Central Command Operations

Central Commands Monographic Placard

Overview

Central Command or CentComm refers to the staffing company NanoTrasen utilizes to man their stations in the Starlight Sector. All employees with the exception of the NanoTrasen Representative, Magistrate, and Blue Shield Officer are contracted through CentComm to work on NanoTrasen stations as needed.

CentComm itself is divided into 9 divisions and is composed primarily of bureaucrats and dignitaries. Most divisions correspond to departments on the station and are responsible for training the head and hiring contractors for their respective departments. The majority of CentComm's resources are dedicated to training these individuals, who in turn are expected to handle oversight and day to day operations on the stations. Brand new employees are provided a comprehensive pamphlet complete with infographics prior to their first shift. Pamphlets for those with cargo contracts are laminated. Since all heads of staff and captains receive extensive training through CentComm they are viewed as investments to be protected, while most other employees are easier to replace.

"People are our business" - quote from recently hired CentComm Official

"People became our business, personally, I preferred the war." - quote from senior CentComm official

Relationship to NanoTrasen

CentComm’s relationship with NanoTrasen can be tense, though highly beneficial for both parties. While NanoTrasen owns the stations and all equipment, CentComm’s assets are their employees. NanoTrasen receives all profits and products developed on their stations and in return pays CentComm to handle all matters concerning the people on the station. NanoTrasen may make station modifications or changes to SOP's based on CentComm's recommendations so long as it improves employee productivity.

Roughly 80% of CentComm’s gross earnings come from this contract with NanoTrasen. The remaining 20% comes from vendors who pay a premium to place their vending machines and advertisements on the stations.

"Yeah not everyone was happy with the Consortium Business, I heard Carter took it pretty bad. Avrom never did have the stomach to follow through with the hard stuff."

"Shame, he might have been one of our best intelligencia."

"I'm glad to be rid of him and his crazy experiments. What's next? Mutant spiders?"

- SVS employees shortly before the change to CC

Divisions

Central Administration Division

The Central Administration Division is largely responsible for communication, both within CentComm itself as well as with their employees on NanoTrasen stations. They transmit important announcements to stations, receive all communications from the station to CentComm and facilitate its delivery to the relevant division. They're also responsible for logging official documents, crises, and ensuring other divisions file their paperwork correctly.

Core Responsibilities

• Fax Routing - Receiving station faxes and forwarding them to appropriate divisions.
• Records & Archives - Maintain final records of code red events, major decisions, and documentation requiring multi-division coordination.
• Station Inspections - Often dispatched to inspect station operations, ensuring compliance with CC standards.
• Oversight and Neutrality - May call COC if multiple divisions conflict or require mediation.

"If I get one more piece of damned paperwork, I'm torching the whole place!" - [Retired] Captain James Caldwell

Central Research Division

The Central Research Division trains the Research Director, and hires all science department personnel. They are also in charge of the Research and Development of new technology, their work generally compliments the Central Security Division's more weapon focused research. Topics of interest include Xenoarchaeology, Alien ruins, New galactic species and xenobiological entities such as Xenomorphs, Changelings, and more.

Core Responsibilities

• High-Risk Experiments - Manages advanced or risky research projects.
• Cross Division Collaboration - Works with other divisions for integrated breakthroughs.
• Comprehensive Documentation - Maintains official CC R&D records for all major experiments.

"You're telling me Carter put what in a corpse?"

- declassified audio from report to Senior Research Director

Central Security Division

The Central Security Division is responsible for hiring security personnel, and training the Head of Security. Security cadets and officers receive extensive background checks, psychological evaluations and fitness tests all of which are administered through CSD. The department may also conduct their own research and testing on novel weapons.

Core Responsibilities

• ERT Deployment - Dispatches Emergency Response Teams or advanced security protocols if Code Red.
• Weapon Research & Testing - Designs/tests new weapons to bolster CC's defenses.
• Security Training - Trains Security if specialized tactics or advanced knowledge is required.

"Do you believe you have anger issues?"

"Yes."

"You're hired. Bonus included."

- Leaked audio from a security interview

"Hey whatever happened to lieutenant Summers, something about Elysium?"

"You're not supposed to talk about the dead, remember?"

"Yeah but curiosity eats at a guy, surely you know something."

"I don't know nothing, now shut up before you get us both scratched."

- Overheard conversation between two security cadets

Central Cargo Division

The Central Cargo Division is responsible for the procurement and distribution of materials both inside and outside of Central Command. This includes negotiating deals with external vendors, organizing transport to divisions with the Central Administration Division, and handling of funds.

Core Responsibilities

• Acquisition & Shipping - Sources external goods, arranges inbound/outbound cargo.
• Inventory Management - Oversees final distribution to CC divisions or station departments.
• Coordination - Coordinates with other divisions regarding relevant supplies. This may include refusing orders due to budget constraints or necessity.
• Record-Keeping - Logs shipments, ensures transparency via Central Administrative Division

"Hey what do you think would happen if you tried to sell me in the crate?"

"Dunno, wanna try?"

"Hold my beer."

- Last words of Cargo Technician Jeremy Dirk before his disappearance.

"Central Security can't have every shiny new gun that comes on the market. Seriously, what are they going to do with them all, set up a museum?"

- Resource Specialist discussing a recent requisition form

Central Intelligence Division

Not much is known about CID officially, however what is known is that they are the central intelligence gathering division for all of Central Command.

Core Responsibilities

• Sleeper Agent Deployment - Inserts covert operatives if infiltration is suspected.
• Assists the Central Security Division as needed.
• Field Agents - CID agents may be deployed to gather intelligence in the field, or take part in undercover operations.
• Intelligence Gathering - Collects data on station threats, external espionage, etc. This includes locating any [REDACTED] clones.
• Intel Sharing - Collaborates with CSD/CSOD for security or lethal responses if required.
• [REDACTED]

[A loud metallic clanging can be heard] [Then faintly] H**i vix...hod**...mori meministi. [Followed by a loud radio screech]

"Perplexing, and this is the last thing the audio feed caught?"

- Unknown origin

Central Engineering Division

The Central Engineering Division is responsible for hiring all individuals in the Engineering department as well as training the Chief Engineer. They also oversee large scale projects included but not limited to station expansions, shuttle design, and critical structural projects.

Core Responsibilities

• Catastrophic Support - Assist station engineering with massive damage or melt down scenerios.
• Infrastucture Projects - Builds advanced CentComm outposts, specialized shuttles, or large-scale constructs.
• Safety and Maintenance - Conducts major station inspections or coordinates repairs for significant engineering concerns.
• Training - May conduct on-station trainings for Technical Assistants, Engineers, and Atmospheric Technicians should the need arise or to further develop talent.

“If it’s not broke, optimize it.”

"Sir, it is broke, someone torched the place." - After action ERT report

Central Domestic Division

The Central Civilian Division supports the service personnel and matters related to the service department. They train the Head of Personnel, manage non-security, non-engineering "civilian" issues focusing on morale, service staff, and public relations. Additionally they have the unenviable responsibility to oversee negotiations with the Honkdignitaries.

Core Responsibilities

• Dispute Mediation - Addresses departmental unrest, fosters communication among service/civilian departments.
• Public Welfare - Issues policies to boost morale, organizes civilian events or announcements.
• Civilian Documentation - Oversees records for service staff or large-scale driven civilian initiatives.
• 'Funny Business' - Over sees negotiations and all contact with Honkdignitaries and followers of the Silent Father. May work with Central Security Division to ensure that Carnival Treaties are observed on station.

Subdivisions

This division is broken up into several Subdivisions with some specialized responsibilities within each:

• Janitorial
• Theological
• Historical
• Gastronomy
• Agricultural
• Diplomatic

"Oh yeah, and don't hurt any of the civilians on this sortie."

"Why not?"

"We don't need a repeat of Station Zeta X-9. Last time you nearly brought the entire circus federation onto our heads. CDD was sorting out that fiasco for weeks."

- Recording of [REDACTED] during ERT deployment [REDACTED]

Central Medical Division

The Central Medical Division oversees hiring employees for the station's the medical bay. They issue licenses for practicing doctors and train the Chief Medical Officer. Additionally they may handle major station outbreaks of health crises.

Core Responsibilities

• Quarantine & Outbreak Management - Advises station CMOs on severe diseases.
• Cure Development - Works with Central Research if new cures or treatments are needed.
• Medical Standards - Maintains CentComm-level medical protocols and training, responding to large-scale crises.

"And that's how I lost my medical license obtained my psychology degree." "That doesn't explain the severe burns over 90% of your body." - Excerpt from Saltern X-45 medical report

Central Special Operations Division (CSOD)

The Central Special Operations Division is officially controls CC's two elite units, the Emergency Response Teams and the Death Squad. While they have representatives on the Central Operations Council they do not vote unless there is a tie.

Core Responsibilities

• ERT Deployment - Sends ERT to station if crisis warrants urgent intervention.
• High-Level Training - Trains top-tier operatives for war-level or lethal missions.
• Deathsquad Management - Oversees last-resort lethal force under Code Epsilon.
• Coordinates with Central Intelligence to ensure appropriate actions are taken, including hunting down [REDACTED].

"Call in Code Zeta."

"It can't possibly be that bad."

- [Redacted]

Emergency Response Team (ERT)

Emergency response teams exist for each department present on the station. Squad members are chosen from the very best heads of their respective departments, and thus consist of the most talented individuals CentComm has to offer.

Joining the emergency response team is a large commitment, those who join will remain for the rest of their tenure. That is to say that the program boasts a 100% retention rate.

ERT members live away from the complex that houses the rest of CentComm officials and employees. All members live in barracks together to build unit cohesion, and are thus all at least familiar with one another.

"All right boys, gear up. We're being deployed on station."

"What now? Singularity loose again?"

"That's a need to know basis, and you don't need to know."

- ERT Briefing room recording

CBURN

CBURN (Chemical, Biological, [REDACTED], Radiological, teams consist of previous ERT members who've received specialized training in dealing with specific threats. These threats may be Chemical, Biological, [REDACTED], Radiological, or Nuclear. [REDACTED] threats are incredibly rare, in fact most people aren't even aware such a thing could happen.

CSOD primarily dispatches these teams when stations are faced with aggressive biological threats, often viral in nature. Importantly these teams are dispatched to eliminate a specific threat, not cure or merely treat it. Their primary directive is to preserve NanoTrasen property.

“Purging just isn't purging without a little flamethrowing you know?”

- quote from CBURN Darrel Brown, before his untimely end

Death Squad

Death Squad members, while controlled by CSOD, are recruited from NT’s top military elite. These are the most talented, tenacious, and ruthless individuals at NanoTrasen’s disposal. Although CentComm officials may act as their handlers, Death Squad members have no loyalty to CentComm or ties to its employees. They’ve been brainwashed through NanoTrasen, and are not trained to think only to follow orders. However they are hyper efficient and will go to any lengths necessary to complete their objectives.

While ERT squads consist of the most exceptionally talented individuals from their respective departments and may act with precision and finesse, the Death Squads are a blunt force tool.

"Sir they're gone."

"What do you mean gone?"

"They're just gone."

"That was our elite unit, they can't be just GONE!"

- [REDACTED]

Central Operations Council (COC)

The central operations council is composed of 2 heads from each division and only convenes for matters requiring coordination between multiple departments such as creation of a new experimental research shuttle (Science & Engineering). The Council also gathers for extreme scenarios such as death squad deployment.

All council members with the exception of CSOD are voting members. However, in the case of a tied vote, CSOD makes the final decision.

"Those fuckers up there at COC, they just don't understand. They sit in those meetings and argue all day. :: They have no idea what it's like down here."

"Bold words for someone passed up for promotion last month."

"First of all, rude..."

- Snippets from the central command lounge