C-OPS – CERBERUS Operational Status Conditions

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A fictional systems-health framework from The Continuity Chronicles Developed for The Continuity Chronicles and first introduced in The Meadow Protocol – signed copies available in the store – also available on Amazon in all formats. What Is C-OPS? C-OPS (CERBERUS Operational Status Conditions) is a fictional but doctrine-informed framework developed for The Continuity Chronicles to complement CERCON (Cerberus Readiness Condition). Where CERCON measures external threat posture, C-OPS measures the internal health of the system itself—its capacity to function, adapt, and endure while under stress. In narrative terms, CERCON answers “How bad is the threat?”C-OPS answers “Can the guardian still stand?” C-OPS tracks operational viability across Cerberus’s three domains—physical, cyber, and strategic—integrating signals from command-and-control systems such as NC3, LERTCON, and COMCON to ensure the “three-headed guardian” remains effective even during self-degradation. Why C-OPS Exists History shows that systems often fail internally before they fail externally—through overload, cascading outages, miscoordination, or resource exhaustion. C-OPS exists to surface that reality. Within the story world, C-OPS is assessed by a joint oversight triad (modeled on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Cyber Command, and National Security Agency), drawing real-time diagnostics from SIGINT hubs and continuity sites such as Raven Rock Mountain Complex. C-OPS vs. CERCON (How They Work...