ITEM-320

(photograph of Khumbu Icefall Viewpoint, ITEM-320 inside the mountain)

## Procedures of Containment

The entrance to ITEM-320 is concealed behind a bolder on the Everest Base Camp Trail in Nepal and appears to be only accessible during a full moon or by using an access code that only Level 4 or higher personnel are allowed. Despite multiple civilian trespassing attempts, the entrance has yet to be penetrated in the years that we have known about ITEM-320, and no additional physical confinement has been judged required. Unmarked road cars or civilian helicopters may be used to bring supplies and replace troops as needed.

Personnel with less than Level 4 clearance are not authorised to view ITEM-320 documentation or any processes related to its containment and upkeep. Personnel with less than Level 5 clearance are not authorised to access ITEM-320 below Sub-level 3. On a monthly basis, all staff assigned to ITEM-320 must submit to a neural archetypal scan. Personnel on-site must submit weekly scans, which are saved locally.

Level 4 and higher personnel stationed on-site are not able to leave the Everest Base Camp Trail throughout their employment. In the case of a transfer (either voluntary or forced), standard amnestics must be delivered, and fake memories implanted in accordance with an assignment to other high-security or Abacus-class ITEMs.

Procedure BTH-539 is to be implemented as quickly as practicable in the event of any EOTW Scenario that does not jeopardies the existence or operation of ITEM-320. The remaining Agency installations across the world are to monitor the situation as it evolves, keeping whatever material resources are available under the Erasmus Protocol until all remaining sites answer "All Clear" to ITEM-320 questions as outlined in Document 320HDCG-3.5. Procedure Zartion-44 is to be implemented after the "All Clear" code is received.

## Description

ITEM-320 is a subterranean facility that was built ███ years ago by an unidentified person. The facility's mission is to reestablish humanity following an EOTW Scenario that cannot be avoided in time to prevent humanity's extinction or near-extinction. It has only been used twice since its discovery. All documents and history of the facilities built previous to this presumed first usage have been destroyed. It's hard to tell whether this information blackout was caused by an accident or by intent. This installation's mission-critical component begins 75m below ground level and extends to a depth of 100m.

Although the breadth of engineering necessary to duplicate ITEM-320 in its entirety is difficult to carry out while keeping secrecy, all subsystems of ITEM-320 have been successfully replicated in a laboratory setting; installation and all operations involved in its maintenance are routine in nature. The facility's primary power source is a 1 GW total output Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor with a reactor life of 70 years at maximum capacity. A geothermal generator has also been erected to take advantage of the volcanic activity in the area. This generator can power the facility continuously in "stand-by" mode. ITEM-320 also has water treatment facilities, air purification and recycling systems, hydroponic production wings, and housing for up to 10,000 individuals.

ITEM-320 contains 500,000 Omega Hominid Replicators to carry out its primary objective. ITEM-320 can produce 100,000 viable, non-anomalous individuals per day at full capacity. This system is capable of recreating any lost human genome or generating as many new and unique genomes as necessary to repopulate human civilization by utilising an underground Riemannian transit pipe to collect raw material from various hot springs and underground magma flows in the area, as well as a computer memory bank housing data on all known human alleles.

*- Dr. Christopher Murphy, Biotechnology Research and Development Manager*

Humans created by this procedure can be progressed to any age requested without prolonging the incubation period of 5 days. In addition to building characteristics, the Omega Hominid Replicators may implant memories through the use of slandered hallucinogenics and developmental hypnosis. Many Foundation people's life histories, neural archetypal scans, and genomes are kept on file, including all personnel with Level 4 clearance and above, to guarantee that ITEM-320 may be triggered and Procedure Zartion-44 can be begun by as little as one living human.

Following the adoption of the Riemannian protocol, the security systems of ITEM-320 will be unlocked, allowing any Agency employee to begin Procedure BTH-539. If ITEM-320 stays dormant after 20 years, security will be further eased, allowing any non-anomalous human being to visit the facility and commence the operation. When triggered, ITEM-320's internal monitoring systems will seek to discover and analyse all employees with Level 4 clearance. When mission-critical persons are not located, they will be reproduced using the most recent neural archetype scan on file and woken before any other systems are started.

Security locks will resume regular operation after these people have been restored. Document 320-BTH-539 is a comprehensive overview of various contingency solutions for Level 5 staff. It should be noted that receipt of the "All Clear" code, as stated in Document 320DSUH-2.3, may only be waived if all other Foundation facilities have been made inoperable. Otherwise, under Procedure BTH-539, security and MTF units will be dispatched to all remaining Agency facilities to validate their function and the integrity of local reality.

When an approved Level 5 Foundation employee enters the specified "Resume Date" into ITEM-320's Omega Hominid Replicators control unit, Procedure Zartion-44 will commence. The available units will then begin producing significant political and cultural leaders of the time period utilising descriptions/genetic data on file, as well as replicating a worldwide populous congruent with the chosen time period. The majority of the floor area on ITEM-320 is allocated to storing building supplies, construction equipment, industry machinery, agricultural equipment, and computer databases. A vast cultural base with copies of thousands of outstanding works of art, music, literature, and a full backup of the World Wide Web are preserved on site in the event that other repositories are destroyed, in addition to infrastructure issues.

*- Dr. Marlene Goodman, Historian*

As they are being manufactured, the first replacement humans housed off-site must be told about ITEM-320's existence and function. This technique allows freshly manufactured people to directly help in reconstruction and recolonization efforts, and skill sets suitable for reconstruction have been pre-selected for enhanced prevalence in the first 5 million persons made. As the world's population grows, diaspora and rebuilding will speed up, allowing commercial and agricultural infrastructure to recover as rapidly as feasible.

While some replacement people may perish during the early restoration period, such individuals can be regenerated forever until all major population centers and Foundation facilities are completed. During this time, the Foundation's administrative assets will be focused on the falsification of dendrochronological, astronomical, and radiometric dating records in order to preserve the illusion of historical continuity. If considerable areas of natural habitat are also damaged prior to the project's completion, permitted quick regrowth methods may be found in Document 320-LustAste v 6.5.

It is projected that 25 to 50 years after the technique is performed, the world population, manufacturing capabilities, agricultural productivity, and culture may be reset to 320 CE levels. Amnestic agents will be discharged en-masse after the completion of Procedure Zartion-44, forcing all recreated people to forget their association with Agency assets. The specified date will thereafter be used to restart history. Because of the vast intricacy of human social interaction, any method will invariably affect the trajectory of human events. More study into predictive historical modelling is being conducted based on findings from previous completions of Procedure Zartion-44.

*- Dr. James McFarland, Supervisor*

## Addendum's

### Addendum 320-A

The material below specifies the fundamental operating characteristics of technology created particularly for the ITEM-320 project. Although this technology appears to be abnormal, it is totally founded on verified scientific concepts that the Agency is now employing to achieve containment.

Dr. Jose Thornton invented the Freeman Reality Mainstay in 1895, which appears to predate the first activation of ITEM-320. The Freeman Reality Mainstay's primary body and much of its circuits are made of a corrosion-resistant beryllium bronze alloy. Inspired by recovered artefacts ██████, this method efficiently eliminates the appearance of virtual particle/anti-particle pairs, which are essential for Type Green reality bending events to develop. Because the beryllium bronze alloy required for the Freeman Reality Mainstay's fabrication is expensive, Agency-wide adoption of the device has been limited to units with an area of influence of less than two cubic meters.