A-1 Commissioned Officer Brief

The Alpha-1 Commissioned Officer program is a highly selective & rigorous program designed to test the very fundamentals of leadership and authority. Should you be chosen for this program you will be recognized as one of the very best in all standards and will be treated as such. The Alpha-1 Commissioned Officer team is quite unlike other Command Teams, it will take time to get used to and understand.

Being a member of the Alpha-1 Commissioned Officer Team gives you access to administration duties within the A-1 unit along with decisions which affect the entire branch. With this comes an even greater amount of responsibility. You will be looked up to by all Enlisted & Non-Comissioned Officers within A-1 and are expected to set the very best example for this individuals. Maintaining a professional attitude whilst on the Alpha-1 job is a requirement. Failure to maintain a professional attitude or setting an example which might display otherwise whilst on the Alpha-1 job gives the impression to others that the “Internal Security Department” is not serious and therefore does not need to be taken seriously. This means that your attitude towards others while on Alpha-1 should be taken into consideration. And being “toxic” towards other foundation personnel is not tolerated. Remember: While on the Alpha-1 Officer job, you are representing the regiment, and furthermore the individuals within it.

Code of Silence Guide:
As an officer of Alpha-1, you will be required to adhere to a code of silence (i.e only typing), however unlike enlisted personnel you have permission to speak in character when the situation requires it. You should only speak when it is absolutely necessary to relay critical information, or with your peers in a secure location (Teamspeak & Bunks).

Redaction Guide:

• The name “Alpha-1” is not redacted.

• The designation “Red Right Hand” is redacted.

• Alpha-1 codenames will not be redacted, however the regular RP name of the operative will be redacted.

• The term "O5 Council" is not redacted.

• The designation and codename of an O5 Council member is redacted (O5-1 "The Founder" is redacted, O5 is not).

Activity Improvement :
One of the main goals of an Alpha-1 Commissioned Officer is to improve the activity of Alpha-1 whether it be by Flag up Pings or some other means.  
1. Flag up Pings are on a two hour cooldown on, with meeting day being lowered to a single hour.
2. Any Commissioned Officer has to be active on the server in order to ping.
3. Every Ping made should be unique and different.  Links & Repeated information exlcuded.

In the event that there are no Alpha-1 online or active, Commissioned Officers may perform a flag up ping in order to bolster the overall activity of A-1. When doing so, the pinging A-1 Officer should be mentioning currently active V.I.P.s that require protection or other objectives and/or activities which may require A-1 personnel.

Informational Security :
Alpha-1 Officers should be assisting A-1 Agents with observing the environment around them and ensuring the prevention of information leaks. In the case that classified information is leaked, Alpha-1 Officers have the given authority to order all Level-4 personnel and below around in order to best contain the info-hazard. A-1 Officers should be taking complete charge of all A-1 and Level-4 Special Forces Units available to patch this leak as quickly and efficiently as possible.  This can be done with the use of amnestics, interrogations, or in extreme scenarios; termination.

- Red Right Hand (All information regarding Alpha-1 and its existence is Classified Level-5+. The word Alpha-1 is not redacted, however ‘Red Right Hand’ is redacted. Your regular RP name is classified to O5 council members only.

-O5 Council (No one knows that the person you are guarding is a council member. Level-4 personnel are aware of their confirmed existence, however do not know their codenames or actual name)

-Classified Documents (Several documents may be classified, and to what they are classified to will be mentioned on said document.)

Travel in groups of at least two to prevent capture.

All Alpha-1 personnel MUST have a taps comms bind.

Interrogations Note & Guide :
During an interrogation, Alpha-1 Officers should be assigning roles to A-1 Agents to ensure the security and best possible outcome of the interrogation. The main goal is to find out three things: What the subject knows, how the subject learned the information, and if the subject spread or recorded the information in any way. Uncooperative subjects can be coerced through intimidation, threats, and violence if necessary. Following an interrogation, subjects are to be administered amnestics and returned to duty or terminated at the discretion of the main interrogator.

Incident Intervention :
Incident Intervention is your tertiary objective, behind protecting the O5 Council and ensuring information security. Incident Intervention is when you as an Alpha-1 Officer inject yourself into Level-3 and below affairs. An example of this would be enforcing GENSEC into D-Block, or assisting with Internal Affair matters. You could also assist with protecting the HCZ Checkpoint, ensuring general safety, and enforcing protocols.

Alpha-1 Officers should not involve themselves in site affairs unless necessary. Situations that would require Alpha-1s attention would include things that involve the O5 Council, Informational Security, Rogue Personnel, or threat to the facility as a whole. Rogue personnel are defined as Foundation Employees who are actively attempting to harm the day-to-day operations of the Facility and putting the personnel who reside within the facility in grave danger. To this end, you are expected to work closely with MTF Delta-5 in their work countering rogue personnel or GOI incursions. As part of this tertiary objective, you are also able to assist Nu-7 with the security of HCZ and assist the Research department in their scientific undertakings. This should only be done if there are no VIPs on site, and no active info breaches. 

Alpha-1 Commissioned Officers are entrusted with power and responsibility that most others in the Facility are not, and further more authority over other members of A-1. This authority and power must be used wisely and with due regard. Mis-using your power and authority for your own gain, ego, or using it recklessly will result in immediate employment termination.

All of the following information will detail the limits at which an Alpha-1 Commissioned Officer is allowed to operate. Below you will see the promotion, punishment, & demotion limit of all listed C.O. ranks. Any C.O. caught breaking these limits will be punished, any Enlisted or N.C.O. not listening to an officer or disregarding their given authority will also be punished.

It is critical that all Alpha-1, Officers and higher ranking members even more so, have a taps comms bind to indicate they have been captured or are about to be captured. If you do find yourself captured, Alpha-1 personnel are issued with a concealed cyanide capsule, if captured you should aim to use this as soon as possible to prevent yourself from revealing information to your captors. If you are unable to use your concealed cyanide capsule, you should attempt to convince your captors to allow you access to your comms device. You may lie and offer them information, further personnel hostage - anything to convince them that you need your comms for a reason that would benefit them.

If you are unable to use your concealed cyanide capsule, you should attempt to convince your captors to allow you access to your comms device. You may lie and offer them information, further personnel hostage - anything to convince them that you need your comms for a reason that would benefit them.

Once you have access to your comms device and are able to establish communication, you may use a series of duress calls to indicate your location.