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Operational Security Guidelines

Delta Green is a covert group inside the United States federal government whose mission is to investigate and contain unnatural events, fighting a different kind of war on terror. Its mission requires concealing itself from the public, from the rest of the U.S. government, and even, sometimes, from its own agents. It is likely that even a veteran agent has met fewer than five Delta Green operatives. There are no cubicles. No secret bases. No badges or letterhead. Every team is spread out, coming together only when a mission demands it.

The world of Delta Green is like our own, but beyond the edges of reality are powers that outstrip the human mind’s capacity for understanding. Sometimes those powers bleed through into our world and destroy everything they touch. Agents have limited knowledge of these forces. It is likely you have experienced the unnatural at least once. This inciting event is probably what brought you to the attention of DG in the first place. A few know more. They suffer that knowledge like a cancer of the mind. Sometimes it’s better to know just enough to get the job done, and nothing more. That’s the first rule of Delta Green.

Occasionally, the Delta Green team acts undercover and within the budget of an official, mundane investigation or counterterrorism task force: a few SUVs, surveillance drones, rooms at the nearest motel, access to official databases, even a discretionary budget to pay confidential informants. Sometimes, agents might even use their own identities and badges. More often than not, agents go in without cover, on their own time, erasing their tracks and covering expenses as best they can when the job is done.

When an operation is necessary, the mission is always the same. Stop the incursion. Minimize exposure. Save lives. Cover it up to save others from being exposed. Never, ever reveal the existence of Delta Green.

The impact of these secrets can be devastating. Divorce, job loss, lawsuits, criminal prosecution, or worse. You are part of a conspiracy. You will be expected to break every law and personal code to perform the mission and, just as important, to cover it up. If you are arrested or humiliated in the media, nobody from the group can help. And if you reveal the group’s secrets, no matter the circumstances, you become the operation.

Approaching the unnatural - forces that defy physics and human comprehension - is never comfortable, especially if you’ve faced it before. You never get used to it. It can’t be understood. The anticipation of uncovering the rotten core of an operation is both a lure and a poison. The mental toll of confronting the impossible is real and crippling. Yet someone must confront them.