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[[tabview]] [[tab Personnel File]] + **Personnel File** **Name:** Col. Neil Hornby **Security Clearance:** Level 4 **Serial Number:** 0932-IO-00513777 ---- [[div style="float:right"]] |||| [[image redacted_covertstatus.PNG width="225px"]] || ||||~ ^^Senior Supervisory Intelligence Officer^^ || [[/div]] **Gender:** Male **Date of Birth:** 31 October 1962 **Nationality:** American **Hair:** Red (wears beard, also red) **Eyes:** Blue **Height:** [REDACTED] **Weight:** [REDACTED] **Rank:** Colonel (O-6) **Position:** Senior Supervisory Intelligence Officer, //formerly// Mobile Task Force operative **Specialty:** Intelligence / Covert Operations **Current Site / Task Force:** Command-02, Directorate for Intelligence & Operations, Strategic Analysis Office **Language Proficiency:** English (Native), Russian (Fluent), German (Fluent) **Date of Recruitment:** ██ October 201█ ---- **Profile**: Colonel Hornby is a Foundation operative with extensive special forces training in covert operations, intelligence gathering and analysis, and [DATA EXPUNGED]. He has received full training in hazardous area operations, including Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and [REDACTED]. He has a strong reputation for operating by-the-book. Col. Hornby came to the attention of the Foundation in 2011, following the events of Incident [REDACTED], in which he assisted in the containment of an outbreak of █████ caused [DATA EXPUNGED]. Foundation leadership arranged for him to be seconded to the Foundation’s Mobile Task Force Division. Throughout his career, Hornby has shown a high operational success rate. However, this success rate is tempered by a tendency for additional complications to arise during operations and an unusually high level of casualties. ---- **Psychological Evaluation** Col. Hornby suffers from major depressive disorder and displays symptoms of paranoid personality disorder. He has proven capable of setting aside his psychological difficulties when in crisis situations and when presented with situations he considers mentally challenging. After the conclusion of crises, however, Hornby tends to struggle with his depression, and has expressed thoughts of suicide on multiple occasions. The depression is manageable with regular counseling and medication. Col. Hornby refuses treatment for his paranoia, crediting it with his continued survival. > **Addendum:** Col. Hornby is no longer permitted to check out M18A1 Claymore antipersonnel mines from the armory “for personnel use”. //Hornby, you have six locks on your door already. You don’t need to booby-trap it. – O5-█// [[/tab]] [[tab Documents, Records, & Reports]] + **Documents, Records, & Reports** ++ **__SCPs Documented__:** * **[[[SCP-1050]]]** - Obsidian Obelisk of Warning * **[[[SCP-1179]]]** - Centralian Fire Demon * **[[[SCP-1215]]]** - Peri Logismon * **[[[SCP-1351]]]** - Moebius Cave * **[[[SCP-1453]]]** - Opalus Probandi ++ **__Audio Records Archived through TF A-440__:** * **[[[Incident TA-05-003-██-1]]]** * **[[[Neptune Station]]]** ++ **__Reports Filed__:** * **[[[Another Star On The Wall]]]** * **[[[Conspiracy]]]** * [[[Conspiracy, Prologue | Prologue]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part I | Part I]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part II | Part II]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part III | Part III]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part IV | Part IV]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part V | Part V]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part VI | Part VI]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part VII | Part VII]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part VIII | Part VIII]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part IX | Part IX]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part X | Part X]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part XI | Part XI]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Part XII | Part XII]]] * [[[Conspiracy, Epilogue | Epilogue]]] * **[[[Project Heimdall]]]:** * [[[Project Heimdall - Prologue]]] * [[[We Have Dismissed That Claim]]] * **[[[Col. Hornby's Audio Guide]]]** * **[[[SLATE THUNDER | Briefing on SLATE THUNDER (Chaos Insurgency Orientation)]]]** ++ **__Personal Archives__:** * **//[http://hornby-scp-archives.wikidot.com/ Authorization Required]//** [!-- + **__SCPs Documented__:** [[module ListPages created_by="Hornby" separate="no" limit="250" perPage="250" tags="scp, -joke" order="title"]] * %%title_linked%% [[/module]] + **__Audio Records Archived through TF A-440__:** [[module ListPages created_by="Hornby" separate="no" limit="250" perPage="250" tags="audio" order="title"]] * %%title_linked%% [[/module]] + **__Reports Filed__:** [[module ListPages created_by="Hornby" separate="no" limit="250" perPage="250" tags="tale, -audio" order="title"]] * %%title_linked%% [[/module]] + **__Additional Work__:** [[module ListPages created_by="Hornby" separate="no" limit="250" perPage="250" tags="-scp, -tale, -audio, -author" order="title"]] * %%title_linked%% [[/module]] --] [[/tab]] [[tab Operations in Progress]] + Operations In Progress ++ Collaborative Operations * [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/tf-alpha-440 Task Force Alpha-440 (aka "What the hell was that sound?")] * //[http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/you-wake-up-in-a-padded-cell "You wake up in a padded cell..."]// ++ Solo Operations * [http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/hornby Operational Planning] ++ To Do List * Assume nothing * Trust no one * --Appeal O5-█'s order preventing borrowing Claymores-- * Ask Sgt. Little for technical assistance with active physical security measures //Remember the blast should be directional// * --Destroy all 23 electronic surveillance devices located in office (except for below)-- * Return expensive, Foundation-built electronic surveillance device located in office to Site Security Director * Talk to Dr. Brown about the Foxtrot Charlie Project * Prevent self, team, and bystanders from sustaining major injury and/or death * Sleep (preferably without nightmares) [[/tab]] [[tab Incidents of Interest]] + **Record of Noteworthy Incidents Prior to Recruitment:** > Date: █ August 198█ > Location: Fort █████ > Assignment: Live-fire training > Outcome: Training successful. > Casualties: Three members of Second Lieutenant Hornby’s training group seriously injured. > Date: ██ April 198█ > Location: [REDACTED], Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic > Assignment: First Lieutenant Hornby seconded to American Defense Intelligence Agency for covert reconnaissance of suspected secret missile silo facility. > Outcome: [DATA EXPUNGED] > Casualties: ██ initial deaths; long term effects still being studied. > Date: ██ May 199█ > Location: Indo-Pakistani Border > Assignment: Major Hornby’s unit deployed to investigate possible terrorist activities near Kashmir. > Outcome: Terrorist group captured or killed; group leader [NAME REDACTED] taken into custody. > Casualties: █,███ dead; █,███ wounded. > Date: ██ October 201█ > Location: [REDACTED] > Assignment: Lieutenant Colonel Hornby commands forces deployed for containment Operation Fimbulwinter (Incident [REDACTED]). > Outcome: Containment accomplished; Hornby noticed by Foundation agents monitoring the situation. > Casualties: ███ (military), █,███ (civilian); losses deemed acceptable by authorities. > Date: ██ September 201█ > Location: [REDACTED] > Description: Colonel Hornby accused of [DATA EXPUNGED]. > Outcome: Administrative hearing rules evidence is insufficient for court-martial. Hornby approached by Foundation Agent █████ (under cover as Brigadier General in U.S. military). Hornby agrees to work for Foundation; Agent █████ arranges for Hornby to be reassigned to work with the Foundation. [[/tab]] [[tab Bookshelf]] + **Colonel Hornby's Bookshelf** > = //“The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to have its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.”// > = - Sir William Francis Butler, 19th Century The following are readings recommended by Colonel Hornby. ---- **Books:** * //Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations//, edited by Roger Z. George and James B. Bruce. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2008. * Arreguin-Toft, Ivan. //How the Weak Win Wars: A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict//. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. * //The CIA Document of Human Manipulation: KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation Manual//. Compiled by Mind Control Publishing. Central Intelligence Agency, 1963. * Hammes, Thomas X. //The Sling and The Stone//. New York: Zenith Press, 2005. * //Handbook of Analytic Tools & Techniques.// Reston, VA: Pherson Associates, LLC., 2008. * Heuer, Richards J. //Psychology of Intelligence Analysis//. Langley, VA: Center for the Study of Intelligence, 1999. * Heuer, Richards J. and Randolph H. Pherson. //Structured Analytic Techniques//. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2011. * Hobbes, Thomas. //Leviathan//. New York: Penguin Books, 1968. * //Inside CIA’s Private World: Declassified Articles from the Agency’s Internal Journal 1955-1992//, edited by H. Bradford Westerfield. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. * //Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges//, edited by Roger Z. George and Robert D. Kline. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007. * //Intelligence and National Security: The Secret World of Spies//. 2nd ed. Edited by Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. * Kilcullen, David. //The Accidental Guerrilla//. London: Oxford University Press, 2009.; Kilcullen, David. Counterinsurgency. London: Oxford University Press, 2010 * Lowenthal, Mark M. //Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy//. 4th Edition. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2009. * Mack, John E. //A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence//. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1976. * May, Earnest. //Strange Victory: Hitler’s Conquest of France//. New York: Hill and Wang, 2000. * Melton, H. Keith, and Robert Wallace. //The Official C.I.A. Manual of Trickery and Deception//. New York: HarperCollins, 2009 * Merom, Gil. //How Democracies Lose Small Wars//. Cambridge University Press: New York, 2003. * Powers, Thomas. //Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda//. Revised and Expanded Edition. New York: New York Review of Books, 2004. * //Psychological Operations In Guerrilla Warfare//. Central Intelligence Agency. New York: Vintage Books, 1985. * //Psychological Operations Leaders Planning Guide//. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Training Support Centers Headquarters, 2005. Kindle Edition. * //Psychological Operations: Principles and Case Studies – Fundamental Guide to Philosophy, Concepts, National Policy, Strategic, Tactical, Operational PSYOP//. 1st ed. U.S. Military, Department of Defense. Frank L. Goldstein and Benjamin F. Findley, Jr. editors. 2011. Kindle Edition. * //PSYOP – Military Psychological Operations Joint Doctrine Guidance: Altering the Behavior of People in Enemy-Controlled Territory//. 1st ed. U.S. Military, Department of Defense. 2011. Kindle Edition. * Sageman, Marc. //Leaderless Jihad//. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. * Schleifer, Ron. //Perspectives of Psychological Operations (PSYOP) in Contemporary Conflicts//. Brighton, Sussex Academic Press, 2011. * Snyder, Russell. //Hearts and Mines: A Memoir of Psychological Warfare in Iraq//. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse Inc., 2011. **(External) Articles:** * Hoffman, Frank G. “Neo-Classical Counterinsurgency?” //Parameters//. Summer 2007. //([*http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/parameters/Articles/07summer/hoffman.pdf link to pdf])// * Muckian, Martin J. “Structural Vulnerabilities of Networked Insurgencies: Adapting to the New Adversary.” //Parameters//. Winter 2006-2007. //([*http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/parameters/Articles/06winter/muckian.pdf link to pdf])// * Reed, Brian. “A Social Network Approach to Understanding an Insurgency.” //Parameters//. Summer 2007. //([*http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/parameters/Articles/07summer/reed.pdf link to pdf])// * Smith, Paul J. “Transnational Terrorism and the al Qaeda Model: Confronting New Realities.” //Parameters//. Summer 2002. //([*http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/parameters/Articles/02summer/smith.pdf link to pdf])// [[/tab]] [[tab Memetic Hazard]] [[module TagCloud mode="3d" width="900" height="500" maxfontsize="500%" minfontsize="50%" minColor= "0, 102, 255" maxColor="102, 204, 0" limit="50" target="system:page-tags"]] [!-- You can edit parameters of the TagCloud module as described in http://www.wikidot.com/doc:tagcloud-module But if you want to keep the tag functionality working - do not remove these modules. --] [[/tab]] [[/tabview]] [!-- [[collapsible show="Additional Documentation Classified by the Records and Security Administration" hide="Hide Additional Documentation" hideLocation="both"]] [[module ListPages created_by="Hornby" order="rating desc" limit="250" perPage="250" separate="false"]] **%%title_linked%%** (rating: %%rating%%, comments: %%comments%%, commented at: //%%commented_at%%//) [[/module]] [[/collapsible]] --]