A-025 Radio DHC

CACG Item File
Item A-025 is an anomalous radio station known in-broadcast as "Radio D 'Horreur Cosmique" (Trans. "Cosmic Horror Radio"). A-025's origin has been found to be extradimensional in nature, but radio observatories operated by both the Group and external anomalous handling agencies have yet to find the exact location that A-025 emanates from. The contents of the station seem to consist of readings from an unknown author's works, typically stories about cosmic horror and protagonists either succumbing to madness while fighting the unknown, dying a pointless death unknown to the world, or going on to have a happy ending in blissful ignorance of the horrors plaguing their world.

A-025 has extreme psychohazardous effects, primarily presenting as an audiohazard in the stories broadcasted. Any sentient subject listening to the audio of the stories presented in A-025 will inexplicably start to hallucinate and find themselves "inside" the story. This hallucination reportedly feels similar to a nightmare, however it has been found that subjects can still move and carry out actions only possible while conscious. Even though audio is the way it "hooks" onto a subject, A-025's effects will persist until the subject is separated from both the audio and the radio waves carrying it. This separation can be accomplished using a specialized device capable of running A-025's signal (or any other anomalous signal) antiphase, available at Geo-7's equipment depot under the codename "Wavebuster."

As the psychohazardous properties of A-025 could easily lead to either starvation or dehydration, as well as the subject bringing harm to themselves or others in their deluded state, it has been deemed particularly hazardous towards the civilian population. Historically, approximately 60 civilian deaths related to A-025 occurred annually worldwide prior to GUN intervention in 2021.

Should A-025 present its effects in a civilian environment, Task Force "Hear No Evil" is pre-authorized for rapid deployment and cleared to operate in the Aurette Republic, Straille Commonwealth, Unified Frontier, and Camelot itself. "Hear No Evil" is authorized to operate in most Grail United Nations (GUN) signatory nations upon request. Task Force members are trained to (non-lethally) subdue armed and unarmed subjects under A-025's thrall and subsequently apply a "Wavebuster" to cancel out A-025's effects. Following this, subjects are dosed with a Grade II AID and the equipment housing the A-025 signal will be confiscated.

Containment of A-025 has been achieved through multiple measures with the help of the governments of the GUN. In a collaborative effort, all GUN signatories have agreed to run interfering radio signals in an attempt to cancel out A-025 worldwide (except for three given deadzones, operated by the CACG and our international counterparts). Alongside this, GUN signatories have all passed legislation that prohibits the frequency from being used in commercial capacities, forbidding it's access in civilian radio products using control chips built into them to skip over A-025 viable frequency range. All radios without this control chip are to be recalled from the market, preferably with reimbursement. Government radio operators are to be made aware of A-025 and its risks should they be operating without a control chipped radio. Per Administrative order, A-025's broadcast inside the CACG-controlled deadzone is to be recorded and backed up to The Vault's archives, with audiohazard sanitization protocols in place to prevent its anomalous effects upon researchers handling it.