====== Containment Procedure ======

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==== Summary ====

  * At every //Anomalous// event, there will be an unidentified Anomaly or set of Anomalies.
  * They will need identifying and cordoning off for safety before they can be investigated.
  * Investigating the incident forms the majority of the event, during which reports should be given to guide what happens next.
  * By the end of the event, all anomalies either need to be "contained" (taken away or otherwise held in a confined space) or "neutralised" (destroyed).

==== Overview ====

Every Anomalous Incident that the Foundation responds to will require staff to identify, investigate, and "handle" the Anomaly in some way.  To achieve this, several distinct steps are helpfully identified in most copies of the [[Employee Handbook]].

==== Identification ====

Upon arrival at an Incident Site, the first task for Investigators is to assess what anomalous activity is being observed and to mark any areas of concern for further investigation.  At the sort of Incidents that require a response team, it is likely that there will be one or more locations of concern across a site that should be marked out and monitored.

Each Incident will require differing steps but in general an anomalous incident is considered "Identified" using the following tools:
  * Locating and isolating any anomalous objects and quarantining the area with hazard tape.
  * Locating the boundaries of any anomalous locations and quarantining the area with hazard tape.
  * Locating any individuals who have been affected by anomalous presence and ensuring they do not leave the area.

Once an anomalous incident has been Identified, steps can be taken to investigate and properly contain it.

[[.:archive:xx-21|XX-21 "Yellow Line"]] has proven particularly effective when setting up quarantine areas, though not all Employee Handbooks agree that it should be trusted.

Staff also note that initial Identification is important, but that as a situation evolves -- particularly for more complex anomalous incidents involving multiple interacting anomalies -- it is likely that further Identification Procedure should be followed.

//OC Note: Tape placed IC is there IC.  Any effects or meanings of different types of tapes will be made clear, and all required tape will be provided.//

== Example ==

//A team of Foundation Staff are dispatched to respond to reports of "hauntings" at a sixth form college which has resulted in the death of the headteacher.  Upon arrival, psychosensitive equipment alerts them to an area that is under the influence of anomalous powers in a classroom so they mark the classroom as a hazardous area with tape.  They speak to college staff and after cross-referencing stories it becomes clear that one of them is lying about their whereabouts at the point of the death, so all of them are taken into the custody of the Security team.  Finally, they realise that the trophies in the entry hall have been turning to watch them all the time they've been there, so the entry hall is also quarantined as a hazardous area.  Confident that nothing else is anomalous for now, they are able to start work on determining what exactly is going on.// 

==== Base Camp ====

Shortly after arrival at a site, an area that is confirmed to not be subject to any uncategorised anomalous influences will be set out as a "Base Camp".  This area is usually selected by the advance team who will set up tents for [[Field Mechanics]] and shelter, though they may sometimes require assistance clearing the area again.

Once the area has been cleared, certain [INFORMATION CLASSIFIED] equipment will be activated by the Field Staff to prevent anomalous incursions.  The side effect is that it also prevents violent actions being taken in the area.  The emotions are still there, but blows fail to damage and shots fail to hit their marks.

//OC Note: This area will be clearly marked with tape distinct from that used by IC Hazard Tape.  Characters are aware of the boundary and in this area you cannot take or deal damage or effect calls.  Refs will avoid instructing hostile NPCs or creatures to attempt to enter base camp, though strange effects may still enter.//

== Example ==

//Before arrival at the haunted sixth form college, the Advance Team arrived and set up marquees to shelter the staff and provide a location for the necessary equipment for Investigation.  Shortly after establishing this, an incursion of haunted footballs attacked them and they hid inside the marquees until the response team arrived and cleared the area.  Once the haunted footballs were cleared, the advance team were able to establish the base camp, activating the equipment that produced a safe area.//

==== Investigation ====

Once a base camp and preliminary identification has occurred for an Incident, staff are expected to work on fully investigating the incident, any identified anomalies, and the area at large.  Given that usually there are multiple interacting anomalies at the sort of incidents staff will be called to, this can take some time and require multiple teams to work in tandem to fully investigate everything.

Forms of investigation can include but are not limited to:
  * Tinkering with strange objects
  * Investigating anomalies on the site
  * Searching for similarities between anomalous occurrences
  * Responding to [[Incursions and Excursions]]
  * Attempting [[Conference]] with powerful anomalies
  * Reading and analysing documents
  * Research
  * Analysis
  * Psychometry
  * Wild and baseless theorising

Periodically, Investigation should be reported back to management via Status Reports.

//OC Note: Investigation essentially covers the majority of things Characters can do to understand what is going on.  It will uncover a large and interconnected mystery and all Characters should expect to be involved in different aspects of it to a greater or lesser degree.  As such, we won't provide an example since it would essentially be a play-by-play of a whole imaginary event!//

==== Status Reports ====

Status Reports are expected by Management at a regular cadence in order to update the Foundation on progress.  These will ask for information on how the situation is progressing, the number and type of anomaly currently understood to be present, any workplace injuries, and any requests for aid.

Status Reports can be submitted from each Line Manager on site and at least one //must// be submitted by the following points at each event:
  * Friday Midnight
  * Saturday 2pm
  * Saturday 6pm
  * Saturday 10pm
  * Sunday 1pm

Forms for these will be provided.

//OC Note: We will use Status Reports to help inform what we're doing in the next "phase" of the event.  That's not to say you can't return one soaked in blood and scrawled on in crayon, but we will interpret what we can.//

==== Handling ====

The exact nature of Handling will usually become apparent as Investigation proceeds, but handling can usually be achieved (to a greater or lesser extent depending on the particulars of an Anomaly), either by **Containment** or **Neutralisation**.  Often over the course of responding to an Incident, multiple Anomalies will need to be handled in order to properly handle the Incident fully.

Containment is usually preferable to Neutralisation, but for Anomalies that cannot be contained Neutralisation may be necessary.  For Anomalies that cannot be either Contained or Neutralised, a full report should be logged with the Archive.

=== Containment ===

To consider an Anomaly "Contained" either the Anomaly has been safely removed to be contained at the Foundation itself, or the Anomaly's influence has been restricted to a definable area that can be monitored by Foundation staff.

The exact means of Containment will vary from Anomaly to Anomaly, but for all X-, Y-, and Z-Category Anomalies a series of sufficiently effective steps should be identified.

Contained Anomalies //must// be categorised for logging in the [[Archive]].

=== Neutralisation ===

Neutralisation requires that the Anomaly has either been destroyed or rendered otherwise incapable of presenting a threat of any kind to those around it.  The exact method of neutralising an Anomaly will become apparent over the course of its investigation, and will vary greatly from Anomaly to Anomaly.  

Neutralised Anomalies do not need necessarily to be categorised but [[.:archive:y-405|the Archival Assistants]] appreciate it if they can be.

=== Example ===

//After extensive investigation of the sports trophies in the entry hall, investigators determined that they were having a strange influence on the equipment needed for the relevant sports.  This explained the aggressive footballs and hostile basketballs.  Since they could be isolated by removing them to a location far away from any balls, they were classified as Z-Category Anomalies and packed into boxes for transport to the Foundation.//

//On the other hand, it became apparent that the effects of the supposedly haunted classroom were actually the manifestation of a hostile anomalous force beneath the school that was feeding into a general sense of malaise and unease.  Initial attempts to mediate with the Anomaly were unsuccessful and it started to manifest hostile incursions of ghostly students whenever it was disturbed.  Unable to simply close the whole college over this, investigators at the suggestion of Blue Triangle looked further into what lay below the school and found a boiler room not listed on maps in which lay a furnace that was animatedly devouring old textbooks.  Inside, they were forced to destroy the furnace by flooding the boiler room, extracting the textbooks and destroying them with quote-unquote "better" fire provided by Red Circle.  This neutralised the threat, and manifestations inside the college ceased.//