SOCKET

SOCKET Informative 101

Step 1: Apathy

If you are reading this [Captain Name] of [Ship Name], then a crewmate or multiple crewmates on your vessel are infected with the SOCKET Parasite.

From this point on, refer to the infected crewmate[s] as SOCKET 0. If there are more crewmates on your ship that you suspect are infected, refer to them as SOCKET 1, SOCKET 2, SOCKET 3, etc. This establishes an air of detachment and reduced bias when interacting with the infected crewmate(s).

Step 2: Containment

Now that you have suspected and identified potential infected, you will need to contain them. Thankfully, [Ship Name] has come with high grade SOCKET Containment Protocols [otherwise known as SCPs for short]. Each crewmate wears a patented taser collar [otherwise known as PTC for short] built into their jumpsuit. As Captain of [Ship Name] you are able to deliver a controlled shock to any potential infected through a hidden control panel on the cockpit.

WARNING: EXCESSIVE SHOCKING OF POTENTIAL INFECTED WILL LEAD TO BLINDNESS, LOSS OF BLADDER AND BOWEL FUNCTIONS, STROKE, SEIZURE, HEART FAILURE, OR LOSS OF SMELL. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ONLY SHOCK A POTENTIAL INFECTED ONCE TO AVOID IT MITIGATE ANY SIDE EFFECTS.

A single shock should be enough to knock out any potential infected. Once the SOCKET is unconscious, they are to be placed in a SOCKET containment cell [otherwise known as a SCC for short].

Step 3: Inspection

You now must interrogate the SOCKET. You must ask the SOCKET these following questions:

What day and year is it?

What is your name?

What is your parent(s) name?

What is your date of birth?

What do you remember last doing?

What do you remember last eating?

Are you right or left handed?

Who is the current World Leader on Earth?

If a SOCKET passes six out of the eight questions, you may move forward with your interrogation. If a SOCKET gets five or less questions wrong, then they are likely infected and must be terminated.

Next, the SOCKET will need to be physically examined for signs of being infected. At this point [Captain Name] has authorization to order the SOCKET to strip themselves of all clothing so they can be scanned and physically assessed by you and your remaining crew. If the SOCKET gets aggressive and or refuses to be examined and assessed then they are likely infected and must be terminated.

If the SOCKET complies, then the captain and the remaining crew has to look for specific symptoms. These infection systems are the following:

Milky white or grey eye.

Bulging throat.

Severe bruising.

Trembling Hands.

Lack of perspiration.

Lose joints.

Rattling bones.

Slurred or lisping speech.

Bruising or tenderness of genital regions.

If a SOCKET has six of these nine symptoms, they are likely infected and must be terminated but only if they start to show aggressive or erratic behaviors.

Step 4: Non-Violent SOCKET Specimens

Most of the time a SOCKET is always aggressive. But there were circumstances where a SOCKET, while infected, will display minimal “grouchy” aggression. If you are interrogating and inspecting a SOCKET and they are relatively calm or compliant, then termination is not necessary. Instead, keep the SOCKET alive, and provide them with the SOCKET study uniform [otherwise known as the SSU for short]. This suit will act as both a tracker and a vital monitor, ensuring that you can always keep an eye on the whereabouts of the SOCKET. Furthermore, this will also allow highly skilled SOCKET Research Anthropologists [otherwise known as SRAs] to carefully study the biology of any SOCKET wearing the uniform.

Remember, not all SOCKETS' are non-aggressive, only 1% of them are. If a SOCKET was:

60 years old and up.

7 years old and down.

Died before the parasite could inject its venom into them.

Managed to stop the venom from being injected into them before they died.

Then they will always be 100% non-aggressive and thus able to safely keep alive and study. But that is only in these specific circumstances. Make sure you know all the facts before deciding a SOCKET as harmless.

Additionally, if you and your crew are found to have knowingly killed or harmed a non-aggressive SOCKET, then everyone on the vessel will be terminated.