NEXUS DIRECTIVE INDEX

All personnel must display valid access credentials at all times while on facility grounds. Failure to present credentials upon request is grounds for immediate detention.

Fraternisation with containment subjects, or any entity classified as a Threshold Witness, is strictly prohibited under all circumstances.

Mandatory psychological evaluations must be completed biannually. Personnel who fail to attend forfeit active-duty status until compliance is confirmed.

Personnel must report anomalous behaviour in colleagues — including but not limited to erratic conduct, memory gaps, or unexplained injuries — to Medical Division immediately.

Off-site disclosure of facility operations, personnel identities, or subject data constitutes a Directive-7 violation and is subject to the most severe disciplinary measures.

Personal recording devices of any kind are prohibited below Level 3. All approved devices must be registered with Security Division before use.

Consumption of food or drink within any designated containment area is prohibited. This includes all corridors adjacent to active containment cells.

Personnel returning from any field deployment must undergo mandatory medical screening prior to re-entry to the main facility.

All active containment cells must be physically inspected a minimum of once every six hours. Inspection logs must be filed digitally within 30 minutes of completion.

Class-III and above anomalies require a minimum two-person oversight team at all times during direct interaction or proximity work.

In the event of any confirmed breach, all non-essential personnel must immediately evacuate to designated safe zones as specified in the current Emergency Routing Map.

Containment failure of any classification must be reported to Command Division within 90 seconds of confirmation. Delayed reporting is itself a disciplinary violation.

Deployment of amnestic compounds requires Level-3 clearance and written pre-authorisation from a senior officer. Emergency oral authorisation is valid for a 4-hour window only.

Lethal force against a breached subject is authorised only upon direct command from a Level-4 officer or in immediate defence of life. Unauthorised termination of a subject requires a full incident review.

Containment cell modifications — including reinforcement, environmental adjustments, or equipment additions — require approval from the Containment Division lead and must be logged prior to implementation.

Entities classified as voluntarily cooperative are to be housed in the Voluntary Cooperation Wing and are not subject to standard cell inspection requirements. Voluntary status may be revoked at any time by Director authority and does not confer any reduction in classification level or risk assessment.

Personnel assigned to direct containment roles must rotate every 12 weeks to prevent habituation effects. Extended contact with a single subject beyond this period requires documented justification and Ethics Committee endorsement.

Emergency recontainment of an escaped subject requires authorisation from a Level-3 officer before any field team may engage. Improvised recontainment where communication with Command is not possible must be documented in full within 2 hours of return to facility.

Class-IV entities that cannot be actively contained are to be designated under passive monitoring status. Passive monitoring does not imply low risk — it indicates that no containment measure currently exists. Personnel are to treat passive-monitored entities with the same caution applied to active Class-IV containment.

Sector-level lockdown authority rests with the Director and Co-Founder. In the absence of both, a Level-4 officer may invoke a 4-hour provisional lockdown pending confirmation. Any lockdown extending beyond 4 hours without Director authorisation is to be logged as an anomalous administrative event.

STILLWALK PROTOCOL — Upon direct observation of TW-222 outside Sector 7: (1) Stop immediately. (2) Do not establish eye contact. (3) Do not speak. (4) Do not move. (5) Wait a minimum of 60 seconds after the subject has departed the area before resuming movement or speech. No encounter with TW-222 is to be recorded in any log, personal notation, or incident report. Non-compliance with items (1) through (4) is a matter of personal safety. Non-compliance with item (5) constitutes a Directive-7 violation.

Class-5 (NEXUS) materials may only be accessed, viewed, or discussed by personnel holding Director or Co-Founder clearance. Exposure of NEXUS data to Level-3 or below personnel is a Directive-7 violation.

Distribution of any classified document without explicit written authorisation from a Level-4 officer is grounds for immediate suspension pending a full security review.

All communications referencing Threshold Witness subjects must use designated encrypted M.A.L.I.C.E internal channels only. Use of external or personal messaging systems is strictly forbidden.

Personnel must not retain physical or digital copies of materials that exceed their current clearance level. Accidental possession must be reported and surrendered to Intelligence Division within one hour of discovery.

Destruction of classified materials must follow the approved disposal protocol and requires a Logistics Division sign-off. Unauthorised destruction of classified materials is treated as a breach of information integrity.

All public-facing or external communications — including press, government, or civilian contact — must be reviewed and approved by Intelligence Division before release.

Upon activation of a breach alarm, all on-duty personnel must reach their designated response station within three minutes. Failure to respond constitutes dereliction of duty.

Armed response teams must be fully assembled and en route within five minutes of a confirmed Class-IV or higher breach event.

Medical Division personnel must be on standby in Sector 3 during all active breach events of Class-II or above, regardless of current shift assignment.

The Director and Co-Founder must be notified of all breach events regardless of severity or time of occurrence. This notification is the responsibility of the senior on-duty officer.

A completed incident report must be submitted by the responsible division lead within 24 hours of breach recontainment. Reports are archived to the permanent M.A.L.I.C.E incident log.

Personnel who abandon their post or refuse to comply with breach response orders may be subject to immediate administrative detention for the duration of the event.

All research proposals involving Class-II or higher subjects must receive formal approval from the Ethics Compliance Committee before commencement. Retroactive approval is not permitted.

Exposure thresholds for test subjects must not be exceeded beyond parameters approved in the research proposal. Any deviation requires immediate cessation and review.

Unauthorised experimentation — including undocumented trials, off-protocol testing, or use of non-consented research participants — is grounds for immediate termination and criminal referral to external authorities.

All research data must be backed up to secure internal servers every 24 hours. Failure to maintain backups resulting in data loss is subject to administrative review.

No active research sessions may be conducted during a facility-wide breach event. All experiments must be paused and containment of specimens secured prior to evacuation.

All anomalous objects must be catalogued in the M.A.L.I.C.E database within 48 hours of acquisition. Provisional entries are acceptable, but must be completed within 7 days.

Transfer of any Threshold Witness subject between facilities or holding locations requires written Director-level authorisation. Verbal orders for transfer are not binding.

All decommissioned equipment, including containment hardware and research apparatus, must be processed through Logistics Division. Disposal via general waste is a protocol violation.

Personal equipment, including civilian electronics, tools, and personal effects, is not permitted within designated containment areas. Items found in violation will be confiscated and logged.

Loss of any classified asset — physical or digital — must be reported immediately to Security Division. Delayed reporting will be treated as complicity in the loss.

Acquisition of external anomalous materials outside of sanctioned retrieval operations must be reported to Command within 6 hours. Concealment of such acquisition is a Directive-7 violation.

All violations of the NEXUS Directive Index are subject to review by the Ethics Compliance Committee. Personnel have the right to representation during formal review proceedings.

Level-1 Violations (minor procedural non-compliance) result in a formal written warning and mandatory retraining. Three Level-1 violations within one calendar year automatically escalate to Level-2.

Level-2 Violations (significant protocol breaches or wilful non-compliance) result in suspension from active duties and a mandatory clearance level downgrade pending full review.

Level-3 Violations (gross misconduct, endangerment, or deliberate breach of containment) result in immediate termination of employment and referral to appropriate criminal or governmental authorities.

Directive-7 Violations are classified separately and handled exclusively by Command Division. Directive-7 proceedings are non-appealable and are not subject to standard Ethics Committee oversight.

Personnel found to have falsified incident reports, containment logs, or personnel records will be treated as having committed a minimum Level-3 Violation, irrespective of the underlying offence.

All field deployments require a minimum two-agent team. Solo field operations are prohibited under any circumstances, including preliminary reconnaissance or unofficial follow-up on prior assignments.

Field agents must establish communication with base command at a minimum every four hours during active deployment. Extended silence beyond six hours without a logged reason constitutes a Missing Agents Protocol trigger.

All civilian interactions during field operations must be conducted under an approved cover identity. Cover stories must be sourced from the pre-approved legend library maintained by Intelligence Division. Improvised covers require post-operation review.

Retrieval of anomalous objects or entities without prior Command authorisation is prohibited, except in cases of immediate public safety risk. Emergency retrievals must be reported within 30 minutes of completion and are subject to mandatory review.

Field agents are not to access or investigate any anomaly designated Class-IV or above without a minimum Level-3 authorised response team. Agents who encounter a Class-IV anomaly unexpectedly are to withdraw to a safe distance and report immediately.

Field debrief must be completed within 24 hours of return from any deployment. Reports must include anomaly contact time, civilian exposure count, cover integrity assessment, and any unexplained personal symptoms or behavioural changes observed in team members.

Agents deployed in proximity to a TW-105 or equivalent escaped subject are to observe and report only. No apprehension attempts are to be made without Director-level authorisation. Provocation of cooperative escaped subjects is explicitly prohibited.

Any substance, material, or environmental condition of anomalous origin must be treated as a Hazmat event until classified otherwise. Standard biological or chemical protocols apply in parallel with M.A.L.I.C.E anomaly procedures.

Personnel exposed to unclassified anomalous materials must be quarantined in Medical Sector for a minimum of 72 hours regardless of apparent symptoms. Voluntary early release is not permitted. The quarantine clock resets upon any new exposure.

Anomalous biological material — including tissue, fluid, or derivative compounds from any TW entity — requires Level-3 handling protocols and must be stored in Biohazard Containment Suite B. Transfer between storage units requires written sign-off from the Containment Division lead.

In the event of a containment breach involving anomalous materials, the affected area must be sealed within five minutes. Decontamination procedures must be approved by Medical Division before re-entry is permitted. Standard chemical decontamination may be ineffective — consult the anomaly's containment record for substance-specific guidance.

Incineration of anomalous biological or chemical material requires Director approval. Several classified anomalous substances have been shown to produce secondary anomalous effects when subjected to high heat. All disposal is to be routed through the Logistics Division protocol.

Personnel who voluntarily consume, inhale, or otherwise intentionally introduce anomalous material into their body without authorisation are subject to immediate indefinite quarantine and Level-3 disciplinary review, irrespective of the stated rationale or outcome.

Any civilian who has directly observed, interacted with, or been affected by a Threshold Witness anomaly is classified as a Witness and must be assessed by a trained M.A.L.I.C.E personnel within 48 hours of identification. Assessment determines amnestic recommendation, monitoring status, and information risk level.

Administration of Class-A amnestics to a Witness requires Level-2 clearance and a completed assessment form. Emergency oral authorisation from a senior field agent is acceptable for a 12-hour window only. All amnestic administrations must be logged to the Medical Registry.

Witnesses who cannot be safely administered amnestics — due to medical contraindication, anomalous resistance, or operational constraints — are to be placed on the Monitored Civilian Register. Personnel assigned to monitor a registered civilian must file status reports quarterly.

M.A.L.I.C.E personnel are not to form personal relationships with registered Witnesses. Where a prior personal relationship exists, it must be disclosed to Command. Assignment to monitor a Witness with whom a personal relationship exists is prohibited.

Witnesses who attempt to publish, broadcast, or otherwise disseminate accounts of anomalous events are to be intercepted prior to publication where possible. Legal suppression is authorised at Level-3. Where suppression is not possible, the Intelligence Division is to initiate a narrative control operation.