Keycards

Keycards · "8 unique security tiers" · Clearance

“There are currently 8 unique security tiers in-game.” (MH:Keycards). The keycard colours are lore-fixed and reused everywhere in the TCG: the clearance chip on every card, the rarity glyphs, the reader lamp in the crate opening.

The tiers

Tier	Codename	Colour	Primary holders	Access (verbatim)
Z	Classified	purple	Federal Government, 8NEC / CSP, 2NIA, NMP	“Absolute: All doors, including Zone D.” — “functions as a ‘skeleton key’ for the entire site”
Q	Plant Director / Director	mauve	Plant Director, Federal Ranger Regiment, SOC; FD adds FMDF	“Director: Identical to A card.” — “every single door except for a select few in Zone D”
A	Administrative	red	Corporate, Shift Manager, LMP, department heads	“High: Every door apart from prison and 2NIA.” — carries voting rights in corporate meetings
BA	Department Lead	orange	Department command ranks, Chief Engineers	“Management: Specialized departmental sectors.”
BS	Defense Team	blue	PS, TRT, PSD, GSP, GSFM, ACR, NSP	“Tactical: Security checkpoints and armories.”
C	Reactor Operations	yellow	Reactor Operations	“Operational: Reactor core and Control Room.”
D	Service Personnel	green	Plant Maintenance, Logistical Operations	“Service: General facility and maintenance tunnels.” — “strictly barred from entering the Control Room, Security offices, or Executive suites”
E	Visitor	dark grey	Civilians authorized by Corporate	“Minimal: Entry-level public/authorized zones.” — “Naramo’s rarest card, only issued by Corporate”

Edge cases the TCG uses

• Hostiles without a card “assume a clearance of a B card” → hostile cards print — and need no Level.
• The WN Hacking Device “functions as an A-Card” → the Device counts your Level as A for hostile cards.
• The Federal Ranger Regiment carries a Q-card → the Ranger counts your Level as Q for West Noobia cards.
• The Zone D crossroads need “at least A”; LMP note that “the A card does not give you clearance” at Holding — flavour for why Z is never a Level.
• Team pages say “B-Keycard” without distinguishing BA and BS; the TCG’s rules use one B and the frame shows BA on DOE cards, BS on SECFOR and Stratocracy cards.

In the TCG

Lore	TCG
Keycard tiers	Clearance requirement printed on every card; Clearance Level you hold (best GRANTS, floor D, cap Q)
Swiping a reader	Swipes: 2 + Facilities per shift
Z skeleton key	The Classified rarity and the CLASSIFIED keyword: played face down, ignoring Clearance
Keycard colours	Rarity glyphs (grey → green → yellow → yellow-holo → red → white → purple → blue) and the clearance chips

See Clearance and Swipes.