Communication Proceedures.
General Directives:
| Search and Destroy: | Locate and kill ALL hostiles |
| Hostage Rescue: | Locate objective Kill hostiles as necessary Escort objective to safety |
| Surveillance Infiltration: | Maintain concealment Infiltrate target area Plant monitoring devices Return to base |
| Capture Area: | Locate all hostiles Capture all hostiles, kill if necessary Fortify area and wait for further orders |
| Assasination: | Infiltrate target area Use conealment or disguise Locate and kill objective Avoid discovery Return to base |
Terms:
| Weapons Hold: | Do not fire AT ALL |
| Cease-Fire: | Fire only if fired upon |
| Open-Fire: | Fire whenever necessary |
| Situation Update: | Request to Recon or Surveillance to inform of current position, access ways, and nearby hostiles. |
| Continuous Updates: | Request to Recon or Surveillance to give constant Situation Updates. Seldom used by skilled operatives, because a report at the wrong time could be distracting |
| Report Mission Complete: | Inform control that the mission has been completed |
| Report Mission Failure: | Inform control that the mission was not completed |
| Team or Group: | A single group of operatives |
| Recon: | Reconnaisance / Surveillance |
| Squad: | All Teams on a mission |
Communication Structure:
| Situation | Default destination for radio traffic |
| Single Operative, No support: | Control |
| Single Operative, Recon support: | Recon |
| Single Group: | Entire Squad |
| Multiple Groups: | Operative's Group |
| To speak to this group | Use this keyword |
| Reconnaisance / Surveillance | Recon |
| Control / Headquarters | Control |
| Operative's Group | Team |
| Entire Force in multi-Group attack | Squad |
| Squad Leader in multi-Group attack | Leader |
| Transport Van Voice-Controls | Transport |
| HAH Voice-Controls | HAH |
| Specific Team Member(s) | Use operatives' name(s) |
| Operative can also request a direct connection to any of the above groups e.g. "Comm, redirect radio traffic to Recon" This will change where traffic goes by default |
Standard Procedure:
- Acknowledge all communications if possible
- When unsure of directives, ask control for confirmation
Example: Control, requesting confirmation of Weapons Hold directive
- Upon completion/failure of mission, request an area scan if recon is present, then notify Control (if alone or in single group) or Squad Leader (in a multi-Group assault).
Basic Conduct:
(Not enforced strictly, but shows respect and good conduct)
| To make a request: | *group*, Requesting *request* e.g. Recon, Requesting full area scan |
| To acknowledge a reply: | Acknowledged, *group* e.g. Acknowledged, Control |
| To acknowledge an ORDER: | Acknowledged, Control or Acknowledged, Sir or Yes, Sir |
| To give an order: | *group*, *order* e.g. Squad, Move in! |