At approximately 0217 hours, the primary raptor containment paddock in Sector 7 experienced a catastrophic breach of entirely unforeseeable origin. Three Velociraptor antirrhopus — designated Alpha, Beta, and the one they call Blue — exited the enclosure and have not been located.
Per standing agreement with local authorities, InGen has notified your dispatch center. The first caller of the evening has just reported — direct transcript — "I don't think it's an emergency, but there's something in my yard that is definitely not a turkey."
It is not a turkey.
Below are four questions your fully prepared and protocol-equipped dispatch center will now need to answer. Think them through. They're more interesting than they look. And yes, they translate to calls you've actually taken — but we're not going to make a big deal out of that right now.
It's Saturday. The raptors are out. Let's go.
Fish & Wildlife has a partial claim. Animal Control has a partial claim. Law Enforcement has a partial claim. InGen has a business card and a lawyer. None of them have a velociraptor protocol.
So you're on the phone with a caller, three agencies are technically relevant, and the animal in question has already demonstrated the ability to operate a door handle. The question isn't really about prehistoric reptiles — it's about what you do when the call arrives and nobody's lane is obvious.
For the record: the raptors did eventually enter a commercial kitchen. Animal Control was not equipped for this. The chef was fine. Mostly.
Your system does not have a velociraptor CFS code. Stunning development. So you'll be picking the closest available option and supplementing with notes. The question is: which CFS code do you pick, and does it result in the right level of response?
The notes field is where the actual story goes. Units need to know what they're walking into even when the code doesn't fully cover it. "Large unknown reptile. Caller states it opened the shed door by itself. Advise units to approach with confidence and avoid eye contact." That's a note.
Also worth considering: is this one call or is it about to become several? Alpha has been spotted near the visitor center. Beta's whereabouts are unknown. Blue is classified.
The calm caller is somehow more unsettling than the screaming one. He's not panicking. He's not asking you to hurry. He's just very quietly giving you his address and full name, and he says "I've had a good run, honestly."
You have four other calls holding. Two of them are about raptors. One of them is definitely not about raptors but the caller is very insistent. The question is whether you stay with the man in the bathroom, who seems fine, or move on to the calls that seem more urgent.
He is not fine. He is in a bathroom. There is a velociraptor outside the door. "Fine" is a performance he is giving for your benefit and possibly his own.
Keep him talking. Get his exact location. The raptors can wait thirty more seconds. The man cannot.
It's 0600. Three raptors are still unaccounted for. There are several active CAD events. The man in the bathroom is okay — he got out through a window, which InGen will be adding to the official after-action as a "recommended egress technique."
Your relief is standing there with a coffee. They look well-rested. They have no idea.
The briefing question is real: what do you actually hand off, in what order, and how do you convey the tone of a night that started normal and became whatever this was? The facts are one thing. The texture of a shift is another. Good handoffs communicate both.
Also: do you warn them about Blue specifically, or do you let Blue be a surprise? We're asking genuinely. We don't know where Blue is.
Every exercise is free to use in shift briefings, training blocks, or self-study. Print to PDF for handouts. No login, no procurement, no subscription. Have a question or an incident you think should be an exercise? Drop a note.
Get notified when new exercises drop
One email per new exercise. Nothing else.
No spam. No tracking. Unsubscribe anytime. Powered by Buttondown.