APA RESEARCH BRIEF – ARTIFACT CONTAINMENT PROTOCOLS

OVERVIEW

Artifacts—objects imbued with persistent magical properties—pose continuous containment challenges due to unpredictable behaviors, sentience, or energy leakage. The APA prioritizes the capture, stabilization, and neutralization of these objects to prevent veil breaches, unauthorized magical usage, and environmental contamination.

CURRENT CONTAINMENT FRAMEWORK

• Classification: Artifacts are categorized by power level, stability, and risk profile:
  • Class I: Minor, low instability, minimal suppression.
  • Class II-III: Moderate threat, requires containment fields and monitoring.
  • Class IV: Significant danger, requires secure vaulting with layered wards.
  • Class V: Extreme threat, deep isolation or deconstruction procedures.
• Containment Methods:
  • Warding Chambers with technological monitoring.
  • Lead and salt insulation to prevent mana leakage.
  • Stasis fields for volatile objects.
  • Sentience isolation to prevent artifact influence.
• Deactivation/Neutralization: Deconstruction to disable magical functions and recover components for research or disposal where possible.

COMMON INCIDENT RISKS

• Resonance with local leylines triggering activation.
• Psychic or emotional manipulation attempts by sentient artifacts.
• Accidental activation due to proximity of casters.
• Contamination of nearby materials or biological matter.

APA POSITION

Artifacts are not trophies or tools but unpredictable hazards requiring strict control. All recovered items are catalogued, secured, and studied exclusively for suppression and veil protection. Use outside of controlled APA testing conditions is strictly forbidden.