| Foundation Information
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The following is a list of named characters that work for the SDS Foundation.
Overseer Council
- O5-1
[UNKNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-2
[UNNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-3
[UNNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-4
[UNNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-5
[KNOWN IDENTITY;]
- O5-6
[UNNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-7
[UNNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-8
[KNOWN IDENTITY; 'Jiang "Green" Hua']
- O5-9
[UNNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-10
[UNKNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-11
[UNKNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-12
[UNKNOWN IDENTITY]
- O5-13
[UNKNOWN IDENTITY]
Board of Directors
Site Managers
Researchers
Former Staff
The following is a list of common titles used by SDS personnel;
List of Staff Titles
- Site Staff
- Containment Specialist
- Researcher
- Security Officer
- Tactical Response Officer
- Field Personnel
- Field Agent
- Mobile Assault Squadron Operative
- Administration
- Site Director
- Overseer Council Member
The following is a list of methods that define how SDS facilities are classified, including both 'types' of facilities and 'classifications' that define what facilities are used for.
- Sites are covert facilities, Their buildings are known to the public but are disguised under government or corporate fronts. Many of them are built near civilian populations.
- Areas are clandestine facilities, meaning that civilians are not aware of their existence atall. They are usually built far away from civilian populations and usually contain only the most dangerous anomalies, Along with extreme failsafes incase of breach including nuclear warheads.
- Outposts are small facilities subordinate to a nearby Site or Area, used to contain immobile objects or to monitor anomalous locations.
- Observation posts are tiny facilities built in a multitude of locations used to log regional communications and areas for flagged content or possible anomalies.
- Administrative facilities contain staff responsible for coordinating and managing the SDS Foundation as a whole, or at least local operations.
- Armed facilities are heavily armed facilities with heavy security and MAS presence. They usually contain heavily dangerous entities or are under threat of outside attack.
- Biological facilities deal with infectious or biohazardous anomalies. They are always isolated and quarantined to prevent escape of any contained infections.
- Containment facilities are facilities build specifically for containing anomalous objects.
- Dimensional facilities contain extradimensional threats or entities that warp spacetime or are used to access extradimensional spaces.
- Humanoid facilities contain sapient or intellegant entities capable of understanding and complying with instructions. They usually have specialise dliving suites for entities and could be considered a prison for anomalous people.
- Exclusionary facilities are most often used by Δt personnel, exclusionary Sites are unaffected by reality-changing effects, and are often built outside of reality itself.
- Extraction facilities are locations where resources necessary for maintaining SDS operations are gathered.
- Extraplanetary facilities are typically constructed on planets or celestial bodies which do not include Yata or Theia. This classification has largely begun to fall out of use following the beginning of interstellar colonisation by Humanity.
- Extrasolar facilities are located outside of The Yata System. This classification has largely begun to fall out of use following the beginning of interstellar colonisation by Humanity.
- Lunar facilities are located on Luna or Doluro, for the containment of extraplanetary anomalies. This classification has largely begun to fall out of use following largescale habitation of each body.
- Protected facilities are safe zones away from anomalous activity in any form and no such things are allowed in their area.
- Provisional facilities are built around an immobile entity, They usually only contain a single entity.
- Reliquary facilities contain religious or historically significant objects.
- Research facilities are designed for handling or researching anomalous objects or developement of new containment procedures.
- Storage facilities are meant for containment of non-anomalous or inert anomalous objects with no risk of interaction.
- Xenobiological sites specialise in the containment and study of organisms with biology differing dramatically from most Yata or Theia resident species, typically due to an extraterrestrial, extradimensional or other anomalous origin.
Security Clearance levels are different levels of access granted to foundation personell. They range from little to no access to unlimited access to data and SDS entities. They are granted on knowlege needed to know instead of if it is thought they are "ready for it" so advancing up levels may be difficult.
Security Clearances
- Level 0 security clearances are given to non-essential personnel with no need to access information regarding anomalous objects or entities in Foundation containment. Level 0 access is typically held by personnel in non-secured clerical, logistics, or janitorial positions at facilities with no access to operational data.
- Level 1 security clearances are given to personnel working in proximity to but with no direct, indirect, or informational access to anomalous objects or entities in containment. Level 1 security clearances are typically granted to personnel working in clerical, logistics, or janitorial positions at facilities with containment capability or otherwise must handle sensitive information.
- Level 2 security clearances are given to security and research personnel that require direct access to information regarding anomalous objects and entities in containment. Most research staff, Field Strike Squadron, and containment specialists hold a Level 2 security clearance.
- Level 3 security clearances are given to senior security and research personnel that require in-depth data regarding the source, recovery circumstances, and long-term planning for anomalous objects and entities in containment. Most senior research staff, project managers, security officers, response team members, and Mobile Assault Squadron operatives hold a Level 3 security clearance.
- Level 4 security clearances are given to senior administration that require access to site-wide and/or regional intelligence as well as long-term strategic data regarding Foundation operations and research projects. Level 4 security clearances are typically only held by Site Directors, Security Directors, or Mobile Assault Squadron Commanders.
- Level 5 security clearances are given to the highest-ranking administrative personnel within the Foundation and grant effectively unlimited access to all strategic and otherwise sensitive data. Level 5 security clearances are typically only granted to O5 Council members and selected staff.
The following is a list of 'classes' which SDS staff are designated under.
Class A personnel are those deemed essential to SDS strategic operations, and are not allowed direct access to anomalies under any circumstances. When circumstances require Class A personnel to be in direct proximity to such anomalies (such as in the case of facilities housing containment units), Class A personnel are not allowed access to the areas of the facility containing such anomalies and are to be kept in secured areas at all times. In the case of an emergency, Class A personnel are to be immediately evacuated to a designated and secure off-site location. Overseer Council members are always Class A personnel.
Class B personnel are those deemed essential to local SDS operations, and may only be granted access to objects, entities, and anomalies that have passed quarantine and have been cleared of any potential mind-affecting effects or memetic agents. In the event of a containment breach or hostile action against a SDS facility, Class B personnel are to be evacuated to a designated, secure off-site location as soon as possible.
Class C personnel are personnel with direct access to most anomalies not deemed strictly hostile or dangerous. Class C personnel that have had direct contact with potentially mind-affecting or memetic properties may be subject to mandatory quarantine and psychiatric evaluation as deemed necessary by security personnel. In the event of a containment breach or hostile action against a SDS facility, non-combatant Class C personnel are to either report to secure lock-down areas or evacuated at the discretion of on-site security personnel in the case of a site-wide breach or other catastrophic event.
Class D personnel are expendable personnel used to handle extremely hazardous anomalies and are not allowed to come into contact with Class A or Class B personnel. Class D personnel are typically drawn worldwide from the ranks of prison inmates convicted of violent crimes, especially those on death row. In times of duress, Protocol 12 may be enacted, which allows recruitment from other sources — such as political prisoners, refugee populations, and other civilian sources — that can be transferred into SDS custody under plausibly deniable circumstances. Class D personnel are to be given regular mandatory psychiatric evaluations and are to be administered an amnestic of at least Class B strength or terminated at the end of the month at the discretion of on-site security or medical staff. In the event of a catastrophic site event, Class D personnel are to be terminated immediately except as deemed necessary by on-site security personnel.
Class E is a provisional classification applied to field agents and containment personnel that have been exposed to potentially dangerous effects during the course of securing and establishing initial containment over a newly-designated anomalous object, entity, or phenomenon. Class E personnel are to be quarantined as soon as possible, monitored, and screened for potentially harmful changes in behavior, personality, or physiology, and may only return to duty after being fully debriefed and cleared by psychiatric and medical staff.
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Other Titles
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Description
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| AK-class
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- End-of-the-world scenario
- "Madness" End of the world scenario
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Related to a memetically spread behavior or "madness." Could be apocalyptic (e.g., people prioritize the behavior over eating/survival) or just radically reorient society around the behavior.
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| ADK-Class
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"Complete Anomalous Destabilization" Scenario
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A general scenario which occurs when the "anomalous" reclaims Yata & Theia. Typically occurs 1 to 3 years after an unspecified human extinction event or SK-Class Dominance Shift.
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| CK-Class
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- Restructuring Scenario
- Reality Restructuring Scenario
- Reality-ending scenario
- Reconfiguration event
- Restructuring of modern society
- "End-of-Reality" Scenario
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Reality is changed by a deity/reality bender/retrocausal altering of history/etc. These can be radical, broad changes representing a true end of the world, or small "localized" changes. (See also RK)
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| EK-Class
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End of Human Consciousness
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Total loss of human consciousness. Sometimes just obliviated due to complete memetic replacement or corruption. (See also MK, ED-K)
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| FK-Class
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N/A
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N/A
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| GH-0/GK-Class
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- 'Dead Greenhouse' scenario
- GK-Class End of the World Scenario
- Hostile-greenhouse scenario
- Climate Inversion event
- "Colorless Plague" end-of-humanity event
- "Broken Greenhouse"
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Originally appearing in the ████████████████ document, where it meant that humans are endangered/extinct but Earth is still fit for habitation. Usage of G-Class scenarios in SDS documents is inconsistent but usually involves habitability.
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| HK-Class
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Deific Subjugation Scenario
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A god shows up and takes over.
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| IK-Class
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Collapse of Global Civilization Scenario
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Civilization collapses.
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| LK-Class
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- Species transmutation scenario
- Restructuring event
- Personality Transmutation Event
- Change of Species Scenario
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Something about humanity is altered.
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| MK-Class
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"End of Human Consciousness" scenario
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Total loss of human consciousness. (See also EK)
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| NK-Class
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- "Grey Goo" Scenario
- "Contagious Material" Scenario
- Type 2
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A self-replicating SDS or object reproduces out of control, causing contamination to the planet, filling/replacing the world with itself, or similar situations. (Named for a hypothetical scenario where self-replicating nano-machines malfunction and turn the whole world into goop.)
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| PK-Class
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“All-In-One” Existential Pandaemonium Event
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An event in which a hyperreal consciousness collapses all hyporealities into the same meta-space, resulting in total narrative collapse from incomprehensibility and annihilation of consciousness.
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| QK-Class
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Quantum degeneracy end-of-the-world scenario
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A specific physics-based end of the world. For other physics-based EOTW, see VK, ZK, and YK.
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| RK-Class
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Restructuring Scenario
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Interchangeable with CK-Class, see that definition.
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| SK-Class
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Dominance Shift Scenario
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Another species or civilization surpasses humanity as dominant species, or vice versa.
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| TK-Class
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- Causal Restructuring Event
- Broken Timeline Scenario
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A massive CK-Class restructuring took place that resulted in the breaking and repair of the timeline. But like a broken vase, the repaired timeline is flawed, with events that don't line up and things that happened without a cause.
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| UK-Class
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N/A
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N/A
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| WK-Class
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Mass Extinction Event
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One or multiple non-human species become extinct.
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| XK-Class
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- End-of-the-World Scenario
- Type Alpha (scorched earth) end of the world scenario
- Type Omega (religious) end of the world scenario
- Vacuum Decay
- Extinction Event Scenario
- Δ-Class "Solar Singularity" Scenario
- Mass Extinction Event
- PATMOS End-of-the-world scenario
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Most common and broadest meaning, covers just about any apocalypse. Religious apocalypse, humanity destroyed, Earth destroyed, the universe destroyed, etc.
Some XK scenarios may fit well under other scenarios, such as ZK, but these definitions aren't mandatory.
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| XK-Δ-Class
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"Solar Singularity" Scenario
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A scenario in which the sun undergoes a "solar singularity" event, causing it to convert all living things its light touches into gelatinous monsters that combine and blend with each other.
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| YK-Class
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- (Assorted Physics EOTW)
- Entropic Annihilation Event
- End of the universe scenario
- Reality Restructuring Event
- Restructuring scenario
- Vacuum Decay
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Basically always a physics-based apocalypse, usually has a specific sub-designation.
See also ZK, VK, and QK.
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| ZK-Class
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- Reality Failure Scenario
- -0 Reality Failure Scenario
- Cosmic Fragmentation Scenario
- End of Reality scenario
- Reality reset
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Reality is fundamentally broken or eliminated. Usually due to physics stuff or an SDS that annihilates things by nature.
Sometimes this happens in a limited "localized" area. Originally used in physics-heavy articles but may have graduated to broader use. (See YK, VK, and QK).
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| ÞK-class
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Extradimensional Diplomatic Breakdown scenario
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Diplomatic relations with a powerful extradimensional organization break down.
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| Lifted Veil*
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- Lifted Veil Scenario
- Broken Masquerade Scenario
- LV-Zero "Lifted Veil" scenario
- ßK-Class "Lifted Veil" scenario
- BK-Class Broken Masquerade Scenario
- SK-Class "Broken Masquerade" scenario
- X-Class 'Lift of the Veil' scenario
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The SDS Foundation or anomalous become public knowledge.
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| ET-Class
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Eithel-Thorn Breathability Scenario
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N/A
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| BI-Class
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Before Invasion Scenario
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A K-Class scenario, particularly an invasion from another dimension, is imminent.
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| CC-Class
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"Collapse of Chemistry" scenario
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The laws of physics are altered in a way so that the chemistry relying on the carbon element no longer provides the conditions suitable for creating life.
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| K
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K-Class
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Unspecified K-Class
| The following is a description of how anomalies are defined within the SDS Database.
Clearance Level
- Level 1: Unrestricted: Available to all SDS Employees.
- Level 2: Restricted: Available to a majority of SDS Employees upon request. Employees with subordinates have automatic access.
- Level 3: Confidential: Available to a minority of SDS Employees. Site Administrative Staff have automatic access. Employees with subordinates may request access.
- Level 4: Secret: ONLY available to Site and Foundation Administrative Staff. Access Requests will likely be declined, except in specific cases.
- Level 5: Top Secret: ONLY available to the highest Foundation Administrative Staff.
- Level 6: Cosmic Top Secret: ONLY available to Overseer Council members. Access must be granted by them.
Containment Class
- Uncontained: Currently is not contained.
- Explained: SDS objects that were once considered anomalous, but aren't anymore after being proven to work under mainstream science.
- Neutralized: Either destroyed or removed as a threat.
- Florin: Unlikely to escape from containment
- Alyph: Often Erreneous and unpredictable. Containment measures unreliable
- Narakan: Containment breach highly possible
- Thelian: Used to contain other SDS objects
- Acolitan: Immediate Threat to humanity and Impossible to contain
- Pending: Object is awaiting classification.
- Esoteric: the Object does not fit into any other classification
- Adverse: Could be contained, however are best left uncontained.
- Virtus: Could be contained, but isn't due to logistical or ethical reasons.
- Decommissioned: Object has been intentionally destroyed or denormalized.
- Diarchic: Two distinct related objects, that require eachother to be contained.
- Enmatic: Poses an immediate threat to humanity, but can be "contained" via open warfare or methods which are very difficult to hide from the public
- Volitional: Cannot be contained, however does not require it.
Disruption Class
- Low: Disruption low enough that it is not a concern, Object is inert when not interacted with, Fairly easy to cover up.
- Limited: Disruption would be localised to a handful of people, Anomalous effects do exist but don't extend far, Simple to cover up.
- Moderate: Disruption would extend to a number of people roughly defined as a city, Anomalous effects spread fast, Moderately difficult to cover up.
- High: Disruption would extend across a large metropolitan area or a country and possibly up to the entire world, Anomalous effects will be swift and difficult to manage, Difficult to cover up.
- Crisis: Disruption would cause irreversible damage to status quo or the world, and thus the Anomaly must be terminated, Effects would extend across the entire world and possibly the universe as a whole.
Risk Class
- Notice: Effects are non-existent mild, Nearby individuals would not feel anything, Poses no danger to nearby individuals.
- Caution: Effects are mild to moderate, Nearby individuals may feel mild effects, Poses mild danger to nearby individuals.
- Warning: Effects are moderate to significant, Nearby individuals may feel mild or major effects, Poses moderate danger to nearby individuals.
- Danger: Effects are significant to extreme, Nearby individuals will feel major or extreme effects, Poses significant danger to nearby individuals.
- Critical: Effects will be instant and severe, Nearby individuals will instantly feel effects with only a slim chance of recovery, Doesn't necessarily kill people but is extremely likely to be lethal.
Template
| Item#: SDS-###
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Clearance Level #: PLACEHOLDER
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| Containment Class: PLACEHOLDER
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Disruption Class: #/PLACEHOLDER
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| Risk Class: #/PLACEHOLDER
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