OCA CWU

## Role

The CWU (Civil Worker's Union) is a civillian labor organization that supports the Combine by healing UU personnel in the field, doing recon on Lambda Resistance and Anarchist activity, operating research labs and shops, making sure the civilian populace thinks positively of the Combine and recruiting new Loyalists as CWU volunteers. CWU units are easily recognized by their white uniform and maintain a non-combatant status at all times, only using their standard issue pistol in emergency situations.

## Ranks

The CWU has a similar ranking structure to that of the Combine. The ranks are divided into 3 categories: Working Tier, Assistant Management and Management, equivalent to the Enlisted, NCO and CO structure of the Combine. The rank progression is as follows: (Working tier) VLNTR -> T5 -> T4 -> T3 -> T2 -> T1 -> (Assistant Management) JAM -> SAM -> (Management) JM -> M -> SM -> Civil Director -> Site Administrator.

Once a player joins the CWU they enter their VLNTR (volunteer) phase. During this phase the player has to submit activity reports, proving that they have assisted UU units in the field. The phase lasts for 5 days at most. After completing the VLNTR phase the player is promoted to T5. At this point the player will be ranklocked until they join a department.

Other than the normal ranks CWU members also have loyalty ranks. Depending on how loyal they are to the CWU. There are 5 different loyalty ranks, each giving the player more permissions than the last. The loyalty rank progression is as follows: D -> C -> B -> A -> S.

Once a player has reached a rank of T4 and a loyalty rank of B they are eligible for the driver's license test. This test is given by a OVA KILO VTO. Once a CWU member has their driver's license they are able to request cars from gamemasters and drive around the map.

## Structure

The CWU is divided into 3 departments; Humanitarian, Research & Manufacturing and Watchmen. CWU members are free to apply for a position in the Humanitarian and Research & Manufacturing departments. Members of the Watchmen department are handpicked. Rarely do opportunities arise to apply for a position in the Watchmen department.

**The Humanitarian department** is concerned with keeping the civilian populace healthy. Members of the Humanitarian department can, with the help of at least one R&M member construct a hospital, where civilians can get medical care.

**The Research & Manufacturing department** is concerned with researching and manufacturing new technologies to improve the CWU. Members of the R&M department can set up Research Labs and Manufacturing Plants. They can also scavenge for resources and deploy as Combine City Scanners.

**The** **Watchmen department** acts as an intelligence agency. They keep an eye on all CWU members and make reports to Management when necessary.

## Businesses/Labs

CWU members can, with the help of a gamemaster, host a variety of businesses and services depending on their loyalty level. The most common one being shops. There are 3 different types of businesses:

* **Independent businesses** are shops that are not endorsed by the Site Administrator, and are therefore allowed to sell items to combines and rebels alike. These shops have a small inventory consisting of medkits, gravity guns (sold to civilians only) and a special item chosen by owner.
* **Official businesses** are shops that are endorsed by the Site Administrator, and therefore only allowed to sell items to UU personnel and civilians. These shops have a bigger inventory consisting of medkits, watchmen concoctions, antlion eggs and more.
* **Versatile businesses** can range from car dealerships to restaurants. Versatile businesses are endorsed by the Site Administrator and therefore not allowed to assist rebels in any way. The most common type of versatile business is the Ulift taxi service.

When enough CWU members gather they can, with the help of a gamemaster, host a field lab. Field labs can help the UU out in numerous ways, depending on the amount of CWU members that participate in it, from producing machine guns to turning combine units into mutant zombies. Rebels may attack CWU research staff on sight and destroy the lab by killing all assigned Combine guards and research staff.

## Weaponry/Equipment

All CWU members are given 3 pieces of equipment to perform their job:

* **9mm pistol**: Both CWU and SA use their weapons exclusively as a form of self defense rather than attacking the Resistance directly as it is the Combine's job.
* **Gravity gun**: Used for heavy lifting, chucking friendly OVA KILO rollermines and even stealing enemy rollermines.
* **Medkit**: It is the duty of all CWU members to heal UU personnel and civilians when need arises, however, healing Lambda Resistance members is strictly forbidden.

Although the Site Administrator only spawns with a 9mm pistol, he is exclusively allowed to carry an additional PDW of his choice from the crafting menu.

## Stats

The current stats of CWU are as follows:

CWU/Site Admin: 100 HP

## Command

The current SA of CWU is:

* Site Administrator Luka Hellthorn

The past SAs of CWU were:

* Wallace Breen
* Sebastian Hans Eli Fors
* Heather Mason