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[PINNED] PULSE CHECK PROTOCOL (read this, then read it again)

6 MESSAGES. OPENED BY HANNA_HALFLIFE 2061-09-01 08:00

  1. HANNA_HALFLIFECounter-Infiltration OfficerCell LANTERN, Sector 2

    2061-09-01 08:00

    One. Every new arrival gets checked, no exceptions, including children, including Chaplains, including me. Two. You check the whole room, never one person, so nobody is singled out and nobody is tipped off. Three. Two fingers on the carotid, a full sixty seconds, by a clock, not by counting in your head. Four. If in doubt, check again in an hour, then fetch me.

  2. HANNA_HALFLIFECounter-Infiltration OfficerCell LANTERN, Sector 2

    2061-09-01 08:05

    Five. A verified pulse gets logged on this board with the PULSE VERIFIED flag so that person never has to go through it twice in the same cell. They've earned that much. Six. Be kind afterwards. Being checked is frightening and being accused is worse.

  3. OLD_BRIXTONVeteran (not retired, thank you)Cell TEAPOT, Sector 5

    2061-09-02 10:12

    For the record my pulse has been verified nine times and every time it goes up because Hanna is terrifying. I'm asking for a lifetime pass.

  4. HANNA_HALFLIFECounter-Infiltration OfficerCell LANTERN, Sector 2

    2061-09-02 10:30

    Denied. See rule one.

  5. TINKER_9Bench TechnicianCell SPROCKET, Sector 8

    2061-09-20 17:44

    Tip for anyone without a clock: a C60 cassette side is 30 minutes, so the first ten turns of the capstan on a standard deck is about sixty seconds. Not perfect but better than guessing.

  6. DEADAIRRelay Operator (Moderator)Relay HALCYON, Sector 1

    2061-10-12 12:00

    Bumping this after the MAGPIE scare. It worked exactly as written and nobody got hurt. That is the whole point.

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