FIELD OPERATIONS · DOC CLASS — OPS

Evidence Lockup & Chain of Custody

The Evidence Lockup holds the physical and digital material gathered during interdiction — seized goods, lab assays, surveillance footage, NectarNet telemetry, financial records, and specimen samples. Every item is bound to a target dossier, carries an unbroken custody log, and is curated by MELISSA so that, if HIVE-13 ever refers a case to prosecutors or regulators, the evidence survives scrutiny.

Doc Control HV-OPS-0002 Revision Rev A Effective 2091-01-01 Owner Field Operations · Evidence Custody Curated by MELISSA Classification INTERNAL // QUANTUM-ZONE-TASK-FORCE EYES-ONLY

Custody Principles

🔗Continuity

Chain of Custody

Every package records who collected it, where, when, and every hand it has passed through since. Each transfer is signed and time-stamped; no item moves without a logged custodian on both ends. The chain is the package — break it, and the contents lose their meaning.

🛡️Integrity

Integrity & Hashing

Physical items are bagged and tamper-evident-sealed; digital items are hashed at intake and re-verified on every access. MELISSA seals each package against its hash and flags any mismatch instantly, so tampering is detectable rather than merely forbidden.

⚖️Admissibility

Admissibility

Material is collected, documented, and stored to a standard that survives referral to prosecutors and regulators. Provenance, custody, and integrity are kept clean from the field forward so that evidence holds up when a case leaves HIVE-13's hands.

One package, one custody log. The Evidence Lockup is the single source of truth for interdiction material. Working copies, summaries, and analytical extracts live elsewhere — the sealed original never leaves custody except by logged transfer to a lawful authority.

Evidence Register

Active and archived evidence packages, each bound to a target dossier in the Target Dossiers. Custody status is curated by MELISSA and revalidated on every access.

Package ID	Case / target	Type	Custody	Logged
`HV-EVD-2091-001`	Golden Meadow Apiaries Ltd HV-TGT-04	Seized goods — counterfeit honey, 40 sealed drums	Sealed	2091-02-14
`HV-EVD-2091-002`	Golden Meadow Apiaries Ltd HV-TGT-04	Lab assay — adulteration & syrup-marker panel	In analysis	2091-02-18
`HV-EVD-2091-003`	Black Furrow Logistics S.A. HV-TGT-02	Seized goods — neonicotinoid consignment, mislabeled crates	Sealed	2091-03-03
`HV-EVD-2091-004`	Apis Imperial Trading HV-TGT-03	Specimen sample — trafficked queens, live recovery	Pending transfer	2091-03-21
`HV-EVD-2091-005`	Crimson Lantern Imports HV-TGT-07	Seized goods — invasive-hornet shipment, intercepted containers	Sealed	2091-04-09
`HV-EVD-2091-006`	Verdal AgroChemie GmbH HV-TGT-01	Surveillance footage — night loading at depot perimeter	In analysis	2091-04-27
`HV-EVD-2091-007`	Black Furrow Logistics S.A. HV-TGT-02	NectarNet telemetry — pesticide-drift trace, corridor sensors	Sealed	2091-05-12
`HV-EVD-2091-008`	Helix Venoms Research HV-TGT-06	Financial records — shell-account ledgers, wire trail	Contested	2091-05-30

Handling & Referral

Custody discipline. A single unlogged hand on a package can render the whole case inadmissible. The rules below are not advisory — they are the condition under which evidence retains any value.

Access. Only Field Operations · Evidence Custody staff and named case analysts may draw a package, and only against a logged custody entry. MELISSA records every access.
Integrity check. Verify the tamper-evident seal and re-confirm the package hash on every intake and release. A failed check escalates the package to Contested.
Transfer to authorities. Referral to prosecutors or regulators is by logged, signed hand-off only, coordinated with Legal & Compliance. Until hand-off, the sealed original stays in the Lockup.
Retention. Packages are retained for the life of the case plus the dossier's retention window; disposal requires Legal sign-off and a logged custody close-out.
Custody breaks kill admissibility. Any gap, unsigned transfer, or integrity failure in the chain is treated as fatal to admissibility for that package until resolved.

Field collection and tasking flow through Dispatch & Target Dossiers and Field Operations; legal handling and referral are governed by Legal & Compliance.