OPSEC / Containment Zoning at THE RESET
Zoning decides who may stand where and what may move between zones. Each tier — T1 Open, T2 General, T3 Controlled, T4 Restricted — sets a fixed bar for entry requirements, the direction and form of permitted material flow, and the sanitize-out owed on exit. Tiers map onto the Potency Level framework: the higher the tier, the tighter the seal and the heavier the rule.
What Each Tier Requires
Four tiers run the length of the site. Each one names a clear standard for people (handling, escort, and the two-person rule) and for material (what may enter, what may leave, and how it is sanitized in transit). No transition between zones bypasses procedure — every crossing is a procedure held in the SOP library.
T1 · Open Floor
Counter-build labs, the research ward, operations core, and mesh control. Badged staff move freely; entry asks only standard handling and a current badge. Benign techniques and routine tools move in and out without restriction beyond inventory. No exit sanitize beyond log-out.
T2 · General Containment
Experimental lab, detox triage, relay hangar, and dispatch. Entry is badge-gated behind the first seal, with restricted handling and an OPSEC protocol on file. Defensive counter-patterns and staged material may move out only toward equal-or-lower tiers; air-gap and a wipe-down precede exit.
T3 · Controlled Containment
Undertow Injection Bay and Bias & Model Vault. Entry requires the two-person rule, logged sign-in, and a rollback antidote staged at the door. Live payloads and irreplaceable material stays sealed; anything leaving is double-contained and passes a full sanitize step on exit.
T4 · Restricted — Restricted-Technique Vault
The Restricted-Technique Vault alone. Director-authorised, logged two-person entry, full doctrine before any seal breaks, and no shared network with the rest of the site. Material flow is one-way and exceptional; exit is a supervised sanitize line with no overrides.
| Tier | Entry requirements (people) | Permitted material flow | Sanitize on exit |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 · Open | Current badge; standard handling. No escort, no two-person rule. | Free movement of benign techniques and tools, by inventory only. | Log-out. No formal sanitize. |
| T2 · General | Badge-gated entry; restricted handling; OPSEC protocol on file. Escort for visitors. | Out only to equal-or-lower tier; defensive counter-patterns stay contained. | Air-gap cleared; surface wipe-down at the seal. |
| T3 · Controlled | Two-person rule; logged sign-in; rollback antidote staged at door. | Sealed in, double-contained out; no lateral transfer to T1. | Full sanitize step — air-gap, scrub, media wipe. |
| T4 · Restricted | Director-authorised; logged two-person entry; full doctrine pre-entry. | One-way, exceptional, and authorised per item; nothing routine leaves. | Supervised sanitize line; no shared network; no convenience overrides. |
The Three Controls
Zoning rests on three standing controls: an isolation pathway for everything new, a strict clean-to-hot flow that never reverses, and active exclusion of leaks and adversary reach. Together they keep the site sealed without grinding the floor to a halt.
Isolation Pathway
Every intake enters through isolation and triage before it touches a build zone — held, screened, and cleared against the Bias & Model Vault record and the SOP library intake procedure.
Clean-to-Hot Flow
Material and people move unidirectionally from clean zones toward hot ones — never back. Crossing up a tier means full entry procedure; crossing down means sanitize. The flow never reverses across a seal.
Leak & Reach Exclusion
Seals, screening, and sanitize together exclude payload leaks and adversary reach from contained zones. Suspect material is isolated to triage and escalated rather than carried across the floor.
Related: the live facility map, the charter PL framework, and the containment drill program.