Non RPCs: The Authority | Groups of Interest | Agencies of Interest | Cosmic Embers | Other Recurring Characters
RPCs: RPCs 001-299 | RPCs 300-599 | RPCs 600-999 | Other RPCs
The RPC Authority, also simply known as "the Authority", is a powerful secret organization whose goal is to contain anomalies and to study them to see if they can be useful to humanity.
General
- Ancient Conspiracy: The Authority is an ancient organization dating all the way back to the 1500s.
- Anti-Hero: The Authority works for the good of humankind but not all their methods can be considered 100% heroic.
- Artifact Collection Agency: As part of its mission is collecting artifacts to research, protect and contain them to protect normalcy.
- Badass Army: The Mobile Specialized Teams, the private army of the Authority. They're all trained to deal with different types of anomalies.
- Benevolent Conspiracy: The Authority does what it does mainly to protect normalcy in general and humanity in particular.
- Black-and-Gray Morality: The Authority's mission, while for an ultimately good goal, isn't free of controversial choices.
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Depending on the lethality level, the Authority classifies each anomaly with a different color:
- White is used for anomalies that have no chance of being lethal and/or are entirely beneficial.
- Yellow is used for anomalies whose lethal conditions are situational and/or can be easily avoided.
- Orange is used for anomalies that are capable of lethality but are not guaranteed to display it.
- Red is used for anomalies that are actively lethal.
- Purple is used for anomalies that are capable of exterminating life en masse and/or entire populations.
- Black is used for anomalies that are lethal enough to cause an apocalyptic scenario and/or end all human life.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Research, Protection, Containment. Those are the Authority's mission and they are also the initials that make up its name.
- Expy: Of the SCP Foundation, which is a given since the RPC site is a Spiritual Successor to the SCP one.
- Evil Counterpart: What the RCPA is to the RPC Authority: an authoritarian version of the Authority from an alternate universe that took over its reality's Earth and now seeks to take over the Authority's.
- Greek Letter Ranks: Depending on how hard they are to contain, the Authority classifies each anomaly with a different Greek letter:
- Alpha is used for anomalies that can be contained with minimal difficulty.
- Beta is used for anomalies that present a degree of difficulty or unpredictability in their containment. Anomalies that are sentient/sapient/autonomous are usually automatically classified as Beta regardless of their other abilities.
- Gamma is used for anomalies that present an elevated difficulty of containment. These anomalies require containment measures that are usually inconsistent, expensive or complex.
- Omega is used for anomalies that are extremely hard to contain, if not outright uncontainable.
- "It" Is Dehumanizing: All the anomalies are referred to as "it".
- Masquerade: The Authority's mission is to maintain the illusion of normalcy and keep the existence of the anomalous a secret.
- The Omniscient Council of Vagueness: The Board of Global Directors, also known as the Global Directorate, is the main executive body of not only the Presidium but the Authority at large. They consist of three Global Directors that represent the three Authority divisions, and nine that represent the continents of the world.
- You Are Number 6: Sapient or not, RPCs are referred to as with their designation during interviews.
Administration
- Expy: Of the O5s. Both are an Omniscient Council of Vagueness who lead their respective organizations.
- 13 Is Unlucky: While the board consists of 11 permanent directors, there are 3 special directors rounding up to 14, how concidental that the thirteenth director is the global director of war.
- The Team Normal: The Global Directors cannot be anomalous in nature nor possess anomalous abilities or own anomalous objects or come anywhere near anomalous events or locations to avoid being compromised by any of them.
- Omniscient Council of Vagueness: Which is what they are, while not totally unknown as they are elected into their positions afterall, they have a great deal of secrecy surrounding them.
- Patriotic Fervor: GD-NORTH is described as such as well as decisive, aggressive, and fully committed to the goal of protecting humanity, additionally a Warhawk.
- Power Trio: While the board consists of 11 permanent directors, GD-SCHL GD-CMDR and GD-ARCH are considered the "Big Three".
- Praetorian Guard: Each Global Director has their own unit MST-Alpha-1 oporatives that are tasked with guarding them (except for GD-WEST who have a Hotel-1 unit tasked with guarding them):
- The Devil's Hand is a unit of Alpha-1 that is tasked with guarding GD-NORTH
- Goat Killers is a unit of Alpha-1 that is tasked with guarding GD-SOUTH
- Schrodinger's Cat is a unit of Hotel-1 that is tasked with guarding GD-WEST
- Black Witch is a unit of Alpha-1 that is tasked with guarding GD-EAST
- Zulu Forces is a unit of Alpha-1 that is tasked with guarding GD-AFRI
- Genie's Wishes is a unit of Alpha-1 that is tasked with guarding GD-EURA
- Imperial Forces is a unit of Alpha-1 that is tasked with guarding GD-ASIA
- Davy Jones is a unit of Alpha-1 that is tasked with guarding GD-OCEA
- Siblings Share the Throne: The position of GD-WEST, in this case being held by triplets.
- Two Guys and a Girl: The aformentioned triplets that hold the GD-WEST postion are two brothers and a sister.
Research Division
Protection Division
- Badass Army: Being a private army trained to deal with different type of anomalies, this trope was to be expected.
- Expy: Of the MTFs. Both serve as the private armies of their respective organizations and are trained to deal with anomalies of various kinds.
Containment Division
Engineering Component
The Engineering Component is the Containment Department responsible for the construction and upkeep of Authority sites all over the world, and the ones beyond it, as well as managing their infrastructure. Being also the ones responsible for bringing the design plans of Prolab to reality with the greatest of detail, ensuring no mistakes when it comes to the containment of anomalies. They are the greatest minds the Authority has to offer, and they make display of it in every single thing they build.Biomechanical Module
The Biomechanical Module is the coalition of many new engineering groups that have sprung up with the recent exponential increase in technology over the last few years. They are the main provider of some of the Authority's best utility and defensive technology, such as the Omniversal Diving Apparatus, the BTL-34-A1 Battle Mech, and the ECh-Canon mechanical eye.It is also home to the Faber Ferrarius, or "Smiths", one of the very first Divisions of the Authority's predecessor, the Auctoritas Impertus. These long time generational engineers, metalworkers, and designers take great pride in both their seniority and long time service to the Authority, which often puts them at odds with the younger members of the Biomech, such as the recently established Prosthetic and Augmentations departments.
Protocol Laboratory/Prolab
The Prolab, as it is colloquially called, is a specialized research and bureaucratic department responsible for creating effective Containment Protocols for RPCs. A mix of scientists, engineers, and liaison officers, the Prolab has an equal hand in the construction blueprint for a cell and the highly specific instructions given to site guards.Frequently working with specialists from Research, security experts from Protection, and engineers from the Component, the Prolab represents the heart of their Division's mission: to build the shackles so Research can do its job and Protection's effort and blood is not wasted.
Other Authority Personnel
- The Chew Toy: Being used to test anomalies isn't exactly the best and safest thing in the world.
- Expy: Of Class-D personnel. Both are expendable individuals used for testing potentially dangerous anomalies.