U.S. Covert Operations Manual (Fallout 76)

U.S. Covert Operations Manual is a perk magazine in Fallout 76.
==Background==
U.S. Covert Operations Manual is a training handbook produced by the United States Department of the Army to train its personnel in the art of subterfuge. The manuals were not intended for public circulation and were marked "Authorized Eyes Only."
==Characteristics==
Reading an installment of U.S. Covert Operations Manual will temporarily give the player character a unique bonus, such as increased damage resistance while sneaking or increased damage to others. All bonuses expire after 30 minutes (60 minutes with Curator), and the magazine is consumed once read. 
Installments of U.S. Covert Operations Manual are affected by Pannapictagraphist and will emit directional audio when the player character is in range.
==Magazine issues==
Name 	Issue 	Perk 	Editor ID 	Form ID
US Covert Ops 1 	FH 5-01 Whistling in the Dark 	+10 Damage Resistance while sneaking	Magazine_USCovertOps01_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
US Covert Ops 2 	FH 5-02 Urban Camouflage 	Hide 50% better in full light 	Magazine_USCovertOps02_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
US Covert Ops 3 	FH 5-03 Facepaint Fundamentals 	-10% damage from players 	Magazine_USCovertOps03_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
US Covert Ops 4 	FH 5-04 Not the Soldiers You're Looking For 	+10% damage vs. players 	Magazine_USCovertOps04_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
US Covert Ops 5 	FH 5-05 Who Goes There? 	Perception +1 	Magazine_USCovertOps05_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
US Covert Ops 6 	FH 5-06 Squeaky Floorboard, Sudden Death 	Make 50% less noise while sneaking 	Magazine_USCovertOps06_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
US Covert Ops 7 	FH 5-07 Getting the Drop on the Communists 	-50% enemy player V.A.T.S. accuracy 	Magazine_USCovertOps07_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
US Covert Ops 8 	FH 5-08 Bushes, Boxes, and Beehives: Camouflage Special	+25% unarmed and knife damage 	Magazine_USCovertOps08_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
US Covert Ops 9 	FH 5-09 Look Better in Black 	+50% Stealth Boy duration 	Magazine_USCovertOps09_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
US Covert Ops 10	FH 5-10 Tiptoe Through the Tulips 	Agility +1 	Magazine_USCovertOps10_Potion	(book) (ALCH) potion
==Locations==
* The magazines are randomly found throughout Appalachia, including a selection of potential spawn points.
==Notes==
* The magazines have identical titles and cover art as the magazines in Fallout 4, but the received perks are different and only temporary.
* All of the manuals seem to have an error on the bottom text, reading "Department The Army." It should read, judging by the Department of the Army logo used above, "Department Of The Army."
* US Covert Ops 6: This magazine is redundant if the player has the Escape Artist perk equipped.
* US Covert Ops 8: This magazine affects all unarmed weapons, switchblade, The Quick Fix, and combat knife. It will also affect the bowie knife and the cultist dagger only if they have the uncraftable serrated blade mod or stealth blade mod attached.
==Behind the scenes==
* The collection of manuals is based on real world Field Manuals issued by the US Department of the Army, particularly those issued in the 1960s.
* Some of the issue titles also refer to common phrases and to real world pop culture:
** "Whistling in the Dark" is a common idiom meaning "to put on a brave front."
** "Not the Soldiers You're Looking For" is a reference to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, where Obi-Wan Kenobi says "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
** "Who Goes There?" is the name of a science fiction novella by John W. Campbell, Jr., written in 1938 and made into several films, the best known of which is John Carpenter's The Thing (1982).
** "Squeaky Floorboard, Sudden Death" is a Splinter Cell reference, in particular to the third game in the series, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.
** "Bushes, Boxes and Beehives Camouflage Special" is a nod to the Metal Gear Solid game series, of which hiding in a cardboard box is a signature, and where Snake may hide behind bushes, under boxes and use beehives as a method of distraction.
** "Look Better in Black" alludes to a quote from City of Bones, part of the Mortal Instruments series of novels. The quote is as follows: "It means 'Shadowhunters: Looking Better in Black Than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234'."
** "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" is a reference to the song of the same name.
==Gallery==
===Cover images===
UsCovertOps01.png|Issue FH 5-01
UsCovertOps02.png|Issue FH 5-02
UsCovertOps03.png|Issue FH 5-03
UsCovertOps04.png|Issue FH 5-04
UsCovertOps05.png|Issue FH 5-05
UsCovertOps06.png|Issue FH 5-06
UsCovertOps07.png|Issue FH 5-07
UsCovertOps08.png|Issue FH 5-08
UsCovertOps09.png|Issue FH 5-09
UsCovertOps10.png|Issue FH 5-10
Category:Fallout 76 perk magazines
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