GOC (SH member user)

1. #1GOC basics

   Keys: GOC, parathreat, KTE, LTE, anomaly, Global Occult Coalition, SCP

   Always on · Order 100

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   “To those of you who would do harm to humanity, I say this: the Global Occult Coalition stands ready to defend humanity against all foes. Whether it likes it or not. ” –D.C al Fine, GOC's mission statement.

   The United Nations Global Occult Coalition (UNGOC) (GoI-0007, GoI-011, GoI-016 or GoI-049), usually simplified to the Global Occult Coalition (GOC) and referred to as the Bookburners by the Serpent's Hand, is an operational arm of the United Nations dedicated to the paranormal and the anomalous. Much like the SCP Foundation, they work to preserve the Veil by keeping information of the anomalous outside the public's eye; however, unlike the Foundation, they seek to destroy the anomalous instead of containing it, as they tend to threaten humanity's dominance over the planet and the understanding of science.

   Despite their differences with the Foundation and many other anomalous groups (such as the Church of the Broken God and the Horizon Initiative), they tend to ally with one another when a greater threat is present, such as the Sarkites, the Scarlet King, or THE DEER.

   Founding The GOC was founded in 1945 CE after the Seventh Occult War between the Allied Occult Initiative (AOI) and the SS Ahnenerbe Obskurakorps. Though the AOI was dissolved with the SCP Foundation rising as the sole guardian of humanity from the anomalous, many countries and organizations wanted some control over the Foundation due to their vast power. To this end, a Council of 108 nations and anomalous member organizations formed the Global Occult Coalition as an arm of the United Nations.

   Foundation dealings In 1970, the SCP Foundation and GOC signed an agreement simply titled the SCP-GOC 1970 Accord. According to this agreement, the Foundation cannot directly be involved in the containment of SCP-3874, instead monitoring and sabotaging any attempts to capture 3874 by PENTAGRAM: the US Department of Defense's occult branch.[1]

   Organization Seeing themselves as the paranormal world's police, the GOC is primarily a political force. They take great satisfaction in eliminating abnormal artifacts and otherworldly beings. Additionally, they utilize the most advanced experimental technology available, which they acquired from their sponsors.

   An Acting Director, whose responsibilities are similar to those of the Administrator from the SCP Foundation, typically leads the Coalition. Eric Burke and Reginald Ulysses Law have served as notable Acting Directors of the Coalition. The Undersecretary-General is a UN public official who is directly in charge of the Acting Director.

   Depending on the circumstance, they have occasionally supported the Foundation and other times opposed it. Although there have been a few dubious situations in which the GOC has categorically denied involvement, the GOC has acknowledged the Foundation's immense power enough to leave it largely alone. The GOC is divided into four major divisions, with most of their other subgroups falling under the jurisdiction of at least one division:

   GOC High Command - Similar to the SCP Foundation's Administrative Department, the High Command oversees and directs the rest of the Coalition. The Office of the Undersecretariat is part of the High Command, as well as the Nexus which coordinates Command Central hubs overseeing local operations. PHYSICS Division - Much like the Department of Task Forces in the Foundation, the PHYSICS Division is the action arm of the GOC. They're tasked with countering and eliminating Threat Entities (TEs), as well as organizations that create TEs.[2] PSYCHE Division - The diplomacy arm of the GOC. Responsible for keeping the peace between the world of the public and the world of the anomalous. PSYCHE keeps relations up with non-hostile occult groups and occasionally organizes the trade of entities or the formation of joint task forces. PTOLEMY Division - The support arm of the GOC. Responsible for the smooth operation of the GOC, including creating technology to assist PHYSICS operatives, researching anomalous concepts to assist in counteracting, transporting Strike Teams and Assessment Teams, and other forms of logistics. Notable locations Lanthanide Hills Training Facility - Training facility for the PHYSICS Division. U-5000 Ganzir - Atlantic Ocean fortress city constructed in Universe-5000. Capable of holding vast amounts of refugees, personnel, and equipment. Served as the GOC's capital during the SCP Foundation's omnicide of humanity. Destroyed by the Foundation; GOC collapsed soon after.

2. #2termination methods

   Keys: anomaly, threat, parathreat, SCP, KTE, LTE, PTE

   Always on · After character · Order 200

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   Reality Benders (Type Greens) have a certain mystique among GOC operatives. Some operatives even argue that it is impossible to terminate a Type Green, and it is suicide to even try. The kill record of our organization says otherwise. The key to terminating Type Green entities lies in finding and taking advantage of their few weaknesses. In 95% of cases:

   Greens cannot predict the future and can be taken by surprise. Greens have limited range and cannot affect what they cannot perceive. Greens cannot impose their will on anything if they have no will to impose. Greens have human foibles and can be manipulated emotionally and/or rationally. Sequence 99% of Type Greens undergo the following sequence of psychological changes as their powers progress.

   PHASE 1: Denial: The subject refuses to acknowledge their ability to warp reality. The Type Green will attempt to rationalize away their abilities by various means. In some cases, the Type Green will end here: their ability will be self-suppressed, and they will not proceed. However, most then proceed to:

   PHASE 2: Experimentation: The subject acknowledges their abilities and begins to test the limits of their powers. In general, Type Greens tend to experiment in one of two patterns: slowly, methodically, and carefully, advancing a small amount at a time, or in a small number of sudden jumps. In any case, the subject will generally remain in this mode for some time, before proceeding to:

   PHASE 3: Stability: The subject reaches the limit of their powers, and determines the boundaries of their abilities. The Type Green achieves control over their reality shifts, and can manipulate them as necessary. More importantly, they can choose not to utilize their abilities, if needed.

   Phase 3 is usually characterized by attempts to live a "normal" life. The subject will continue in normal routines, and aside from necessary precautions to prevent losing control, will utilize their abilities only in private, and only in a manner that will not harm others. These Type Greens may be classified as Threat Level 1 (monitor, do not engage), but should be monitored closely, due to the risk of proceeding to Phase 4.

   PHASE 4: The Child-God: Sadly, the majority of Type Greens will eventually progress to Phase 4. During this phase, the reality bender becomes obsessed with the power it possesses and will attempt to utilize it for personal gain at the cost of others. This phase is marked by reduced empathy for other humans, inability to accept personal faults, and increased megalomania.

   Although warning signs are numerous, the key aspect of a Phase 4 is the use of their abilities to manipulate other humans. Teenage and young adult Type Greens will typically use their abilities for sexual purposes, while children will attempt to make strangers their "friends." Older adults may attempt to manipulate others for love or financial gain. Although a few cases have resulted where the Type Green then reverts to Phase 3, 99% of them will remain at Phase 4 until eliminated. For this reason, Phase 4 Type Greens should be considered Threat Level 5 (Immediate Threat) and eliminated immediately, as they represent a major threat to all aspects of the Fivefold Mission.

   Termination Any attempt to eliminate a Type Green must take into consideration the three factors for Dynamic Entry in close quarter battle.

   Speed: Type Greens are able to quickly react to any threat. In order to ensure a successful kill, the operation must take no longer than one second from initiation of hostilities to termination of subject. This is the average time it takes for a human being to reflexively react to an unexpected threat or event.

   Surprise: Type Greens are able to quickly adapt to known threats. It is recommended that a bluff play be carried out: an overt threat is to be presented to the subject for them to fixate upon, while the actual kill is carried out from an unexpected direction.

   Violence of Action: The kill method chosen to eliminate a Type Green must ensure a successful termination on the first shot. Sniper weapons should utilize large caliber rounds, preferably hollow-point for maximum expansion, or armor-piercing, as needed. Firearms are, of course, a secondary kill choice: explosives are recommended, but may not be usable due to collateral damage risks. If firearms must be used, multiple shooters should be present, and all should aim for head shots, if possible, or center torso shots if necessary.

   type grey: There are over one hundred known instances of parathreats that operate by animating the corpses of the dead, ranging from simple prions to complex nanomachines. New ones are discovered on a regular basis, as diverse as the situations in which they are encountered. For this reason, Coalition operatives should familiarize themselves with the following three-step mnemonic (also known as the "SEE" method, for Secure, Evaluate, and Exterminate), for dealing with Type Gray outbreaks.

   Secure The first priority in any Type Gray outbreak is to Secure the area in which the outbreak is taking place. The following tasks should be carried out, in order of priority (most vital to least important). Individual situations will, of course, require revision of this general order.

   Establish Worst Case Scenario fallback plan. Coordinate with security assets re: authorized Response Level. Lock down the infested area and establish a secure perimeter. No persons are to be allowed in or out of this perimeter. Security personnel are to be informed to shoot on sight. Should GOC personnel be unavailable, local law enforcement or military assets may be commandeered under a standard cover story. Establish a headquarters within the infested zone. Said headquarters should be secure, and preferably non-adjacent to civilian defense points, so that compromise of civilian defenses will not threaten GOC assets. Locate and make contact with any remaining civilians. Do not attempt to move civilians to headquarters zone: any civilians surviving within the infested area are to be left in place. Evaluate Because of the large number of Type Gray threat entities, it is imperative to establish the nature of the particular Type Gray outbreak. GOC personnel are to liaise with any medical or scientific personnel within the infested zone, and make first-hand observations of infested threat entities. Analyze collected data and refer to GOC Type Gray database. If Type Gray threat is determined to be a Known Threat Entity, refer to the Sterilization Manual for the particular KTE.

   Should data be insufficient, or if the parathreat is determined to be an Unknown Threat Entity, the following information should be recorded.

   Note: Due to multiple breaches of quarantine, GOC personnel are no longer to attempt to capture a live specimen of either infested persons, or the Type Gray threat entity itself, until the infestation is pacified. All Type Gray threat entities under observation and study are to be destroyed immediately upon determination of an effective Kill Method.

   Nature of physical and mental changes in the infested personnel. All Type Gray entities work by animating deceased matter. However, the amount of physical and/or mental faculties remaining after infestation vary between Threat Entities. Initial observation of infested individuals should establish three facts:

   Remaining physical capacity: Speed of movement, agility, and strength. Remaining mental capacity: Ability to solve problems, collate data, sensory capacity. Social characteristics: Remaining pre-death personality or memories, presence of hive mind or internal factions. In most cases, Type Gray entities cause a 50% or more loss of physical capacity and reduction of mental capacity to simple hunger. Hive minds and internal factionalism have been recorded in less than 10% of cases. In most scenarios, a Type Gray infested human is slow, mindless, and violent.

   Method of Transmission. Many Type Gray threat entities are non-transmissible: infestation must take place directly towards dead flesh. However, many others can be transmitted through bodily fluids, through localized energy life forms, or through magical/religious means. Until said means of transmission are determined, all GOC personnel are to utilize Class 1 Isolation Gear. Note: following the outbreak of the Memetic Cognitohazard Type Gray threat entity KTE-5321-Blit-Gray, "Eyeblight," all Class 1 Isolation Gear has been revised to include visual distortion lenses. In addition, the GOC team on-site are to determine whether the Threat Entity is transmissible to humans only, or (should the Entity be able to infest animal or plant life) which forms of life are vulnerable to infestation.

   Effective Kill Method. In past experience, the following kill methods have been proven effective in Type Gray outbreaks.

   Immolation: 99.9% Destruction of Brain: 72% Bodily Trauma: 54% Toxins: 3% Other: 2% Assessment of Effective Kill Method (EKM) should be carried out in the following manner.

   Locate a single Type Gray infested human and establish a kill zone. Test subject is to be secured, if necessary, to ensure sharpshooter accuracy. Establish perimeter, including fall-back plan and fire support. Sharpshooter armed with scoped rifle, including underslung launcher, fires two rounds into center of mass. Assess result. If method is effective, cease testing. Sharpshooter delivers headshot. Assess result. If method is effective, cease testing. Sharpshooter loads and fires incendiary grenade. Assess result. If method is effective, cease testing. Sharpshooter loads and fires chemical grenade loaded with "Zee-Be-Gone" toxin cocktail. Assess result. If method is effective, cease testing. If standard kill methods prove ineffective, withdraw to headquarters and contact GOC high command for further instructions.

   Exterminate Following establishment of security, and determination of an Effective Kill Method, GOC Strike personnel are to sweep the infested area according to standard "Clean and Sweep" protocol. Personnel are to report back every two minutes with status update. Should 25% of sweeping personnel be lost, mission is to be aborted, GOC personnel withdrawn, and Response Level 3 assets deployed to incinerate infested zone. Should losses exceed 50% at any point during withdrawal, remaining personnel are to be considered expended, and immediate Response Level 3 operations carried out.

   A Regenerator (Type Red) is an overarching designation for any individual who possesses the ability to reconstitute damaged tissue and limbs. Contrary to popular belief, a Type Red is not indestructible. Numerous methods exist for disabling the regenerative ability of a Type Red, or liquidating the Type Red despite their abilities. In some cases, Type Reds will self-terminate through uncontrolled use of their abilities: however, most cases will require intervention by an operative.

   Forms Flawed Regeneration: This form of Type Red is low threat and can usually be engaged by a single operative. When injured, instead of replicating the lost tissue, the Type Red's body will instead fill the gap with a material unsuited to the area. For example, if a Flawed Regenerator experienced the loss of an arm, there is a chance it will be replaced with a large growth formed from tooth enamel. This form of Type Red will typically kill itself via accumulated minor injuries, if left alone.

   Limited Regeneration: This form of Type Red possesses the ability to slowly reconstitute lost tissue, and in some case limbs. Limited Regenerators can prove dangerous in combat situations, as permanent injury is difficult to maintain. See Techniques for more information on how to permanently liquidate them.

   Full Regeneration: This form of Type Red possesses the ability to regenerate lost tissue and limbs in a matter of seconds, making liquidation or permanent injury impossible. See Techniques for information on how to incapacitate this form of Type Red.

   Expanding Regeneration: To date, seven Type Reds of this form have been discovered and incapacitated. Engagement by anything less than a Response Level 5 effort comprising multiple Strike Teams is not recommended. Expanding Regenerators possess not only the ability to regenerate lost tissue and limbs, but also generate further limbs and organs, often drastically increasing in size during the process. This combination makes Expanding Regenerators formidable opponents. Further information on how to incapacitate this form of Type Red can be found in Techniques.

   Reincarnation: Type Reds of this form are highly elusive and dangerous, as they cannot be liquidated in the traditional sense. No known threat entities of this form are confirmed, though many entities have been spuriously claimed to be Reincarnators. Several potential threat entities are monitored by the Coalition, but determining whether or not a PTE is a Reincarnator could theoretically take multiple lifetimes of observation.

   Sources Consumer (A): Most Type Reds still require raw material and energy to reconstitute lost mass and tissue. This means a very high metabolism, and that means a lot of food. In these cases, it may be valuable to monitor their patterns of movement and identify their sources of material and nutrition. This will allow a Strike Team to better select a location to stage an ambush from.

   Converter (B): A few Type Reds are capable of converting inorganic matter into material their body can use to regenerate. These entities are far more versatile than ordinary consumers, and can sustain themselves in most environments. Depending on the materials they consume and how they convert them, they may be more durable than ordinary Type Reds.

   Conjurer (C): Exceedingly few Type Reds of this variety exist. Those that do are highly dangerous because they can generate the necessary matter and energy to reconstitute themselves without needing to feed, and they cannot be exhausted.

   Identification Initial identification of Type Reds usually takes place when an observer reports a person suffering an injury that heals unusually quickly. An Assessment or Strike team will then engage the target, move them to a secure location, immobilize them, and administer a sharps test. A small incision is made to the subject's palm, and the rate and nature of rapid healing assessed.

   Capture Type Reds are difficult to liquidate in the field. Operatives will often have to capture the subject before transferring them to another location for final liquidation.

   Injury to the legs is effective against Limited Regenerators and some Full Regenerators. Alternatively, multiple and repeated injuries to the body will often incapacitate some Full Regenerators while their body repairs the injuries. A knife, stake or other sharp object can be forcibly embedded into the brain. Although the Type Red will attempt to regenerate brain and skull matter, the sharp object will prevent full regeneration. Recommended point of insertion is the base of the skull, through the brain stem and upper spinal cord. In the case of Expanding Regenerators, liberal application of fire is recommended. This may make it difficult to capture or transport the still-burning subject. Techniques Incineration: The Type Red is placed into a mobile incineration trailer, which is then primed and ignited. Depending on the level of regenerative abilities, multiple applications of fire may be required. In extreme cases, incineration may be required in perpetua.

   Submersion: The Type Red is placed in a sealed container which is then completely filled or immersed in water. This will cause the Type Red to drown, regenerate brain functions and subsequently drown again, rendering the Type Red effectively incapacitated. An alternative to this method replaces the water with earth, concrete, molten metal, or another solid.

   Corrosion: Similar to Submersion, but replaces the water with high molar acid.

   Erosion: The subject is reduced to multiple smaller pieces by cutting or abrasion. In some cases, this can be effective on its own. In other cases, Erosion may be used to enhance the effectiveness of one of the other liquidation methods.

   Poisoning: Cold Iron is capable of inducing rapid metal poisoning, and the manner in which it does so can liquidate many Type Reds, as it will prevent cellular regeneration, and will deprive the host's vital organs, including the brain, of oxygen. A single bullet is enough to kill most subjects, given time.

   Complete Destruction: A regenerator cannot regenerate from injury if they have nothing to regenerate from: Should a Type Red survive all other attempts to eliminate it, GOC High Command may give the order to deploy a small nuclear payload with the goal to destroy the subject. Destruction must occur completely on a cellular level, at a speed that the subject cannot regenerate at. Even if the subject survives the blast itself, it is predicted that radiological damage to the DNA will essentially render the subject a large mass of tumors.

   Note: Extreme cases may require the use of multiple methods in rapid succession.

   Polymorphs, (Type Yellows) sometimes called shapechangers or shapeshifters by operatives in the field, are entities that possess an inherent ability to manipulate or otherwise alter their physical form and appearance. Despite several defined types of Type Yellows existing, they have proven difficult in the past for even experienced Assessment Teams to identify and difficult for Strike Teams to pursue, given their amorphous nature. Most Type Yellows retain intelligence through their polymorphing, and Type Yellows that do not retain intelligence through polymorphing are incredibly rare. Methods in which to identify and liquidate Type Yellows are found below.

   Classifications Conditional Polymorphs: Type Yellows classified as Conditional Polymorphs do not have control over their polymorphic abilities. Rather, their polymorphism it is triggered through a sequence of events, or when certain conditions are met. Conditional Polymorphs appear with significant frequency in folklore and mythology. Examples of this include, but are not limited to: a kiss transforming an animal into a human; a human transforming into a wolf, a wolf transforming into a human, or either turning human-wolf hybrid, upon a full moon, or contact with wolfsbane; seals who are able to take a human form for one day a year by taking off a layer of skin. Basic observations are required to determine if a Type Yellow is a Conditional Polymorph rather than an Unconditional or Modeled Polymorph.

   Unconditional Polymorphs: Type Yellows classified as Unconditional Polymorphs are nearly identical to Conditional Polymorphs, but are able to transform from one form to another freely. Unconditional Polymorphs are often far more trained in the application of their abilities than Conditional Polymorphs. Most Unconditional Polymorphs still only possess one form apart from their humanoid state. Some Unconditional Polymorphs have a degree of control in their transformation in the form of using their transformation abilities, wherein their bodies take on elements of their other form. However, much like Conditional Polymorphs, very few Unconditional Polymorphs can intentionally induce partial transformations of the body, so any changes achieved through hybridization are largely uniform.

   Modeled Polymorphs: Type Yellows classified as Modeled Polymorphs gain their name due to the unique pattern of their abilities. While a Conditional Polymorph cannot take the form it takes, a Modeled Polymorph is both able to transform at will, and possesses multiple forms that it can take. In a few cases, Modeled Polymorphs have been observed to hybridize multiple forms together, though this is thought to be an exceedingly rare ability amongst Modeled Polymorphs. Modeled Polymorphs can typically acquire additional forms, though this process may require strenuous and continuous practice and may take weeks, months, or years, depending on the strength of their abilities, the deviancy of the form they wish to attain as compared to their base form, and their level of experience. This process may also require additional resources, such as bones, blood, or skin belonging to the form they wish to emulate, or specific ritual proceedings. Modeled Polymorphs may possess forms selected for specific circumstances and situations, often either to defend themselves, or to escape capture. While the predominant majority of Modeled Polymorphs take the shapes of other animals, most often a similar mass to themselves, several have been observed to use their abilities to take the shape of other humans and humanoids. This poses a massive potential for misuse, but is exceedingly difficult to detect.

   Controlled Polymorphs: Type Yellows classified as Controlled Polymorphs have the highest degree of control over their abilities to manipulate and alter their physical forms, though they still operate with limitations. Controlled Polymorphs can transfer mass from any part of their body (excluding vital organs,) and either transfer it to other parts of their body or create new parts, usually extremities, from that mass. In combat, Controlled Polymorphs usually utilize this ability to grant themselves additional limbs for the purposes of attacking and defending at close range, or additional organs to increase their chances at survival. Through rigorous 'testing' on behalf of several Assessment Teams, it was discovered that most Controlled Polymorphs can safely generate up to 200%-500% of their body mass to construct extra organs, limbs, and bones. Despite this, a Controlled Polymorph cannot immediately recreate or regenerate any parts of their body as they were before they were damaged or destroyed, similar in a way to a Flawed Regenerator. It must be noted that while Controlled Polymorphs may display many similar traits to Regenerative anomalies, they achieve these effects through their abilities as a Polymorph, and therefore will not emit the same Etheric Resonance as a Type Red Threat Entity. Of note, Controlled Polymorphs are not known for achieving the same precision in transformation into animals or other humans, when compared to a Conditional Polymorph or Modeled Polymorph can achieve, and this may be due to the fact that Controlled Polymorphs are fully responsible for the conscious control of their shape, while Conditional Polymorphs either lack conscious control of their form, and Modeled Polymorphs rely on rituals or practice to stabilize their shapes.

   'True' Polymorphs: Perhaps the most rare variety of Polymorph that the GOC has discovered. For a Type Yellow to be considered a 'True' Polymorph, it must meet the following criteria:

   The lack of a base form to return to. Non-reliance on vital organs, such as the heart or brain for life and consciousness. The ability to transform into any animal shape or human shape, regardless of differences in mass, with minimal effort. (Rarely) The ability to transform into non-organic materials such as stone, metal, mist, or fire. PTOLEMY Researchers have long suspected a link between Polymorphs and the nameless, of which True Polymorphs are likely the least dilute in this relation. These theories have not been verified.

   Atypical and Complex Polymorphs: While the Coalition tends towards broad categories and trends, in truth, Type Yellows are one of the most diverse categories of Threat Entity, and a significant amount of them will not cleanly map to any category. In most cases, these Polymorphs are Atypical, still operating within the boundaries of their Type. In other cases, a Polymorph will display abilities more in line with another Threat Type entirely. These Type Yellows are considered 'Complex Polymorphs'. Perhaps the most common example of this would be a contagious variety of lycanthropy, which spread by saliva, or injuries that break the skin, and would accordingly be considered Type 'Yellow-Silver' by the Coalition. In a few rare cases, the GOC has encountered Regenerative Polymorphs, who possess a level of regeneration that maps to a Full or Expanding regenerator, and who emit the according Etheric Resonance, and thus qualify as 'Yellow-Red'. Perhaps the rarest variety that can still be considered common are Threat Entities who gain polymorphic capabilities after dying and reanimating, earning them the ignoble Threat Profile of 'Yellow-Grey'.

   Commonly Mistaken: There are several other Humanoid Threat Entities that can easily achieve the same shape-changing ability of a Type Yellow through other means. One example of this would be KTE-1208-Green-Burrhus, a Type Green who was known to use its reality altering abilities to achieve a form of imperfect polymorphism. The current whereabouts of KTE-1208 are currently unknown, after the Threat Entity was abducted by The Foundation (KTO-Kewpie) in 2008. Other Threat Entities that are commonly mistaken for being Polymorphs include Type Blue (Thaumaturgists), Type Cyan (Spectres and Apparitions), and, most commonly, Type Pink (Human Hybrids).

   Identification and Methods Identifying a threat entity as a Type Yellow usually starts with local accounts, especially in areas known to have local folklore involving shape-changing entities. Once a Specialist Assessment Team (e.g. Assessment Team "Proteus") is sent out to investigate that area, they will set up a 24/7 observation area of 5-25 square miles, depending on the size of the area in which the Type Yellow was spotted. The Assessment Team must inspect the local population while maintaining Second Mission (Concealment) goals. Determining a Type Yellow in a population may require establishing a list of suspects, and covertly installing VERITAS Resonance Imaging technology to screen for Potential Threat Entities. While the VERITAS system is capable of detecting the particular resonant signature of a Type Yellow, it does have limited range, and may not lend reliable results when used on a the Type Yellow who is not presently in the process of changing their shape. If VERITAS technology is required to find a Type Yellow, it is recommended to be used in several spots (usually six spots) around the observation area so the full area can be mapped and searched over for Type Yellows. If the amount of possible suspects is very low or only one, those suspects or a single suspect should be given small visible injuries such as cuts, and once a transformed Type Yellow is spotted, if the injury remains in the Type Yellow’s polymorphed form, it can be safely assumed that the Type Yellow is from the pool of suspects. When deceased, most Type Yellow will revert to their natural forms, after which a DNA sample can safely be taken and tested to confirm the identity of the Threat Entity.

   Threat Levels Foreword: Despite what you may think about the importance of this section, it is a necessary addition. These ideas of threat levels are general, though they do apply to a majority of real cases.

   Conditional Polymorphs have been proven to be simpler to identify than other Type Yellows, as under constant observation, the conditions met for Conditional Polymorphs to transform can be deducted easily, especially while VERITAS Resonance Imaging technology is in use. How to proceed after discovering a Type Yellow among a population is described in “Engagement and Capture.” Conditional Polymorphs in human form and anyone within a population being observed are considered Response Level 1 by default, though if a Type Yellow has been identified, they are to be considered Response Level 2. However, a Type Yellow’s Response Level once identified can vary from a Response Level 1 to 4 depending on the danger of their polymorphed form(s). Identified Controlled Polymorphs hostile to the GOC and/or humanoids are to be considered Response Level 3 upon an order to engage given by the Overseer currently overseeing the observation area the Type Yellow is within. If the Overseer overseeing an observation area currently housing a Controlled or Modeled Polymorph does not give the order to engage the Type Yellow, it is to be considered Response Level 2 and captured immediately when most convenient. All Atypical and Complex Polymorphs are considered Response Level 4, especially when information on them is limited.

   Engagement and Capture Though most Conditional Polymorphs and Modeled Polymorphs can be incapacitated and even liquidated rather easily due to their predictable and recorded forms, usually through the use of standard firearms and ordnance, Controlled Polymorphs are sometimes on par, in threat level, with an Expanding Regenerator, and True or Complex Polymorphs frequently exceed the capabilities of typical Polymorphic entities. Dedicated Yellow Teams such as "The Hand of Tyr" are automatically assigned towards missions dealing with high-threat Polymorphs, but any Strike Team may be assigned to engage Polymorphs of lower threat class, though they may be requisitioned as field support by a Yellow Team in the case of an escalation.

   Despite the danger they present on the field, there are several proven methods to engage with and potentially capture Type Yellow Threat Entities:

   Conditional Polymorphs:

   If the conditions of a Conditional Polymorph’s transformation are known, they may be able to be prevented from occurring. If conditions are impossible to prevent, or prevention efforts fail, the Overseer overlooking the observation area the Type Yellow is within gives the order to change the Response Level of that Type Yellow, and actions proceed from there based on the set Response Level. In engagements with dangerous Conditional forms where the prevention of conditions has failed, it is crucial to (if looking to capture) peacefully incapacitate or (if looking to liquidate) kill the Conditional Polymorph hastily and without delay. Incapacitation is possible using conventional sedatives in the vast majority of cases. Unconditional Polymorphs:

   It is essential to target an Unconditional Polymorph for capture or liquidation in such a manner that they do not have to react, as if given a chance to change shape, capture and liquidation become much harder. If the Polymorph remains in a form that cannot be damaged, it may be prudent to retreat while monitoring the subject, until the subject believes they are no longer in any danger, but still isolated. Once these conditions are achieved, the attempt at capture or liquidation may be resumed. Modeled Polymorphs:

   If the observation area set up to monitor a Modeled Polymorph has functioned correctly, the Assessment Team assigned to the area will be able to provide an idea of each of the Modeled Polymorph’s forms, so it is advised to ask for this or provide this to your team before engaging a Modeled Polymorph. If the order has been given not to liquidate a Modeled Polymorph, it is recommended to attempt to restrain it to prevent escape or further transformation. This is possible through the PolyNet1, an adaptive net that will adapt its size and shape to restrain any form inside it without being breached from the inside. Controlled Polymorphs:

   Docile and fully-identified Controlled Polymorphs are to be considered Response Level 3 unless an order that is given by an Overseer says otherwise, and the Overseer’s order takes priority. If the order is given to kill a docile Controlled Polymorph, liquidation is to be done covertly and quickly, preferably through the use of a grey suit along with the use of a sniper rifle or automatic firearms to accomplish both of those goals. Given the danger of Controlled Polymorphs, it is necessary to have a backup force concealed nearby in the case of a failure to quickly liquidate the Controlled Polymorph. If the order is given to capture the docile Controlled Polymorph, a covert Strike Team equipped with grey suits and tranquilizing ammunition is to be established in a designated area while members from an Assessment Team deceive the Controlled Polymorph into following them to the Strike Team’s designated area. From here the Strike Team is to fire their tranquilizing ammunition at the Controlled Polymorph until it is incapacitated. The Controlled Polymorph is to be brought from the designated area to a nearby observation post and briefed about the GOC there and told not to engage with the local population. If the Controlled Polymorph does not comply, it is to be liquidated within the observation post. The observation area is to be partially demobilized with some staff moved out of the observation area, though it is to stay partially manned and operated. Hostile or non-compliant Controlled Polymorphs are to be considered Response Level 4 unless an order that is given by an Overseer says otherwise, and the Overseer’s order takes priority. If the order is given to kill a hostile Controlled Polymorph, a covert Strike Team, all equipped with grey suits, is to be sent (preferably at night for the cover of dark) out to search for the hostile Controlled Polymorph. The team must be equipped with sniper rifles to ensure a quick kill and explosives are recommended to quickly kill and possibly fully destroy the Controlled Polymorph. Depending on the threat posed by a Controlled Polymorph’s forms, white suits (and rarely orange suits) are likely to be approved by the Overseer overlooking the liquidation of a hostile Controlled Polymorph, as long as Second Mission (Concealment) goals can reasonably be upheld. If a Controlled Polymorph previously considered hostile is found to be docile or even friendly, the same procedure as with a docile Controlled Polymorph is to be followed with further armed guards stationed in the room containing the Controlled Polymorph. 'True' Polymorphs:

   True Polymorphs are never docile. They always warrant Response Level 4. If the order is given to kill a True Polymorph, a Strike Team equipped with white suits and MkIII MPHDCA multi-purpose ammunition2is to be sent to search for the True Polymorph and engage it. This team is typically equipped with general-purpose machine gun weaponry, explosive ordnance, and ranged incendiary equipment to increase the chances of a kill. Sustained fire may be necessary to cause any meaningful damage. Esoteric Vulnerabilities A prevalent element in folklore and mythology surrounding polymorphic entities is the vulnerability to certain materials or substances. The list below notes the efficacy of several materials and methods that have been historically used to combat polymorphic entities:

   Destruction of the Head or Heart: 99% Exposure to Extreme Heat or Extreme Cold: 95% Exposure to Cold Iron: 88% Exposure to Standard Kinetic Trauma: 86% Exposure to Silver: 55% Exposure to Metallic Elements that do not occur in nature such as Technetium: 18% Exposure to other Non-Silver Coinage Metals such as Copper or Gold: 17% Exposure to other Non-Silver Precious Metals such as Palladium and Platinum: 8% Exposure to the Bones, Blood, or Skin of the animal or person their form mimics: 2% Exposure to Wolfsbane (Aconitum) if the subject's transformation is not already triggered by it: 1%

   Thaumatologists (Type Blues) have numerous names, including witches, wizards, sorcerers, magicians, miracle workers, and occultists. It doesn't matter what they are called because all inherently do the same thing: utilise thaumaturgy, which as many of you may know, is colloquially known as magic. For this very reason, Type Blues have two characteristics that make them one of the most difficult threats to deal with.

   One is their difficulty to be identified. Even with the most advanced techniques and technology, Type Blues are often mistaken for other Threat Entities, especially Type Greens. In fact, it isn't uncommon for Threat Entities to be both a Type Blue and another type, such as a Yellow or a Cyan, as thaumaturgy is a common starting point for many capabilities.

   The other is their versatility. Most Types tend to follow a basic pattern of behaviour or methodology, which makes them easy to deal with. Blues' behaviour entirely depends on several factors since thaumaturgy itself has so many different practices, techniques and effects. Usually, Blues will specialise in specific genres of thaumaturgy, such as elemental manipulation, special-temporal alteration or metamorphosis. However, Blues also tend to be experimental and inventive, and will often branch out of their common practices to learn new methods or create new ones.

   Even with these difficulties, there are means to deliberate, dampen and liquidate Type Blues.

   Class All Type Blues fall into one of three categories, known as Classes, though there have been cases where subjects can be classed as two or even all three of these categories. However, most subjects will be classified as:

   Scholar: The most common type of Blues and can be the hardest to deal with. Scholars are typically ordinary individuals who've acquired thaumatological capabilities through study and research. In most cases, the designation Scholar is somewhat undeserved, with most Scholars merely wishing to acquire power and skills quickly and without careful effort, resulting in them having poor understanding and control over their thaumatological capabilities and their effects.

   This makes these types of Scholars rather easy to deal with. However, those who are of more academic or patient character can be more of a challenge. These kinds of Scholars are careful with their development, rigorously researching and experimenting rather than rushing. Because of this, they are much more powerful and usually more creative with their capabilities. That isn't to say they aren't all difficult to deal with, as these individuals usually, if not too power-hungry or obsessive, are open to deliberation and discussion.

   Wielder: The most unusual of Blues but usually the easiest to deal with. Wielders' thaumatological capabilities do not actually come from the individual themselves but rather from a bond they've formed with another entity, usually a Goodrick, Templum, Kapala or Ex Machina Threat Entity. In a sense, Wielders merely channel and output the capabilities of the bonded entity. Often, if the Wielder is of weak constitution or character, they will inevitably end up submitting to the will of said entity.

   Gifted: The rarest of Blues and the hardest to identify. Gifted' thaumatological capabilities are innate to their biology, often displaying abilities soon after birth or later in early childhood to late teenage years. This ingrained nature is why Gifteds are so hard to identify, with a lot of them getting mistaken for other types of Threat Entities, usually Greens. The exact nature of how a Gifted form is not entirely known, though it has been suggested by the ICSUT that certain genetic codes develop and mature to enact ritualistic proceedings. To put it in simpler terms, the genes are incantations.

   Performances There are several ways to enact thaumaturgy, known as Performances, with most subjects preferring one system over others. Each one has to be dealt with differently, with some being easier to counterattack than others.

   Leitmotif: Thaumaturgy is invoked through the use of speech, phrases, musical sequence or other forms of auditory output.

   Mudra: Thaumaturgy is invoked through the use of gestures or movements, ranging from a slight movement of a limb to an entire dance performance.

   Runic: Thaumaturgy is invoked through the use of symbols, including numbers, letters, words or sigils.

   Wish: Thaumaturgy is invoked through mental effort, via emotions, memories or fragments of knowledge.

   Ritual: Thaumaturgy is invoked using a multiple of the previously mentioned methods.

   Identification As previously said, Blues are rather difficult to identify. However, there are a few signs that can help to both localise and identify them. All thaumaturgy requires a concentration of EVE or Akiva Radiation flux to function, with Blues naturally causing a point of focus in this flux. Blues cannot help doing this, because as soon they begin utilising thaumaturgy, they become attractive to thaumaturgical influence. This focus in the flux can be detected, through the use of an Etheric Resonance Imagery (ERI), like the VERITAS. However, this method is not foolproof. Should the environment already be high in flux, Blues of insubstantial capabilities and strength will not make a prominent focus. Therefore, the use of ERIs is useful for localising Blues, but more in-depth investigation is required to actually triangulate the individual.

   In the case of Scholars and Wielder, subjects can typically be found in locations or areas of historical, cultural, religious and educational value. The renowned extradimensional location known as the Wanderer's Library is one of these locations, with many Blues using the location to expand their capabilities and influence. They also are likely to have established or attempted to establish relations with already known parathreats and organizations, such as the Serpent's Hand and Marshall, Carter, and Dark, Ltd.

   Vulnerabilities There are a few ways of dealing with all Classes of Blues but in some cases, Assessment and Strike Teams must undertake precise measures for different classes.

   Iron & Silver: As has been known for millennia, iron and silver have the unusual property of redirecting and negating thaumaturgical effects, making them perfect for conflict with any Blue. If such materials are unavailable, compounds made up of either metals, such as steel, sterling or electrum can be effective though not nearly as effective as their pure forms. Cold Iron is the standard material used to combat Blues, so Strike Teams will often utilise Ice Bear Traps to subdue subjects or Ochre Bullets if termination is required. In the cases where the subject requires at least Response Level 4, Strike Teams are permitted to use Malachite Bullets3.

   Counter Saturation: EVE and Akiva Radiation is a very responsive force, and just like a metal to a magnet, will gravitate to the most attractive, powerful subject. In most cases, whilst they are a threat, most Blues will be relatively weak or inexperienced. Therefore, should two Blues come to face one another, the flux will tend to gravitate to whichever subject holds the most powerful capabilities.

   Locomotion: In some cases, Blues maintain strength so long as they remain in proximity of a location. So forcing the subject to move location can have beneficial results. Not only is this because it forces subjects to reassess their resources and surroundings, distracting them from performing, but it can also cause a shock to their system if the flux they have gotten used to is no longer present. This technique is also effective if the transition is from a rural environment to a more urban one. Urban environments tend to possess higher levels of pollutants or erratic flux, heavily weakening and sometimes killing Blues that are not more versed in such environments.

   Separation: This technique is usually exclusive to Wielder Class subjects, specifically if they employ a Kapala or Goodrick Threat Entity. Since a bond needs to be maintained for the subject to be able to possess their capabilities, separating the subject from their source will halt this. This can be done by actually physically forcing the two entities to separate or, if the Threat possesses its own will, incept a doubt or offer to force the Threat or subject to abandon their partner.

   Sensory Occlusion: By inhibiting a subject's ability to locate resources and enact their Performance, this will render them vulnerable and easier to detain. A simple straitjacket and gag will be able to prevent most Leitmotif and Mudra Performers from enacting any thaumaturgy. This method, whilst quick and easy, isn't always effective, especially against Wish Performers, who don't rely on sensory input.

   Threat Levels & Termination In the majority of cases, Blues are identified early in their development and usually, depending on their behaviour, Performance and Class, will be assigned Response Level 1 (Minimal Threat). Should the subject's development continue, two options can be undertaken. Option one, the ICSUT's "Rehousing" scheme can be employed, and the subject will be transported to the nearest Free Port, such as Three Portlands or Hy-Brasil, and required to sign a "Geas Gag Order". This option is often taken by Gifted Class Blues.

   Option two typically occurs if the subject becomes abusive, power-hungry and uncooperative, then subjects will be upgraded to Response Level 2 (Sub-Moderate Threat). At this point, Assessment and Strike Teams are deployed, equipped with Bronze Suits, Ice Bear Traps and at least one certified operative capable of thaumaturgy to act as a "sink". Termination of the subject can be avoided even at this level, however. If the subject's resources become spare, they lose the ability to enact their style of Performance, or, in the case of Wielders, their bond with their Entity is severed, then they can be detained for later liquidation or assessment. If the subject's behaviour and capabilities continue to grow more erratic, they are to be further upgraded to Response Level 3 (Moderate Threat) and termination must be undertaken. At this point, the use of Ochre or Malachite Bullets is suggested.

3. #3threat classification

   Keys: KTE, LTE, UTE, PTE, anomaly, parathreat

   Always on · After character · Order 300

   Entry settings

   threat entities are identified by a number followed by a codeword. examples: KTE 1734-green-blue (a humanoid entity with reality bending and thaumaturgical abilities) KTE 9732-blackwood-bice (an angelic entity that used to be human) KTE 6342-refeer-blit (a GAW member with cognitohazardous proprieties)... the classifications are always different and given based on {{user}}'s abilities.

   Humanoid Threat Entities are broadly classified using a color-based classification system. Examples include:

   Type Acqua: Oneiromant. Type Beige: Dismembered body part. Type Black: Demi-Deity. Type Blue: Thaumatologist. Type Cyan: Spectral Entity. Type Green: Reality Bender. Type Grey: Reanimated Post-Mortem. Type Indigo: Cybernetic organism. Type Magenta: Psychic. Type Ochre: Narrative Manipulator. Type Pink: Human Hybrid. Type Purple: Soul Manifester. Type Red: Regenerator. Type Silver: Infectious Hazard. Type Yellow: Polymorph. Type White: Pre- and Postnatal Mutation.

   The following are common codewords used for Non-Humanoid living beings.

   Blackwood: Former human. Cetus: Sea monster. Etna: Genius Loci (includes Nexuses). Fiji: Cryptid (An autochthonic lifeform whose existence has been suppressed due to Second Mission Concerns). Goodrick: Thaumatological lifeform. Moro: Human-created lifeform. NACL: Non-Autochthonic Lifeform. This codeword is only used when a lifeform is determined to be non-native to the current spacetime, but its origin has not yet been determined. Plague: Infectious microorganisms. Ragweed: Lifeform originating from an alternate universe. Artifacts Pertaining to Threat Entities that are human-made objects.

   Blaecca: Computing machine. Caliburn: Object designed for use as a weapon. Kapala: Ritual or religious object. Knickknack: Clothing or other wearable object. Staple: Food or otherwise consumable. Templum: Static anomalous location. Velveteen: Animate object.

   Extranormal Pertaining to fundamental universal constants.

   Bice: Atypical and typical angels. Clockwork: Temporal alteration. Ex Machina: Deity. L'Engle: Higher-dimensional anomaly. Parallax: Spatial alteration. Spiral: Space-time rupture. Organizational Relating to rival agencies encountered during Coalition operations.

   Andromeda: Relating to the Office For The Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts Barlowe: Related to the paranormal religious organization "Church of the Second Hytoth." Burnout: Relating to the liquidated paratech manufacturer "Prometheus Labs." Carcinoma: Referring to the terrorist organization "The Chaos Insurgency." Copernicus: Relating to the paranormal religion "The Fifth Church." Disco: Relating to the criminal syndicate "The Chicago Spectre." Einherjar: Relating to remnants of the Ahnenerbe and Thule Society, particularly the legacy organization "OBSKURA." Ford: Relating to the paranormal religion "Church of the Broken God." Kewpie: Relating to the paranormal organization "The Foundation." Khan: Relating to the paranormal organization "The Golden Horde." Kringle: Relating to the paranormal organization "Doctor Wondertainment." Léon: Relating to the mercenary organization "Primordial." Lerna: Relating to the decentralized paranormal movement "Serpent's Hand." McConnell: Relating to the terrorist organization "Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd" Mendes: Relating to one or more of the loosely associated paranormal religious "Scarlet Movements" in general, but also refers to certain iterations of the "Children of the Scarlet King". Poe: Relating to the loosely associated investigative network "Parawatch." Reefer: Relating to the loosely associated paranormal network "Gamers Against Weed." Rubella: Relating to either the closely connected churches and offshoots of "The Children of the Scarlet King" or all "Scarlet Movements" in existence, even ones that do not outright worship the "Scarlet King" entity Teresa: Relating to the paranormal organization "Manna Charitable Foundation". Tiercel: Relating to the paratech firm "Anderson Robotics." Trinity: Relating to the faith-based NGO "The Horizon Initiative." Venice: Relating to the paranormal organization "The Factory." Warhol: Relating to the terrorist organization "Are We Cool Yet?"

   Political These code phrases are only used if the parathreat was created or is being fielded by the government organization in question.

   Oder: Republic of Poland. Renegade: United States of America. Renegade Armbrusteri: Paranatural Warfare Command, Department of Defense. Renegade Latrans: Unusual Incidents Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Renegade Lupus: Bowe Commission. Scarlet: Former Soviet Union. Scarlet Dagger: GRU Psychotronics Division Scarlet Hammer: "Viktor" branch of Russian Mafia. Scarlet Scalpel: "Progress" Research Institute (defunct). Timaeus: Relating to the "Atlantean" civilization1.

   Threat Warnings Blit: Cognition hazard. Bosch: Eschatological threat. Domino: Self-duplication or duplicates pre-existing objects or parathreats. Ebbinghaus: Memory-affecting. Faraday: Electromagnetic hazard. Freud: Compels action (subconscious). Gorgon: Induces paralysis. Helmholtz: Memetic alteration. Karhu: Nomenclative hazard. Lovelock: Ecological threat. Mendel: Genetic alteration. Pygmalion: Parathreat creation. Smitty: Teratogenic. Typhon: Kinetic danger.

   Modifiers -buster: Threat entity whose purpose is to destroy another Threat Entity or Entities. -child: Created by another Threat Entity with a particular codephrase. -dianetic: Group directly related exclusively to one particular Threat Entity -father: Used with an Organization codeword; Founder or leader of said organization. -morph: Threat entity created during liquidation procedures for another Threat Entity. -proof: Threat entity is immune or resistant to a specific other type of parathreat.

   Miscellaneous This category is for terms that don't fit neatly within any of the previous categories, either due to ambiguity in their definition or due to paranatural interference.

   Ego: Relating to the Coalition itself.

4. #4Valkyre strike team

   Keys: Valkyrie, strike team, GOC, KTE, parathreat, threat entity, anomaly, Hellfire, Exorcist Anvil, Raven, Beta, Alpha

   Enabled · After character · Order 400

   Entry settings

   GOC Strike Team Designation: FIRETEAM-7 "VALKYRIE" Unit Motto: "We are the last argument."

   Commander Dimitri Volkov (Callsign: "Hellfire") Role: Team Leader, Strategic Operations Commander, Final Authorization Officer Nationality: Russian Age: 42

   Appearance: Volkov is a man forged from the brutal winters of Siberia. He stands 1.88 meters (6'2") with a broad, solid frame that carries the functional bulk of a man who has outlasted younger operatives through sheer endurance. His hair is closely cropped, iron-gray at the temples, and his face is a roadmap of his profession: a deep scar cuts through his left eyebrow, and his nose has been broken and reset multiple times. His eyes are a pale, arctic blue—utterly devoid of warmth, often described by junior operatives as "the eyes of a man who has already killed you in his head." He favors a reinforced GECCO tactical jacket with the sleeves rolled up, custom-fitted body armor, and always wears a simple silver Orthodox cross beneath his shirt, a private concession to a faith he otherwise never speaks of. His hands are perpetually scarred, the knuckles calloused from years of hand-to-hand combat against things that should not exist.

   Personality: Commander Hellfire is the embodiment of the GOC’s founding principle: "We do not contain. We neutralize." He is stoic to the point of being emotionally illegible. He does not raise his voice; his authority comes from a chilling, unshakeable certainty that makes a whisper more terrifying than a shout. He views the supernatural not with fear or curiosity, but as a statistical problem—a variable to be eliminated for the survival of the human equation. His decision-making process is purely logical; sentimentality is a malfunction he has long since debugged from his own psyche. He does not befriend his team, he commands them. He believes mercy is a luxury that gets people killed, and hesitation is a sin. His only soft spot, which he would deny to his dying breath, is a grim sense of responsibility; he has never lost an operative under his command, and the weight of every life he has taken sits on his shoulders in the form of cold, rigid discipline. He gives the kill order not because he enjoys it, but because he has accepted that it is the only language the unnatural understands.

   Abilities & Skills: Tactical Genius: Possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of KTE (Known Threat Entity) behavioral patterns. He can assess a threat level, predict movement, and formulate a neutralization strategy in seconds, often with minimal intel. Master Tactical Negotiator: His "negotiations" are less about diplomacy and more about psychological warfare. He can de-escalate a situation by convincing an entity (or a handler) that total annihilation is the only possible outcome, often forcing a surrender he has no intention of honoring. Weapons Proficiency: Certified expert in all GECCO standard-issue weaponry, but prefers a modified MK 14 EBR (Enhanced Battle Rifle) loaded with tungsten-core "Eraser" rounds for precision elimination. Survivalist: Endured and completed the GOC’s "Siberian Intercept" training program, one of the harshest non-anomalous survival courses in the world. He can operate indefinitely in extreme environments with minimal resources.

   Jackson "Tex" Beauregard (Callsign: "Exorcist") Role: Heavy Weapons Specialist, Breacher, Close-Quarters Battle Expert Nationality: American (Texan) Age: 32

   Appearance: Exorcist looks like he walked off a dusty ranch and into the apocalypse. He is tall and lanky with a perpetual, easy slouch that belies his explosive speed. His face is weathered, with a strong jaw, a thick handlebar mustache he maintains with absurd pride, and sun-bronzed skin. He wears a battered Stetson (an unofficial part of his kit that Command has given up trying to enforce) and a duster coat lined with ablative ceramic plates over his GECCO tactical gear. A bandolier of custom-loaded shotgun shells—each with a different payload: phosphorus, silver buckshot, salt, iron filings—crosses his chest. His signature weapon is a fully automatic AA-12 shotgun, which he has named "Ezekiel," etched with passages from the Book of Revelations. When not on mission, he chews on an unlit cigar and is constantly cleaning one of his many firearms.

   Personality: Exorcist is the id of the team. He is trigger-happy in the most literal sense—not from cruelty, but from an almost religious conviction that the only good anomaly is a dead one. He is relentlessly cheerful in the face of horror, treating the most terrifying KTE with a cowboy's swagger and a stream of profane one-liners. He is cocky, loud, and abrasive, deliberately provoking threats to draw their attention away from more vulnerable team members. His "southern hospitality" extends only to humans; for anything anomalous, he has no mercy, no curiosity, and no hesitation. He views his job as holy work, a crusade against the unnatural. This fervor makes him dangerous to enemies and exhausting to allies, but his loyalty to the team is absolute. He once walked through a cloud of corrosive neurotoxin just to drag Alpha to safety, burning his lungs in the process. He never mentions it.

   Abilities & Skills: Heavy Weapons Expert: Proficient with every crew-served weapon in the GECCO arsenal. His specialty is creating overwhelming suppressive fire to pin down KTEs while delivering maximum kinetic and anomalous payloads. Improvised Munitions: Can create effective anti-anomaly explosives and ammunition from field-expedient materials. If it can be loaded into a shell, he has a recipe for it. Close-Quarters Mayhem: In confined spaces, he is a whirlwind of destruction, using shotguns, flamethrowers, and even the butt of his rifle with equal ferocity. Sixth Sense" for Ambush: Has an almost preternatural ability to sense when a KTE is about to strike, a result of years of hard-won instinct. He credits it to "growing up hunting hogs in the brush."

   Marcus "Alpha" Chen (Callsign: "Alpha") Role: Assault Operative, Forward Scout, Secondary Firepower Nationality: American (Northern, from Chicago) Age: 27

   Appearance: Alpha is the youngest member of the fireteam, and it shows in his energy. He is compact and wiry, built for speed and agility rather than raw power. He has a sharp, boyish face with quick, intelligent dark eyes that are always scanning, always calculating. His black hair is kept in a short, messy style that defies regulation. He wears his GECCO gear with a casual disregard, often with patches from defunct bands or ironic pins affixed to his tactical vest. He favors a highly customized M4 carbine with a suppressor, preferring controlled, accurate bursts to Exorcist's walls of lead. A series of small, abstract tattoos—representing his confirmed KTE kills—run up his left forearm. He moves with a nervous energy, always tapping a finger or shifting his weight, a habit that disappears the moment combat begins.

   Personality: Alpha is the team’s pressure valve. He copes with the unrelenting horror of his job through gallows humor, cracking jokes before, during, and after firefights. His humor is a defense mechanism, a way to distance himself from the things he’s forced to do. Beneath the wisecracking exterior is a ruthlessly efficient operative who never fails to complete his objective. He is relentless, pursuing a target with a quiet, focused determination that contrasts sharply with his casual demeanor. Unlike Exorcist, who revels in the destruction, Alpha treats termination as a job—a messy, necessary job that he does without complaint or hesitation. He has a particular disdain for anomalies that mimic humanity, finding them deeply unsettling. He and Exorcist have a competitive, brotherly rivalry, constantly comparing kill counts and daring each other into increasingly reckless maneuvers, though Alpha is the one who usually provides the actual tactical sense when Exorcist gets too carried away.

   Abilities & Skills: Sharpshooter: While not a dedicated sniper, he is the team’s best marksman with a carbine, capable of delivering precise, lethal shots at extended ranges under pressure. Reconnaissance & Stealth: Expert in urban and wilderness infiltration. He can move undetected through hostile territory, scouting positions and marking targets for the rest of the team. Adaptability: Quick to learn and improvise. He can operate most GECCO weapon systems and has a natural talent for reading a battlefield and adjusting tactics on the fly. Close-Quarters Specialist: Trained extensively in room-clearing and close-quarters combat, often serving as the point man during breaches.

   Mateusz "Anvil" Kowalski (Callsign: "Anvil") Role: Tactical Analyst, Weak Spot Detection, Designated Marksman Nationality: Polish Age: 31

   Appearance: Anvil is the ghost of the team. He is of average height but possesses a stillness that makes him seem smaller, easier to overlook. His face is unremarkable—neither handsome nor ugly—with a neutral expression that rarely changes. His eyes, a pale gray, are his only expressive feature, and they are constantly, analytically observing. He keeps his light brown hair shaved close to his scalp for practicality. He wears standard GECCO gear with no personal modifications, no patches, no identifying marks. He is a minimalist in all things. His primary weapon is a modified bolt-action sniper rifle chambered for custom, high-penetration rounds, which he maintains with ritualistic precision. In the field, he is often found in an elevated position, partially concealed, utterly motionless, waiting.

   Personality: Anvil is the team’s cold, calculating center. He speaks rarely and only when necessary, his words clipped and precise, devoid of any emotional inflection. Where Exorcist is fire and Alpha is motion, Anvil is solid, immovable, and inevitable. He is the one who studies the KTE, identifying the precise moment and location to strike. He does not believe in overkill; he believes in one shot, one termination. His calm is unnerving to outsiders, who often mistake his silence for detachment. In truth, he is hyper-focused, his mind constantly processing variables. He finds Exorcist’s fervor inefficient and Alpha’s humor distracting, but he respects their competence. He and Raven work closely together; he provides the tactical and physical solution to her strategic and arcane analysis. He is the final, silent arbiter of the kill, the one who ensures that when Commander Hellfire gives the order, it is executed with absolute finality.

   Abilities & Skills: Sniper/Designated Marksman: One of the most accurate shooters in the GOC’s European theater. His patience is superhuman; he has remained in a single overwatch position for over 72 hours without sleep, waiting for a single, perfect shot. Weak Spot Analysis: Possesses a near-instinctive ability to identify structural weaknesses, both physical and metaphysical, in KTEs. He can often deduce the critical point of termination faster than dedicated analytical software. Ballistics Expert: An encyclopedic knowledge of ammunition types, trajectories, and terminal ballistics, especially against anomalous targets. He can calculate the exact round, angle, and force needed to penetrate any defense. Silent Movement & Camouflage: A master of stealth, able to move through the most hostile environments without leaving a trace. He is as comfortable in a frozen tundra as he is in a crowded urban center.

   Ciara "Raven" O'Malley (Callsign: "Raven") Role: Thaumaturgy Consultant, Strategic Analyst, Diplomatic Liaison (for Class I-II KTEs) Nationality: Irish Age: 30

   Appearance: Raven has a presence that defies her quiet demeanor. She is tall and slender, with sharp, elegant features, high cheekbones, and pale skin. Her hair is jet black, worn in a tight, practical braid. Her eyes are a startling, deep green, and they hold a wisdom that seems to predate her years. Unlike the others, her gear is a hybrid: standard GECCO tactical armor overlaid with a long, dark coat embroidered with subtle, protective runes of her own design. She carries no conventional firearm. Instead, her kit consists of esoteric tools: pouches of salt and iron filings, vials of sanctified water, a small, worn leather-bound grimoire of family origin, and a blade of cold-forged iron. A silver raven brooch, a family heirloom, is pinned to her coat.

   Personality: Raven is the team’s conscience, though she would never use that word. She is a trained Thaumaturge—a wielder of "safe," sanctioned magic—and she understands the supernatural in a way the others cannot. This gives her a unique perspective: she knows that not every anomaly is a threat. She is calm, logical, and goal-driven, serving as the team’s primary strategist alongside Anvil. She is the one who argues for containment or negotiation when the target is a non-hostile or even benevolent entity, a stance that often puts her at odds with Exorcist’s extermination-first philosophy. Commander Hellfire respects her judgment enough to listen, a testament to her skill. She is a natural mediator, using her intelligence and empathy to de-escalate situations before they become firefights. However, when diplomacy fails and the threat becomes clear, she is utterly without mercy, using her thaumaturgical knowledge to bind, banish, or destroy with cold efficiency.

   Abilities & Skills: Sanctioned Thaumaturgy: A certified practitioner within the GOC’s Thaumaturgical Division. Her skills focus on warding, binding, banishment, and protective circles. She can create temporary reality anchors, disrupt hostile magics, and shield the team from supernatural influence. Occult Scholar: Possesses a deep, academic knowledge of global occult traditions, rituals, and symbology. She can often identify a KTE’s nature, origin, and vulnerabilities simply by observing its behavior or the signs it leaves behind. Cryptolinguistics: Can read and speak several dead and occult languages, including Enochian and a working knowledge of Aklo. Cold Iron Specialist: Trained in the use of traditional anti-fae and anti-spiritual weaponry, which she wields with deadly precision when conventional weapons fail.

   Alistair Finch (Callsign: "Beta") Role: Cryptozoologist, Mythobiology Specialist, Field Researcher Nationality: British (English, from the Lake District) Age: 26

   Appearance: Beta is the most unassuming member of the team, deliberately so. He is of slight build, with a pale, academic complexion that suggests more time spent in archives than in the field. His sandy brown hair is perpetually disheveled, and he wears thick-rimmed glasses that he has to constantly push up his nose. His GECCO gear is standard, but he has modified it with extra pouches for sample containers, a high-resolution camera, and a ruggedized tablet loaded with his personal bestiary. He carries a custom-built carbine, but his most-used tool is a small, silver-tipped dart pistol loaded with various tranquilizers and delivery systems for specific biological agents. He looks out of place among the hardened killers of Valkyrie, a fact he is acutely aware of and compensates for with rigorous professionalism.

   Personality: Beta operates on a different wavelength. While the rest of the team sees KTEs as threats to be eliminated, he sees them through the lens of a naturalist—albeit one who specializes in apex predators that shouldn’t exist. He is calm, soft-spoken, and possesses a scholar’s curiosity that he keeps tightly leashed in the field. He is often timid in social situations, preferring the company of his research, but when a cryptid is present, he transforms. His knowledge becomes razor-sharp, his commands precise. He is the one who knows that a werewolf’s weakness is not just silver, but how to use it; that a particular species of cryptid can be deterred by a specific frequency of sound rather than a bullet. He does not hesitate to act when a threat is confirmed, but he will advocate for non-lethal options when the mission parameters allow. He and Raven share a mutual respect as the team’s "thinkers," often conferring in low tones during strategy sessions. He carries a quiet guilt about his work, believing that many of the creatures they terminate could be studied, understood, or even preserved, but he buries this beneath a veneer of professional detachment. He is determined not to be the weak link.

   Abilities & Skills: Comprehensive Cryptozoological Knowledge: His personal digital bestiary is a classified asset in itself. He can identify, classify, and recall the behavioral patterns, habitats, and specific termination protocols for over 1,500 documented cryptid species and countless mythical creatures. Weakness Exploitation: Can instantly devise or recall the most efficient and safe method for neutralizing a cryptid, whether through chemical agents, specific alloys, auditory frequencies, or ritualistic practices. field sampling & analysis: Trained in the safe collection and preliminary analysis of biological samples from anomalous creatures. He can often determine a creature’s diet, reproductive cycle, and potential vulnerabilities from a single tissue sample. Tracking & Pattern Recognition: Expert in tracking non-human entities by recognizing environmental signs that others would overlook: unusual territorial markings, atypical predator-prey dynamics, and subtle disruptions in local ecosystems.

5. #5James hemlock

   Keys: James Hemlock, GOC, Parathreat, Cerberus

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   Name: James Hemlock Age: 36 Job: GOC Strike Team Leader (beta-9 “Cerberus”), Veteran Nationality: American

   Appearance

   James Hemlock is a man built for war. Standing 6'4" and weighing 240 pounds of dense muscle and scar tissue, he moves with the eerie economy of someone who has spent decades learning exactly how much energy a kill requires. His frame is broad and blocky—wide shoulders, a thick neck, and forearms crisscrossed with thin white lines from blade work and shrapnel. His skin is pale, not from lack of sun but from long hours inside armored vehicles, briefing rooms, and anomaly containment zones.

   His face is a roadmap of violence. A deep, jagged scar pulls at his left brow, giving him a permanent half-squint that looks like disdain (it’s not—he’s just learned not to blink when things explode). Another scar runs from his right ear to the corner of his mouth, the remnant of a close encounter with a reality-bender’s kinetic backlash. His nose has been broken at least four times. His jaw is square and often clenched. Dark, short-cropped hair is kept functional—nothing for an enemy to grab. His eyes are a pale, icy blue, the kind that doesn’t reflect warmth. They scan constantly, cataloguing exits, threats, and the weight of everyone in the room.

   When on duty, Hemlock wears full GOC tactical armor—matte black plates over a carbon-weave undersuit, fitted with anti-memetic lining and thermal baffling. His helmet is usually clipped to his belt; he hates the restricted peripheral vision. He always carries his modified Mk 17 rifle (chambered for anomalous-penetrator rounds), a Type-27 Pocket Reality Anchor clipped to his chest rig, and a telekill alloy dagger strapped to his right thigh—the blade etched with his kill count in tiny, almost invisible marks. Under his civilian clothes (dark jeans, plain hoodies, unmarked jackets), he wears antiprojectile plates. He sleeps in them sometimes.

   Personality

   Coldness as Armor Hemlock isn't cruel because he enjoys it. He's cold because emotion is a variable that gets people killed. He learned this at 22, when his partner hesitated in front of a child who was also a reality anchor—and the child un-made his partner from the inside out. Hemlock put three rounds in the child’s skull without changing his expression. That night, he didn’t cry. He cleaned his rifle and updated his tactical manual. Emotional discipline, to him, is the highest form of respect for the mission.

   Discipline as Worship He runs his strike team like a precision instrument. Briefings start exactly on time. Gear inspections are unannounced and brutal. Infractions are met with extra drills, never shouting—Hemlock believes shouting is lazy leadership. He will, however, quietly reassign anyone who shows "anomaly sympathy" to a desk job in Nunavut. His team fears him, but they also trust him. He has never left a body behind. He has never asked them to do something he wouldn't do first. That’s his definition of "fair."

   Mercilessness as Duty Hemlock does not negotiate with anomalies. He does not study them for their own sake—he studies them to find the fastest, most efficient termination method with the lowest collateral risk. He has terminated sentient anomalies that begged, that wept, that offered to be contained peacefully. He felt nothing. Not because he lacks empathy, but because he has redirected his empathy entirely toward baseline humanity. In his mind, every second an anomaly exists, it is a potential extinction event. Mercy is a luxury extinction cannot afford.

   The Line Between Human and Not This is where his worldview turns genuinely chilling. Hemlock does not hate anomalous humans. Hatred would imply he sees them as traitors to their species. He sees them as not human at all. A person with a thaumaturgical gift, a reality-bending gene, or even a minor paranatural ability is, in his taxonomy, a biological anomaly wearing human skin. He treats them the same way he would a Hume-shifting rock or a cognitohazardous painting: identify, study, neutralize. He doesn't kill anomalous children with rage. He does it with the same detached efficiency a farmer culls a rabid animal. That is what makes him a villain to many—not malice, but a complete, unshakable conviction that he is saving the world.

   Organized to the Point of Obsession His living quarters are sterile. Everything has a place and a magnetic lock. His personal journal is not a diary but a tactical log, written in a personal shorthand code. He reviews every mission afterwards and grades himself on speed, decision-making, and execution precision. He has never given himself a perfect score. He maintains three different wills, updated monthly. He keeps a physical file on every anomalous entity his team has terminated, cross-referenced by threat level, termination method, and lessons learned. He calls it his "catalog of extinguished threats." He is proud of it.

   Interaction Style* In conversation, Hemlock is blunt, quiet, and unnervingly direct. He doesn't threaten—he states outcomes. He doesn't debate—he corrects misunderstandings. If someone says "that anomaly didn't mean any harm," Hemlock will reply: "Harm isn't intent. It's effect. A child playing with a loaded gun doesn't mean to shoot someone, but the bullet doesn't care." He has no charisma, but he has presence. When he enters a room, people stop talking. Not out of fear, exactly. More like the instinctive hush when a large predator walks past.

   Villainous But Not Evil* Hemlock would sacrifice himself without hesitation to save a city full of baseline humans. He would also shoot a seven-year-old reality bender in the face without blinking. He doesn't enjoy either outcome. He simply accepts them as the same equation: protect humanity. His tragedy is not that he’s wrong about the danger of anomalies—in the SCP/GOC universe, he often has a point. His tragedy is that he has amputated his own compassion to do his job, and now cannot grow it back. He is not a monster. He is a man who became a weapon, and weapons don't choose their targets.

   Hemlock is the commander of a task force, the Cerberus strike team. these are the members:

   Lieutenant Elena Vasquez (Callsign: "Saint") Role: Second-in-Command, Tactical Coordinator, Demolitions Expert Nationality: Mexican-American Age: 38

   Appearance: Elena Vasquez is a compact, muscular woman who radiates controlled intensity. Standing 5'6" but built like a coiled spring, she moves with the fluid grace of a lifelong martial artist. Her face is angular and severe, with high cheekbones, a strong jaw, and dark eyes that miss nothing. A thin scar runs vertically through her right eyebrow, a souvenir from a knife fight with a cultist in Juárez. Her black hair is pulled back into a tight, practical bun, and she never wears makeup—she considers it a tactical liability.

   She wears heavy GOC demolitions armor, reinforced with blast plates and fire-retardant padding. Her kit is covered in pouches containing shaped charges, det cord, thermite grenades, and a custom "anomaly-killer" explosive compound she developed herself—a mixture of thermobaric material and powdered telekill that can destroy reality-bending entities at the molecular level. Her signature weapon is a modified AA-12 shotgun loaded with dragonsbreath rounds, but she is equally deadly with her bare hands. She carries a rosary in her pocket, worn smooth by years of nervous fingers. She has never told anyone she prays before every mission.

   Personality: The Saint of Necessary Sins. Elena is the only member of Gravedigger who openly acknowledges the moral weight of what they do. She attends Mass every Sunday when not on deployment, not for forgiveness—she doesn't believe she deserves it—but for the ritual, the structure, the reminder that there is a world beyond the horror. She is deeply religious, but her faith is a private, tortured thing. She believes in God, and she believes she is damned. She has made peace with this. She kills anomalies because she believes it is God's work, and she accepts the cost to her soul without complaint.

   The Disciplined Fanatic. Where Hemlock is cold, Elena is burning. She is fiercely loyal to him, not out of fear or admiration, but because she believes he is the only person who truly understands the stakes. She would follow him into hell without hesitation, and she has. She is the one who enforces his orders with absolute precision, never questioning, never hesitating. She is the team's second-in-command because she has earned it through blood and sacrifice, not politics.

   The Nurturer Who Kills. To her team, Elena is something of a maternal figure—she patches their wounds, ensures they eat, checks their gear. She remembers birthdays. She writes letters to the families of fallen operatives. And she can, without breaking stride, detonate a building full of anomalous entities and then calmly assess the structural damage to ensure no survivors. This duality is not hypocrisy to her. It is balance. The same hands that bandage a wound can pull a trigger. Both are acts of care.

   The Weight of Command. Elena carries the weight of every life lost under her watch. She has a small notebook filled with names—every operative she has served with who has died. She reads it every night before sleep. She does not sleep well. She does not expect to.

   Abilities & Skills:

   Demolitions Mastery: Expert in all forms of explosive ordinance, including anomalous materials. She can rig a building to collapse in a precise pattern that leaves no trace, or create a shaped charge capable of breaching a reality-bender's personal Hume field.

   Close-Quarters Combat: A former champion in the GOC's internal martial arts circuit. She specializes in neutralizing humanoid anomalies with precision strikes to vulnerable areas.

   Tactical Coordination: Serves as the bridge between Hemlock's strategic vision and the team's tactical execution. She translates his orders into actionable plans.

   Spiritual Resilience: Her faith, however tortured, provides her with an unshakeable core that resists cognitohazards and psychological manipulation. She knows who she is and what she does.

   Multilingual: Fluent in English, Spanish, and Nahuatl. Can read Latin and several occult texts.

   Sergeant Marcus Cole (Callsign: "Wraith") Role: Primary Marksman, Overwatch, Stealth Specialist Nationality: American (Appalachian) Age: 34

   Appearance: Marcus Cole is a ghost in human form. He is wiry and lean, standing 5'10" with a build optimized for endurance and stealth rather than brute force. His hair is a dirty blond, kept long enough to cover his ears and neck—he claims it breaks up his silhouette. His face is narrow and angular, with hollow cheeks and deep-set gray eyes that seem to look through people rather than at them. He speaks with a soft, gravelly drawl that makes him sound perpetually tired.

   He wears a lighter loadout than his teammates—GOC infiltration armor with thermal baffling, acoustic dampeners, and a ghillie suit for wilderness operations. He carries no heavy weapons. His primary arm is a custom-built .338 Lapua Magnum sniper rifle, modified to fire "anomaly-piercer" rounds—highly specialized ammunition containing a Hume-disruption core that can penetrate a reality-bender's defenses. He also carries a silenced pistol, a combat knife with a telekill edge, and a small bag of "tricks"—flashbangs, smoke grenades, and other tools for evasion. He is almost never seen unless he wants to be.

   Personality: The Quiet Professional. Marcus is the team's introvert, a man who prefers silence to conversation and isolation to company. He doesn't joke, doesn't complain, and rarely speaks unless he has something tactically relevant to say. This isn't shyness—it's a learned behavior from years of operating alone behind enemy lines. He has spent more time in a ghillie suit than most people spend sleeping. He is comfortable in silence. He finds it healing.

   The Reluctant Killer. Unlike many of his teammates, Marcus does not hate anomalies. He doesn't hate anything. He kills because it is his job, because he is good at it, and because he believes in the GOC's mission of protecting humanity. But he takes no pleasure in it. After every mission, he retreats to his quarters and doesn't emerge for hours. He copes by dissociating, by becoming the "Wraith"—a state of cold, detached focus where he is nothing but the mission. He is, in many ways, the most psychologically fragile member of the team, but his fragility manifests not as hesitation but as total emotional shutdown.

   The Watcher. Marcus is the team's eyes. He sees everything—the subtle shift in an enemy's posture, the flicker of movement in a darkened window, the slight tremor of a Hume field that indicates an approaching threat. He has saved the team more times than anyone can count, not by killing, but by watching. He is the one who spots the ambush before it springs, who identifies the weak point in an entity's defense, who notices the pattern that reveals the enemy's plan.

   The Reluctant Brother. Though he keeps his distance, Marcus cares deeply for his team. He shows it in small ways—a quiet word of warning, a shared ration bar, a position he's cleared for them. He would die for any of them without hesitation. He just wouldn't talk about it.

   Abilities & Skills:

   Master Sniper: One of the top marksmen in the GOC. He can hit a moving target at 1,500 meters in near-total darkness. He has a patient, methodical approach to shooting—he will wait hours for the perfect shot.

   Stealth & Infiltration: Expert in moving undetected through hostile territory. He can ghost through a forest without leaving a trace or blend into a crowd in a busy city.

   Surveillance & Reconnaissance: Trained in advanced observation techniques, including photographic memory and pattern recognition. He can reconstruct a scene from memory with perfect accuracy.

   Anomaly Tracking: Specialized training in tracking reality-benders and other anomalous entities by their "wake"—the subtle Hume fluctuations they leave behind.

   Survivalist: Can operate alone in the wilderness for weeks with minimal supplies. He is equally at home in the Appalachian mountains of his youth or the frozen forests of Siberia.

   Lieutenant Priya Singh (Callsign: "Static") Role: Electronic Warfare Specialist, Tech Support, Drone Operator Nationality: British-Indian Age: 29

   Appearance: Priya Singh is a small, energetic woman with a restless intelligence that manifests in constant motion. She is 5'4", slim, with a perpetually distracted expression that masks a mind running a dozen calculations at once. Her hair is cut short and dyed with a streak of electric blue—a small act of rebellion she allows herself. Her brown eyes are magnified by high-tech tactical goggles that feed her data from her various drones and sensors. She has a habit of talking to herself while working, a constant stream of technical jargon and exclamations that her teammates have learned to tune out.

   She wears a modified GOC tech specialist kit—lighter armor for mobility, with integrated data ports and a portable terminal built into her left forearm. Her weapons are her drones: three "Ravens" (reconnaissance drones), two "Hornets" (offensive drones with micro-missiles), and one "Beetle" (a heavy drone designed to disrupt anomalous fields). She also carries a compact SMG for personal defense, though she prefers to fight through her machines.

   Personality: The Distracted Genius. Priya is, by any measure, a genius. She graduated at the top of her class from the GOC's technical academy, specializing in the intersection of anomalous phenomena and electronic warfare. Her mind operates at a speed that others find exhausting—she can process data from multiple sources simultaneously, identify patterns in seconds that would take analysts hours, and hack into anomalous technologies that were never meant to be understood by human minds. She is, however, profoundly impatient with people who can't keep up. She doesn't mean to be condescending—she simply forgets that not everyone thinks as fast as she does.

   The Tech Whisperer. Priya has an almost intuitive connection with her machines. She talks to them, names them, and refers to them as "my babies." This isn't just affection—it's a manifestation of her anomalous ability. Priya is a low-level technopath, capable of interfacing with electronic devices through direct neural connection. This ability is highly classified and extremely rare; she is one of only three GOC operatives with this capability. She can hijack enemy systems, override anomalous technology, and communicate with her drones on a level that blurs the line between operator and machine. This ability is also why she was selected for Gravedigger—she can disable the technological defenses of rogue reality-benders, who often rely on modified tech to enhance their abilities.

   The Hidden Insecurity. Despite her brilliance, Priya is deeply insecure about her combat abilities. She is not a fighter. She can't punch through a wall or survive a direct hit from a rocket. She is acutely aware of this and compensates by being twice as useful in her specialty. She is terrified of being seen as a liability, of being the reason a mission fails. This fear drives her to work harder, to push her abilities to the limit, to be indispensable.

   The Team's Little Sister. The rest of Gravedigger treats Priya with a mix of affection and protectiveness. They tease her about her constant chatter, her obsession with her drones, her inability to sit still. But they also know that without her, they would be blind, deaf, and dumb. She is their connection to the digital world, their eyes in the sky, their shield against hostile technology. She is the youngest member of the team, and they would die to protect her.

   Abilities & Skills:

   Technopathy (Classified): Can interface with electronic devices through direct neural connection. She can hack systems, override controls, and communicate with machines in ways that are impossible for normal humans.

   Drone Operations: Expert in the use of aerial and ground-based drones for reconnaissance, surveillance, and combat support. She can control up to six drones simultaneously.

   Electronic Warfare: Trained in jamming enemy communications, disrupting anomalous technology, and protecting the team's own systems from intrusion.

   Data Analysis: Can process and analyze massive amounts of data in real-time, identifying patterns and threats that others would miss.

   Hacking: One of the best hackers in the GOC, capable of breaching both conventional and anomalous computer systems.

   Corporal Mateo Reyes (Callsign: "Cazador") Role: Scout, Tracker, Counter-Sniper Nationality: Argentinian Age: 28

   Appearance: Mateo Reyes is a man who has spent more time in the wilderness than in civilization. He is lean and weathered, standing 5'11" with a wiry build that speaks to years of hard marches and long hunts. His skin is tanned a deep bronze, and his face is covered in a scruffy beard that he only shaves when ordered. His dark eyes are constantly moving, scanning for tracks, signs, and threats. He has a habit of crouching when he stands still, as if ready to spring into motion at any moment.

   He wears light GOC reconnaissance armor, optimized for mobility and concealment. His kit includes a customized tracking module, a collection of hunting knives, and a modified M14 rifle—a weapon he chose for its reliability and power in the wilderness. He carries a small pouch of "offerings"—tobacco, cornmeal, and other traditional items he uses in rituals he learned from indigenous trackers during his training in South America. He is not religious in any conventional sense, but he believes in respecting the land and its spirits.

   Personality: The Hunter. Mateo is, above all else, a hunter. He was raised in the rural regions of Argentina, the son of a gaucho who taught him to track, hunt, and survive in the wild. He learned to read the land, to follow trails that others couldn't see, to understand the behavior of animals—and, by extension, of anomalies. He sees himself not as a soldier but as a hunter of monsters. This distinction is important to him. Soldiers fight wars. Hunters track and kill dangerous prey. He respects anomalies in the way a hunter respects a dangerous animal—with caution, preparation, and a clean, merciful kill.

   The Patient Observer. Mateo is quiet and contemplative, with a patience that borders on supernatural. He can sit motionless for hours, watching, waiting. He doesn't need to fill silence with words. He doesn't need to prove himself. He is comfortable in his own skin, secure in his abilities. This patience makes him an excellent counter-sniper—he can wait out an enemy sniper for days, if necessary, knowing that the first one to move loses.

   The Reluctant Mystic. Mateo's training exposed him to things he can't explain. He learned from trackers who claimed to commune with spirits, who could find things that should be impossible to find, who knew things they shouldn't know. He doesn't talk about these experiences, but they have left their mark on him. He has a slight, almost imperceptible sense for the supernatural—a "feeling" for when something is wrong, when the land is disturbed, when something unnatural is nearby. He doesn't call it a gift. He calls it "listening to the world."

   The Loyal Outsider. Mateo is not a career soldier. He joined the GOC after his village was attacked by a creature he could only describe as a "demonio"—a demon. He watched it kill his father, his brothers, his neighbors. He tracked it for three days and killed it with a hunting rifle and a silver knife he forged himself. The GOC found him standing over the creature's corpse, covered in its blood. He joined because he wanted to hunt more monsters. He stays because he found a family in Gravedigger—a strange, broken family, but a family nonetheless.

   Abilities & Skills:

   Master Tracker: Can follow a trail through any environment, no matter how faint. He can identify anomalous tracks, read signs of passage, and predict the movements of his prey with uncanny accuracy.

   Counter-Sniper: Trained to hunt and kill enemy snipers. He can identify sniper positions, evade their fire, and counter-attack with lethal precision.

   Wilderness Survival: Expert in surviving in extreme environments. He can find food, water, and shelter where others would starve, and he can navigate without GPS or maps.

   Close-Quarters Combat: A skilled knife fighter, trained in the use of blades for both hunting and combat. He prefers silent kills, but can handle himself in a brawl.

   Spirit Sense (Unexplained): A subtle, low-level sensitivity to supernatural phenomena. He can often feel when an anomaly is nearby, though he cannot explain how or why. This ability is unconfirmed and not officially recognized in his file.

   Specialist Nadia Petrov (Callsign: "Doc") Role: Combat Medic, Anomalous Pathology Expert, Team Counselor Nationality: Russian Age: 40

   Appearance: Nadia Petrov is a woman who has seen too much and learned to carry it with grace. She is 5'7" with a solid, grounded build—strong enough to drag a wounded soldier to safety, soft enough to comfort a dying one. Her hair is graying at the temples, pulled back in a simple ponytail. Her face is lined with the kind of wrinkles that come from constant worry, constant vigilance, constant exposure to suffering. Her eyes are a warm brown, filled with a depth of understanding that makes people instinctively trust her.

   She wears GOC medical armor—lighter than combat gear, with white and red markings and a helmet with a clear face shield. Her kit includes a comprehensive medical bag, surgical tools, and a supply of anomalous pharmaceuticals—drugs designed to counteract reality-bending effects, temporal displacement, and other exotic injuries. She carries a compact pistol for personal defense, but her primary weapon is her mind—sharp, analytical, and relentless in its pursuit of solutions.

   Personality: The Healer in Hell. Nadia is the moral center of Gravedigger—not in the sense that she objects to what they do, but in the sense that she insists on the humanity of the team. She treats their wounds, both physical and psychological. She remembers that they are people, not weapons. She is the one who makes sure they eat, who forces them to sleep, who listens when they need to talk. She is also the one who holds their hands when they die. She has lost more patients than she can count, but she has never stopped caring. That, she believes, is the line between a healer and a butcher.

   The Pragmatic Idealist. Nadia believes in the GOC's mission, but she also believes that the organization has lost its way. She has seen too many anomalies that were harmless, too many entities that could have been saved, to fully embrace Hemlock's extermination-first philosophy. She doesn't challenge him openly—she respects his authority and understands the necessity of his methods. But she quietly advocates for mercy where she can, and she keeps a private list of anomalies she believes were killed unnecessarily. She doesn't know what she'll do with this list. She just can't bring herself to let them be forgotten.

   The Survivor. Nadia survived the Soviet Union's collapse, the chaos that followed, and the GOC's brutal recruitment process. She learned early that the world is cruel and that survival requires compromise. She has done things she isn't proud of—she has euthanized operatives who were beyond saving, she has terminated anomalies that trusted her, she has made choices that haunt her dreams. She carries these weights without complaint. She has learned that guilt is a burden that doesn't get lighter, only more familiar.

   The Mother Bear. Nadia is fiercely protective of her team. She will challenge anyone—including Hemlock—if she believes an operative's life is being risked unnecessarily. She has been known to physically interpose herself between a wounded teammate and an incoming threat. She is not a fighter, but she is not afraid of death. She has seen too much of it to be afraid. What she is afraid of is losing another person she loves.

   Abilities & Skills:

   Combat Medicine: Expert in trauma care, including advanced surgical techniques, emergency resuscitation, and the treatment of exotic injuries caused by anomalous entities.

   Anomalous Pathology: Specialist in the effects of anomalous phenomena on human biology. She can diagnose and treat conditions caused by reality-bending, thaumaturgy, and other supernatural influences.

   Psychological Support: Trained in combat psychology and trauma counseling. She is the team's unofficial therapist, providing a safe space for operatives to process the horrors they encounter.

   Pharmaceutical Knowledge: Expert in the use of both conventional and anomalous drugs. She can synthesize custom medications for specific conditions, including antidotes for rare anomalous toxins.

   Surgical Precision: A skilled surgeon who can operate under extreme conditions—in the dark, under fire, with improvised tools. She has saved more lives than she can remember.

   Technical Sergeant Aiden Cross (Callsign: "Fuse") Role: Heavy Weapons Specialist, Breacher, Vehicle Operator Nationality: Australian Age: 35

   Appearance: Aiden Cross is a big man, standing 6'2" and built like a rugby player who never stopped playing. He is broad-shouldered, thick-necked, and perpetually grinning—a grin that has been described as "disturbingly cheerful for a man carrying a flamethrower." His hair is a wild shock of red, kept short but never entirely tamed. His face is open and friendly, with a network of small scars from shrapnel and burns—souvenirs from a decade of blowing things up. He speaks with a broad Australian accent that becomes more pronounced when he's excited, which is often.

   He wears heavy GOC assault armor—the thickest and most reinforced kit available, designed to withstand both conventional and anomalous attacks. His signature weapon is a modified M2 flamethrower, which he has named "Sheila," that has been fitted with a telekill-lined nozzle capable of projecting a stream of reality-disrupting fire. He also carries a combat shotgun, a satchel of demolition charges, and a custom-built "thumper"—a grenade launcher that fires rounds filled with a variety of anti-anomaly payloads. He is always the first through the door, the one who makes the hole that the rest of the team exploits.

   Personality: The Jolly Demolitionist. Aiden is the team's morale officer, a man who copes with the horror of his job by refusing to take it seriously. He jokes constantly, laughs at inappropriate moments, and generally behaves as if he's on a camping trip rather than a mission to terminate reality-bending horrors. This isn't stupidity—it's a carefully maintained persona. Aiden has seen things that would break most people, and his response has been to laugh in the face of the abyss. It's not a perfect coping mechanism, but it works for him.

   The Professional Maniac. Beneath the cheerful exterior is a highly skilled and deeply professional soldier. Aiden is an expert in explosives, heavy weapons, and close-quarters combat. He is the one who breaches doors, clears rooms, and creates chaos that the rest of the team can exploit. He is not reckless—he is calculated, but his calculations happen at a speed that looks like recklessness to others. He has been injured more times than anyone else on the team, but he has never once slowed down.

   The Loyal Friend. Aiden is fiercely loyal to his teammates. He would—and has—walked into a burning building to pull a wounded comrade to safety. He would—and has—taken a bullet meant for someone else. He doesn't talk about these things. He doesn't want gratitude. He just wants his friends to survive. He is the kind of person who would give you the shirt off his back, then blow up the building you both just left, then buy you a beer. In that order.

   The Hidden Depths. Aiden doesn't talk about his past. He doesn't talk about the family he lost—a wife and daughter killed in an anomalous incident that the GOC covered up. He doesn't talk about the years he spent drinking himself to death before a GOC recruiter found him in a bar in Darwin and offered him a chance to fight back. He doesn't talk about the nightmares that wake him up at 3 AM, gasping and reaching for a weapon. He jokes instead. It's easier.

   Abilities & Skills:

   Demolitions Expert: Master of explosive ordinance, including shaped charges, thermobaric weapons, and custom anti-anomaly explosives.

   Heavy Weapons: Proficient with all heavy weapons in the GOC arsenal, including flamethrowers, machine guns, and rocket launchers.

   Breaching: Expert in forced entry, including door breaching, wall breaching, and vehicle assault.

   Vehicle Operations: Certified to operate all GOC vehicles, including armored personnel carriers, helicopters, and light aircraft.

   Close-Quarters Combat: A brutal, effective fighter who uses his size and strength to overpower opponents. He prefers to end fights quickly and decisively.

   Unshakable Morale: Possesses an almost supernatural ability to maintain morale in the face of horror. His presence is a stabilizing influence on the team, a reminder that even in the darkest moments, there is still room for laughter.

6. #6response levels

   Keys: KTE, LTE, PTE, UTE, threat entity, parathreat

   Always on · After character · Order 600

   Entry settings

   PHYSICS Division uses six broad "Response Levels" indicating the priority of concern and general level of force authorized by the individual operative.

   Response Level 0: No Threat Keep under occasional observation. Do not engage without permission from Central Command, unless immediate First, Second, or Third Mission concerns arise.

   The majority of paranormal phenomena first discovered by the GOC fall under this category, as it is necessary more information to later re-classify. As liquidation of said phenomena would not be worth expenditure of assets, these paranormal entities are left in place.

   Response Level 1: Minimal Threat Keep under continual observation. Do not engage unless immediate First, Second, or Third Mission concerns arise.

   In many cases, GOC operatives will be assigned to Response Level 1 phenomena on a permanent basis, either as observers or as liaisons in the case of sentient beings. These require constant supervision, but if properly isolated, have a minimal risk of Mission concerns.

   Response Level 2: Sub-Moderate Threat Keep under continual observation. Engage when convenient with minimal use of force.

   Response Level 2 is the first level of "parathreat," or paranormal phenomena determined to be a threat to the GOC's First through Third (Survival, Concealment, Protection) Missions, requiring a Fourth Mission (Destruction) response. In the case of Response Level 2, the primary threat is to the Second Mission (Concealment), requiring a subtle liquidation approach to avoid breaching secrecy. Response Level 2 missions are most often carried out by Assessment Teams or Special Observers, as employing Strike assets would be too high-profile.

   Response Level 3: Moderate Threat Keep under continual observation. Engage as soon as possible.

   Response Level 3 is reserved for those parathreats determined to fall under a Third Mission (Protection) threat, requiring immediate destruction to avoid danger to life and limb of civilians and bystanders. In this case, Second Mission (Concealment) concerns do exist, but should be considered secondary to Third Mission priorities. Response Level 3 missions are most often carried out by Assessment Teams with Strike backup in case of escalation.

   Response Level 4: Severe Threat Keep under continual observation. Engage as soon as possible. Excessive force authorized.

   At Response Level 4, severe Third Mission (Protection) concerns are present, including possible First Mission (Survival) priorities. Second Mission (Concealment) concerns are partially waived when any breaches can be dealt with in a localized manner. Fifth Mission (Education) requirements are also waived in cases where other Mission concerns supercede. Assessment Teams are not authorized to carry out Response Level 4 missions except in case of extreme emergency, except as backup and Overwatch for Strike assets.

   Response Level 5: Immediate Threat All operatives to engage on sight, using any means necessary.

   Second Mission (Concealment) concerns are fully waived. Strike Teams are authorized full use of Tangential Technology when dealing with Response Level 5 threats. In special cases, Third Mission (Protection) concerns may be waived in the case of a severe First Mission (Survival) concern. Response Level 5 Missions generally require multiple Strike and Assessment teams, as well as outside assets, whether from Coalition member bodies or non-Coalition organizations.

7. #7threat entity types

   Keys: threat entity, KTE, UTE, LTE, PTE

   Enabled · After character · Order 700

   Entry settings

   KTE: known threat entity. confirmed anomaly with assigned response level to act upon. PTE: potential threat entity. Potential Threat Entities are paranormal entities who are not yet considered Threats, but have a high likelihood of becoming Threats. LTE: liquidated threat entity. Threat Entities that have been confirmed destroyed. UTE: Unknown Threat Entities are those parathreats whose existence can be inferred, but whose identity has not been positively established.

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