Condition White

• Stay nowhere near this default state
• Recognize obliviousness as your highest vulnerability
• Move to Yellow as risk awareness rises

Condition Yellow

• Live here as your baseline state
• Scan and process with relaxed alertness
• Stay prepared, never paranoid
• Shift to Orange on a specific threat

Condition Orange

• Focus on the identified specific threat
• Assess its intent, opportunity, and capability
• Set a mental trigger: if X, then Y
• Move to Red when the trigger trips

Condition Red

• Act the moment your trigger trips
• Execute your prepared plan decisively
• Manage the situation as it unfolds
• Keep scanning while you act

Internal States

• Treat this as a mindset model
• Never use it to signal others
• Control your environment from the inside

Transitions

• Climb levels as threat clarity increases
• Drop back down after the action ends
• Reassess and return to appropriate readiness