FILE 03 // RANKS & ROLES
Ranks & Roles
From the Time-Keepers at the top to the clerk who stamps your intake form, every TVA employee has a place in the hierarchy. This file covers who answers to whom, what each role does, and what they carry. Equipment is described in File 07.
--At a Glance
| Role | Authority | Carries |
|---|---|---|
| Time-Keepers | Supreme. Their word is TVA law. | — |
| Judges | Try variants; authorise prunes. | TemPad, time stick |
| Hunters | Command Minutemen squads in the field. | TemPad, time stick, reset charges |
| Minutemen | Frontline field force. | Time stick, reset charges, armour |
| Agents & Analysts | Investigate variants; advise judges. | TemPad, case files |
| Time-Keepers' Guard | Guard the Time-Keepers; carry out detainments. | Temporal shield, time stick |
| Clerks & Intake | Process arrivals, forms and property. | Forms, stamps, a drawer |
| Repairs & Advancement | Build and fix TVA technology. | Tools, manuals, coffee |
ATime-Keepers
The three Time-Keepers are said to have ended the multiversal war and created the TVA. Almost nobody has seen them; their orders arrive through the judges. They were animatronics, built by He Who Remains to give the TVA a face.
BJudges
Judges are the highest authority most employees will ever meet. They preside over variant trials, sign off on every prune and receive reports from analysts and Hunters. Senior judges also oversee the Minutemen's operations and decide which cases are closed.
Duties- Try variants and decide whether they are reset or pruned.
- Authorise prunes and reset charge deployments.
- Review reports from analysts and Hunters.
CHunters & Minutemen
Minutemen are the TVA's armoured field soldiers. They step through Time Doors, capture variants and plant reset charges before a branch can grow. Their squad leaders are Hunters, identified by a letter and a number rather than a name: B-15, C-20, X-5.
Duties- Capture variants and bring them back for trial.
- Deploy reset charges and confirm the branch is gone.
- Report anomalies seen in the field to analysts and judges.
Hunters work with a two-officer rule for every prune (M-02). A Hunter who goes missing in the field is presumed compromised until a judge says otherwise.
DAgents & Analysts
Agents investigate. They study a variant's history in the Time Theater, follow patterns across the timeline and advise judges and Hunters on where a variant will strike next. The best of them specialise in dangerous variants.
Duties- Monitor branches and file case reports.
- Interview variants and present evidence at trial.
- Help Minutemen and judges keep the timeline stable.
ETime-Keepers' Guard
Elite Minutemen in ceremonial armour who guard the Time-Keepers' chamber and escort the judges. On a judge's order they also detain TVA employees awaiting review (J-04). Full detail in File 2.2.
On duty in the chamber- Speak only when addressed; the chamber is silent during proceedings.
- Hold every post in pairs.
- Shields stay raised whenever a high-energy anomaly is reported.
FClerks & Intake
Nothing at the TVA happens without paperwork. Clerks register arrivals, confiscate belongings, process trial filings and keep the records that let the Authority prove what happened and when. Intake is the first desk every variant sees.
Duties- Process new arrivals and their property.
- Keep case records and trial paperwork in order.
- Pass communication between departments.
GRepairs & Advancement
The engineers. Repairs & Advancement maintain TemPads, Time Doors, reset charges and the machines that keep the TVA running, and write the manuals that explain how to use them. Full detail in File 5.1.
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