Lockdown Procedures

A lockdown is a standard security procedure enacted in the event of a site emergency.

When a lockdown is declared, all relevant security systems are activated: Tesla Gates, lockdown doors, and security gateways are all activated. The safety restraints on gas valves are disabled. All exits are closed.

Tesla Gates: Tesla Gates are devices designed to hit passerby with a high-voltage electric shock. Tesla Gates are essentially two panels on opposite walls of a hallway, lined with conductive nodules. When armed, an electric current passes between the nodules on opposite sides of the hallway.

When triggered by sensors, a massive surge of electricity is sent across currents between the nodules. The effect: a wall of electrical energy across the hallway.

Tesla Gates are triggered when an object enters the activation zone to either side of the gate.

Lockdown Doors: These are large blast doors that can block hallways when activated. Usually, there is an emergency bypass that requires remote activation to open.

Security Gateways: These are checkpoints at barring access to certain areas of the facility. When passing a gateway, personnel are required to show the attending security agents their identification. Gateways can be closed by the attending agents.

LOCKDOWN EMERGENCY CODES:

If a lockdown of any kind is initiated at a facility, an automated system broadcasts a distress signal to other sites. The signal is as follows:

Sitecode/Responsecode/Threatcode.

For example, Site-15 needs MTF backup within one (1) hour due to the escape of an autonomous, semi-intelligent entity. The code is as follows:

15/A/Blue

Response codes: these determine how soon backup is needed, usually indicating the severity of the situation:

A: Within 1 hour

B: Within 2 hours

C: Within 5 hours

D: Within 24 hours

E: Within 72 hours

Threat Codes:

Code White: Attack by human combatants from outside. Example: Chaos Insurgency.

Code Gray: Attack by human combatants from inside. Example: Double agents or rogue Class-D Personnel.

Code Black: A containment breach by a non-terminable threat (NTT). Example: SCP-096. Response force: Nu-7 (Hammer Down).

Code Blue: Containment breach of an autonomous entity of below human level intelligence. Example: SCP-966. Response force: MTF Epsilon-11 (Nine-Tailed Fox)

Code Superblue: Containment breach of an autonomous entity of human or higher level intelligence. Example: SCP-049. Response force: MTF Nu-7 (Hammer Down), MTF Epsilon-11 (Nine-Tailed Fox)

Code Orange: Menemic, Informational, or Cognitive anomaly. Example: SCP-1571. Response force: MTF Gamma-7 (Red Herring)

Code Green: Escape of a reality bending anomaly. Example: SCP-106. Response force: MTF Mu-10 (Ghostbusters)

Code Amber: Escape of a Large Scale Aggressor (LSA). Example: SCP-682. Response force: MTF Nu-7 (Hammer Down)

NOTE: MTF Epsilon-11 (Nine-Tailed Fox) is designed to respond to any site emergency.