A secret CTA initiative to build adaptable, semi-autonomous teams capable of repairing and stabilizing hostile or failing systems without needing a full crew.
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SEVRA Project
General Info
Type: CTA secret initiative
Status: Defunded, discontinued (CTA Internal Order #RD-204A-99)
Founded: Approx. +100CY
Dissolved: +149 CY (17 CYs ago)
Affiliation: Central Trade Authority (Extended Behavioral Research Authority, Resource Resilience Division)
Purpose: Produce long-term operatives and labor-capable personnel optimized for harsh-zone survival and system redundancy support.
The SEVRA project operated under fragmented CTA jurisdiction, mainly within the Extended Behavioral Research Authority and the Resource Resilience Division. Its goal was to produce long-term operatives and labor-capable personnel optimized for harsh-zone survival and system redundancy support. The population pool was drawn from unregistered or unclaimed juveniles across frontier systems, processed under Experimental Directive 14-E.
SEVRA units were trained for specialized engineering, field logistics, and dangerous missions requiring both technical precision and emotional detachment. They were deployed where the CTA needed absolute reliability. For example: infrastructure repair in hostile zones, resource extraction, and high-risk survey work.
In theory, there was no failsafe. SEVRA relied on conditioning, not mechanical restraints. The pair-bond itself was the failsafe, separating units destabilized them to the point of uselessness.
Due to the classified nature of the initiative, official CTA acknowledgment of SEVRA ceased well before its logistical closure.
The stated reason for closure was:
“Budgetary reallocation following the cessation of critical engagements and a strategic shift away from in-field recovery models. Long-term side effects among test units considered ‘operationally destabilizing.’”
Children in SEVRA were treated as resources, not as individuals. They were given food, shelter, medical care and rigorous education, but affection and freedom were absent. The system prioritized function over well-being.
They were allowed to form bonds, but only in pairs. SEVRA’s central experiment was to raise children in inseparable dyads, reinforcing loyalty to one another rather than to Authority. This bond made them effective in the field, but at the cost of their independence.
Separation often caused breakdowns: disorientation, inability to function, or emotional collapse. The system was deliberately designed so units were unusable if split.
SEVRA facilities were enclosed, isolated, and deliberately secretive. They resembled training compounds more than settlements, stripped of non-essentials.
Training emphasized repetition, obedience, and pair-dependence. Children were drilled in efficiency and survival within tightly controlled systems. Units learned tactical operations, technical repair, and systems management. Pairing was critical and skills were distributed so no individual could operate independently.