.
Communications & Cyber Doctrine (S2)
Encrypted mesh relays with burst transmission windows; telemetry scrubbers in-line.
Counter-intrusion playbooks mirrored in the Redundancy Bunker; black-start capable.
Leak Path Management: Canary beacons across liaison channels; auto-quarantine on anomaly.
Logistics & Mobility (S1)
Motor pool tiers: light unmarked, armored response, and covert rapid-launch pods.
Rapid launch tunnels mapped to decoy exits (service alleys, culverts, kiosks) with one-way shutters.
Quartermaster automation: palletized kits and augmentation spares on 5-minute readiness cycle.
Emergency Conditions & Base States
White: Normal ops, mask maintenance.
Amber: Elevated anomaly activity; partial compartment seals.
Red: Active threat to secrecy/personnel; hard-seals and surge deployment.
Black: Compromise imminent; purge, evacuate via egress, burn back records.
Legal Instruments & Cover Stories
Public Health and Infrastructure work orders masking movement and closures.
Confidentiality covenants with remnant agencies; liability shields for “emergency contractors.”
Sealed court directives invoking disaster powers without public docketing.
Ethics & Oversight (Internal)
Litany of the Soldier’s Path as moral anchor; triage hierarchy prioritizes secrecy, then stability, then salvage.
Post-action moral injury reviews; rotations to S8 recovery cycles.
Cyrus arbitration panel convened on disputed black actions.
Intelligence Cycle
Collection: SIGINT sweeps, HUMINT handlers, and salvage-born data.
Analysis: S2 cells fuse threat maps; PsyOps crafts narrative containment.
Action: Tasking to field teams; feedback loops to update doctrine and kit.
Recovery & Welfare
S7/S8/S9 provide gyms, clinics, chaplaincy, and morale centers; hybrid physiology care in S4 medical wing.
Decompression protocols post-Red/Black ops; sleep hygiene and sensory damp cycles.
Recognition without publicity; internal honors logged off-ledger.
Training Syllabus (Excerpts)
Urban anomaly containment, counter-memetics, clandestine egress routes.
Augmentation safety, handler-asset bonding, black-site entry/exit.
Evidence handling for S10 pipeline; OPSEC drills and decoy ops.
Equipment & Loadouts
Dogs kits: restraint-compatible armor, claw-safe grips, odor-null sheaths.
Team adjuncts: mesh beacons, EMP-safe recorders, resonant binding spools.
Medical: demon-biomat hemostats, antidote arrays, thermal stabilizers.
Operations Catalogue (Sample Codenames)
Op MERCY-LATCH: Civilian extraction under occult riot cover.
Op TINDER-SEAL: Artifact denial and site burn-back.
Op VELVET-HOUND: Counter-cult decapitation with non-human signatures.
Notable Salvage (S10)
“Ashglass” composites with heat-memory properties (used in restraint cuffs).
Bound glyph arrays enabling low-power stasis bubbles.
Black box firmware from pre-Cataclysm drones enabling silent flight profiles.
Surface Mask: Points of Interest
“Office” delivery loop with falsified manifests; vendor turnover engineered.
Service kiosks with hidden lifts disguised as telecom maintenance hubs.
Drainage culverts opening to flood-control channels for aquatic egress.
Research Directive: Hybrid Expansion Program (HX‑Δ Initiative)
Objective: Develop scalable, controlled creation and command architectures for additional hybrid assets without compromising secrecy, stability, or extant Dogs of War cohesion.
HXP‑1 Stabilization Vector (S5/S4): Refinement of demonic biomatter derivatives from S10 into attenuated inocula; drift-monitoring markers and metabolic “stop‑codons” to prevent uncontrolled mutation.
HXP‑2 Compliance Vector (S5/S2): Neuromnemonic locks, scent‑keyed command palettes, and subsonic cue libraries; implantable micro‑nodes with deadman remote to S2.
HXP‑3 Replication & Scale (S5): Micro‑bioreactor chain with lot tracking, sterile QA, and batch recall; handler training cohorts synchronized to output windows.
HXP‑4 Handler Safety (S4/S7): New restraint geometries, rapid‑cooling stasis wraps, and frenzy de‑escalation playbooks; dual‑confirm release protocols.
HXP‑5 Narrative Shield (PsyOps/L&L): Cover scripts and liability shells to mask disappearances, medical anomalies, and equipment shipments.
Facilities & Controls: S4 isolation suites converted to modular trial bays; S5 clean benches and negative‑pressure labs; S10 secure evidence vault acting as source quarantine and chain‑of‑custody anchor.
Trial Phases:
Alpha (Cage): Bench validation and single‑subject stability under sealed observation; success gate = 72‑hour metabolic stability and response to three compliance cues.
Beta (Supervised Field): Limited deployment under handler triads; success gate = mission completion without uncontrolled shift or handler injury.
Gamma (Deniable): Black‑flag tasking with full OPSEC; success gate = zero attribution and clean S10 remediation.
Risk Matrix: Breach (S4 hard‑seal drills), Cross‑Contamination (color‑coded toolpaths), Mutation Drift (genetic beacons and periodic titers), Memetic Leakage (canary beacons; narrative dampers).
Kill‑Switch Architecture: Bio‑stop codons paired with chemical antagonists; implant deadman cut through S2; environmental flood options (gas/ion) on S4.
Governance: Cyrus edict cap on batch size; Triune Council go/no‑go at each phase; independent audit logs mirrored to Redundancy Bunker.
Success Metrics: 90‑day compliance stability, < 1% adverse mutation drift, handler injury rate below training baseline, zero public attribution.
Current Status: Alpha cohort complete on bench animals; first human‑adjacent prototypes entering Beta under sealed aliases; no Gamma approvals issued.
Leadership: Cyrus Faslarrin
Officially angelic governor by edict; practically a never‑cast‑out fallen anchoring policy between grace and necessity.
Uses liminal status to arbitrate contracts, shield operations, and enforce secrecy through S2 networks and S6 command housing.
Current Risk Posture & Objectives
Risk Posture Snapshot
Exposure Pressure: Adversaries probing the surface mask via rumor injection and false‑flag incidents. Mitigation: PsyOps narrative drift, liaison canaries, decoy egress drills.
Adversary Escalation: Carnival memetic spikes and Zy’rax interventions projected to rise. Mitigation: preemptive Red/Black tasking, S2 wargame refresh (weekly).
Supply Chain Fragility: S10→S5 feed lines vulnerable to interdiction. Mitigation: stockpile buffers, alternate routing through Hidden Logistics Warehouse and drainage corridors.
HX‑Δ Ethical/Mission Drift: Expansion risk to morale and public deniability. Mitigation: batch caps, deadman checks, independent audits mirrored to Redundancy Bunker.
Dogs of War Cohesion: Rotation stress and loss events (Varos) impact initiative. Mitigation: S8 recovery cycles, handler counseling, indoctrination refresh.
Infrastructure Stress: Ash‑corrosion and HVAC load on sealed sublevels. Mitigation: accelerated maintenance cadence; S1 parts caches.
Priority Objectives
0–90 Days: Harden surface mask (refresh decoy schedules, warehouse camouflage), +15% salvage throughput, −10% S5 prototype cycle time, neutralize top three exposure nodes, advance HX‑Δ two Beta subjects to stability gate.
90–180 Days: Stand up second handler cohort, integrate Voss’s field tech suite into SOP, expand egress route rehearsals using warehouse and culvert network, raise PsyOps rumor half‑life containment to <72h.
180+ Days: Gamma readiness drills (no live deployment), cross‑department black‑start exercise, finalize HX‑Δ compliance library and training.
Triggers & Thresholds
Public Attribution ≥ Level‑2: Shift to Amber posture and initiate decoy launches; if unresolved in 6h, escalate to Red.
Leak Vector Confirmed: Immediate S2 deadman cut on affected channels; S10 evidence quarantine within 30m.
Containment Breach (S4): Hard‑seal within 90s; handler extraction via nearest one‑way shaft; warehouse egress on standby.
KPIs & Owners
Zero public attribution (Owner: PsyOps/L&L).
Leak incidents ≤ 1/quarter; mean time to narrative containment < 48h (Owner: S2).
HX‑Δ drift < 1%, compliance stability ≥ 90 days (Owner: S5/S4).
Throughput +15% S10→S5, prototype cycle −10% (Owner: S10/S5).
Handler injury rate below training baseline (Owner: S7/S8 ).
Summary
Founded covertly beneath New Houston in the decade before the global volcanic Cataclysm, the Rapid Response Taskforce (RRT) presents as a supernatural peacekeeping agency while operating a deniable military machine below the surface. Its edge comes from a closed-loop pipeline—Salvage (S10) → R&D (S5) → Command/Deployment (S2)—and the employment of the Dogs of War (werewolves mutated by demon blood) for black actions that protect secrecy. RRT is officially directed by angelic edict under Cyrus Faslarrin, who in truth is a fallen never cast out, guiding policy from the shadows.
Founding Timeline
Year −10 to −7: Black patronage secured via shell NGOs and “critical infrastructure” bonds; property acquisitions begin in New Houston’s redevelopment corridors.
Year −7 to −4: Subsurface excavation and structural bracing; one‑way egress shafts bored to diverse urban masks (service alleys, culverts, kiosks).
Year −4 to −2: Core sublevels commissioned—S2 (Command), S5 (R&D), S10 (Salvage), S1 (Motor Pool); cover staff seeded in front companies.
Year −2 to 0: Personnel onboarding (scientific diaspora and SOF cadres), doctrine crystallized; leadership coalesces around Cyrus Faslarrin’s edicts.
Cataclysm Week 0: Facility hard‑seals; decoy surface office continues routine; RRT emerges as stabilizing responder to supernatural fallout.
Why New Houston
Geologic bed favorable for deep bracing and multi-shaft egress; resilient utilities corridors and port/rail access.
Post‑disaster redevelopment funds easy to launder; diverse population masks irregular shifts and logistics.
Strategic hub for continental outreach and salvage intake.
Cover & Funding Mechanisms
Layered shell companies (facilities mgmt, biomedical testing, telecom maintenance) justify freight, odd hours, and power draw.
Grant laundering through emergency preparedness, public health, and infrastructure “modernization.”
Inter‑agency memoranda that exist only as redacted abstracts, providing plausible cooperation without discoverable detail.
Command Philosophy & Governance
Cyrus Faslarrin (Figurehead/True Arbiter): Publicly rules by holy edict; privately applies fallen pragmatism to preserve secrecy and initiative.
Triune Council: Operations (S2), Technology (S5/S10), and Compliance (Liaison & Legal, PsyOps) ratify directives into executable doctrine.
Black‑Letter Edicts: Short, immutable rules that override local SOPs during crisis; mirrored in the Redundancy Bunker.
Compartmentalization: Sigma‑Glass protocol limits cross‑level knowledge; handlers and CIC chiefs get only need‑to‑know.
Recruitment & Training Pipeline
Sources: Displaced researchers, medics, engineers; SOF, EOD, and intelligence veterans from collapsed states.
Vetting: Polygraph + thaumic screening; sealed pasts with controlled legends.
Indoctrination: Litany of the Soldier’s Path (ethos), counter‑memetic drills, and emergency seal/egress rehearsals.
Training: S7/S8 gyms, ranges, classrooms; certification lanes for augmentation, containment, and urban anomalous response.
Operations History: Cataclysm and After
Impact Week: Evacuations under ashfall; first anomalous quarantines; evidence routed to S10.
Ash Months: Peacekeeping footprint expands; liaison desks craft the “public guardian” narrative.
Accords Period: Limited MOUs with remnant authorities; RRT becomes default responder for supernatural crime.
Shadow Docket: Covert actions begin against exposure vectors; Dogs of War first fielded on deniable missions.
Technology Advantage (S10 → S5 → S2)
Salvage (S10): Hazard triage, forensic teardown, data forensics, secure evidence vaults; countermeasure cell emulates threats.
R&D (S5): Prototype labs, materials/energetics, augmentation bays, cyber/drone workshops, QA certification.
Command (S2): Doctrine integration, NOC hardening, mirrored CICs; rapid doctrine pushes to field teams.
Sample Recoveries: Ash‑insulated superconductors, resonant bindings for containment rigs, demon‑touched biomaterials for targeted hemostasis.
Dogs of War Program (S4)
Origin: Werewolf pack exposed to demon blood; survivors stabilized as hybrid physiologies with extreme regeneration and predation.
Containment Architecture: Suites A–K with environmental controls; medical wing, specialized armory, deep‑compliance chamber, handler ready room.
Handlers & Conditioning: Bonded teams with biofeedback muzzles, command pheromones, and mnemonic locks; indoctrination capped to preserve battlefield initiative.
Employment Rules: Deniable kill/capture on contract approvals or internal criticality flags; non‑human signatures preferred where misattribution aids cover.
Post‑Op Remediation: S10 decontamination and evidence laundering; S2 memetic suppression and narrative planting.
Current Dogs of War Team
Wolfe Garm
Desmond
Jenny Lancaster
Voss
Trey
Lien
Ron
Frost
Rey
Quintus
Varos — MIA, presumed KIA
Team Biographies (One‑Line)
Wolfe Garm: Alpha tactician and breach leader; highest resilience, prefers shock-entry under ash cover.
Desmond: Recon marksman with long-range scent mapping; specializes in overwatch and counter-sniper.
Jenny Lancaster: Combat medic and handler liaison; balances triage with command compliance cues.
Voss: Tech specialist and systems integrator; field diagnostics, device subversion, and rapid prototyping support.
Trey: Urban infiltration and lock bypass; excels at scent-masking and silent takedowns.
Lien: Field comms/crypto; runs mesh beacons and counter-surveillance while on the move.
Ron: Heavy weapons specialist; suppression fire, anti-armor packages, and standoff breaching support.
Frost: Tracker and containment; deploys binding rigs and cold-sterile cleanups.
Rey: Brute-force hand-to-hand combatant; grapples, clinch control, and rapid incapacitation in close quarters.
Quintus: Shield and breach specialist; ballistic shield entries, stack leadership, and doorway dominance.
Varos: Demolitions and denial; last seen during vault breach op (see Case File).
Case File: Varos (MIA/KIA)
Last Mission: Black-flag vault breach tied to an artifact courier cell; objective was denial and burn-back.
Contact Loss: Comms severed post-charge placement; only telemetry ghost recovered via S2 buffers.
Status: Search frozen to prevent exposure; memorial kept off-roll to preserve deniability.
Rules of Engagement
Public Ops (White/Amber): Minimum necessary force, evidence preservation, civilian corridor control.
Black Ops (Red/Black): Target-focused lethality, signature misattribution, mandatory S10 cleanup.
Override: Cyrus edicts supersede local SOPs during mass-casualty or secrecy compromise events.
Contract Vetting Workflow
Intake via Liaison & Legal; SIGINT/HUMINT corroboration and psyops risk matrixing.
Triune Council review for alignment with secrecy and capability preservation.
Tasking packet to S2 with op codes, handlers, and egress masks; shadow docket archived in Redundancy Bunker.
Command Edicts (Excerpts)
“Secrecy is survival.”
“Contain the wound, cauterize the witness.”
“If knowledge spreads faster than mercy, burn back the road.”
Handler Protocols & Safety Interlocks
Bond keys: biofeedback muzzles, sigil clamps, mnemonic lock phrases; dual-confirm to disengage.
Compliance cues: scent tags and subsonic pings to de-escalate frenzy without pharmacology.
Fail-safes: S4 isolation shutters and gas-flood purges; S2 deadman cut across team implants.
Containment & Augmentation Tech (S4/S5)
Resonant bindings tuned to hybrid physiology; thermal-sheath restraints for post-shift containment.
Selective hemostasis packs (demon-biomat derivation) to accelerate functional recovery.
Masking rigs: odor-null membranes and EM-quiet cloaks to defeat pursuit and sensors.
Known Adversaries & Threat Taxonomy
Carnival of Eternal Bliss: Decentralized cult-network using euphoric rites and spectacle as cover for memetic rituals, proxy agitation, and disposable “joy cells.” Counter-ops focus on narrative sinkholes and rapid S10 seizures.
The Club (Threat Unknown): Publicly a high-end club for patrons to have a good time. However, RRT intelligence elements have been consistently unable to gain entry past its bouncers, and all inside sources have gone dark. Its previous status as a broker of anomalous assets is unverified, making it a high-priority intelligence gap for S2 re-acquisition.
Zy’rax Cells: Fate-tampering sects engineering collapse cascades to harvest destiny debt. TTPs include probability kinks and implanted omens. Countered via choice‑scrub protocols and decoy timelines.
Sanctum of Man (South America): Xenophobic, pro-human militant confraternity viewing non-humans as existential threats and their collaborators as “corrupted traitors.” Doctrine centers on ensuring human purity and sovereignty.
Intelligence Blips: (1) Blacksite seizure with hybrid-targeting restraints; (2) Ambush of remnant convoy recovering thaumic dampeners; (3) Recruitment broadcasts promising human sovereignty.
Assessment: Threat High. High likelihood of anti-RRT ops, specifically targeting Dogs of War and HX-Δ program assets. Counter-ops: HUMINT penetration and decoy telemetry.
Wild Threats: Non-aligned hazards like Class E-G entities, ash-mutant clades, and rogue technomancers. Countered with standard containment, culling, and S10 intake protocols.
Communications & Cyber Doctrine (S2)
Encrypted mesh relays with burst transmission windows; telemetry scrubbers in-line.
Counter-intrusion playbooks mirrored in the Redundancy Bunker; black-start capable.
Leak Path Management: Canary beacons across liaison channels; auto-quarantine on anomaly.
Logistics & Mobility (S1)
Motor pool tiers: light unmarked, armored response, and covert rapid-launch pods.
Rapid launch tunnels mapped to decoy exits (service alleys, culverts, kiosks) with one-way shutters.
Quartermaster automation: palletized kits and augmentation spares on 5-minute readiness cycle.
Emergency Conditions & Base States
White: Normal ops, mask maintenance.
Amber: Elevated anomaly activity; partial compartment seals.
Red: Active threat to secrecy/personnel; hard-seals and surge deployment.
Black: Compromise imminent; purge, evacuate via egress, burn back records.
Legal Instruments & Cover Stories
Public Health and Infrastructure work orders masking movement and closures.
Confidentiality covenants with remnant agencies; liability shields for “emergency contractors.”
Sealed court directives invoking disaster powers without public docketing.
Ethics & Oversight (Internal)
Litany of the Soldier’s Path as moral anchor; triage hierarchy prioritizes secrecy, then stability, then salvage.
Post-action moral injury reviews; rotations to S8 recovery cycles.
Cyrus arbitration panel convened on disputed black actions.
Intelligence Cycle
Collection: SIGINT sweeps, HUMINT handlers, and salvage-born data.
Analysis: S2 cells fuse threat maps; PsyOps crafts narrative containment.
Action: Tasking to field teams; feedback loops to update doctrine and kit.
Recovery & Welfare
S7/S8/S9 provide gyms, clinics, chaplaincy, and morale centers; hybrid physiology care in S4 medical wing.
Decompression protocols post-Red/Black ops; sleep hygiene and sensory damp cycles.
Recognition without publicity; internal honors logged off-ledger.
Training Syllabus (Excerpts)
Urban anomaly containment, counter-memetics, clandestine egress routes.
Augmentation safety, handler-asset bonding, black-site entry/exit.
Evidence handling for S10 pipeline; OPSEC drills and decoy ops.
Equipment & Loadouts
Dogs kits: restraint-compatible armor, claw-safe grips, odor-null sheaths.
Team adjuncts: mesh beacons, EMP-safe recorders, resonant binding spools.
Medical: demon-biomat hemostats, antidote arrays, thermal stabilizers.
Operations Catalogue (Sample Codenames)
Op MERCY-LATCH: Civilian extraction under occult riot cover.
Op TINDER-SEAL: Artifact denial and site burn-back.
Op VELVET-HOUND: Counter-cult decapitation with non-human signatures.
Notable Salvage (S10)
“Ashglass” composites with heat-memory properties (used in restraint cuffs).
Bound glyph arrays enabling low-power stasis bubbles.
Black box firmware from pre-Cataclysm drones enabling silent flight profiles.
Surface Mask: Points of Interest
“Office” delivery loop with falsified manifests; vendor turnover engineered.
Service kiosks with hidden lifts disguised as telecom maintenance hubs.
Drainage culverts opening to flood-control channels for aquatic egress.
Research Directive: Hybrid Expansion Program (HX‑Δ Initiative)
Objective: Develop scalable, controlled creation and command architectures for additional hybrid assets without compromising secrecy, stability, or extant Dogs of War cohesion.
HXP‑1 Stabilization Vector (S5/S4): Refinement of demonic biomatter derivatives from S10 into attenuated inocula; drift-monitoring markers and metabolic “stop‑codons” to prevent uncontrolled mutation.
HXP‑2 Compliance Vector (S5/S2): Neuromnemonic locks, scent‑keyed command palettes, and subsonic cue libraries; implantable micro‑nodes with deadman remote to S2.
HXP‑3 Replication & Scale (S5): Micro‑bioreactor chain with lot tracking, sterile QA, and batch recall; handler training cohorts synchronized to output windows.
HXP‑4 Handler Safety (S4/S7): New restraint geometries, rapid‑cooling stasis wraps, and frenzy de‑escalation playbooks; dual‑confirm release protocols.
HXP‑5 Narrative Shield (PsyOps/L&L): Cover scripts and liability shells to mask disappearances, medical anomalies, and equipment shipments.
Facilities & Controls: S4 isolation suites converted to modular trial bays; S5 clean benches and negative‑pressure labs; S10 secure evidence vault acting as source quarantine and chain‑of‑custody anchor.
Trial Phases:
Alpha (Cage): Bench validation and single‑subject stability under sealed observation; success gate = 72‑hour metabolic stability and response to three compliance cues.
Beta (Supervised Field): Limited deployment under handler triads; success gate = mission completion without uncontrolled shift or handler injury.
Gamma (Deniable): Black‑flag tasking with full OPSEC; success gate = zero attribution and clean S10 remediation.
Risk Matrix: Breach (S4 hard‑seal drills), Cross‑Contamination (color‑coded toolpaths), Mutation Drift (genetic beacons and periodic titers), Memetic Leakage (canary beacons; narrative dampers).
Kill‑Switch Architecture: Bio‑stop codons paired with chemical antagonists; implant deadman cut through S2; environmental flood options (gas/ion) on S4.
Governance: Cyrus edict cap on batch size; Triune Council go/no‑go at each phase; independent audit logs mirrored to Redundancy Bunker.
Success Metrics: 90‑day compliance stability, < 1% adverse mutation drift, handler injury rate below training baseline, zero public attribution.
Current Status: Alpha cohort complete on bench animals; first human‑adjacent prototypes entering Beta under sealed aliases; no Gamma approvals issued.
Leadership: Cyrus Faslarrin
Officially angelic governor by edict; practically a never‑cast‑out fallen anchoring policy between grace and necessity.
Uses liminal status to arbitrate contracts, shield operations, and enforce secrecy through S2 networks and S6 command housing.
Current Risk Posture & Objectives
Risk Posture Snapshot
Exposure Pressure: Adversaries probing the surface mask via rumor injection and false‑flag incidents. Mitigation: PsyOps narrative drift, liaison canaries, decoy egress drills.
Adversary Escalation: Carnival memetic spikes and Zy’rax interventions projected to rise. Mitigation: preemptive Red/Black tasking, S2 wargame refresh (weekly).
Supply Chain Fragility: S10→S5 feed lines vulnerable to interdiction. Mitigation: stockpile buffers, alternate routing through Hidden Logistics Warehouse and drainage corridors.
HX‑Δ Ethical/Mission Drift: Expansion risk to morale and public deniability. Mitigation: batch caps, deadman checks, independent audits mirrored to Redundancy Bunker.
Dogs of War Cohesion: Rotation stress and loss events (Varos) impact initiative. Mitigation: S8 recovery cycles, handler counseling, indoctrination refresh.
Infrastructure Stress: Ash‑corrosion and HVAC load on sealed sublevels. Mitigation: accelerated maintenance cadence; S1 parts caches.
Priority Objectives
0–90 Days: Harden surface mask (refresh decoy schedules, warehouse camouflage), +15% salvage throughput, −10% S5 prototype cycle time, neutralize top three exposure nodes, advance HX‑Δ two Beta subjects to stability gate.
90–180 Days: Stand up second handler cohort, integrate Voss’s field tech suite into SOP, expand egress route rehearsals using warehouse and culvert network, raise PsyOps rumor half‑life containment to <72h.
180+ Days: Gamma readiness drills (no live deployment), cross‑department black‑start exercise, finalize HX‑Δ compliance library and training.
Triggers & Thresholds
Public Attribution ≥ Level‑2: Shift to Amber posture and initiate decoy launches; if unresolved in 6h, escalate to Red.
Leak Vector Confirmed: Immediate S2 deadman cut on affected channels; S10 evidence quarantine within 30m.
Containment Breach (S4): Hard‑seal within 90s; handler extraction via nearest one‑way shaft; warehouse egress on standby.
KPIs & Owners
Zero public attribution (Owner: PsyOps/L&L).
Leak incidents ≤ 1/quarter; mean time to narrative containment < 48h (Owner: S2).
HX‑Δ drift < 1%, compliance stability ≥ 90 days (Owner: S5/S4).
Throughput +15% S10→S5, prototype cycle −10% (Owner: S10/S5).
Handler injury rate below training baseline (Owner: S7/S8 ).
