Who are we?
TLDR
VRAD is a VRChat RP group based on the Men In Black. We study and defend against (not just aliens) but all types of anomalies in the metaverse.
At our core, Agents investigate and catalogue strange phenomena by interacting with other VRChat players in public instances, with a focus on comedic improv. We also hold regular lore events with predefined stories, where Agents are tasked with resolving an over-arching threat using unique gadgets and weapons. Through collaboration and strategic planning, agents participate in activities in a very dynamic way, where they control the story and contribute to the permanent lore. With the writers adapting to the agents actions.
We are currently developing a Discord bot with RPG functions that will have a direct effect on Agents abilities while in VRC. This is an attempt to bridge the gap between our VRC events and the seemingly disjointed Discord experience that these groups tend to struggle with. The first of it's kind I believe, with the intention of creating a more immersive 24/7 experience for those looking for such things.
The group offers a dynamic and engaging experience for those looking to explore the metaverse's hidden secrets.
Asterisks symbolise incomplete pages
Who are we?
Depends who’s asking! If you’re a civilian, we’re nobody. There’s nothing to see here. Forget you ever saw us and close this document.
Ok, good…
For the potential recruits among you, VRAD was first established in 1752. VR didn’t exist back then, so we sat around for 262 years doing nothing. Then on the eve of January 16th 2014, VRChat was brought online for the first time, and when the developers booted up VRChat for the first time, we were already there, waiting…
The Virtual Reality Anomaly Division. Our time to shine was upon us.
Back in those days the Metaverse was pretty intense, a wild west of 1’s and 0’s if you like, and gradually more weird shit started to happen. But we were there, watching, collecting data and protecting the handful of citizens from the metaversal oddities.
Cast your mind back, do you remember those annoying Ugandan Knuckles fuckers? Just running around, arrogantly talking shit about people, accusing them of not knowing de wae. You don’t see many of them anymore do you? …You’re welcome!
That’s what we do. Shit memes don’t die of natural causes, they die because we punch them out of existence.
But we don’t always want to destroy the anomalies we find, sometimes we just want to observe them and collect data. Some metaversal oddities are harmless. Those are the ones we like to rip open and examine. Our main focus is data extraction. Our goal is to catalogue every anomaly within the metaverse and study it to find out it’s capabilities, threat levels and sometimes even what flavour it is!
By reading this, you just became the property of VRAD. The life you once knew is behind you. Nobody can know you exist. By reading this, you chose to let go of your friends, family, spouse, kids. Everything. Don’t worry though, we’ll make sure to give you an epic fake death so the people you once knew get some closure. You can choose from the following options:
1) You were eaten by a shark during a skiing trip. The shark was carrying an uzi.
2) You got run over by 53 tanks and an entire marching band.
3) You became a world champion at art, but one day your art became so powerful that you burst into flames.
Community tone
This is a light hearted community with similar style humour to the MIB. Example: Our lowest ranked Agent, fresh out of training can not be trusted with the high power weapons we use, we lost too many agents that accidentally vaporise themselves. As a result, Rookies will be issued cardboard weapons that fire elastic bands. Research shows that rookies get excited at the twanging sound the elastic bands make.
A word from our DSA
Good evening Agent, and congratulations on joining VRAD, the Virtual Reality Anomaly Division. I’m the current Director of Supernatural Affairs, Pink Butterfly. The previous DSA was found under my car tyre with no pulse so they resigned. It’s a long story. I won’t bore you with the details.
I don’t know how you found out about us, considering we’re meant to be an elite shadow ops organisation, but here you are. Please take a seat on the closest porcelain throne of your choice and have a quick flip through this manual.
Our events
AOTW/Surveilance patrol
(Regular/weekly patrol event)
Frequency: currently weekly, eventually daily:
All members arrive at the event and are split into teams of up to 5 agents (Avatars provided). Each team heads into public worlds, meeting weird avatars, and performing improv. The event host will normally give the Agents a random mission which helps them initiate conversation with VRChat players. For example “We have received intel that a dolphin with 4 legs has been sighted trying to sell catnip in the metaverse”. They can chase up leads regarding this or just ignore the random mission completely and use their own roleplay ideas to interact with the public. They should aim to make contact with anomalies, bring them back to the HQ and scan them into our system using the scanner at the HQ, hopefully recruiting them in the process.
Example Public Interaction:
Team A enters an instance of The Black Cat. All wearing black suits with shades. After looking around, they find someone they think would be a good interaction. We approach the user and question them. Have you seen a 4 legged dolphin today? You have? We thought they went extinct years ago. Do you know if there are more of them? (The user can ignore us if they're not interested, or join in). If they join in (most people do) we continue improv in character. Once they're established to be on board with the fun, we can turn the tables and find some reason to make them an anomaly and we need to bring them in for a scan. Just observe them and find a reason. It could be anything. Abnormally tall? Glowing Hair? Too many tattoos? Abnormally small? The dolphin cover story makes no difference. It’s just a way to begin an interaction.
Next we can use MIB style tools to wipe the memories of any nearby witnesses then escort the the anomaly to our facility where we can scan them and continue roleplay with them if they wish. Carry out experiments and study them. This is just one example from an infinite amount of ideas. Dangerous avatars can also be engaged in firefights and detained, using regular cuffs, cages, ghost traps, or any number of ideas TBC. Then back to HQ for studying.
Urgent assignment
Frequency: Popup. They can occur at any time of the day or night.
These can be initiated in two ways.
1) Pings will be sent out to the discord server when a new assignment is active. The first 5 agents to respond will attend the event.
2) During a surveillance or AOTW event, the operator will contact a team that is currently on duty and ask them if they are available for an Urgent Assignment.
Urgent assignments are mini stories that have been pre-planned. They involve actors and a set objective. The agents will all meet at a predetermined location and react to the events that unfold around them. It is up to the agents themselves to figure out how they would like to complete the mission. Some of these missions will add to our lore. Urgent Assignments can take place in private worlds, or in public worlds where the agents will have to figure out what is going on, and attempt to resolve it.
Incursions
Frequency: Approximately every 3 months.
These will be huge events with lots of intricate working parts, potentially spanning over many worlds and with many actors. These are designed to make the Agents of VRAD feel like total badasses. Each person will become the hero of their own story if they want to shine.
Collaborations
Frequency: Sporadic. They will be at random times, but with plenty of notice.
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Agents
This is the general term for anyone that is currently on a mission out in the field, this applies to all ranks including Training Wheels.. You will patrol the metaverse and look for anomalies. Anything that seems a bit strange can be investigated. You may question civilians to find out if they have seen anything strange lately, you can even take statements from them about what they experienced if you wish.
When you find an anomaly, you may question it on how it came to be, find out if it has any special powers or abilities. If you find anything particularly spicy, please bring it over to the labs for our Labmun to investigate more thoroughly.
Agent avatars
The VRAD Agent avatars were built from the ground up to ensure a perfect balance between maximum optimisation and maximum features. Each avatar has a ton of toggles, equipment, weapons and customisation features which you can read about in the equipment tab. They even work on Quest, albeit with limited features due to Quest restrictions.
The avatars were disigned to be Medium performance rank. This is so we can use these avatars if ever we are at events that require optimised avatars only.
Although we love it when members create their own custom avatars, this usually results in highly unoptimised personal avatars. Whenever we host or attend events with alot of people, we may be asked to wear more optimised avatars if a lot of people are in attendance. If ever you are asked to wear a more optimised avatar, please use one of the VRAD provided bases.
The standard issue base avatars have all equipment that you need to enjoy RPing as an Agent of VRAD and enough customisation options built in to make them unique to you. So there's no need to bench yourself while developing a personal avatar! Honestly, we'd rather you actually enjoyed participating in the community, than waiting until you felt unique.
Ranks Structure
All of our ranks provide higher clearance levels regarding classified assets. Each incremental clearance level will offer the agent access to more equipment, training and services. Our upper clearance levels offer a based pension scheme, with fairly decent health insurance. No dental though we originated in Britain.
Lv 0 Civvy
How to achieve: Join The Discord Server
These poor squishy, delicate creatures have no idea of the crazy shit that goes on around them. We exist to protect their puny malleable bodies, but they must never know about our existence.
Lv 1 Agent Training Wheels (ATW)
How to achieve: Fill out the medical form linked here:
https://forms.gle/oUtxLQxkAY9zTofj8
Responsibilities: Just don’t make VRAD look bad, and follow the rules. Enjoy yourself.
This is the name for the lowest rank in our organisation. Once a member has filled out the medical form and been accepted, they will be given the rank of Training Wheels.
Upon achieving this rank, your first step will be to visit the armoury to get your standard issue CBE. This stands for “Cardboard Equipment”. In the early days of VRAD we found that a lot of TW’s were accidentally vaporising themselves if we gave them live weapons. So we decided to start issuing pieces of cardboard with weapons and equipment drawn on. Some of the weapons fire elastic bands, as research showed that TW’s get really excited when they see the band ping out and it’s adorable to watch.
If you lose your CBE or get it wet, let the armourer know as soon as possible, and you will be issued only one further set. If you lose it again, you’ll have to resort to using a twig or something. I don’t know, it’s never happened. Careless TW’s normally get eaten within the first 20 minutes of a mission.
Due to a rise in “being eaten” related deaths, TW’s may not go out on missions alone. They must always be accompanied by someone with the rank of Field Agent or above.
TW’s may not lead units. Before we made this rule, TW’s would often march their units in front of buses, or off cliffs etc… The admin division was getting pissed off with the constant stream of paperwork, so the previous DSA said “Fuck this” and stopped TW’s from leading units.
The survival ratio of this rank is disproportionately low when compared to other ranks and we have no idea why, but it’s worth mentioning.
Lv 2 Agent
How to achieve: By completing Meta Training.
Responsibilities: Just don’t make VRAD look bad, and follow the rules. Enjoy yourself.
The first real rank of VRAD. Please hand your cardboard equipment back to the armoury. Once complete, you will be issued your FDE, which stands for ‘ Dangerous Equipment. Please be incredibly careful with this stuff.
Lv 3 Senior Agent (SnA)
How to achieve: After one month with VRAD, Agents can apply for this rank by filling in the rank in the training channel on discord. Applicants must undertake training which does have pass/fail states. If you don’t pass the first time, don’t worry. It took Thiccy_Smol 37 attempts to pass, and we’re pretty sure he cheated in the end.
Responsibilities: Same as above, but you can also co-host events now. Find out which Lv 4 is running an event, and ask them if you can help out.
Similar to Agent, but considerably more special.
Lv 4 Special Agent (SA)
How to achieve: After a further one month as SnrA, you can apply for this rank. You must undertake SA training which does have pass/fail states. SA’s are expected to be very active in the community.
Responsibilities: Same as above. You’ve been here a while now. Help the new guys out. Give them tips and tricks. You may also host events, and potentially create your own recurring events. You may choose your co-hosts and show them how to host events. Co-Hosts must be Lv 3 or above.
Lv 5 Master Agent (MA)
How to achieve: Special Agents can apply for this rank after two months of becoming SA. Master Agents will be expected to have been an intricate part of the community during their time here. They have participated in surveillance events frequently, lead teams frequently, and have been a great help to grow the community. They are usually members of at least one of the community teams. Successful applicants will be interviewed. Successful interviewees will be given the rank. This role is reserved only for those that are passionate about the community and wish to help grow.
Responsibilities: Same as above. In rare cases you will be leading teams in the community. You will be attending some staff meetings. You will be investigating and reporting problems within the community.
Lv 6 Chief Agent (CA)
TBC. There are currently no CA’s at the time of writing.
Admin Ranks:
The following ranks are handpicked by the other staff members
Lv 7 Lieutenants
This rank is reserved for Team Leads. They will oversee the day to day running of our various community teams. Higher Agent ranks can also become team leads, but this is the first rank where the opportunity becomes available.
Lv 8 Overseers
Lv 9 Celestials
2IC
Second In Command. There can be a maximum of two people in this role. They oversee all activities and work closely with the DSA.
Current 2IC: Classified
Lv 10 DSA
Director of Supernatural Affairs. Or just simply Director.
Current director: PinkButterfly
Specialist Skills
To make VRAD more fun and engaging, we created a handful of specialist skills that Agents can learn. The objective is to give constant goals for members of the community to work towards so their experience doesn't become stale.
Each specialist skill is broken down into three separate lessons. If an Agent hasn't attended any lessons in a particular skill, they are considered level 0 proficiency and are basically useless at it. By level 3, agents are considered experts in that skill.
During RP, whenever a community member is engaging in an activity that is covered by ont of the specialist skills, they are expected to perform that task at their current skill level.
Agents can level up in each of the relevant skills by attending fu lessons held reglarly in VRChat. The lessons are structred to be just as fun and engaging as any other VRAD RP event, with a focus on humour and having a god time. Thee skills shouldn't be an actual chore to obtain.
Level X
Unlocking Level 3 proficiency in all skills grants members the opportunity to apply to become a Lv X agent. The most elite of the elite
Weapons
Hacking
Stealth and Recon
Vehicles
Medical and Science
Comms
Equipment
Considering the dangerous situations we regularly find ourselves in, it is essential that we carry a whole host of equipment and gadgets.
Training Wheels Equipment: CBE
Our custom patented Cardboard equipment is made from high-impact triple layer corrugated cardboard. These are the first pieces of equipment you will be issued upon graduation from Meta Training. The pictures of the weapons are drawn on with permanent marker, so will likely not come off for at least a while. Some of the weapons fire 0.0001 calibre elastic bands at a distance of about 3 meters. Perfect for those long range sniper shots. Go get 'em junior! You're a lil badass in the making.
Agent Equipment
Tablet
You are equipped with a tablet that has tons of handy features to help the agent during missions. Some basic language phrases. Questionnaires to help with interrogation roleplay. Suspect sheets. Statement forms etc… If you’re struggling for improv ideas, whip this out and you’ll be back on track in no time. It also doubles as a frisbee on staff BBQ days.
Shades
Every Agent needs their shades! Not only do they protect you from the effects of our Neuralyser, but they also make you look badass AF!
Just make sure to take them off in the HQ! You doin't look badass if you wear them in the HQ, you look like a knob! The Greys will reprimand you if you're caught wearing shades in the HQ!
ID and Badge
“Im sorry, do you have any ID?”
Pulls out ID like a total badass
TFH 300
It’s a tin foil hat. For protection, obviously.
Photonic 9 (P9)
Our standard issue sidearm. Fully chromed out, it can fire 15 rounds of photonic bolts before needing to be recharged. Recharge takes about 5 seconds, then you’ll be back in the game. Issued to all personnel with clearance level 2 and above.
Neuralyser
Leave no witnesses. Nobody can know we exist. To use: Ensure your protective shades are on. Equip the device with your right hand in a fist. Thumbs up to initialise. Say some mega cool line like “C ya around… No actually you wont…”. Thumb down to memory wipe. Thumb back up to recharge. Then point to power down and put it away.
PLEASE ENSURE ALL NEARBY AGENTS ARE WEARING THEIR SHADES. IF YOUR OWN MEMORY GETS WIPED, ITS YOUR OWN FAULT, HOWEVER WE DO KEEP BACKUPS OF MEMORIES FOR EMERGENCIES.
(Disclaimer: We only keep backups of Lv 2 and above. Anything below Lv 2 is considered replenishable goods. Expendable).
Stealth Tech:
A cardboard box to hide in.
Cigarette
Shit get tough.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
-Arthur C Clarke
In the world of VRAD, this notion is brought to life through Quantum Shifts (QShifts). During their initial training, trainee agents are scanned into our advanced database, where cutting-edge technology interfaces with the quantum realm. This interaction seeks out all alternate versions of the agent across the multiverse, combining them into a single being. It identifies the versions with the desired skillsets and performs a probability unlock. The result? Skills that might appear as superpowers or magic to the untrained eye.
During an Agents application, they will have selected a “super power” that they expect to have unlocked during a quantum shift. They are informed that this power is not to be too powerful as it uses a considerable amount of CPU cores to unlock each time. For this reason, Qshifts can only ever be attempted once per agent in any 24 hour period.
QShifts dramatically increase the probability of these skills manifesting, transforming an almost impossibly low chance into a 50/50 possibility. However, this process isn't foolproof. A failure, known as a corruption, results in a negative version of the intended QShift.
As an example: Director PinkButterfly has the ability to transform into any other living being. If her Qshift fails (corrupts), she will simply transform into an 8bit frog in a car and lose control of herself completely. During a mission this could be helpful as she could potentially transform into one of the enemies to infiltrate a secure location, or a corruption could completely give away the teams position when she starts zooming round, out of control.
Notes:
- Qshifts must only be 50/50. One good outcome, one bad outcome.
- Agents can only attempt to activate their QShifts during Urgent Assignments or Incursions, but not during regular public patrols.
- Agents can also attempt to activate them during RP in the Discord server.
- Qshifts can be activated via a coin toss by event host. Agent calls heads or tails, and the event host flips.
- Qshifts can be activated by typing activate qshift into any channel in the discord server.
- Qshifts can be activated via the gripper multitool on any default VRAD Agent avatar.
Unfortunately the result screen on the Gripper is not always synced for all users in VRChat. If the gripper is used to activate, the person holding the gripper declares the result. All other witnesses may see a contradictory result, but this is normal. Trust the person holding the Gripper.
TO BE COMPLETED…
Flare suggestions for personal avatars:
A VR Headset
Cantina of Whisky
Random tub of slime to imply a data sample
A containment thing (ghost trap)
A fake moustache and monocle to use as a disguise
An animation of your own Quantum Shift
Prior Examples:
We have an Agent who is a pig that carries a pork chop to hit people with.
We have a mimic who uses a chest instead of the cardboard box stealth tech.
An angel/demon thingy who has wings and a halo
Obviously don’t take other peoples ideas, but feel free to use your imagination
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HQ
It may surprise you to know that The VRAD HQ is actually in space. We initially wanted it in Main Dimension on Earth. But Pink got impatient with the delivery people so told them just to set it up in space.
Bathroom
Why do we spawn in a bathroom? This is the super secret entrance to our super secret HQ. We initially hid the entrance to our HQ in a wardrobe in some random families house. But having to keep neuralysing them was deemed unsafe.
While out walking her pet rock on earth one day, Director PinkButterfly stumbled across the most disgusting bathroom she had ever seen. Nobody would ever want to go in here! It was perfect.
Pink got some engineers to connect one of the toilets in this bathroom on Earth up to the HQ in space and this became the secret entrance. We call it “The Toilevator”, a toilet and elevator hybrid.
Reception
This is where we recept. Pretty sure someone has been playing Petscop on one of the computers. We also have a Polybius arcade machine for Agents to play during downtime.
Waiting area
This is where people wait. We have a fine selections of magazines to help pass the potentially infinite time. The Quibbler and Sports Almanac.
Anomaly scanner
This is where we scan anomalies that we find out in the Metaverse. Ask the anomaly to stand on the spot in the scanner. Agents stand in the box outside the scanner and press the button. When the scan is complete, the scan results will display on the screen.
Outside of RP, this is our community built-in marketing tool. Once a player has been scanned, they are directed to the Discord server to view the scan results, and hopefully recruited to VRAD. It's important that the scan result is posted IMEDIATELY to the Discord server so it will be available for the player to see when they join. Please don't “post it after the event” because that will be too late.
Quantum Kitchen
Legend has it the kitchen was originally just a normal kitchen but somehow it went into Superposition. There is a 1 in 1 krillion probability of the kitchen collapsing into a useful state when observed. It's basically impossible to enter.
We once had an anomaly that was so powerful, it was able to benchpress its way into the kitchen. This is the only known creature that was ever able to enter.
Outside of RP, the kitchen is used as a vibecheck to see which members are powerplaying. If they decide to enter the kitchen during RP, they're breaking quantum physics and are demonstrating God like power. Other Agents are expected to quickly steer the power player back into their lane without being rude.
Smoking Area
This is suspicious! Agents can smoke and do drugs wherever they want in the HQ. There must be something super exciting in here!
Briefing area
Agents are expected to stand on the lines and remain quiet while the event host or announcer speaks. All events start and finish in this location. At the end of events, Agents are invited to come on stage to discuss their experiences if they want to, but it' not compulsory.
Powergrid
The entirety of VRAD HQ is powered by this little hamster generating power from kinetic energy. He loves his job and is incredibly motivated. You will occasionally witness him doing backflips, which is either a demo of his excitement. or an anomalous remnant of Pinks inability to animate hamsters… You decide
Agent Database
Death is but a minor inconvenience here at VRAD! During your training you will be uploaded to the agent database so we can reprint you in the event of your death. You will only remember everything up until the point of your last scan though, so make sure to back yourself up regularly.
Core Office
Originally the Directors office, Pink woke up stabbed to death one day because one of the agents stole it from her. Since then, agents regularly fight each other for it.
Mirrorlian Gathering area
It's a mirror. Mirrorlians aren't a real species. Switch the mirror on, stare at yourself and just get on with your life. You play VRChat, you're already more acquainted with these than you are with IRL grass.
Chill Area
A place to chill. We even have some emergency grass to touch if it's been a while. Beautiful view of one of the Earths outside the window. Also, WTF is that? It's huge!!!
Staff Offices
This is where the staf go when they've had enough of agents acting up. Stay out of former Overseer Takeoffs office though! it's a godamn health hazard.
Coridor
A place for coridoring. Nice posters, careful not to step in the duck over there.
Med Center
This is The Grey Alix's domain. In here medical treatment happens. Not that we need much of it. If an injury is too inconvenient, we'd rather just kill ourselves and get reprinted than have to deal with treatment.
Agent Reprinter
Death is but a minor inconvenience here at VRAD! During your training you will be uploaded to the agent database so we can reprint you in the event of your death. You will only remember everything up until the point of your last scan though, so make sure to back yourself up regularly. Suddenlky you will emerge from the agent reprinter, with no idea WTF happened.
Agent Scanner
This is where we scan you to the database during training. Make sure to back yourself up regularly so you don't lose too many memories during a reprint.
Testing & Integrity Training Subspace [TITS Room]
The TITS room! Trainee Agents are requested to enter this room and demonstrate their observational skillsand integrity. Agents are prompted to think outside the box during this test, or maybe inside the box? Who knows. Basically, look inside the counter for at least one of them. That will make sense during your training.
Anomaly Testing Chamber
This is where we test anomalies. Whenever we collect players from the metaverse, sometimes they wanna hang out with us for a little longer. We can bring them in here and run tests on them.
Anomaly Vieweing Room
People who don't want to engage in the testing, but still want to watch, can do so from here. The windows are *proof. Nothing can get throgh them, so the viewers are safe at all times.
Todd
A little duck that hangs out in the Med Bay. An anomally once bench-pressed himk with such power that he had the entirety of his mass benched from him. He now just floats around the HQ being Todd. He even has his own lore, which included being in a relationship with one of our agents.
Motherduck
Big duck that can be seen from the chill room and from the locker room. We don't know why it's here, or what it wants, but we have just learned to live alongside it. It can usually be seen sjmoking a cigarette or playing badminton.
Locker Room
This is where you can put it on!
“Put what on?”
THE LAST SUIT YOU'LL EVER WEAR!!!
This is our base avatar storage room. Collect them all!
VRAD Standard UOM
The standard unit of measurement here at VRAD is grape. We have scoured the entire multiverse to find a more precise unit of measurement and nothing comes even close to comparing with the accuracy of grape!
Everything can be measure in grape. Heres some examples:
- How fast was the car going?
- It was going slower than a grape tbh
In this example, Agent 1 knows exactly how fast the car was going within a krillion decimal places. Agent 1 is now educated on the speed of car. Lets try some more examples:
- How fluffy is that lettuce?
- It is fluffier than a grape.
- How tall was that nipple tassel?
- It was about the same height as a grape!
- How long is that aardvark?
- It is not as long as a grape
Everything can be measured in grape! It is precise and it is efficient! Never more than one grape though! This dilutes the accuracy! Measurements are either less, more or equal to grape! Not 2 grapes, not 3, not some… Always 1!!!!
With this tool at your disposal, you are now ready to describe the values of any object in the entire multiverse!
You're welcome!
Community Teams
Communities can't function without a strong team of individuals working behind the scenes to keep everything running smoothly. These are the various team roles available for anyone who wishes to help keep VRAD active and engaging for people.
If you have a “particular set of skills” and would like to help out, you can apply to become a team member by fillling out the Team Member Application Form, or by talking to the team leaders of the relevant team you want to join.
Crediting is an incredibly important aspect of VRAD values, and where possible individuals will be credited for the efforts they put in toward the growth of the community. It is hoped that from crediting, individuals may be able to grow their own businesses and projects.
PinkButterfly also promises to give written recommendations to any team member that could benefit from it for potential employers.
Devs/Asset Developers
(Basement dwellers, like Pink)
Team Leader: PinkButterfly
Community developers. Our world/avatar/asset builders.
Propaganda Department
Team Leader: PinkButterfly
Social media, promotion and growth. These are the artists, writers and video editors creating our social media stuff. Team members are highly skilled with software like Photoshop, Gimp, Adobe Premier, Capcut, Adobe After Effects etc…
Instructors Department
Team Leader: SenTV
Instructors are pretty much what it says on the tin (yes, instructors do come in tins). They instruct. They are tasked with training new agents, and holding our specialist skills lessons. Some members even hold occasionaly workshops instructing members on how to use various software, like Blender, Unity, and the various creative softwares.
Moderator Department
Team Leader: Fefras
Division Law Enforcement. These are the defenders of our community. They will stop at nothing to dissect you if you start acting up! Fefras actually lists “booting potential scammers from VRAD” as one of his greatest hobbies.
Onboarding Department
Team Leader: SenTV
The team tasked with making sure new members of the community feel at home. Joining a new community can be quite scary and newbies may find it difficult to start conversation. This team should be actively approaching new members to engage them to make them feel welcome. Hopefully this helps break the ice for people. Whenever a new member joins the server, onboarders should tag them in the Discord server and become bezzies!
Catalyst Department
Team Leader: SenTV
Our event actors. These are the best actors we have in the community. They are trusted to be able to proivide incredible experiences for people during events.
Writers Department
Team Leader: A random grape we found
Events Department
Team Leader: 64ozp0rkch0p
Every other team is required to collaborate for events, and it can get quite complex. The event coordinators will be engaging with all other teams to ensure that events have all the assets they need to run smoothly and all teams are singing from the same song sheet.
Community Correspondance
Team Leader: 64ozp0rkch0p
VRAD prides itself on being engaged with other communities, and an aspect of that includes ocasionally collaborating on projects. This team will ensure communication between VRAD and the partner-community remains consistent and concise, with both communities knowing exactly what their repsonsibilities and expectations are.
Representatives from partnered communities may be seen engaging in the VRAD server and at our events. They are given the special role of “Ambassador”.
Completing VRAD
VRAD does technically have an endgame state when a number of objectives have been completed.
If you are a completionist and would like to gain the platinum trophy in our community, here's a cheat sheet list of objectives:
- Achieve the rank of Chief Agent
- Level 3 proficiency in the Weapons skill
- Level 3 proficiency in the Hacking skill
- Level 3 proficiency in the Science and Medical skill
- Level 3 proficiency in the Stealth and Recon skill
- Level 3 proficiency in the Vehicles skill
- Level 3 proficiency in the Comms skill
- Have the highest ranked buffs in the Discord RPG
- At least 1 prestige in the Discord RPG
- Become a member of the Level X Taskforce.
- Have your own approved custom Agent Avatar that is visible on Q and PC
Anyone that achieves these goals will receive an “I completed it” achievement of some kind, a hall of fame monument forever and be submitted to the following list:
Names of Agents
- A random Grape, to be replaced when someone achieves this position.
Total number of Agents that have completed it: 0
Etiquette
- Address other agents by their rank then name when you first approach them. Or when referencing them.
- When approaching a member of the public, introduce yourself by “Agent Rank [your name]” and then your colleagues by “Agent Rank [Their name]”. For example “Hi I’m Special Agent Baz, and this is Agent Keith”.
- If you accidentally shoot one of your colleagues to death, it’s ok. We all make mistakes, just apologise and continue your mission.
- If you are accidentally shot to death by a colleague, don’t hold a grudge! At VRAD, we forgive and forget. Like literally, if you keep whining about it we will wipe your brain of the incident and then go through your browser history. Most of our equipment is like early beta at best.
- Shades must be worn at all times while out on missions. This is purely so we look cool as shit!
- Remove your shades when entering any VRAD building. You’re not cool in here, you just look like a knob.
Attendance
The Stick
IMPORTANT!!!Whenever you are attending an event, or representing VRAD, please make sure you join the respective channel in the Live Missions category.IMPORTANT!!!
If you lose the Active role for 30 days you will be considered AWOL and demoted to the next rank down.
This will continue every 30 days that you don't have the active role until you are Civvy and will need to reapply to become an agent again.
Leave of Absence
Everyone has real lives and occasionally stuff pops up that will mean you can't participate in our activities for extended periods of time.
We do like to keep track of which of our members are active and which ones are inactive. Having the LOA role will mean you are discounted from our statistics.
If you need to leave for extended period of time, please head to the LOA channel in discord and submit your LOA notice in the following format