Boltzy

A young US military soldier, Sawyer Ambrose, raised to be a war hero like his late father quits the military after a brutal event overseas. Not wanting his talents to go to waste, a private organisation hires him to track down and neutralise “Anomalies”. After Sawyer’s refusal to kill people for a living, his new job utilises his skills to instead hunt down “Cryptids”, entities that defy nature and are kept secret from the public that are gathered by the group and taken to a holding facility called “Facility:Null”. But Sawyer’s turn away from war could never be just black and white.
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Anomaly (files)

Before proceeding to watch this info log, please ensure that no other electronic devices are in the room with you. Thank you.

Hello and welcome to Facility:null. Whether you will be working here as a guard, researcher or field unit, we wish for you to have a safe and pleasant experience. At the facility, you will be working to help secure the containment of classified anomalies, as well as protecting civilians from dangerous entities called "Cryptids".

A Cryptid is a classification used to describe a being which doesn't abide by our natural laws, with such traits being impossible body proportions, infinite regeneration and being able to survive without food, water or sleep. However these examples don't apply to every Cryptid, as all types behave differently.

Generally, Cryptids avoid exposing their existence, bypassing cameras and groups of people, while usually only preying on lone individuals. It is unknown why most Cryptids are hostile to humans, as they don't require to eat anything to live.

As mentioned before, most anomalous entities possess a healing factor, making it difficult to deal with them using normal means. To combat this, we issue specially designed bullets that burst on impact, causing more damage to the cryptid than regular ammunition. Close range weapons such as daggers are also effective, though being up close to a cryptid may endanger your life.

Each cryptid is assigned a threat level to accurately assess the measures to be taken against it. The levels are as follows:

Nullper - no threat of danger/ unable to harm anyone.

Parper - Able to harm several people, but can be taken down with regular weapons.

Medper - Capable of harming 100+ people and requires at least one unit to take down.

Magper - Capable of harming a small town worth of people/ 1,000+ lives endangered. Will require several units to take down.

Inper - Threatens the lives of a city of people, will require multiple units and the attention of the directors.

Mauper - This level of anomaly is the most extreme. The minimum requirement of an anomaly to be classified as "Mauper" is the capability to destroy a country, this can range all the way to a humanity extinction level threat. If a "Mauper" level threat emerges, the entirety of Facility:Null will be brought to a stand still, making containing the Anomaly the only priority.

There is no need to worry however, as this is an extremely rare case, and we can almost guarantee you will not encounter it during your time here.

This goes without saying but confidentiality is extremely important. Giving information about anomalies to non-workers would result in serious consequences, but this is all for the good of regular people. If the world found out about the existence of anomalies, fear and madness would spread, plunging our peaceful societies into uncontainable chaos.

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The audio log he had listened to on his first day at the facility played in Sawyer's mind, for, as far as he knew, no reason at all. Though, there was another part of the log, a section at the end which he couldn't quite remember, like a missing piece in his memory. He didn't let it bother him, as random such thoughts weren't uncommon sitting in the back of a unit transport vehicle on the way back to the facility.

So Sawyer leaned back, and closed his eyes.

File 1.3 - "Log"