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Under the Defense Authorization Act of 2011, the Malton Department of Defense has created the DEFCON system. The DEFCON or defense readiness condition is an alert posture used by all MDD forces. The DEFCON system has five graduated levels of readiness (or states of alert), and increases in severity from DEFCON 5 (least severe) to DEFCON 1 (most severe) to match varying military conditions in Malton.
The five DEFCONs, their exercise terms, and their general descriptions are shown below.
| Defense Condition
| Description
| Exercise Codeword
| Alert Status
| Readiness
| Color
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| DEFCON 5
| ALL QUIET ON THE EASTERN FRONT
| DOUBLEBACK
| Standard patrol and support operations
| Normal readiness
| Blue
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| DEFCON 4
| THE WEATHERMAN REPORTS AN INCREASED CHANCE OF ZOMBIES
| FIRE AXE
| Increased intelligence watch and strengthened security measures
| Above normal readiness
| Green
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| DEFCON 3
| WHO LET THE ZOMBIES OUT?
| SHOTGUN
| Increase in force readiness, with emphasis on resupply and restoration of critical infrastructure
| Medium readiness
| Yellow
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| DEFCON 2
| IS IT? NO! IT'S THE DEAD!
| MUNROE
| Further increase in force readiness, with cessation of standard operations and preparation for imminent attack
| War readiness
| Red
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| DEFCON 1
| WARNING! CDC REPORTS ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. (A.K.A. NIGHT OF THE LIVING UNDEAD)
| UMBRELLA
| War is imminent. Prepare to die. And then revive again.
| Maximum readiness
| White
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