THE LAUNORY
Structure of the Laundry
If you squint, the oxgunisational diagram of the Landy
looks 4 litle Me tae Vootisl sign anda litle Me «slanted
tue, Thhece sue sections that law at actully existed in
decades, Iying dead yet duraming, swating the day when
‘hey ae called forth again Others stumble on like 2ombies,
Ihaving long since lost all purpose but animated by the deead
powess of budgeticy appropsiation: These ae sections
of the Liuady dedicated to witellunter leensing and
‘preventing occult me dain in the telegraph networks
Wh would start at the top of the oxgunisational structuxe but
in the Lavndky that i problennitic. The Boscd is in clasge
of it all seposting disetly to the Prine Minister Allegedly.
No-one below the level of DSS lus seen the Board in «
Jong, long ting. The last minuted Board aneting took place
ja °TL afte that secords just stop,
‘These sue stil offices for the Board, we call it Malnogary
Row all wood panelling and green leather desks and
Edwardian décor and portuits of the Quien They ase
muintiined in immaculate condition, equipped with high-
speed broadband and cutting-edge telecomemane ations and
sce moue of less empty, Thete ss nothing there, except the
feeling tat you ace beang wateled
BelowBoardlevel the Leundkyis dvidedinto Administstion
and Operations divisions. Thanks to the modern micacle of|
autrix management, employees auy be in either ot both,
divisions depending on their ewerent assignment Broadly,
Operations deals with field works active stevedlance and
seseuch, while Administation handles everything else,
Som paycoll and cecords to intetnal wecwity and audlting
MATRIX MANAGEMENT
The idea behind this concept is
that an employee may report to
several managers at once, depending
on his current assignments. Bob’s
day-to-day job may be doing tech
support for Human Resources, vhich
means he reports to Manag
most situations. Hovever, he is an
engineer and therefore subject to
the dictates of Manager B, who is
in charge of all engineers. Any
decisions related to Bob must be
agreed upon by both managers
Fortunately for Bob, he also
vorks part-time for Manager C, in
Counterpossession. Manager C is
much scarier than A or B
Other Departments
‘There are other Laundry departments
that do not appear on th
organisational chart or on th
list. Some, like the old Accounts
jas in settling) department have
been scrapped. Others are secret,
known only to those vith the right
codeword clearance. Still others
have been forgotten about but still
(and will submit their report
or vanished due to
(Like
any century nov)
some bizarre temporal loop
Forecasting Operations) .
EEOrganisational Structure
Cabinet FI
v
Board of Directors
Interdepartmental
Liaison Group
Human
Resources
Intemal ¥
Logistics Facilities
Maintenance & Janitorial
tee |
Internal
ASfeics
7
Secuity
Management
7
Monitoring
Ways & Means
Field Suppoct| ¥.
Cleaners | Plumbers
OCCULUS|
Py Arcana
as Diplomatic | Special Projects
foal Office U)
Research@ | ——¥ —¥ Zz v— +
Comp. Math Occult
Modeling |) ForensicsTHE LAUNDRY
Department Information
Each seotion of Capital Laundky Service's labytinth las
some of all of the following informition:
Description: A biief description of what seevices that
section provides
Assignment: If « chasactex works in this section, then this
is luis stating job and the dlls that come with tt Add 10 to
ach of the Lsted dal,
Support If chatacters can mequest suppoct from this
section, as per the Requisition ulesn Chaperil: Budgets,
Requisitions and Training, then the dificulty of the
aquest and the suppottoffeued is listed in this pasageaph
Administration Division
Adeinistatioe’s budget and manpouer duacts thit of
Operations For every two- fisted field agent witha shotgun
in cee aod and 1 tune of banishing in the othe, thece
due 4 dozen cles, accountants snopectous, analysts and
‘middle managers The Laundky isthe worlds fst S09001-
certified occult espionage agetey and munagerect i teen
to maintain that level of quality assucanee. Eveything
mast be secouded, fled, dovblecheched, inipected
catslogued, doctwested and then discussed endesly an
committee (Today's agenda: ioning out inefficiencies in the
dlocurestation process, past 492), Cyies night sage that
the purpose of Administtion isto give pointless buoywore
to an atay of cal secvants who Ive Seen Things Man Is
Not Mest To Know Unless He Has SignedSecton Thise,
but the Lawndey does have 4 wey good eason for tacking
the most perniclety and obseuee things (cassing paperclips
can be a security boeach ina wodld whee sympathetic
feaying is a that, wing exttemely specie and daly
dlocurectFocaating is «gut wny to catch outs concealed
posiessoc entity and excesuive bathcoom bees could be 4
Sign of isipient BLUE HADES transformation).
Department of Auditing
It is the jab of the Department of Auditing to auke your
life bell. Theis agents cizcle above lesser depactoents Lbe
catices, waiting for 4 moment of wedlnwss. Then Hay
swoop down and stile without mesey, ignosing the exies
of panic, pain and “what do you mean, we've got to account
for every single tube ticket un've bought since 1977? If
you ate lucky, then Auditing has mecely valeashed some
‘external agency lle CESG ot the NHS Anclt Commission
fon yous to mule se you have got license For eweey copy
of Windows 7 Oceuit Edition (now slightly less Hly to
contin cosmic evil’) ox check that the asbestos levels ate
stil within acceptible opesating parsmetees. IF you aus
vnlucky, the Auditors check up on you. persouully
‘The Auditors
‘Things that you get wed to after 4 few yeats of working
for the Laundry: Steange smelly, zombie cleaning staff,
‘nsoriable hows, paperwork, tentacles, the impending and
inevitable end of the world as we know it
ag
os
Things you never get weed to: stlentlessly foul ‘coffee’, the
sense of duead incectain offices and the Audltors
The Auditors ste highlevel auges specilising is truth
compulsions When they ask you answer no matter what
ae question They have no shame and no hesitation — if
ey suupect you of huving fuled ox mislead your supesiors,
then the Auditors will get to the bottom of it Puivacy is
isut one of tae things you signed away when you joined the
Lavandey. If the size of yous mule member of the skeletons
snyou famly clovetiscelevant inthe cold black pitiless eyes
of the Auditors then they wall ask the questions you do not
‘wnat to hese,
‘Audits can happen at any tin (ithe the Auditors do not
sleep of they just tae perverse joy in deagging people out
of bed at fiw an the mocning fo answer questions about
nisfled teceipts), but eacely without die cause. A good,
ddligent and quiet employee might get through his whole
‘our of duty without « single pecvonal Audit — but lets fice
4 you ame not one of thove
Assignment: Auditor's Secretary: Bucemcticy, Etiquette,
Knowledge (Law), Sorcery, Stats
Financial Control
Financial Conta’ cesponuibily is to leep the Landsy’s
budget under control, in aah the sine way that the big
‘soeaty guys with the drum and the whips keep the cowees
‘wader control on a save galley. Esch department has its
‘own anual budget, whicl is broke down to andivichl ine
stem atthe sist of the nancial yeat. Any budget oveecins
unforeseen puchases, unexpected projects, Plumbing —
canst be paid for by the uelevant depastiment unless they
Ihave the puioe agement of Financial Conteol. (Teanslation:
4 Yog-Sothoth descends to eat ou besins, we had seal