Third Protocol

The Third Protocol is a document that does not officially exist, and is shared only between certain Chairpersons of the FVRC and senior leadership of Section 0. It follows the first two unofficial prime directives of Section 0.

> Protocol 1: The cause of the Technarchism-Vanguardism must be furthered at all costs, no price is too high, no act is too unspeakable, no enemy too great. In this, the Guardians of the Vanguard must not falter.
> Protocol 2: The sacrifice of the Guardians of the Vanguard must never be revealed to the world. The price paid to keep the International Vanguard moving ever onwards must be paid silently.
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### Third Protocol

Unlike the first two protocols which are unwritten, but known by all agents of Section 0. The Third Protocol is enshrined on a document entrusted to the leader of Section 0, written on an unknown date by Executive Chairperson Golda Farreil Mossemin. Knowledge of this document is selectively trusted to Executive Chairpersons as the discretion of the Section 0 council. It reads as follows:

> In the pursuit of the greater liberation of the people of the FVRC and the world, the struggle against the tyranny of deception and the curelty of nepotism, and in service of the tripartite ideals of Community, Meritocracy, and Progress; this agency has been given the most solemn and un-venerable tasks conceivable. There is one additional burden that now must be laid atop the mountain.
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> Our enemies within and without are well known and make no secret of themselves, they abound in multitudes, celebrating their corruption and ignorance. However, there will come a day when the revolution of Baskoro has brought about a transformational change in global society. A day where the enemies of the Vanguard and the people turn their deceptions upon our glorious cause, adopting the appearance of our own comrades. They will announce to the world and to us that they are one of us, that they are Vanguardists and Technarchists, that they believe in Community, Meritocracy, and Progress.
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> But they do not.
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> This will be the most dangerous era in our revolutionary journey, this will be when all that has been built will be most at risk. It may one day come to pass that the leadership of this very government has been infiltrated and corrupted by the counterrevolutionary forces it has fought against since its inception. They may ally themselves with foreign powers, or they may find support among the suicidal Neemanist Radicals. it matters not whether we are subverted from the left or the right, by insidious infiltration, coup d'etat, or outright invasion; only that you be sure the torch has fallen.
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> Then will come your time to act, under the authority of this document, to operate independently of superior authority in service of the Vangaurd. At a time when it has become clear beyond any doubt that the Vanguardist Government of the FVRC has fallen you are hereby authorized to sever all ties of loyalty and subservience to whatever government has taken its place. Thenceforth this directive shall become the prime directive of this organization:
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> **Spare no effort, no resource, and no personnel in the pursuit of the restoration of legitimate Vangaurdist rule in the FVRC.**
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> To that end, conceal the existence and purpose of this organization from the pretender government, Secure alliances with fellow travellers in all levels and areas of the administration. Use any means necessary to secure support for the legitimate Vanguardist regime among the citizenry. Finally, destroy by any means necessary the illegitimate regime, and re-establish the legitimate Vanguardist regime.
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> Stratocracy is not desirable, neither still is a static autocracy, as these are the pathways to nepotism and corruption. Once the first step in restoration is complete, the mechanism of civilian government should be restored as quickly as conceivable, ensuring a legitimate, dynamic, and technocratic government takes control.
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> The responsibility of this duty falls to the brave agents of Section 0, the Guardians of the Vanguard. You are, and remain our last line of defense.
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> -Golda Farreil Mossemin, 1967
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