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WARNING - THIS FILE IS LEVEL 4 CLASSIFIED

Rationale: With reference to the Broken Masquerade scenario, and acknowledging the massively heightened scrutiny of Foundation activity, noting with alarm staff and especially civilian casualties, and acknowledging the threat to Foundation hegemony, the Anomalous Utilisation Department is herewith established. Shortform; AUD.

In regards to the controversial nature of this department, the AUD will exist initially limited to the Western United States as a form of probation - subject to annual review. Depending on the success or failure of this department, it will be expanded, restructured, or discontinued.

Mandate: The Anomalous Utilisation Department will be mandated to make use of any SCP entities, so long as this does not unreasonably endanger staff or civilians and provides a measurable benefit. The AUD is to prioritise; first, the safety of the general public from Foundation SCPs, second, the safety of Foundation staff from AUD related SCPs, third, the safety of Foundation staff generally, and last, an increase in the fiscal efficiency of the Foundation¹.

Responsibilities and Powers: The Anomalous Utilisation Department will herewith maintain nominal jurisdiction over all Thaumiel class entities² in the Western United States. This is intended to make the AUD a consolidated oversight body for these projects. Thaumiels will not be considered 'AUD projects' by default. The AUD will operate primarily parallel to regular site staff and command, but will not be entirely separate from them. Broadly the AUD may request access to any SCP, this request is then negotiated with the project lead. Decisions by project leads may not be overridden by any member of AUD, including the review committee, but may be appealed to higher authorities³ including in extreme cases the O5 council. When the AUD fully take over a project, meaning there is no-non AUD staff involved in any leadership capacity, it will be considered an 'AUD project'. AUD projects are given the same discretionary structure as when the AUD request access to an SCP, in reverse, with the O5 council again the highest authority for appeals. It is important to note most AUD project SCPs are not Thaumiel class. Details can be found in article three of the attached information.

The AUD will continue to maintain exclusive jurisdiction over any equipment it produces, unless otherwise authorised by at least one O5, or if in perpetuity by an O5 council vote. To this end, the AUD will maintain its own MTF. This MTF will be drawn from regular MTFs with selection based primarily on loyalty and intelligence. Further, when working in a site, a portion of that site's security will be recruited as temporary AUD security, after their assignment they will either be permanently inducted into the AUD or amnesticzied. Temporary AUD security continue to fulfil their regular roles, but are alerted to the presence and basic details of the AUD so they can protect the projects and secrecy of the AUD. To ensure the secrecy of AUD research, the AUD will maintain a parallel research body, sourced from the wider SCP Foundation. All members of the AUD and AUD associated units will be given suitable cover stories.

The AUD will lastly be tasked with an advisory role. Previously, the designation of new and pending Thaumiel class entities was at the discretion of the records department and individual researchers - while many AUD utilised SCPs will by nature not be considered Thaumiel class entities, the AUD henceforth is given the partial power to administer SCP reclassifications to Thaumiel class. Hence, AUD will maintain a direct liaison with RAISA and the records department. Any researcher may appeal a reclassification to the AUD, though this will usually be done unknowingly via a request to RAISA or the records department.

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Further information:

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   Outline of the AUD internal review committee

Outline of the AUD internal review committee.

The Anomalous Utilisation Department will maintain an internal review committee to which appeals can be made both internally and externally. External appeals do not need to be made to the committee directly, instead, relevant requests may be forwarded to the committee by other departments.

The committee will be staffed by AUD staff, selected by a review process conducted by the ISD. It will not be chaired by the department head of the AUD, but will grant a seat to the department head. Seat composition will be split by staff composition of the department among its internal groups, notably, security, research, MTF and support.

The group will have the ability to accept an external request with a simple review, such as a redesignation or the cancellation of an overreaching AUD project. The committee will also be able to veto any action taken by the AUD, including a direct order of the department head, with a supermajority vote. This can be appealed to an O5 council member after the ruling, specifically the AUD department head should be able to do this in a timely manner in an emergency situation.

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   List of AUD assossciated SCPs

AUD associated SCPs and connected projects

• SCP-6226 - SCP-6226 mobile ability chasis⁴
• SCP-6582 - SCP-6582-DIS compound, SCP-6582-DIS Magnetic Projectile Launcher⁵
• SCP-7613 - SCP-7613 utilisation project⁶
• SCP-8065 - SCP-8065 Instance Launcher⁷
• SCP-9019 - SCP-9019-1/2/3 based personnel hiding device⁸
• SCP-6071 - Project title pending

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   AUD interaction with other departments outline

All personnel of level 4 clearance or over are partial to the existence of the AUD, however, regular staff will have no authority over AUD staff in matters regarding the AUD, unless they are site command level or higher.

Site command maintain jurisdiction over AUD staff and projects in the same capacity as they do with regular staff. The head of AUD can be considered roughly equal in rank to a site commander. However, with reference especially to the dislike of some staff for the mandate of AUD, a vote in the review committee can overturn a site command decision to cancel a project or otherwise intervene in one. This is appealable to any one O5, the O5 council as a whole, or the department head of the AUD.

The deployment of the AUD's MTF, the use of its internal security team, as well as the punishment of any AUD member level 2 or above is exclusively the jurisdiction of AUDs internal functions or the O5 council. The only exception to this rule is if in a crisis situation, the AUD leadership is compromised, at which point regular site command may use these powers.

As a guiding rule, AUD interaction can be considered separate but not divorced from that of the larger Foundation. The AUD should maintain active communication with site command, responding to their needs and requests, it should act on their complaints and avoid friction with other departments. The separation of AUD from the larger Foundation should not be seen as leeway to AUD staff to do as they please, but an unfortunate necessity of secrecy.

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   AUD Bodies and Further Information

AUD Department Head and Staff
Function: Control and Oversight of AUD Internal Activities

AUD Internal Review Comittee
Function: Dispute resolution and Oversight of AUD Internal Activities

AUD Research Staff
Function: Primary Research and SCP Assessment Organ

AUD Engineering Staff
Function: Primary body for Manufacture of Anomalous Equipment and Feasibility Assessments

AUD Security Staff
Function: Hybrid body to ensure secrecy of AUD Operations within the Foundation, and protect AUD Staff

Task Force Omega 13, 'Abadi's Toolbox'
Function: To utilise AUD equipment against external threats to the Foundation
Full Task-Force Outline can be found here.

Footnotes

1. This is in no way in a capitalist sense, but rather with the intent of eliminating inefficiencies, such as for example exorbitant energy use in the containment of an SCP leading to financial strain.

2. This jurisdiction is nominal, and will not depose current project leads

3. Usually site command

4. Researcher Abadi's Telekinetic Tank

5. Researcher Abadi's Battery Powered Railgun

6. Researcher Abadi's Personal Necromancer

7. Researcher Abadi's Cactus Cannon

8. Researcher Abadi's Discount Russian Invisibility Cloak