SAFE (Special Agency for Essentials)

The **Special Agency for Essentials (SAFE)** is a U.S. government agency and an extension of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The agency holds headquarters across the country that communicate with each other about distribution of essentials. Jake Alvaro works at the New York division of SAFE.

## Location

The New York SAFE headquarters is located in the West Village of New York City, in the middle of a previous residential neighborhood1. The interior is guarded with a fingerprint and DNA scanner, as well as bulletproof doors and armed security. The building has at least eight floors, with the Critical Supply Room on the seventh floor and the SAFE director's office on the eighth floor2.

Other divisions of SAFE exist throughout the country3, and the New York SAFE is often in contact with the Los Angeles SAFE4.

## Critical Supply Room (CSR)

The Critical Supply Room is SAFE's main room, located on the seventh floor of the New York SAFE headquarters. The CSR team is in charge of knowing about all global natural disasters, events of civil unrest, and supply levels of essential goods such as medications, special foods, and industrial supplies, to try to maintain economic and political stability and security5. Jake works in the CSR sector of SAFE and later assumes his boss David's position after his passing.

## People

**David Wayne** — Jake's boss and the day team leader at SAFE's CSR. David has a reputation of being a legend in his field. David hired Jake after Jake received his Ph.D, first as an assistant and then as the team's "troubleshooter"6. He was characterized as a workaholic who rarely left the office. He took Emovia7 alongside other pills, which eventually contributed to his death by multiple organ failure8. He was in an almost-three-year relationship with Gwen, another lead on the CSR team. He has an ex-wife Sandra and a son Oliver9.

**Masao** — Jake's assistant, in his late twenties10. He is calm and collected despite all of the crises CSR tackles, and he is meticulous and focused on the most important tasks of his job. He has a relatively stable personal life and has a husband Ethan, who is an arts dealer11.

**Gwen Hatton** — SAFE's director. She often communicated with the CSR teams about medical supply issues. She was in an almost-three-year relationship with David12.

**Lisa Sanchez** — A team leader in CSR13. She and Jake communicate often about CSR business and are shown to be pretty close, calling each other work-related nicknames like "night girl" and "day boy"14. Her position is equal to David's but she is often treated by him as a subordinate (140); she's the one who was there when David collapsed and needed to be taken to the hospital15.

**Niya Taylor** — An IT worker who designed the 4Flow16, SAFE's "sophisticated scarcity app"17, and the Corsys server that SAFE uses to analyze which hospitals and medications to prioritize. She is described as a short woman in her late twenties18. She works on SAFE's seventh floor in the Corsys Room19, where she's made herself a personal office in its anteroom20. She helps Jake out when he asks her to manipulate the Corsys servers to prioritize different supplies and hospitals in New York21, as well as track Shavir and Carrie's cellphones during the riots22. She has a brother who lives in Queens23. She likes chocolate24.

**Cristina** — A supply troubleshoot at the Los Angeles SAFE25. Jake communicated with her about supplies from Cambodia, which they ended up splitting. She lost her house in the California wildfires and worked from a motel room for the time being26.

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