The Department

> *"**Agent Keyes:** We're going to have to ask you to clear out. This crime scene is under our jurisdiction now.*
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> **Officer Fierent:** *Who the hell are you?*
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> ***Agent Keyes:** We're with the Department.*
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> **Officer Fierent:** *What damn Department?*
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> ***Agent Keyes:** I'm afraid that's classified."*
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> -*Department Field Agent William Keyes and Officer Cory Fierent as the Department arrives on a scene.*
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The Department is an organization formed during the Second World War, made to ensure the protection of humanity from supernatural threats. It's primary base of operations and sphere of influence lies within the United States of America, but it does conduct missions elsewhere around the globe when needed.

## History

### Inception

In 1936, a rich Chicago businessman by the name of Alistair Crout had his entire family killed by a gangster who had recently been turned into a vampire whilst he was out for the night. Crout returned just as the vampire left, witnessing the man with his face covered in blood and his eyes stained red. Crout was devastated by the deaths of his family (which included his wife, sister, and daughter), and devoted his considerable financial resources and political connections into discovering what exactly had killed them. Over the next few years, Crout managed to make contact with a number of individuals who had experienced loss at the hands of supernatural beings, some of whom had taken to hunting and destroying them. Gathering them together, Crout would utilize his resources to form a group of well armed and well trained monster killers by 1939.

### Foundation

Upon the outset of the Second World War, Crout and his team traveled to Europe, having heard the rumors of the occult practices the Nazis were undergoing.

## Divisions

### Field Operations Division

The Field Operations Division consists of members of the Department who, as the name implies, operate in the field. They serve to apprehend and destroy supernaturals deemed to be a threat by the higher ups of the Department, putting their lives on the line out in the world.

### Research and Development Division

The Research and Development Division is composed of scientists and researchers, who conduct all manner of studies and experimentations on captured supernaturals. They seek to discover the physical weaknesses of supernatural beings and develop technologies to exploit them.

### Care and Containment Division

The Containment and Care Division supervises and manages captive supernaturals. They develop the procedures needed to contain them, monitor their health and activities, as well as incapacitate or terminate those who breach their containment.

### Internal Security Division

The Internal Security Division monitors the Department itself for signs of supernatural influence. Many means exist to control mortal personnel, from bribes to threats to outright mind control. It is the ISD's job to find trace such corruption and root it out.

## Threat Codes

**Code Black:** Threat Code Black entities are too powerful to be engaged by standard Department teams. Such creatures typically require far more potent firepower than can be deployed by men on the ground to take down.

**Code Red:** Creatures with a Threat Code Red rating are extraordinarily deadly, and are not to be engaged by anyone except the most highly skilled Department operatives.

**Code Orange:** Threat Code Orange entities are highly dangerous, and typically require a team of skilled Department agents to take down.

**Code Yellow:** An individual ranked with Threat Code Yellow is a supernatural being of some sort, but not one that is particularly powerful. Usually, such a being can be dispatched by a competent Department agent or two.

**Code Green:** Threat Code Green indicates a combatively skilled, but otherwise mundane human. Whilst to be engaged with caution, most any Department operative is deemed capable of handling such a theat.

**Code Blue:** Those of Threat Code Blue are completely nonthreatening human civilians, with almost no real combat training.

## Bases

Nevada Base: The Department's primary containment site lies beneath Pyramid Lake in Nevada. The nearby town of Nixon is controlled by the base, populated by a number of Department operatives.

## Prevalence Classes

Prevalence classes are terms used by the Department to classify how common various supernatural beings are.