Team Zero Field Office
The OSI/SOG-0 field office is located on the 29th floor of the Occidental Life Building [1] in downtown Los Angeles. The remainder of the 29th floor, as well as the floors above, contains the CIA communications center for Los Angeles area operations.
Occidental is a subsidiary of TransAmerica Corporation, a holding company of Bank of America. This partnership provides operatives with a variety of financial and identity resources, including but not limited to allowing Team Zero cover as field investigation agents for Occidental Security and Investigations.
Staff
Office Administration
Merryanne Ross. Analyst, 1st class. BA, Art History, Harvard University. MA, Political Science, Stanford University.
David Jenkins. Analyst, 2nd class. BS, Communications Engineering, California Institute of Technology.
Technical Services
Timothy Powers. Chief Technologist. PhD, Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MD, Neurology, Stanford University.
Transportation Services
Rebecca Montana. BS, Automotive Engineering, Indiana University - Purdue.
Facilities
The offices are secured behind a coded-entry door discretely labeled "Special Investigations" that is itself located behind the receptionist desk in the main lobby. Each individual office is equipped with office furniture, telephone, desktop adding machine, and electric typewriter.
Office communications systems include two secure Telex terminals, two IBM Magnafax Telecopiers, and an encrypted radio transmitter. Duplicating services include an IBM automatic typewriter and two photocopiers (HT 19).
State-of-the-art computer systems have been installed in the Occidental building. This Complexity-2 mainframe system (HT 20) is owned and maintained by Transamerica Corporation and includes access to Occidental Insurance and Bank of America records as well as the records of other Transamerica company holdings. Two terminal connections to the Transmamerica mainframe computer are located in the Team Zero office.
Technical and Secure Services facilities for Team Zero are located on secure subterranean levels beneath the parking levels of Occidental Center.
Technical Facilities
Computer Technology
Integrated Adaptive Macroframe Computer (Complexity-3), 100 TB storage capacity (Magnetic tape storage, 1-3 MB tapes). Manufactured by International Business Machines. Multiple communication interface ports including telephone, radio, television, satellite, and microwave capability.
Workstation Terminal (HT 21), $500.
Line Printer, $3500.
Architectural drafting printer, $1500. Black ink only.
Plotter printer, $2500. CYAN ink set.
Psychotronic Technology
EEG Machine (Psi-Tech 11)
Gestalt Web (Psi-Tech 14) with three Psiberface ports, each equipped with a single Psiberface helmet interface.
Sensory Deprivation Tank (Psi-Tech 10).
Secure Facilities
The vault includes sixteen wall-mounted storage units designed by Keaton Industries. Six portable storage containers are also kept here when not in use. Four secure display globes are also stored here when not in use.
Seven holding cells are located here for temporary confinement of any humans or xenomorphs who must be kept under extreme security. Six cells are each capable of holding creatures who are SM+2 or smaller, while the seventh unit can hold xenomorphs up to SM+6 if necessary.
Transportation Services
Electric Bike (HT 230)
1964 Willys CJ-5 (HT 237)
1965 Hughes OH-6A Cayuse (HT 241)