- CONFIDENTIAL ENVELOPE -
To Mr. President of the French Republic
Élysée Palace
On 2002/02/██
Dear Mr. President,
Jacques,
I am deeply sorry to learn of your refusal to speak to the forces of the French National Gendastrerie in favour of the Global Occult Coalition.
The Coalition takes into account and makes it a point of honour to respect the sovereignty and independence of every one of its member States. However, withholding information regarding the crash of ████████████████████ in ███████████, █████, jeopardises the very principles of collaboration upon which the Coalition has been built, and which allow for worldwide protection and cover against the multiplication of parathreats.
The Gendastrerie's uncooperative attitude towards our ambassadors during recent weeks is a serious obstruction that is harmful both to your interests and ours. I would therefore like to reiterate my hope that you will revise your position on ████████████████████.
No matter your decision, we will of course continue to defend France and its citizens against all odds. Be assured that your help and advice are always welcomed and will be given the necessary attention.
However, it is my duty to remind you that, facing the challenges of the new millennium, the Global Occult Coalition will only be able to fulfil its Fivefold Mission by using every means at its disposal. Any defection could cause Humanity at large to pay a heavy price.
To not join us now is to be on the wrong side already.
Best regards,
CELESTA
Assistant Director of Field Operations,
Undersecretary delegate,
United Nations Global Occult Coalition
The five permanent members of UN Security Council — China, United States, France, Russia and United Kingdom — are guaranteed access to knowledge of the existence, goals and actions of the GOC, which tacitly answers from them. The Five Permanent Members all have at their disposal a Ministry or equivalent governmental body dedicated to surveillance of paranatural phenomena, and their respective heads of state are systematically briefed as soon as they assume their position.
However, these leaders are very rarely implied in GOC activities, because of their total lack of knowledge of occult issues and their fear of the unknown. Thus the decisional power is in the hands of the Council of 108 member organisations, consisting of secret societies, research organisations and religious movements from across the planet. This technocratic operating, which sometimes needs to put politics aside, or even to keep some member States in the dark — for their own safety — can be a source of tensions.
While some member States fully embrace GOC's cause — like the United Kingdom, whose British Occult Service is a prominent member of the Council of 108 — others keep their distance. This is noticeably the case for the United States and France, whose Unusual Incidents Unit (FBI) and National Gendastrerie are conspicuous by their absence among the Council.
The National Gendastrerie
GOC Unmarked Surveillance Drone shot down by Gendastres in front of the Matignon hotel. Photograph taken by USD.07.02
Although France is a member of the Global Occult Coalition, and must follow its imposed directives, it still has at its disposal its own independent anomalous police: the National Gendastrerie.
French Gendastres are the Coalition's frequent and respected collaborators. However, some of them turn out to be unfriendly, refractory even, to our forces' interventions within the Hexagon.1 It has been noticed that this aversion towards GOC envoys, often antagonised as illegitimate and invasive, is not limited to simple officers and was sometimes pushed by the powers in place. This trend has previously earned France reprimands, in 1966 and 2002, but sadly seems to perpetuate.
It has been brought to our attention that the French Gendastrerie was also part of the PANGEA Network, the Anomalous Police General Assembly, who escapes our control and unites numerous state groups sharing the same antipathy towards Global Occult Coalition. Infiltration attempts are underway.
Diplomatic missions
Paris Occult Affair Summit, 2008.
GOC directives strongly dissuade its member States from collaborating with para-organisations that are not part of the Council of 108 . However, private relations between most of its members and alternative protection companies, such as the SCP Foundation, are an open secret.
The Coalition cannot prove this, nor prevent such transactions, but can try to consolidate its connections with leaders of the world through diplomatic missions. Thus, just as France has a permanent ambassador — currently Nicolas de Rivière — at the UN, the GOC also has an ambassador charged with monitoring France's situation.
Coalition ambassadors are from Council of 108 members that originate from the country they are in. In France, this role has been filled since 2005 by Stéphane Lhuilier, honorary member of the Knights Templar and magister ès numerologia at the College of Nostredame's Scholars.
The anecdote circulating in the Block is that every other president will be compliant to us, while the other will do everything they can to put obstacles in our way. Things are already more complex, but it's true that this story is not built on nothing. De Gaulle was strong at heart to encourage the Coalition's development as long as his rules only applied to others. Giscard d'Estaing followed a politic that was… opaque, at least, even for us. And speaking of Chirac, he had a more than versatile attitude towards our services. Regarding the details, you'll find all the information you need in the manuals at your disposition.
You must understand that with Emmanuel Macron we are currently under a strong mandate: the French state understood well that its Gendastrerie was tired and overwhelmed; they have full confidence in the Coalition to handle affairs that require a worldwide expertise. Of course, the presence of the New Synarchist Pact within the government has never been more tangible, which helps a lot.
Counter-espionage Maneuvers 101, p.12, §3
The Block
Settled in the Défense district, Paris, the Block is one of the ten Coalition headquarters in the world, and the second in importance behind its siege in New York. It houses the Assistant Director of Field Operations "Celesta" — Coalition #2 — as well as the European Center of the PTOLEMY Division.
The Block is a modern facility, highly secured and camouflaged from the public by a powerful liminal censor field, which diverts the civilian's attention if they do not already know about it.
PTOLEMY Division European Center.
PTOLEMY Division is in charge of GOC agents logistics worldwide. As a consequence, it is the European Center based in the Block that feeds all the European GOC bases in high-tech weapons and equipment. More than 400 operators handle daily the transports, communications and needs of each Coalition agent from England to Turkey.
If most of the Coalition production sites are located in Eastern Europe, its most ambitious paratech are directly developed in Eurtec, with the Block built on one of the few access points.
Eurtec
The Block holds one of the five portals leading to the European Techno-Esoteric Capital, a technopole located out of the euclidean space and dedicated to the development of new paratech. Heavily supervised by the Global Occult Coalition, the European Techno-Esoteric Capital remains a costly project, of limited capacity and in constant evolution.
Located in a dimensional pocket, it allows GOC research institutes to experiment freely with new technologies without fear of backlash on Earth in case of accidents. At the first sign of trouble, the portals to the zone are automatically blocked for a 72 hour quarantine. As an airlock, the Block is automatically closed both in the event of a threat from inside the technopole, or during an attack from a foreign group that would try to access Eurtec.
Council of 108 Members
The Council of 108 is the consultative assembly at the heart of Global Occult Coalition. It counts among its founding members multiple French organisations that help founding it following the Liberation. These organisations are pillars of the Coalition, but also levers that help to ensure GOC's directives are applied in France.
The College of Nostredramus' Scholars
A confidential circle of academics dedicated to the study of Nostradamus' Prophecies. Based in Lyon, the College of Scholars is part of the previsiologist forces among the GOC that try to anticipate worldwide events and upcoming threats.
The New Synarchist Pact
Éminence grise inside the French government, the New Synarchist Pact is composed of high officials and rich industrials. The Synarchists consider that the Power of the French State must be subdued to a Superior Authoriy, wise and impartial, that GOC incarnates. Most of the representatives of French interests among the Coalition are synarchist.
Priory of Sion
Millenary brotherhood trying to protect the (attested) descent of the Merovingians and the (supposed) one of the Christ. Nowadays, he Priory renounced its goal of restoring a Divine Right monarchy in France, and prefers to use the more subtle and effective influence of the GOC, through its agreement with the New Synarchist Pact. The Priory is still under the orders of the elder of the Holy Lineage, only known under the codename "Red Serpent".
Khasmosophic Society
An Esoteric movement inherited from Roman Empire, the study of non-being or "khasmosophy" lived a second life thanks to the aberrations the Helena Blavatsky's Theosophic Society. The Khasmosophic Society is presently an aristocratic circle, bringing together members of high society with a passion for the archaeology of the void.
Assistant Director "Celesta"
Serial Number: 84300007/431
Title: Assistant Director of Field Operations, PHYSICS Division
Facility: Base-EU-102, Paris (France)
Career Service Vitae
Research Director "Theremin"
Serial Number: 62006035/212
Title: Managing Director of Base-EU-102, PHYSICS Division
Facility: Base-EU-102, Paris (France)
Real name: [CLASSIFIED]
Nationality: British/French
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: [CLASSIFIED]
Biographical Information
Security protocols specialist that climbed the GOC ladder since its integration in 1979. Current Director of the "Block", Theremin is also one of the initiators of the Eurtec Project and supervises various development projects regarding paratech that are classified as defence secrets. Has purposely implanted on himself an IPEC personnel surveillance chip, that he initiated, to show example. Still one of the rare people to having one nowadays.
Career Service Vitae
[CLASSIFIED CSV]
Assistant Director "Contrabass"
Serial Number: 08550731/709
Title: Communication Assistant Director, PTOLEMY Division
Facility: Base-EU-869, Nice (France)
Real name: [CLASSIFIED]
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: [CLASSIFIED]
Biographical Information
Inheriting a familial devotion to the GOC, Contrabass is the son of [CLASSIFIED] "Violoncello" (CSV: 1971-2003) and grandson of [CLASSIFIED] "Violin" (CSV: 1946-1971), all of which have taken the role of European Communication Director before him. He nonetheless earned his position, and knows in depth about how the GOC works from the shadows.
Career Service Vitae
[CLASSIFIED CSV]
Research Director "Vivo"
Serial Number: 11000303/715
Title: World Parahealth Organisation, PTOLEMY Division
Facility: WHO Siege, Pregny-Chambésy (Suisse)
Real name: [CLASSIFIED]
Nationality: French (Polynesian)
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: [CLASSIFIED]
Biographical Information
Exceptional mediator and speaker. Vivo initially joined the research teams of World Parahealth Organisation under the direction of Pr. [CLASSIFIED] in 1997, and has contributed to the formulation of the C-909 vaccine for Tyr disease. She succeeded her mentor in 2012 as head of the WPHO. Very accommodating towards the Vatican regarding hemovorism and lycanthropy treatments.
Career Service Vitae
[CLASSIFIED CSV]
French territory hosts numerous organisation that represent a threat, both for the Veil and for its population. While a good part of everyday crime is already handled by the Gendastrerie, it is the Coalition's duty to put most of these occult network under surveillance, to be able to compensate for any French Government weakness in cases of major crisis. The following lists the para-organisations in mainland France under the closest GOC surveillance.
Al-Taqîya
Initially a mystic brotherhood ("tariqa") based in Lebanon, destabilisation of the Middle East in the middle of 20th century transformed Al-Taqîya from a simple Islamic research group into a paramilitary militia with terrorist objectives. Its members are using parathreats, considered as a gift from Allah to help them in their fight, in close collaboration with Hezbollah and the Iranian Office For The Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts. Driven by a very strong anti-Western sentiment, Al-Taqîya is responsible for multiple attacks in Europe, and noticeably in France, since the 80s.
Even at home, Al-Taqîya operates in the deepest secret, its Shiite affiliation and its "dissident" Sufi practices making it a prime target for the Salafist regime.
Structure: Al-Taqîya answers to the Central Jihadist Council of the Hezbollah and may be linked to Amn al-Muddad, its counter-espionage service. Recruitment of radicalised European members has enabled infiltration into France, and it is supposed that one of its cells is based in Marseille.
Resources: Just like Hezbollah, Al-Taqîya is mostly financed by Iran, whose Office For The Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts is supposedly a parathreat provider.
Standing Orders: Immediate engage. Al-Taqîya members must be considered as Level Response 3 Threat Entities during mission. Parathreats in their possession must be kept and brought back for study when possible.
The Humanist Gentlemen
The Humanist Gentlemen are for most part intellectuals, with variable thaumaturgical knowledge, united around a transhumanist philosophy inherited from 18th century. They oppose the UN"s destruction policy and represent, by their inconsequence, a non negligible threat towards normalcy.
Structure: The Gentlemen are isolated and hard to identify individuals, linked together by a network of "acquaintance" and "contacts", as vague as it is untraceable.
Resources: Unknown. Their most eminent members are supposed to live on their inheritance or pension. However, the organisation's longevity has enabled it to gather deep knowledge in the field of occult science.
Standing Orders: Response Level 1-2, with immediate engagement during an encounter with a confirmed member. While weak because they are usually isolated or present only in small number, the Gentlemen must be considered as Potential Threat Entities.
The Order of Light
Founded in 1224 to offer esoteric support to the Crusaders, the Order of Light is nowadays an essentially peaceful religious gathering. Its adherents, some of whom are in the highest political circles, preach the unity of faiths, men and both normal and paranormal parts of the world under its aegis. The activities of the highest ranked adherents are under surveillance, ensuring they don't interfere with GOC plans.
Although it is still an offshoot to the Knights Templar, one of the GOC's pillars, the Order of Light has always refused to join the Council of 108 due to ideological incompatibilities.
Structure: The Order follows a complex and rigid hierarchy, culminating in nine High Masters, all of them Potential Threat Entities.
Resources: The Order's income is unknown but significant. It mostly benefits from a very large library composed of unique esoteric works, including the "Book of Light", an apocryphal holy text around which formed the Order's philosophy.
Standing Orders: Response Level 0-1. The Order of Light has cordial, albeit cautious, relations with the Coalition and is open to diplomacy.
Primordial
A paracriminal organisation specialized in mercenarism, consisting of numerous Known, Unknown and Potential Threat Entities. Primordial is technically ranked among the 10 Organised Paracrime Organisations most actively researched by GOC, just above Scarlet Hammer.
Having acquired a prominent place in paracriminal world, Primordial is enforcing a strict ethical code that benefits to the Second Mission (Dissimulation) of the Coalition. Violators of this code are subject to harsh punishments.
Structure: Primordial acts as much as a provider and as a transmitter between external contractors and partners with peculiars needs. The organisation is directed by an executive committee comprised of anonymous individuals, known under the name of Primates.
Resources: Primordial financing is assured by its services, whose amount, price and clients are unknown.
Standing Orders: Do not engage, except with a counter-order from High Command. Primordial is partially shielded from international sanctions by protection mandate made on the 6th of January, 1991. Details of this mandate are reserved to High Command.
SAPPHIRE
A Former member of the Council of 108 , the Society of Atheists for the Protection from the Perilous and Hindering Institutionalized Religions Everywhere seceded in 1953 and has been considered as a terrorist organisation since 1955 with Response Level 3.
SAPPHIRE is dedicated to the destruction of parathreats that they consider as the source of irrational beliefs harmful towards the development of humanity. Although their objectives are often in line with those of the Coalition, SAPPHIRE has no limit regarding attacks towards civilian populations and authorized cults, thereby contravening to the Third Mission (Protection) of the GOC.
Structure: The Society is broken down into dozens of decentralized and semi-independent lodges. Metastasized, its network is impossible to dismantle as a whole. However, a single localised lodge is easily liquidated.
Resources: The Society does not benefits from any clearly defined source of income and the clandestine nature of its members, inserted into civilian life, deprives it of large-scale material and logistical resources.
Standing Orders: As a former GOC member, SAPPHIRE is in possession of sensible information, although limited and outdated, making it noticeably dangerous. It is also suspected that it maintained relations with some of our member organisation, such as the Five Elements Society.
VÆ
VÆ is a right-wing extremist group of neo-pagan tendency established in France, Belgium and Switzerland. VÆ adherents are obsessed with restoration of a "Celtic Land" ruined by immigration and Christianity, and have been convicted of acts ranging from desecration to terrorism. Its members practice various forms of ancient and unknown forms of thaumaturgy, based on celtic rituals, occasionally with some Nordic or Teutonic elements mixed in.
Structure: Unknown. VÆ members seem sparse and few. No precise hierarchy has yet been observed.
Resources: Limited. VÆ members seem to rely on their own financial means. However, some of the goods and knowledge in their possession seem to have been provided by an unknown source.
Standing Orders: Response Level 1-2. Limited engage, its occultist members being hard to differentiate from profane civilians. A clearly identified member should, if possible, be kept alive and brought down for an interrogation.
Classification
For more discretion, GOC agents use codenames to designate the threats they face. A list of codenames related to French-speaking organisations can be found below:
- Azure: Relating to France.
- Azure Beret: Relating to Estate Noir.
- Azure Bicorn: Relating to the Singular Imperial Academy.
- Azure Helmet: Relating to the French Gendastrerie.
- Azure Fez: Relating to the African Office of Occult Affairs.
- Angelico: Relating to the Order of Light (religious movement)
- Aronnax: Relating to Nemo and the Nautilus (person of interest)
- Champollion: Relating to Humanity (religious movement)
- Crockett: Relating to the Aberdeen Pack (family structure)
- Crusoe: Relating to the Kingdom of Univers'Island (principality)
- Dawkins: Relating to SAPPHIRE (criminal organisation)
- Dorcel: Relating to Caldeira (private compagny)
- Fakir: Relating to Al-Taqîya (criminal organisation)
- Galileo: Relating to the Humanist Gentlemen (criminal organisation)
- Léon: Relating to Primordial (criminal organisation)
- Hare: Relating to VÆ (criminal organisation)
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