Talk:Agent Contingency Plans/@comment-28082245-20170424181403/@comment-1674153-20170427003535

Furthermore, bronzing is traditionally for those from outside the Warehouse walls. They are all threats to the future canonically (and thus the stability of the Warehouse) so are removed from the situation.

But since the Warehouse has been on enough sides of history to recognize that killing someone who poses a threat is never the right solution, they bronze them. To kill a challenge is wasteful, it's barbaric, and it's indicative of a superiority that the Warehouse wouldn't want to foster given the institution it is.

Contingency plans, at their core, are gorgeous mechanics in Warehouse politics because on a selfish level, it absolves the Warehouse of responsibility, to a degree. Yes, they'll pull the trigger on you, but you loaded the gun, by supplying them the means of how to do it. Which is not the best of metaphors admittedly, because these are not so much meant to kill you as they are to remove you as a threat. But on an altruistic level, bronzing is a form of torture, the Warehouse is fully aware of this, and so Contigency Plans allow the people who serve their lives to the cause the chance to avoid the torture. You may have gone crazy or corrupted beyond the point of saving, but you still matter enough to the Warehouse to be able to choose your death.