DEPARTMENT: ACQUISITIONS AND FRONTS
Every anomaly has a price, or a back door. This department operates in the shadows of the anomalous black market, using front companies, undercover agents, and unlimited funds to discreetly purchase or retrieve anomalous objects before they fall into the wrong hands.
Primary Function: Physical recovery of anomalous objects from unsafe environments.
Operational Specifics: A unit of 3-4 agents specialized in infiltration, breaking and entering, and discreet extraction, trained to recover artifacts with the minimum possible noise.
Primary Function: Preliminary analysis and authentication of an anomaly in the field.
Operational Specifics: A team composed of a field researcher and a security agent who go undercover to confirm the authenticity and threat level of a potential SCP.
Primary Function: Technical support for infiltration operations.
Operational Specifics: A team of 2 operators specialized in electronic counter-surveillance and remote deactivation of security systems.
Primary Function: Negotiation and purchase of anomalous artifacts.
Operational Specifics: An agent who operates under false identities (e.g., a wealthy collector, a museum curator) to participate in occult auctions and "legally" acquire anomalous objects.
Primary Function: Creation of non-anomalous replicas of artifacts for replacement purposes.
Operational Specifics: An artisan of exceptional skill capable of creating perfect copies of an anomalous object to leave in its place after an extraction to delay its discovery.
Primary Function: Management of cash flows and accounts of front companies.
Operational Specifics: An international finance expert who manages money laundering and complex transactions to finance operations without raising suspicion.
Primary Function: Legal management of the network of shell companies.
Operational Specifics: A lawyer specializing in the creation, management, and, if necessary, liquidation of shell companies, ensuring their formal legality.
Primary Function: Identification and tracking of artifacts through history.
Operational Specifics: A researcher who studies the provenance of anomalous art objects, identifying lost works and tracing their changes of ownership.
Primary Function: Evaluation of the monetary and strategic value of an anomaly.
Operational Specifics: An expert who knows the fluctuations and prices of the black market, able to advise the maximum bid for an auction or the right price for an informant.
Primary Function: A collection of scoops on auctions, sales, and discoveries in the occult world.
Operational Specifics: A global network of paid informants in the black market, among collectors, traffickers, and other minor G.d.I.
Primary Function: Privileged access to legitimate and illegitimate auction houses.
Operational Specifics: Contacts within major auction houses (e.g., Sotheby's, Christie's) who can report suspicious lots or facilitate access to private sales.
Primary Function: Unofficial transport network for anomalous objects.
Operational Specifics: A network of pilots, ship captains, and transporters who, for a fee and without asking questions, can move discrete "packages" across international borders.
Primary Function: Catalog of all active shell companies and their history.
Operational Specifics: A database that lists every fictional company, its fictional executives, its industry, and its financial history to ensure its credibility.
Primary Function: Profiles on the main private collectors of anomalies.
Operational Specifics: A dossier on the most important private collectors, complete with their interests, finances, security systems, and potential vulnerabilities.
Primary Function: Approval of extraordinary expenses for high-value acquisitions.
Operational Specifics: The authority to draw upon almost unlimited offshore accounts to win an auction or purchase crucial information without going through normal bureaucracy.
Primary Function: Offer a minor Safe-class SCP in exchange for a more important one.
Operational Specifics: A very high-risk procedure that allows one to offer a minor (and well-understood) anomaly as a bargaining chip in a negotiation.
Primary Function: Authorization to proceed with a non-consensual extraction.
Operational Specifics: The formal go-ahead to transition from a purchase offer to a theft operation, activating the necessary resources.
Primary Function: Procedures to participate in an undercover blind auction.
Operational Specifics: A series of guidelines covering identity creation, fund management, and discreet communications during an auction.
Primary Function: Replacement of an artifact with a fake without being discovered.
Operational Specifics: The standard procedure for a retrieval operation, which involves the neutralization of security systems, the exchange of the object, and the erasure of traces.
Primary Function: Rapid and discreet cancellation of a compromised front company.
Operational Specifics: A legal and financial action plan to cause the 'failure' or dissolution of a shell company, severing all ties with the Foundation.
Primary Function: Verification of the authenticity of a piece of information or an object.
Operational Specifics: A checklist of actions to verify that a tip is not a trap and an item is not a fake before committing significant resources.
Primary Function: Temporary storage of recently acquired objects.
Operational Specifics: A secure and isolated warehouse where recovered objects are held in quarantine for initial analysis before being transferred to official containment.
Primary Function: Creation of replicas and counterfeit documents.
Operational Specifics: A workshop equipped with advanced equipment for the creation of high-quality forgeries, from identity documents to replicas of anomalous sculptures.
Primary Function: Monitoring of financial flows in the anomalous world.
Operational Specifics: A secure database that tracks all major known financial transactions related to auctions and sales of G.d.I., to identify new buyers or sellers.
Primary Function: Tools for an initial assessment of an anomaly.
Operational Specifics: A briefcase containing a small Geiger counter, a Hume field detector, a spectrum analyzer, and chemical reagents for a preliminary analysis.
Primary Function: Bypass physical barriers non-destructively.
Operational Specifics: A device that generates a short-range micro-spatial distortion, temporarily allowing one to "pass through" not-too-thick walls, doors, or safes.
Primary Function: Discreet transport of small anomalous objects.
Operational Specifics: A briefcase or a backpack internally lined with materials that block most energetic or radioactive emissions, making the object undetectable.
Primary Function: Distinguish an original from a fake without contact.
Operational Specifics: A device that analyzes the molecular composition of an object at a short distance to verify its authenticity against known scans.
Primary Function: Perform underwater infiltrations and recoveries covertly.
Operational Specifics: A compact submersible for a dozen agents, equipped with precision manipulator arms and a shielded cargo bay. Ideal for recovering artifacts from wrecks, submerged ruins, or rival underwater bases without being detected, capable of reaching 12,000 meters of depth.
Primary Function: Use of untraceable funds, generating liquidity.
Operational Specifics: The authorization to draw upon an international network of untraceable accounts, laundered assets, and hidden financial leverage. It allows for instantly generating liquidity or exerting devastating economic pressure, with the risk of attracting the attention of global regulatory agencies.