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Designation 04 · Self-preservation

The Survivor finds the way out and takes people through it.

You read the exit before you read the room, and your people are already moving. This file covers what that instinct does in the first minute, where it goes wrong, and how to train it.

What a Survivor is.

The Survivor is not defined by fear. When something unexplained happens, a Survivor has already found the doors and decided who leaves first: the people they love, and anyone who cannot move on their own.

That is not cowardice. A room with fewer people in it is easier to keep calm, gives the Diplomat space, and gives the Sentinel less to cover. The risk is timing. Leave too early and you spread panic. Leave too late and your people are still in the room.

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Survivor

Maps the exits first and moves the vulnerable out: children, pets, and the people who have frozen. Getting people clear is not a side job. It keeps the minute from getting worse.

Role
Self-preservation specialist
First-minute priority
Find cover and a way out.
Blind spot
Moves before anyone knows what is happening.
Pairs with
The Sentinel, who holds while you clear the room.
Training focus
Timing: knowing when leaving is the calm choice and not the panicked one.

Field note: Leaving early is not the same as leaving in a panic.

Exemption (b)(7) Released in part

The first minute, as a Survivor.

Five moves, in order. Nobody runs unless there is a reason to.

  1. Find two ways out.

    The obvious door, and the one nobody else is looking at.

  2. Pick your people.

    Children, pets, older relatives, anyone frozen. Know exactly who you are taking.

  3. Move them quietly.

    Low voice, a hand on a shoulder, walking pace. Running starts a stampede.

  4. Get to cover.

    Not just away. A wall and a roof beat an open field.

  5. Count at the other end.

    Everyone you took and everyone who followed. Tell the Sentinel who is clear.

What a Survivor gets right.

  • Maps the exits in any room without trying.
  • Moves early and rarely freezes.
  • Puts the people who cannot help themselves first.
  • Keeps a household together under pressure.

The blind spot.

The Survivor’s exit instinct can fire before anyone knows what is happening. A sudden move toward the door can start the stampede it was trying to avoid, and leaving without a word leaves the rest of the room without a head count.

How to train it

Practise the calm exit. Walk your household’s route out in the dark, slowly, with the lights off, until it takes no thought. Rehearse telling one person where you are going before you go.

Working with the other three.

Somebody holds the space, somebody speaks, somebody records, somebody gets people out. No role outranks another.

A pencil witness sketch of a scaled reptilian humanoid, drawn on aged paper.
Sketched from a safe distance

Exhibit V1 · Witness sketch

Leaving is not losing. Leaving late is.

Survivors read the exit before the room. The training is timing: knowing when going is the calm choice.

Released in part

What the app will train.

DISCLOSURE is a phone app in development for iOS and Android. These are the parts of the field kit built for a Survivor.

  • CrewA cooperative run-through for a household: the route, the roles, the count.
  • Don’t FlinchSudden sound and light while you stay still, so you move when it is time and not before.
  • This Way, your signA flat hand, held low, pointing to the exit: the direction your people follow.

No release date is set. Everyone who finds their role and claims a card hears first.

Questions about the Survivor.

What is the Survivor role in DISCLOSURE?

The Survivor is one of four civilian contact roles. It is the self-preservation specialist: the person who finds the exits first and moves children, pets and anyone frozen to cover, calmly and early.

Is the Survivor role cowardly?

No. Getting vulnerable people out of the room is one of the four jobs of the first minute. It gives the Diplomat a quieter room and the Sentinel fewer people to cover. The training is about timing, so leaving stays calm.

How do I know if I am a Survivor?

Take the ten-question classification. Each answer leans toward one of the four roles, and the role you lean toward most is yours. Survivors tend to choose the answers that clear a path and protect their people.

Related intel files.

Plain answers for the situations a Survivor is most likely to face.

Open the archive
  1. File 01UFO sighting family protocolKids, pets, roles, and keeping a household from panicking.Protocol
  2. File 02UFO contact emergency kitLight, power, notes, first aid, IDs and water, ready before you need them.Field guide
  3. File 03What to do if a UFO follows your carKeep driving safely, do not chase, choose a public stop.Protocol
  4. File 04Why people freeze during UFO sightingsWhat stress does to attention, and how to train a calmer first move.Psychology

Find out if the exit is yours.

Ten questions, answered the way you would at 11:47 pm with the power out. Your role comes back with an iris print nobody else carries.

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