A and R - Advance and Retreat

Abeyance, in - Section One’s doghouse. If you’re in abeyance, you will get all the crappy kamikaze-type missions, from which your safe return is not a consideration. As a matter of fact, the whole idea is that you won’t return. If, by some miracle you do return, they’ll just send you on another one. It is possible to be in Abeyance, and not even know it.

Accelerated Clock - Indicates assignment is to be completed faster than normally required.

Access Card - Security card indicating users clearance level, therefore allowing/denying entrance to sensitive levels in Section One.

Advanced Digital Sensor System - Security system to protect computer files from being downloaded or copied. System shuts down when it detects any electro-magnetic activity.

Agency, the – A nebulous higher authority to which Operations must answer. Best guess is that it refers to Oversight and/or the Centre, but this has never been made clear.

Alpha Levels - Psychological levels recruits pass thru when first brought into Section One. (i.e. denial, fear, distrust, suicide, etc.)

Alpha Point - Location of the mission van during a live mission.

Alpha Secure - Indicates a transmission has a high level of authentication.

Article Three - Although not clearly defined it would appear that an Article Three protocol can be initiated or requested when the seat of authority and power is in question. Both sides are allowed to present evidence to the Head of Centre to support their position. The outcome of an Article Three proceeding is severe. . .one person lives and retains control, the other dies.

Cardinal, The - Leader of Red Cell. The Cardinal is captured and killed in S4 "Line in The Sand".

Caspar Project, The - Beta tested for over a year. A powder like substance is used to prime the subject's system. Emotions are manipulated using visual cues. The subject can be made to "feel" an emotion and have no voluntary control over it. Used on Nikita in S3 "Under The Influence".

Cancel - To kill.

Centre, the - The organization to which Oversight must answer. Currently, the highest known level in the hierarchy of which Section One and Oversight are parts.

CIA – Central Intelligence Agency

Clean Pick - Tactical strategy to retrieve a target/hostile without alerting the members of his/her organization.

Close Quarter Standby (CQS) – This is when operatives are required to stay on Section One premises for days or even weeks at a time, so that they will be ready for action on a moment’s notice.

Closure - Completion of a mission.

Cold Mission - A mission which is done with no field support, strictly for the purpose of gathering Intel.

Cold Operative - An operative who specializes in killing.

Collateral, Acceptable - People or objects which are considered expendable during a mission.

Collateral, Class One - An innocent deemed expendable for the sake of the mission and Section One security.

Compromised - Describes an operative who has been captured or discovered by the enemy.

Condition 6 - Mission strategy, recon is considered hot unless advised to the contrary. All intel must be verified through tactical command in Comm.

Condition 8 - Shoot to kill. . .Section operative has gone rogue.

Condition Black – A code phrase which means the operative has been exposed by outsiders, meaning their "cover" is blown.

Condition Blue – A code phrase which indicates that the target's base has been evacuated.

Condition Gray – A code phrase which indicates that an operative has been abducted by the Target.

Containment - Where Section One prisoners are held.

Containment Segregation - A procedure to isolate all departments within Section should a lethal substance be introduced into the environment. Containment segregation is initiated from Comm and is announced by an alarm and a 15 second warning. Walls used to isolate departments are impermeable to bacteria and viruses, although apparently not bullet proof! Protocol cannot be overridden, not even by Operation, until the hazardous substance is contained.

Dark Team: Term used by The Collective. A contingency suicide team used as backup to their primary team. If the primary team is eliminated, the Dark Team will contain the situation by suicide bombing.

Deep Cover - When an operative assumes a long-term identity outside of Section as part of a mission profile.

DefCom Scenario - A defensive posture taken when a live nuclear warhead is involved.

Directory - The master list of all operatives in Section One, including current assignments, locations, psych profiles, etc.

DOD – Department of Defense.

Forced Hypnotic Regression - Form of psychological torture supposedly used by the Freedom League on Nikita. The aggressor mentally reduces the victim to a child then tries to build them back up. It can destroy the victim’s emotional structure in a matter of days. Residual effects might include nightmares. Although not actually used, Jurgen bases his evaluation of Nikita on this theory to pacify Operations and Madeline.

Protocol 5 - Protocol used to strip someone in command of their authority. George initiates a Protocol 5 against Operations in S4 "Line In The Sand" to take him out of play.

Protocol 6 - Tactical strategy to minimize risk of exposure for a team on an active mission. An abeyance operative is used to perform a specific function then sacrificed to avoid detection.

Protocol 8 - Tactical strategy that requires team members to provide cover while the team leader escapes the ambush with the target. The team leader, to provide containment of the situation, initiates an explosion killing the hostiles as well as any remaining Section operatives.

Provisional Status - A probationary period before being returned to Active status. The operative is allowed to participate in missions only if accompanied by his/her trainer. This is separate from the two-year training period.

Sample Spaces - All probable possibilities based on the analysis of available information. A sim is run on obtainable Intel then the computer reports possible outcomes or "sample spaces".

Shadow Recruitment - A temporary recruitment where an operative is recruited for a specific task. If they perform they are free to resume their old life after the mission is complete.

Silent Drop - When an operative makes a delivery to a team on an active mission. The operative delivers the material or equipment and then retreats undetected. Silent drops are risky since the movement of an additional operative could expose the team. If the drop cannot be made undetected, an abeyance operative would be used then sacrificed rather than risk exposure.

Splinter Groups - Remnants of hostile organizations that have survived an attack by Section One. These groups are often identified with their original organization because their activities bear the same signature or mode of operation.

Stand Alone Mode - Indicates Comm is currently operating systems offline. No transmissions are taking place that would allow hostiles to tunnel through the system.

Substation - An active, functioning outpost of a particular organization. Section has substations, as do hostile organizations such as Red Cell, Bright Star, etc. Locations of substations are often the subject of critical missions.