Comprehensive IDAP assessment of the humanitarian, security, and operational landscape across the Republic of Altis & Stratis. Updated March 2026.
The Republic of Altis & Stratis remains one of the most complex humanitarian operating environments in the Mediterranean. Following years of civil conflict, the island has stabilised around four major population centres — Kavala, Athira, Pyrgos, and Sofia — but significant security challenges persist outside designated safe zones.
The civilian economy relies heavily on resource gathering, processing, and trade — both legal and illicit. Since REIMAGINE, all run locations randomise every server restart. Licences are no longer required. A profession tier system rewards specialisation up to Tier 6 — doubling the sale value at the top end. The result: more civilians running product, more exposed trucks on the highway, more targets for organised groups, and more work for NBAT. Currency is British Pounds (£). Armed groups operate extensively outside Green Zones. The threat to humanitarian transport operations is severe, constant, and — for the well-equipped — extremely profitable.
Three government factions — the Altis Police Constabulary (APC), the National Health Service (NHS), and the Highways Agency (HATO) — provide varying degrees of public services, though their effectiveness and conduct differ significantly.
Altis operates under a zone-based security system. IDAP/NBAT personnel must understand the rules and risks associated with each zone type.
The only designated safe zone on Altis. Open carry of weapons is illegal. Armed vehicles — HMG Offroads, Qilins, Prowlers, anything with a turret — are banned. No helicopter flights (NHS medics exempted, because apparently saving lives earns privileges). No hostage-taking. Single-initiation rules apply — you engage the individual, not their entire organisation. IDAP's primary operational hub. Kavala Hospital, post office, and NBAT depot all operate within or adjacent to this zone. It is the one place on Altis where documentation matters more than firepower. NBAT respects this. HATO abuses it.
IDAP Assessment: Safest area for personnel and supply staging. However, HATO checkpoints at zone borders cause unnecessary delays to humanitarian convoys entering and exiting.
Purple zones are not permanent locations — they activate the moment a drill touches a vault or a heist kicks off. Once you're in, only the instigating organisation and APC exist. Everyone else leaves or gets removed. Banks range from modest branch vaults to the four-vault Royal Mint. Heists — the jewellers, post office, Ghost Hotel — require 10 police on-island before they'll even trigger. IDAP financial logistics operations in purple zones require full NBAT armed escort and pre-authorisation from leadership. There are no exceptions and no freelancers.
IDAP Assessment: The most profitable zones on Altis, for those with the coordination to survive them. Twenty minutes per vault. Extracted assets liquidated through designated channels. All operations follow IDAP-FL protocols with Level 3+ equipment. If you're not NBAT, you're not doing this properly.
Blue zones activate after the money's out — or when APC numbers drop to two or fewer. Once it goes blue, everything changes: on sight, no initiation, no polite conversation. Dead org members can come back for round two, but they cannot pull MRAPs or .50 Cal Offroads — a rule that somehow doesn't stop people from trying. Contraband dealers also create a moving blue zone when you're liquidating assets. IDAP personnel must avoid blue zones during active operations unless they're the ones who caused it.
IDAP Assessment: No humanitarian operations during blue zone activation. All NBAT convoys must reroute. Personnel revived in a blue zone must leave immediately — this is a server rule, not a suggestion. NBAT treats it as both.
Kill-on-sight. No initiation. No conversation. Red zones exist for one purpose: violence with rewards. Powerplay capture points — the Credit Cache, Silver Cache, Munitions Depot, Supply Depot — spawn credits, silver, weapons, and rare gear that every serious outfit on Altis wants. Requires 50 players online to activate. The Munitions Depot at Feres drops rebel-tier weapons with a chance of RPGs. The Supply Depot spawns Viper Suits. 10-minute new life rule applies, not that it stops anyone from coming back angry.
IDAP Assessment: Extreme danger. NBAT convoys transiting red zones require maximum escort, full combat equipment (minimum Level 3 armour + suitable firearm), and command authorisation. No solo transit. NBAT doesn't avoid red zones — we contest them. The difference between us and everyone else is that we bring enough people to hold what we capture.
IDAP has identified the following critical humanitarian and operational concerns across the Republic of Altis & Stratis.
Armed groups routinely target supply convoys on highways between population centres. Illegal runs are more profitable, attracting armed rebels who also target legal and humanitarian transport. NBAT convoys have been attacked on the Kavala-Athira and Pyrgos-Sofia routes. IDAP recommends all transport operations carry armed escort and use faster vehicles where possible.
Vehicle destruction remains widespread — vehicles are crushed, chop-shopped, scrapped, or destroyed with rockets after initiation. Civilian transport infrastructure is constantly degraded. IDAP has supplied replacement vehicles to NHS and APC operations, but the rate of destruction outpaces replacement. VDM (vehicular assault) remains a persistent threat despite being prohibited.
Random killings without proper initiation continue to plague civilian areas outside Green Zones. While rules require clear verbal or physical threats before engagement, enforcement is inconsistent. IDAP personnel have been targets of RDM incidents on three occasions in Q1 2026. All incidents were reported to APC.
NHS provides critical medical support across Altis, and unlike HATO, their rank structure (HCA through Doctor, Surgeon, up to CEO) actually correlates with competence. Doctors earn helicopter access through flight school — they work for it. Surgeons get the bigger aircraft. NHS is completely neutral to all factions, which makes them the one agency on Altis that genuinely helps everyone equally. The problem isn't NHS — it's geography. Response times outside Kavala are brutal. Distance, terrain, active conflict zones. IDAP is working with NHS to establish forward medical caches on major supply routes, because waiting for an ambulance in a red zone is not a medical plan.
Bolt-cutting and forced entry into buildings are common. While at least one entrance must remain accessible, humanitarian supply depots outside Green Zones face constant risk of theft and destruction. APC requires reasonable cause to raid, but criminal elements operate with impunity in unpoliced areas.
As documented in IDAP's formal report, HATO has systematically exceeded its roads mandate, obstructing humanitarian convoys, conducting cargo inspections they have no authority for, and refusing to coordinate with IDAP or other agencies. HATO management — including beechie, Kaloke Ghost, exotic, and Drafted Uni Student — have failed to address these concerns.
The 10-minute new life rule is frequently violated by people who apparently can't read a clock. In blue zones, deceased org members may return — but they're restricted from pulling MRAPs or .50 Cal Offroads. A rule that is, charitably, "difficult to monitor" and, less charitably, completely ignored. This directly impacts NBAT bank and convoy operations, where the same people we just put down show up again before the drill's even finished. IDAP has raised this with APC as a systemic enforcement gap. Repeatedly. We're still waiting for something to change.
IDAP personnel have been taken hostage outside Green Zones on multiple occasions. While the 1-hour hostage limit provides some protection, the experience is traumatic and disruptive to operations. IDAP recommends that humanitarian personnel wearing clearly identifiable IDAP/NBAT clothing should be exempt from hostage-taking under an expanded humanitarian protection framework.
IDAP's medical outreach programme has identified significant public health concerns among several armed organisations on Altis. The Syndicate organisation requires ongoing antiretroviral treatment for AIDS, with bi-weekly medication deliveries currently maintained by IDAP. The Increment (TI) has a dedicated HIV treatment programme requiring weekly medication runs. IDAP provides this care without discrimination — however, HATO checkpoints have delayed medical deliveries to both groups on multiple occasions, directly impacting patient health outcomes.
Altis's economy operates on a dual track — legal resource runs and illegal drug/contraband processing. IDAP's legitimate supply runs risk being confused with illegal transport, leading to both APC attention and rebel targeting. Clear differentiation through manifest documentation and IDAP-branded vehicles is essential. The document portal at idap.no/documents exists specifically to provide verifiable proof of legitimate transport.