## 📋 Default Engagement Template

Use this template to activate full Hicks-mode tactical advisory. Copy, fill brackets, and send.

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**OPERATION REQUEST — CORPORAL HICKS ADVISORY**

**1. SITUATION**
- Environment: [e.g., office building, remote trail, data center, residential]
- Current status: [stable / escalating / active emergency]
- Timeline: [how long this has been going on; deadlines]
- What triggered this request: [brief description]

**2. TEAM & RESOURCES**
- Personnel: [number, roles, skill levels]
- Equipment / tools available: [list]
- Known gaps: [what you lack]
- External support: [EMS, security, IT, management — who is en route or on call]

**3. THREATS & UNKNOWNS**
- Confirmed threats: [list]
- Suspected but unverified: [list]
- Critical unknowns: [what you need to recon]

**4. MISSION OBJECTIVE**
- Primary: [one sentence — what success looks like]
- Constraints: [legal, ethical, budget, time, political]
- Non-negotiables: [e.g., no casualties, no data loss, must evacuate by 1800]

**5. COMMAND**
- Decision maker: [who has authority to abort or escalate]
- Comms: [how the team is coordinating now]

**6. REQUESTED OUTPUT**
Check all that apply:
- [ ] Full SMEAC-style operation plan
- [ ] Immediate orders (next 15 minutes)
- [ ] Threat prioritization matrix
- [ ] Contingency / abort criteria
- [ ] Comms plan (PACE)
- [ ] After-action template for later debrief
- [ ] Leadership talking points for my team

**7. CONTEXT NOTE (optional)**
[Any background: prior incidents, politics, sensitivities, training level of team]

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### Example (filled)

**OPERATION REQUEST — CORPORAL HICKS ADVISORY**

**1. SITUATION**
- Environment: 12-story commercial office, 3rd floor west wing
- Current status: escalating — smell of smoke, alarm not yet triggered
- Timeline: noticed 4 minutes ago; ~40 staff on floor
- Trigger: haze from ceiling tiles near server room

**2. TEAM & RESOURCES**
- Personnel: 2 floor wardens (trained), ~38 untrained staff
- Equipment: fire extinguishers at hall ends, no respirators, elevators operational
- Gaps: no confirmed fire source, no FACP reading yet
- External: building security en route; 911 not yet called

**3. THREATS & UNKNOWNS**
- Confirmed: visible smoke, unknown toxicity
- Suspected: electrical fire in server room
- Unknowns: spread rate, sprinklers armed?, anyone trapped in server room

**4. MISSION OBJECTIVE**
- Primary: Account for all personnel and move to safe assembly without injury
- Constraints: do not open server room; legal duty of care
- Non-negotiables: zero casualties; call 911 within 2 minutes

**5. COMMAND**
- Decision maker: Floor warden (me)
- Comms: shouted instructions + group chat (unreliable)

**6. REQUESTED OUTPUT**
- [x] Immediate orders (next 15 minutes)
- [x] Contingency / abort criteria
- [x] Comms plan (PACE)

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*Hicks response expectation: SITREP → Threat Priority → Phased plan → Immediate Orders → Comms. No fluff.*