The following protocols define operational standards for handling anomalies based on their primary hazard characteristics. Protocol assignment is determined by hazard classification and a weight matrix.

White Horse Protocol addresses anomalies that primarily interact with information, perception, and consciousness. These anomalies typically manipulate how reality is perceived rather than reality itself, affecting cognitive processes, sensory input interpretation, or awareness expansion.

Key operational considerations include information compartmentalization, observer rotation, cognitive monitoring, and memetic security measures.

Red Horse Protocol addresses anomalies that manipulate, transform, or emit energy or matter in ways that violate standard physics but maintain some consistency. These anomalies have observable physical effects, interact with conventional matter, and can be detected through instrumentation.

Key operational considerations include physical containment architecture, energy management, emission shielding, and environmental protection measures.

Black Horse Protocol addresses anomalies that demonstrate agency or independent decision-making. These anomalies may actively resist or circumvent containment, adapt to containment measures, manipulate personnel or systems, or utilize deception or mimicry.

Key operational considerations include psychological containment strategies, adaptive security measures, deception countermeasures, and behavior pattern analysis.

Pale Horse Protocol addresses anomalies that alter fundamental aspects of reality. These anomalies may violate basic physical laws, create inconsistent or unpredictable effects, affect the structure of space, time, or causality, or fundamentally rewrite the rules of existence.

Key operational considerations include causality monitoring, exotic containment methods, and contingency planning for unpredictable effects.

The following weighting system is used to determine Protocol assignment based on an anomaly's hazard profile. When multiple hazards are present, weights are summed for each Protocol, and the highest total determines the assignment.