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To protect Earth, and secure extraterrestrial threats.
In a nutshell, the purpose of the Bureau of Occurring Oddities is to keep all living humans ignorant to the
fact that there is indeed life outside of their own. Despite the astronomical jump in technology in the last century, the majority of the human populace are not ready to accept and incorporate "common knowledge."
To quote: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. 1500 years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and 15 minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet (Agent Kay from Men in Black)." At B.O.O., we try not to hide and ostracize what isn't considered "normal humans."
Instead, we work to incorporate all lifeforms if they are interested in settling on Earth. We have no input and control over Earth's current issues. B.O.O. will only step in if anything "nonhuman" occurs. A person and/or event falls under the "nonhuman" classification if it doesn't fall under "common sense" set by the bureau.
2. Due to limited resources in manpower (especially among Earth's population), the Bureau of Occurring Oddities have no set standard for potential applicants. There is no employee website or regular recruitment events. Hiring is on the senior agents of B.O.O. Their experiences and expectation helps pinpoint possible recruits while on the field or working with affiliates of the organization. Even apprehended criminals have an opportunity of starting a career in the bureau while serving their sentence. All recommendations are made at the Department of External Resources. Once the recommendation is accepted by the Committee of B.O.O., the process of hiring begins.
An applicant that B.O.O. is interested in must fill out all required forms and submit to a several background checks. They also must undergo a medical evaluation in order to determine origin of life and any medical issues. Once the applicant passes, they must undergo a single interview by a randomly selected department head to determine if the word of the senior agent and the committee is correct about said applicant. An applicant is then rejected or hired after the interview.
Once a new applicant is hired, the rest of B.O.O.'s organization will receive updated files regularly from said agent.
3. The thread will start at November 20, 2020. As for the the level, the current public has finally embrace certain technology such as holographic advertisements and digital bands/idols (refined). Bionic and cybernetic technology in the medical field has advanced to the point that the transplants list has been reduced to the lowest levels since its creation. As for the tech of B.O.O., it is far beyond what is imagined right now thanks to alien technology. For the tech level in B.O.O., I am open to suggestions on what you want. Each suggestion will be a case by case thing, so keep asking them!
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