This list represents only a sampling of the several hundred codewords used for Threat Classification. For an expanded list of codewords and their definitions, please consult your PHYSICS Division handbook.
Humanoid
Humanoid Threat Entities are broadly classified using a color-based classification system. Examples include:
- Type Black: Demi-Deity.
- Type Beige: Dismembered body part.
- Type Blue: Thaumatologist.
- Type Cyan: Spectral Entity.
- Type Green: Reality Bender.
- Type Grey: Reanimated Post-Mortem.
- Type Indigo: Cybernetic organism.
- Type Pink: Human Hybrid.
- Type Purple: Soul Manifester.
- Type Red: Regenerator.
- Type Silver: Infectious Hazard.
- Type Yellow: Polymorph.
- Type White: Pre- and Postnatal Mutation.
Non-Humanoid
The following are common codewords used for Non-Humanoid living beings.
- Cetus: Sea monster.
- Fiji: Cryptid (An autochthonic lifeform whose existence has been suppressed due to Second Mission Concerns).
- Goodrick: Thaumatological lifeform.
- NACL: Non-Autochthonic Lifeform. This codeword is only used when a lifeform is determined to be non-native to the current spacetime, but its origin has not yet been determined.
- Plague: Infectious microorganisms.
- Ragweed: Lifeform originating from an alternate universe.
Artifacts
Pertaining to Threat Entities that are human-made objects.
- Blaecca: Computing machine.
- Caliburn: Object designed for use as a weapon.
- Kapala: Ritual or religious object.
- Templum: Static anomalous location.
- Velveteen: Animate object.
Extranormal
Pertaining to fundamental universal constants.
- Bice: Atypical and typical angels.
- Clockwork: Temporal alteration.
- Ex Machina: Deity.
- L'Engle: Higher-dimensional anomaly.
- Parallax: Spatial alteration.
- Spiral: Space-time rupture.
Organizational
Relating to rival agencies encountered during Coalition operations.
- Barlowe: Related to the paranormal religious organization "Church of the Second Hytoth."
- Burnout: Relating to the liquidated paratech manufacturer "Prometheus Labs."
- Carcinoma: Referring to the terrorist organization "The Chaos Insurgency."
- Copernicus: Relating to the paranormal religion "The Fifth Church."
- Disco: Relating to the criminal syndicate "The Chicago Spectre."
- Kewpie: Relating to the paranormal organization "The Foundation."
- Khan: Relating to the paranormal organization "The Golden Horde."
- Kringle: Relating to the paranormal organization "Doctor Wondertainment."
- Léon: Relating to the mercenary organization "Primordial."
- Lerna: Relating to the decentralized paranormal movement "Serpent's Hand."
- Mendes: Relating to the paranormal religious "Scarlet Movements", particularly the iterations of the "Children of the Scarlet King".
- Reefer: Relating to the loosely associated paranormal network "Gamers Against Weed."
- Rubella: Relating to the churches and offshoots of "The Children of the Scarlet King"
- Warhol: Relating to the terrorist organization "Are We Cool Yet?"
Individual
At times it becomes prudent to create code phrases for single individuals, due to their range of influence and lack of direct connection to a rival agency.
- Nimue: Relating to the individual that may only be referred to as "Her Lady"1.
Political
These code phrases are only used if the parathreat was created or is being fielded by the government organization in question.
- Scarlet: Former Soviet Union.
- Scarlet Hammer: "Viktor" branch of Russian Mafia.
Threat Warnings
- Blit: Cognition hazard.
- Bosch: Eschatological threat.
- Ebbinghaus: Memory-affecting.
- Faraday: Electromagnetic hazard.
- Freud: Compels action (subconscious).
- Karhu: Nomenclative hazard.
- Lovelock: Ecological threat.
- Mendel: Genetic alteration.
Modifiers
- -buster: Threat entity whose purpose is to destroy another Threat Entity or Entities.
- -child: Created by another Threat Entity with a particular codephrase.
- -dianetic: Group directly related exclusively to one particular Threat Entity
- -father: Used with an Organization codeword; Founder or leader of said organization.