Editing Crucible:MTAS (section)

== Threat Levels in Detail ==

=== MTAS-0 ===
==== Baseline Human Activity ====

Incidents manageable by conventional authorities.

'''Examples Include:'''
* Organized crime
* Terrorism
* Espionage
* Conventional military threats

'''Typical Responders:'''
* Law enforcement
* Intelligence agencies
* Emergency services

Metahuman deployment is not normally authorized.

=== MTAS-1 ===
==== Localized Enhanced Threat ====

The first recognized superhuman classification.

Threats at this level are dangerous to:
* Individual structures
* City blocks
* Localized populations

'''Examples Include:'''
* Enhanced criminals
* Minor vigilantes
* Low-level metahumans
* Expert assassins
* Unstable experimental subjects

'''Typical Responders:'''
* Municipal metahuman units
* Local heroes
* PHASE II liaison officers

=== MTAS-2 ===
==== Urban Metahuman Threat ====

Threats capable of causing widespread urban disruption or catastrophic loss of life within a metropolitan area.

'''Examples Include:'''
* Giant robotic entities
* Destructive metahuman combat
* Dangerous psychic events
* Advanced armored criminals
* Significant biological outbreaks

'''Typical Responders:'''
* Regional metahuman teams
* PHASE II tactical command
* Enhanced containment assets

National metahuman organizations may be consulted depending on escalation risk and operational availability.

=== MTAS-3 ===
==== National Metahuman Emergency ====

Incidents capable of destabilizing major national infrastructure or causing mass casualties across multiple regions.

'''Examples Include:'''
* Alien strike forces
* Kaiju attacks
* Large-scale weather manipulation
* Major dimensional breaches
* Top-tier metahuman warfare

'''Typical Responders:'''
* Multinational metahuman deployment
* Strategic military integration
* National emergency coordination

MTAS-3 incidents generally receive worldwide media coverage within minutes.

=== MTAS-4 ===
==== Transnational Catastrophic Threat ====

Threats capable of destabilizing multiple nations or large sections of planetary civilization.

'''Examples Include:'''
* Planetary invasion beachheads
* Rogue artificial superintelligences
* Mass psychic contamination events
* Major spacetime destabilization
* Continental infrastructure collapse

'''Typical Responders:'''
* Multinational metahuman coalitions
* Orbital surveillance assets
* Continuity-of-government systems
* [[Crucible:PHASE III|PHASE III]] strategic support

=== MTAS-5 ===
==== Continental/Hemispheric Threat ====

Incidents capable of destroying or permanently destabilizing continental-scale populations or ecosystems.

'''Examples Include:'''
* Continent-scale biosphere corruption
* Hyperstorm events
* Advanced cosmic incursions
* Cascading dimensional collapse
* Mass extinction phenomena

At MTAS-5, governments may begin implementing civilization continuity protocols.

=== MTAS-6 ===
==== Global Extinction Threat ====

Threats capable of causing planetary extinction or irreversible collapse of Earth civilization.

'''Examples Include:'''
* Moonfall scenarios
* Global dimensional destabilization
* Total planetary invasion
* Full-scale cosmic annihilation events

'''Typical Response Posture:'''
* Total emergency mobilization
* Offworld coordination
* Activation of last-resort contingency systems

Very few MTAS-6 incidents have been recorded in modern history.

=== MTAS-7 ===
==== Existential/Reality-Level Threat ====

Classification Restricted.

MTAS-7 incidents involve:
* Ontological collapse
* Universal contamination
* Multiversal destabilization
* Reality failure events

Only a handful of MTAS-7 events are known to have occurred.

The most infamous remains the arrival of [[Crucible:The Terror|The Terror]].