Template:SDSDepartments
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Administration
Department Name | Description | Subdivisions
(If Applicable) |
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The Office of the Administrator | An administrative department made up of The Administrator and their closest staff. | N/A |
Overseer Council
O5 Council Overwatch Command |
A group of 13 high-ranking officials with ultimate control over the Foundation. | N/A |
Oversight Committees | Each O5 runs an Oversight Committee that manages areas/sites/SDSs/Departments that fall under their individual purview | N/A |
O6 Council | A now defunct group of high-ranking personnel that did the day-to-day work that the O5 Council couldn't. | N/A |
O4 Command | The first response to containment breaches and attacks by Groups of Interest on Foundation facilities. | N/A |
O3 Court | Primarily operates as a high court of appeals for matters of Foundation policy. May overturn decisions of lower authorities. | N/A |
Site Directors' Executive Committee of the Whole (SDECotW) | A collective of every Site Director, voting on administrative proposals en masse. | N/A |
Accounting Department | Takes stock of the Foundation's assets, employees, and finances. | See Subdepartment of Statistics and Amnestics Production Committee |
Amnestics Production Committee | Oversees the production of amnestics within the Foundation. | Subdivision of the Accounting Department |
Classification Committee | Proposes modifications to object classification. | N/A |
Containment Committee | Proposes modifications to containment procedures. | N/A |
Eduskip Division | Recruits talented students from schools and universities, and holds joint educational programs with them. Exclusive for broken-masquerade canon. | N/A |
Ethics Committee | An independent board responsible for weighing the moral costs of the Foundation's containment. | See Ethics Subcommittee for Humanoid Anomalies. |
Ethics Subcommittee for Humanoid Anomalies | Determines ethical containment and containment procedures relating to humanoid anomalies. | Subdivision of Ethics Committee |
Foundation Experimentation Committee | Approves of testing and experimentation. | N/A |
Department of Health and Security | Ensures the health of security of Foundation personnel. | N/A |
Department of Human Resources | Oversees the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of new staff, and ensuring that staff are treated well by administration. | N/A |
Legal Department | The Foundation's in-house legal department. | N/A |
Location Selection Committee | Chooses the locations for testing and other Foundation procedures which cannot be conducted in-site. | N/A |
Department of Morality | Precursor to the Ethics Committee, headed by O5-2. | N/A |
Reintegration Committee | Oversees the reintegration of anomalous humans into society per the Pseudohuman Rights Act of 2013. | N/A |
Subdepartment of Statistics | Provides statistical information based on the records kept by the Accounting Department. | Subdivision of Accounting Department |
Department of Surplus | Supervises the selling or lending of Foundation surplus supplies. | N/A |
Board of Directors | Represents the foundation as its "leaders" in cases where the Overseers wish to stay in the background, pulling the strings. Mainly made up of powerful members in the foundation. | N/A |
Department of International Representative Affairs | Manages international relationships with governments | N/A |
Department of Public Operations | Manages SDS Foundation media and propaganda. Also responsible for organizing the public in case of disaster. | N/A |
Secure-Defend-Subjugate Backrooms | Independently operating organization which is de jure part of the SDS Foundation. Governs much of the backrooms however operates outside of the "Veil of Normalcy" and is fully known about in the public. Any links to the actual SDS Foundation have been erased. |
Info, Databases & Records
Department Name | Description | Subdivisions
(If Applicable) |
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Archival Department | Catalogues, preserves, maintains, and otherwise manages all documents and records, both physical and on the SCiPNET database. | N/A |
Department of Crisis Assessment | Predicts, investigates and assesses possible tragedies or disasters that could come as a result of an anomaly. | N/A |
Decommissioning Department | Reviews petitions to intentionally terminate (decommission) an SDS when containment is deemed unsustainable. | N/A |
Department of Design | Handles all aspects of creative architectural and visual decorations. | See Iconography Division. |
Digitization Department | Digitizes physical records held by the Foundation. | Subdivision of RAISA. |
Disinformation Bureau | Disseminates false and contradictory information within the public to ensure a veil of secrecy. | N/A |
Document Recovery Division | Recovers deleted or lost documents for archiving and posterity. | Subdivision of RAISA. |
Explanation and Research Department | Responsible for reclassifying various outdated or misclassified anomalies as Explained. | N/A |
Iconography Division | Produces icons for Foundation use. | Subdivision of Department of Design |
Information Detraction, Censorship, and Rescission Division (IDCaRD) | Monitors and obstructs groups which seek to disseminate information about the anomalous. | N/A |
Department of Inter-Anomaly Experimentation | A now-defunct department that oversaw cross-testing between anomalies. | N/A |
Logistics and Transportation Department | The department that manages the transportation of personnel and anomalies. | N/A |
Observer: An SDS Foundation Journal | Scientific journal published by the Foundation for internal circulation. | N/A |
Department of Paranormal Organization Review | Maintains records on "Groups of Interest", headed by O5-5. | N/A |
Department of Public Disinformation | Disseminates misinformation into the public to cover up anomalous activity. | N/A |
Department of Public Outreach | Oversees communications with GoIs, organizations, and figures with a public presence, and produces Foundation media to be disseminated into the public. | N/A |
Recordkeeping and Information Security Administration (RAISA) | Maintains the security and safety of all internal Foundation data. | See Digitization and Document Recovery. |
Research & Containment
Department Name | Description | Subdivisions
(If Applicable) |
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Department of Abnormalities | [DATA LOST] | N/A |
Abrahamic Division | A division of Tactical Theology focused on Abrahamic Religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam). | Subdivision of Tactical Theology. |
Department of Acroamatic Abatement | A department that processes anomalous waste material for disposal. | N/A |
Alchemy Department | Tasked with containing threats beyond rational science, involving the manipulation of the Aetheric forces which generate reality. | N/A |
Department of Amnestics | Manages amnestic administration. | N/A |
Department of Analytics | Data analysis and statistical forecasting using both mundane and anomalous methods. Manages the WATCHDOG monitoring network. | Organized into Divisions of Data Processing, Statistical Prediction, and Informational Security. Also responsible for the ad hoc Eigenweaponry Division. |
Department of Anomalous Broadcasting | Monitors television & radio broadcasts and the World Wide Web for anomalies. | N/A |
Department of Anomalous Chronology | Studies the timeline and anomalous alterations to it. | Subdivision of History |
Department of Anomalous Communications and Relations | A Department created to communicate to anomalies, GOIs and POIs. They are used in interviews, to recover vital information. They travel from site to site, or where they are needed. Its director is Dr. Cole Thereven. | N/A |
Anomalous Entity Engagement Division | A department dedicated to the social interaction with sentient and non-hostile anomalies, which may include counseling and conducting various recreational activities. | N/A |
Department of Anomalous Locations | Oversees, classifies, and studies anomalous locations | N/A |
Division of Anomalous Programming | Studies programming languages which use anomalous components. | Subdivision of Department of Informational Technology |
Department of Antiquity | Studies anomalies related to ancient civilizations. | N/A |
Antimemetics Division | Researches and contains antimemetic anomalies. Seemingly unaware of the Counterconceptual Division. | Subdivision of Department of Cognitohazards |
Apiary Department | Studies anomalous apians | Subdivision of Parazoology |
Department of Atypical Persuasion | Handles interrogations using tactics outside of what is normal. | N/A |
Division of Applied Patapsychology | Researches and develops anomalous mind-control methodologies. | Nμ Project is one of its initiatives. |
Department of Paraastronomy | A department overseeing any and all extraterrestrial projects, as well as forwarding them to other divisions. | N/A |
Department of Archaeology | A department which undergoes archaeological studies in regards to anomalous locations or civilizations. | N/A |
Architectural Zoology | Studies living buildings. | Subdivision of Department of Zoology |
Artificial Intelligence Applications Division (AIAD) | Develops, studies, and uses Artificial Intelligence for research and tactical operations. | Subdivision of Department of Informational Technology |
Department of Artistic Anomalies | Studies anomalies related to music, dance, or visual art. | N/A |
Department of Astrophysics | Studies physics relating to astronomical bodies. | N/A |
Avian Division | Fulfills the Foundation's goals from an alternative perspective. Employed and organized solely by SDS-3095-1 instances who work for the Foundation. | N/A |
Department of Chemistry | Studies chemical anomalies. | See Metallurgical Studies |
Department of Cognitohazards | Reviews memetic hazards for cognitohazardous effects. | See Antimemetics Division & Memetics Division. |
Compendium Phenomic Inquiry | A department within the Compendium consisting of a task force of scientific experts who investigate scientific curiosities. | N/A |
Computus Desk | Performs computations associated with theological anomalies. | N/A |
Concepts Division | Studies conceptual anomalies, or anomalies relating to concepts. | N/A |
Department of Conlanging | Develops new words or phrases to describe anomalous phenomena | N/A |
Counterconceptual Division | Studies anomalies that resist conception. Seemingly unaware of the Antimemetics Division. | N/A |
Cryptozology Division | The Cryptozology Division is responsible for the study, capture and containment of uncontained parafauna that have already become prevalent in local folklore. | Subdivision of Department of Parazoology and Department of Mythology and Folkloristics |
Department of Cryptozoology | Studies anomalous animal species. | Subdivision of Parazoology |
Department of Culinary Anomalies | Manages anomalous food understanding. | N/A |
Cult Division | Studies anomalous cults. | N/A |
Department of Demonics | Researches and contains demonic/tartarean entities and anomalies. | N/A |
Department of Ectodimensional Anomalies | Studies anomalies orginating from other dimensions. | N/A |
Department of Entomology | Studies insectoid anomalies. | Subdivision of Department of Parazoology |
Department of Epidemiology | Studies the spread and possible control of anomalous diseases | N/A |
Engineering Division | Develops Foundation technology and structures | N/A |
Department of Essophysics | A small department that studies essophysical entities and manifestation events. "Essophysical" denotes physical embodiments of concepts. | N/A |
Department of Esoteric Physics | Studies anomalies that operate under anomalous rules of physics. | N/A |
Department of Ethnography | Studies the anomalous customs of different people and cultures. | N/A |
Experimental Containment Research Group (ECRG) | Develop new containment techniques, often later declared anomalous. | N/A |
Department of Extradimensional Matters
— Department of Extradimensional Studies |
Studies cross-dimensional travel and affairs. | N/A |
Department of Extrasolar Activities | Monitors and researches anomalies beyond the solar system. | N/A |
Department of Extratemporal Studies | Studies events from other timelines and dimensions. | N/A |
Department of Film and Media | Studies and contains anomalies related to auditory and visual media. | N/A |
The Final Department | Tasked with neutralizing time-loops, self-replicating zones and other infinite phenomena. | N/A |
Department of Gaming | Studies anomalous games (such as sports, board games, video games, etc.), and anomalies related or themed around games. | See Minecraft Division |
General Non-Anomalous Testing and Containment (GNATC) | Nicknamed "Granny's Attic," stores and processes objects that are determined to be non-anomalous. | "Processing Bureau" (also called "Penalty Box") - considered a punishment detail for researchers who have annoyed management. |
Department of Geology
—— Department of Geological and Oceanic Abnormalities |
Studies geological anomalies | N/A |
Department of Glaciology | Studies Ice-Related anomalies | See Minology Supervising Department |
Highly Pathological Concepts Division (HPCD) | Studies pathological concepts. | N/A |
Department of History | Studies historical information in regards to the anomalous | See Chronology, Public History and Xenohistory |
Human Capital Exchange Division | Tasked with the containment of SDS-4600 through the use of social and economic engineering. | N/A |
Department of Humanoid Risk Assessment | Decided measures of containment for humanoid anomalies, or if containment is required at all. | N/A |
Department of Informational Technologies | Studies anomalies relating to computer technology. | See AIAD & Division of Anomalous Programming. |
The Integumentary Department | Studies anomalies that relate to the skin, human or otherwise. | N/A |
Department of Kinetography | Studies kinetoglyphs: Physical and mental anomalous effects that occur when an entity performs specific motions and gestures. | N/A |
Department of Exo-Linguistics | Deciphers, studies, and translates extraterrestrial languages. | N/A |
Department of Terra-Linguistics | Deciphers, studies, and translates terrestrial languages. | N/A |
Department of Literature | Studies anomalous literature or literature relating to the anomalous. | N/A |
Department of Marketing | Studies anomalies to devise ways to get the most profit out of them as possible. Part of the SDS Corporation. | N/A |
Department of Mathematics | Studies mathematical anomalies. | N/A |
Medical Department | Provides medical support to Foundation operatives. | N/A |
Memetics Division | Studies anomalous memetics. | N/A |
Department of Metallurgical Studies | Department dedicated to researching and cataloguing anomalous metals. | Subdivision of Chemistry |
Department of Microbiology | Studies anomalous microorganisms | N/A |
Minecraft Division | Researches and contains anomalies based in the video-game Minecraft. | Subdivision of Gaming |
Department of Miscommunications (DoMc) | Researches and contains anomalies that violate or negate conventional linguistics. | N/A |
Department of Musicals | Searches for incoming anartist performances and takes public attention off from them by creating live musical plays, concerts and other shows at their date of performance. | N/A |
Department of Multidimensional Imbrication | Deals with the merging and overlapping of different realities | N/A |
Department of Mythology and Folkloristics | Studies the role the anomalous has played in the development of global religion and mythology. | N/A |
Department of Nautical Anomalies | Studies anomalous nautical vessels. | N/A |
Office of the Nganga | Manages Foundation staff members who are shamans, witch doctors or practitioners of traditional African magic | N/A |
Department of Occult Containment | Devises containment procedures involving thaumaturgy and/or ritualistic practices. | N/A |
Department of Ontokinetics | Studies anomalies capable of altering reality, with Site-120 being its main hub of operations. | See Theology Division, Thaumaturgy Division, & Spatial Disruptions Division. |
Department of Other | Contains and studies anomalies that do not fall under the jurisdiction of other departments or that other departments refuse to handle. | N/A |
Department of Paracryptology | Studies anomalous code, usually in an attempt to decode it. | N/A |
Department of Parazoology | Studies anomalous animal species. | See Apiary, Entomology, Architectural Zoology and Cryptozoology. |
Department of 'Pataphysics | Studies anomalies relating to the narrative. | N/A |
Department of Pastaphysics | Prepares meals for anomalies and staff members based on their preferences and role in The Foundation. | N/A |
Department of Procurement and Liquidation | Searches for marketed anomalies and buys them or the company selling it for containment. | Subdivisions are Acquisitions & Appropriations, Sourcing & Containment, Negotiations & Legality and Distribution & Liquidation |
Psionics Division | Studies psionics (i.e telekinesis, telepathy, etc.) | N/A |
Department of Public History | Alters public records of historical events. | N/A |
Department of Solar System Oversight | Monitors and researches anomalies within the solar system. | N/A |
Department of Spectral Phenomena | Studies apparitions, ghosts, and other spectral anomalies. | N/A |
Department of Surrealistics | Responsible for the identification and containment of incoherent anomalies, requiring non-traditional logic to observe and effectively comprehend. | N/A |
Department of Tactical Mathematics | A department specializing in the study of anomalous mathematics for Foundation utilization. | N/A |
Department of Tactical Theology | A department responsible for assisting in the capture, containment, and potential neutralization of theological anomalies. | See Abrahamic Division. |
Department of Temporal Anomalies | The Foundation has no record of the existence of a "Temporal Anomalies Department" headed by Dr. Thaddeus Xyank. | N/A |
Department of Tesseractic Geometry | Focuses on determining a method of further interaction with higher-dimensional entities. | N/A |
Department of Thaumatology | Studies the anomalous science of thaumaturgy (colloquially, magic). | Subdivision of Department of Ontokinetics |
Department of Thaumaturgical Zoology | A department that specializes in the study and containment of anomalous animal species that utilize or emit thaumaturgic matter or energies (i.e magic). | Subdivision of Parazoology |
Department of Trans-Dimensional Development and Discovery | A department within the Compendium that oversees the discovery and relationships with other realities. Headed by Dr. Primrose | N/A |
Department of Unreality | A department which [Relevant Information concerning the Department]. . | N/A |
Department of Web Anomaly Containment (DoWAC) | Specializing in the containment of internet anomalies, DoWAC operates almost all of the Foundation's web-sweepers. Headed by Niel Connors. | Formerly the Web Anomalies Containment Team (WACT) |
Department of Xenohistory | Studies the history of extraterrestrial civilizations | Subdivision of History |
Department of Interstellar Containment | Contains and Studies extrasolar anomalies. | N/A |
Security
Department Name | Description | Subdivisions
(If Applicable) |
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Department of Advanced Diplomacy | Negotiates between the Foundation and non-Foundation groups to benefit the foundation, usually through the use of blackmail | Subdivision of External Affairs and Intelligence Agency |
Department of Applied Force | Foundation's military arm, overseeing joint tasks force operations. | See also the Department of Applied Influence and the Department of Task Forces. |
Department of Applied Influence | Directly influences non-Foundation groups to achieve Foundation goals. | Subdivision of External Affairs and Intelligence Agency |
Department of Anomalous Weapons Development | Develops means of weaponizing anomalies for use in Foundation operations. | N/A |
Emergent Threat Tactical Response Authority (ETTRA) | Specializes in identifying threats and responding to them before or right as they become an issue. | N/A |
Elections Monitoring Commission | Surveils elections for signs of anomalous manipulation. | N/A |
Department of External Affairs and Intelligence Agency | Involved in diplomatic relations with non-Foundation groups and espionage. | See Advanced Diplomacy, Applied Influence, and Spectral Affairs |
Fire Suppression Department | The department tasked with preventing foundation employees from quitting their jobs by any means necessary. | Subdivision of the Department of Internal Affairs |
Department of Internal Affairs | Department responsible for archiving general incidents and similar events that do not fall into the purview of a single department. | See Fire Supression Department |
Department of Logistics and Asset Management | Hybridized internal department that focuses on the investigation, reconnaissance and adherence to protocol of both personnel and anomalies within Foundation sites. | N/A |
Department of Personnel Integrity | A department specializing in investigating personnel irregularities and ensuring they haven't been compromised/are who they say they are. | N/A |
Special Duty Office | Recruits and manages individuals who qualify, by means of apostolic succession or the equivalent, and by maintaining a high akiva rating, for certain containment tasks of a theological nature. | Subdivision of the Department of Tactical Theology |
Department of Spectral Affairs | Negotiates with afterlives and relocate spectral entities to locations away from civilisation. | Subdivision of External Affairs and Intelligence Agency |
Department of Task Forces | A department overseeing the formation, operations, and deactivation of Foundation Task Forces. | N/A |
Telecommunications Monitoring Office | Monitors calls to emergency services for mentions of anomalies. | N/A |
War-Time Production Division | A division during the 7th Occult war that developed paraweapons for Foundation use. A precursor to the Department of Anomalous Weapons Development. | N/A |
SDS-Spacefleet | SDS-Spacefleet is a military branch of the SDS Foundation which runs a fleet of Space Warships and some other non-military spacecraft. The most notable ship in this fleet is the Nebula-1. |
International
Department Name | Description | Subdivisions
(If Applicable) |
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CL5 / The Lusophone Directorial Board (Lusitania) | A regional administrative force for the Lusophone Branch of the Foundation. | N/A |
Department of Deduction (Sizzle) | Chinese Branch of Department of 'Pataphysics | N/A |
Internal Security (Tritonia) | A secret police force responsible for filtering traitors as well as operational and information security risks among the Foundation's ranks. | N/A |
Internal Tribunal Department (Siberia) | An internal judiciary department, hearing cases by personnel accused of breaking Foundation protocol. | N/A |
Italian Branch Superintendence (Rome) | A regional administrative force for the Italian Branch of the Foundation. | N/A |
Board of Japanese Area Directors (Yakamoto) | A regional administrative force for the Japanese Branch of the Foundation. Basically consists of 7 members. | N/A |
Department of Eschatology (Poland) | A department dedicated to the project of creating a new reality, modifying the current one, creating or acquiring a facility that allows to live in an environment better suited for battling and learning about anomalous objects. | N/A |
Department of Logic (Sizzle) | Studies and contains anomalies which break conventional logic | N/A |
Department of Applied Necromancy (Germania) | Specialised in necromancy and resurrection, to ask the dead for advice. At the same time also responsible for combating the misuse of these powers for military or economic purposes. | N/A |
Department of Manufacturing (Siberia) | Responsible for fulfilling any material requests that can arise during the capture of anomalies, containment, or any other Foundation process. | N/A |
Department of Mycology (Poland) | Department dedicated to the study, documentation, collection, and containment of fungal anomalies. | N/A |
Division of Memetic Engineering (Sizzle) | Production and research of memetic hazards. Also involved in the training of personnel against memetics hazards. | N/A |
O4 Council / Board of Directors of the German-speaking SDS Foundation (Germania) | A regional administrative force for the Germanic-speaking Branch of the Foundation. Members are named like the O5 from -1 to -13, rarely are there only 12 or even up to 15. | N/A |
O5-SZ Council (Sizzle) | A regional administrative force for the Sizzlean Branch of the Foundation. Directed by O5-9. Members are named after Chinese Zodiac Signs and additional "Cat" | N/A |
Safe Class Research Department (Sizzle) | A department responsible for the research of class "Safe" item in Site-ZH-94 | N/A |
Three Enclosures Command/Council (Sizzle) | A regional administrative force of Sizzlean Branch of Foundation. Named after the Ancient Sizzlean constellation system. | N/A |
Administration of the Polish Branch (Poland) | A regional administrative force for the Polish Branch of the Foundation. | N/A |
Bohemian Council of Regional Directors (Bohemia) | A regional administrative force for the Sizzle of the Foundation. | N/A |
Maintenance Department (Poavak) | A department in charge of handling technical and structural aspects of Foundation facilities, such as construction designs for Foundation offices and anomaly containment units, repair and maintenance of Foundation equipment, and et cetera. | Subdivision of Engineering and Technical Service Department |
Dialogue Department (Yakamoto) | Keeps and assures mental normalcy by mental care of Foundation personnel. | N/A |
Formality Department (Yakamoto) | Researches conditions exhibiting anomalous effects. | N/A |
Foundation Radio Bureau (Yakamoto) | Managements internal lines or communication among Foundation sites. FRB broadcasts various informations including entertainment program and announcement about a containment breach. | Subdivision of the Department of External Affairs and Intelligence Agency |
Department of Testimony (Sizzle) | Demonstrate that the present world they dwell is true beingness, not some kind of existence of phantasmagoria. | N/A |
Department of Compensation (Sizzle) | Affiliated to Extradimensional-Site-6. Utilizes low-risk anomalies to comfort personnel, trades in beneficial anomalies with other sites and GoIs, and pleases intelligent anomalies to reduce the cost of containment. | N/A |
Department of Spatial Anomalies (Sizzle) | Affiliated to Extradimensional-Site-6. Explores and researches anomalous space. | N/A |
Department of Normalcy (Sizzle) | Removes anomalous properties from objects, returning them to a "normal" state. Treated similarly to the Department of Abnormalities. | N/A |
Ornithology Department (Germania) | Studies anomalous avian. Unclear, but probably no connection to Team Bird. But apparently they can understand the language of birds. | Subdivision of Parazoology |
Department of Urban Legend Anomaly Countermeasure (Taiwan) | Control the spread of urban legend in order to prevent the urban-legend-born or urban-legend-related anomalies from being overly powerful or neutralized. | |
Veterans Affairs Department (Yakamoto) | Offers welfare to the Foundation personnel who are retired, passed away, or served long time. | N/A |