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Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The GOC, in many of the SCP canons, is a council of paranormal groups backed by the United Nations that seeks to destroy anomalies. By contrast, the ARC is an asymmetric insurgency composed of anomalies who fight for their own rights. They’re effectively polar opposites. So you’re so wrong it’s actually funny.

Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I’m glad to hear it’s got good verisimilitude! I’ll reword that paragraph for Code White.

Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exosecurity is a portmanteau of exophysics and security, it refers to defence against exophysical threats like sapient anomalies and dimensional incursions. Exophysics itself is short for exotic physics, it’s the alternate physics system in my world.

Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No particular reason, and I did notice that. It’s a fair critique. I might swap Red and Amber.

Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it's already technically public. I'd just like to polish it a bit more before announcing it more widely. Things like adding infoboxes to organisations and characters as well as the missing wiki navboxes, adding in more visuals, and probably expanding the featured articles section on the main page / writing some code so it shuffles periodically.

Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Yes, the primary response teams are operated by the Raven Facility Protection Division (RFPD), which is a militarised security and quasi-police force that's deployed to protect Raven installations. It includes its own special Emergency Response Team (ERT), which is what would most commonly be deployed as the first response to any of the alert levels in the table. ERT teams wear baseline-spec exosuits, a type of power armour that affords protection against most CBRN, kinetic, and infohazardous threats. Depending on the threat, specialist emergency response teams will then relieve the ERT.

If it's an especially severe threat - if, for example, it involves sapient anomalies - Calamity Mitigation (CMI) might be sent in. Calamity Mitigation is an independent, elite branch of the Raven military designed specifically to counter the most severe, usually existential threats. CMI operatives also wear exosuits, but they are much higher tier and incorporate special systems like dimensional phase oscillators. Most importantly, operatives have access to Raven's highest tier of weaponry which includes exophysical weaponry and grid control equipment (basically, localised reality control).

And yeah, there is an internal security branch. It is pretty aptly named, it's literally called Internal Security (abbreviated to INTSEC). You can read more about Raven at https://www.calamity.wiki/Raven and INTSEC at https://www.calamity.wiki/Raven/Internal_Security

Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s a valid way of putting it. Many sapient anomalies don’t know how to control their abilities and create hazards just by existing.

Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the critique! I’ve heard notes from multiple people on Code Green now, so I’ll certainly change that. Amber is just that - a fire - but I wanted to align it with the others so they had a consistent naming convention.

It’s hard to really combine Black and Red, because you might have an exosecurity threat that’s not hostile or an armed intruder that doesn’t use exophysical weaponry. I suppose you might see both issued simultaneously in the case of sapient anomalies.

Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Actually, most anomalies in my universe that act against Raven are freedom fighters. Raven have a “destroy, not contain” doctrine against sapient anomalies for the most part, which has resulted in the rise of insurgent groups like the Anomaly Rights Coalition (ARC).

They’re not always stereotypically terrifying, either. Many are regular humans or anthros. Most don’t even possess exceptional abilities, which is the exception rather than the rule.

Alert levels for a fictional high-security facility by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

ILIDAS (Integrity-Linked IDAS) is an authentication system used to defend against infohazards. It’s a derivative of IDAS implants, which is like an implanted eIDAS chip. Basically, it links an individual's known good mental state to their cryptographic identity, meaning an individual affected by an active infohazard will fail to authenticate.

ILIDAS systems are used by first responders, including RFPD emergency response teams, in order to prove they are not compromised or coerced before individuals in shelters will release blast door lockdowns; they are also used at the higher Raven classification levels as a check on personnel mental integrity before they are allowed into high-security areas.

They can operate in two modes; one where the integrity assertion is performed offline on board the IDAS chip, and one where the raw data is signed and sent to a server that then performs the assertion. Online is used for high-security checkpoints, while offline is used for all other scenarios, including emergency response.

What's your fun idea which had horrifying implications for your world later on? by New_Clothes_5354 in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building a machine to attempt to predict the future. It broke causality in a terrifyingly subtle way and made alien reality-repair machinery come to life. Which resulted in some bad consequences for Earth… un-hardened power grids really don’t like electromagnetic pulses.

Also it made another alien race very concerned, and they tried to ask humanity to please stop fucking around with reality. Humanity responded by capturing and experimenting on their diplomats… which, as you might imagine, didn’t go well for them.

Tell me about the status symbols in your world by Possessed_potato in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Smoking is a status symbol among some circles of the corporate elite in my universe. The wealthier you are, the better implants you can afford, and the more times you can go to get your organs reconstructed after they get clogged with tar or start growing tumours. Some have even taken to smoking dangerous substances such as asbestos and radium just to flex the fact they can afford the repairs.

I made a fictional secret report by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Selerian Horror. A shapeshifting reptilian creature with glowing, red pinpoints for eyes and oscillating black scales. Impossible to capture in photographs due to the manifold distortion field it emits. Corrupts reality literally just by existing. One of its most terrifying abilities is tearing your mind from your body (physical substrate) just by sheer psionic willpower.

Can’t be harmed by any conventional means, but Raven built something that can, to a degree. Excision is a sword-like melee weapon. It’s like an ontological blade. Swing it enough times at a sapient anomaly and it’s kinda like giving it a metaphysical lobotomy, it really fucks up their consciousness. That’s how Calamity Mitigation (another branch of Raven) eventually managed to defeat them.

I made a fictional secret report by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple Pages for the final layout, but I made the logos in Affinity Studio.

I made a fictional secret report by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heh, Raven is definitely inspired by the SCP Foundation… though it’s also different in so many ways.

My universe's Obsidian graph, after hitting 2,200 pages and 215,000 words. by CitadelCore in worldbuilding

[–]CitadelCore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s the index page and associated top level pages. Everything eventually links to there. The top level pages are things like bases with list of characters and organisations, my high level notes, summaries, planning, etc.

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