Time Bureau of The Arkverse

Time Bureau of Chronology

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The Bureau is an secret organization that protects the world from supernatural, or anomalous as they prefer to call it, threat by containing and studying objects, people, creatures, places, and phenomena that break the accepted laws of physics and time, thus threatening the universe's normalcy.

Dangerous or otherwise interesting objects that they discover are classified as Variants, due to their unique nature/properties. The Bureau has a policy of focusing on containing the anomalous rather than destruction because they want to understand what they fight against, and because destroying anomalous objects often has unexpected consequences. Although the Bureau does have some knowledge of magic and other supernatural stuff that could be used to help them contain the supernatural, most SCPs are contained by mundane means if possible. To help keep the existence of anomalies a secret from the world with fewer deaths, the Bureau uses amnestics, drugs that erase memories, on civilians who witness the supernatural. They also use amnestic drugs on their own members to keep dangerous information classified, as well as protection against things like anomalies that can spread just by knowing about them.

But the Bureau arenot exactly the good guys, as they are willing to do just about anything to keep the world safe and sane, including performing extremely unethical experiments on people, sacrificing many lives, and imprisoning any anomaly they discover including sapient ones that just want freedom. There are very few lines that they will not cross as long as it furthers their mission. For dangerous experiments and occasional human sacrifices, the Bureau uses prisoners called Z-class personnel, who are mainly recruited from prisons. They are supposed to be mostly death row inmates but this probably isn't true considering the high turnover rate. The Bureauis run by a council of seven overseers, who are the mysterious all powerful bosses of the organization, and by an ethic committee, whose job is to decide exactly how evil the foundation is permitted to be. The only person above the O7 Council is the even more mysterious administrator, who rarely does anything.

## History

### **Origin**

The exact nature of the Temporal Bureau of Investigation's founding is unknown, but over the years there have been many myths, The true origin will likely remain forever hidden, but it was known that Foundation (or a precursor) was operating already in the 19th Century and was a powerful organization on the world stage by the 20th Century.

The Time Bureau have been set up by Those In Charge to keep multiversal harmony. For every branch of the timeline, comes a consequence, later removed by the Time Bureau and their Time Agents. Mr. Tyme, Time Auspice and countless more operatives across the eons have done wonders to all and more, saving existence from ruining itself and causing galactic disharmony. They dictate the flow of time.

After a spur of many leaders, time came to an instant standstill for one second. An entire second was missed in the timeline, causing multiversal chaos. Since the breach of time beyond the variable space, Edis, a timeless variant, has taken control of the Time Bureau.

## Ranks and Positions

All Foundation personnel are sworn to secrecy and are expected to be loyal and professional in their duties. For example matters like personal morals or superstition should never cloud their judgement during work.

### O7-Council

The TBI is led by the Overseer Council, also known as the O7-Council. The O7- Council consists of usually 7 people who are often only defined as O7-1 through O7-7. The O7-council have unlimited access to all files and reports without any data expunged or redacted. The Council usually decides major decision with anomalies that have existential threats to humanity or the universe at large but can influence anything. It is often speculated that O7's may be anomalous themselves.

### Ethics Committee

The Ethics Committee also wields a lot of power inside the TBI. Most personnel considers the Ethics Committee as a joke or myth, but in reality, the leaders of this Committee are described to have the same power as the O7's. They hide in plain sight and apparently have some authority over the O7-Council. The Committee decides what is ethically acceptable for the Foundation to do in their mission statement.

### Site-Directors

Site-Directors are high-ranking researchers that lead the different containment-sites around the world. They often have Assistant Directors of different expertise that assist them inside the facilities. Site-Directors are also usually the highest ranking officials who still have a full name and not a numeric designation like with the O7-Council.

### Mobile Task Forces

Mobile Task Forces, or MTFs, are the TBI's most effective and skilled personnel. They can be anything from scientists and researchers to Elite Special Forces Soldiers. Mobile Task Forces are, as the name suggests, mobile and can operate on either Containment-Sites or in the Field. They usually deal with the most dangerous anomalies, where the more common field and recovery agents might lack knowledge or training. MTF's often also have specialties: Example: MTF Mu-4 ("Debuggers") is specified in tracking anomalous electronic devices, technology, and transmission, and either try to contain or block them.

### Researchers

Researchers are doctors and scientists that research on the anomalies. Their duties can vary from experimentation on the anomalies to developing Special Containment Procedures. Security clearances and ranks also vary from simple Research Assistants to Site-Directors and everything in between. The expertise of researchers can vary from different scientific fields like technology to zoology or different anomalous field.

### Containment Specialists

The Containment Specialists are employees who design and uphold the Special Containment Procedures of anomalies. Containment Specialists can be anything from technicians to doctors to security personnel, and these duties often overlap with other ranks.

### Security Personnel

The facilities of the TBI employs Security Personnel that serve as the primary defence force in doors. Their duties rank from guarding anomalies to serving as body guards for higher ranking officials. Their duty often overlap with Containment Specialists and MTFs.

### Field Agents

Field Agents are responsible for detecting anomalies in outside world. They can be placed in any organization, whether it is an government, a company or in a military or law enforcement organization. They serve as eyes and ears and contact the TBI when something anomalous is detected.

### Recovery Teams

Recovery Teams are usually called in by Field Agents when an anomaly is found. They are responsible for capturing the anomaly and transporting it back to the a Foundation-owned facility. As mentioned before, with more dangerous anomalies MTFs are sent in.

### Class-Z Personnel

Class-Z Personnel are the lowest ranking staff of the TBI. Usually recruited from convicted criminals, especially the death row criminals. They often serve as human test-subjects with anomalies, be it on facilities or in the field. Other groups and civilian organizations see this usually as a human-rights violation, though the TBI sees this as necessary. In some cases when the Foundation is running out of Z-Class and no death row prisoners are available, the TBI may enable Protocol 12, which recruits Class-Z personnel from other prison populations, refugee populations, or in extreme cases civilian sources.

### Other Ranks

The TBI also employs more mundane staff such as communication specialists, kitchen staff, accounting, archives, janitorial staff and electricians, who do not work direct with anomalies, but are vital in day-to-day operations.

## Variant Classifications

Every variant has a classification. It's basically a handy way of labelling them as to whether they have the power to totally assfuck you or not. Some of them may even have circumstantial benefits for you interacting with them, goodies like healing or granting you (usually abominable) powers. These classes are:

### Primary Classes

The initial labels given to any anomaly by the Bureau.

* Safe: This does not actually mean that the object is safe, but that the object is simple to contain and it is only dangerous if you mess with it. This includes stuff like people with weird but harmless powers, and objects that cause you to die a horrible death if you touch them but can't stop you from just locking them in a box. For the most part, these are as dangerous as a loaded gun: "safe" if you know what you're doing, and if you stick it in a secure locker, it'll be fine. This does also require that the Bureau can achieve 'you know what you're doing'; nothing is Safe-class when initially acquired, because they don't have a good enough understanding about the anomaly yet.

* Euclid: The object/entity is unpredictable and the Bureau has limited understanding of it. Special containment procedures. The consequence of a containment breach are also significant; at minimum, re-securing it will involve serious injury to Bureau personnel and some amnesticization of civilians, but mass deaths are often a possibility. If it's hard to contain but easy to keep out of sight of the public even if it breaks containment, it's *probably* Safe-class. Many Euclid entities, or pieces of Euclid entities, are sapient; any non-human-like intelligence is at least Euclid.

* Keter: An extremely dangerous tier entity/object. At best they're heavily guarded, protected by specially trained MTF's (Mobile Task Forces), and if they escaped containment would kill thousands and destroy the masquerade irretrievably. At worst, they would destroy the planet/galaxy/universe/multiverse, and they are being kept in a box which removes *most* of the avenues by which they could escape, only breaking loose once a year or so with a few hundred Bureau casualties re-containing it for the moment.