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Crisis Management

Crisis Management

Complete 5 Bureau Alerts

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How to unlock the Crisis Management achievement in Control - Definitive Guide

Bureau Alerts are the time-limited missions that randomly pop up. You'll know when one is active, it'll flash up in massive yellow letters and an annoying alarm will blast out.

It's worth doing this before you finish the main story line, as I think they spawn a bit more infrequently once you've completed the game.

Edit to include comments: jakubzazula says you should start to get them about 30 minutes after you've completed the main story.
WhoIsJohn117 recommends doing some side missions if you've completed the game and they're not appearing after this time.

You'll have 20 minutes to complete each Bureau Alert (the remaining time is tracked in your mission menu). If you die during the 20 minute window, you'll fail that Alert.

They're not too hard. Track the mission from your menu, fast travel nearby and go for it. Objectives vary but include:
- protecting FBC agents
- clearing out enemies
- destroying small destructible blocks of red hiss crystal...stuff

If Bureau Alerts aren't appearing
If you aren't getting any alerts appearing at all, UnmatchedBrace recommends completing the 'Put a Record On' side mission. This may make them start appearing again.
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11 Nov 2019 17:06

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Alarms appear about 30 min period, after completing game.
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By Kubiczek71 on 23 Dec 2019 18:50
Update: The next one appeared 20-30 minutes later, which was the last one I needed for the Achievement, so if you are not having them pop, do some main/side missions.
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By WhoIsJohn117 on 31 Jan 2020 00:26
I wasn't getting Bureau alerts for most of the game (after mission 4 or so right up until completing the game I got nothing). I saw a suggestion on some other site where they indicated it was caused by the side mission "Put a Record On" and to just complete that and they would start up again (this was a mission that was auto-placed in my mission after a game update, I believe). That seems to have worked for me - I'm getting them periodically again now.
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By UnmatchedBrace on 07 May 2020 14:06
Thank you @UnmatchedBrace I finished “Put a Record On,” and Bureau Alerts started showing up again.
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By ericcosuave on 23 May 2020 14:36
Why are these bureau alerts so damned hard
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By REX GRIMREAPER7 on 13 Jul 2020 18:18
I did do 1 of the “put a record on” missions ( the easiest one , costing one token ) but it stays in my missions list. And no alarms after completing it.
Do you have to complete all three of the missions or is one enough?
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By Sol76 on 29 Oct 2020 15:25
It started appearing to me every 30 minutes after I have finished the first mission and got to maintenance floor for the first time.
You can finish that before you finish the story
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By IdanST on 31 Dec 2020 09:11
To add my own observations on this. They spawned for me every 20mins. I had completed all other missions other than ‘Put a record on’
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By metallicafan459 on 26 Jan 2021 12:55
Halfway through mission 6 and I've only had one of these notices so far.
I did not have this issue with the Ultimate Edition version.
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By vI Demon Iv on 10 Feb 2021 18:10
I die (thus fail) these alerts 80% of the time. The easiest I've found so far are the "Hiss Nodes" ones, as you can finish them without actually killing everything that spawns. "Put a record on" bug still exists, recommend getting this achievement BEFORE starting that side quest (you pickup a jukebox token in Executive near the control point to start).
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By Bobmm on 09 Apr 2021 22:15
Anyone else find that finding these bloody things is harder than actually doing them?
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By DarkSam644 on 27 Nov 2021 08:43
Will these show up while playing the DLC? Need 3 more.
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By Grogs on 21 Jan 2022 15:09
Did 5, got the achievement. Is there any reason to keep doing them? They don’t seem to give anything except the drops from the Hiss.
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By Nave Sutlef on 10 Feb 2022 21:35
I completed everything in the games and dlcs and I only got one of these to spawn
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By TMAC 93X on 10 May 2023 22:02
I tried to get them in when I could, but they stopped appearing for a long while. Eventually, I ended up finishing all of the main missions and still had five or six side missions in my missions list. I read on Reddit that many people experienced this and didn't start seeing them again until they had completed some side missions.

They didn't start reappearing for me until my side mission list was down to three missions (Old Friends, Langston's Runaways, and Mold Removal). Some also said they didn't think you could be tracking missions, but I was tracking Old Friends when a Bureau Alert appeared for the first time in many hours of gameplay.
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By WhoIsJohn117 on 30 Jan 2020 23:50
I've had a glitch where I can't finish Put a Record On. It just takes me straight to the Expeditions and doesn't ever progress the side mission past "put a token in the jukebox". Others have had the same problem.

https://www.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/ij103n/put_a_r...
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By NoHeroes94 on 03 Sep 2020 14:44
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You can complete the same Bureau Alert (e.g. "Maintenance: Major Targets") 5 times to do this using a Backup/Safety Save. Simply start the alert, complete it, then use a Control Point to load the recent save and re-complete the alert 4 more times.

Video credit to Missable Content:

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18 Nov 2023 22:58

After Mission 3, "Directorial Override", you'll start receiving missions that have a timer of 20 minutes for you to reach and complete. If you happen to fail these missions, you will not be able to try it again until the mission spawns again. They come in the form of Hiss Nodes, Personnel Protection, and Major Targets at any given location that you've discovered so far. Once you've completed the challenge, you'll be rewarded with a handful of goodies. Dying prior to reaching said challenge will result in a failure. These challenges do appear even after getting all 5 alerts for the achievement.
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After Mission 3, "Directorial Override", you'll start receiving missions that have a timer of 20 minutes for you to reach and complete. If you happen to fail these missions, you will not be able to try it again until the mission spawns again. They come in the form of Hiss Nodes, Personnel Protection, and Major Targets at any given location that you've discovered so far. Once you've completed the challenge, you'll be rewarded with a handful of goodies. Dying prior to reaching said challenge will result in a failure. These challenges do appear even after getting all 5 alerts for the achievement.

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After Mission 3, "Directorial Override", you'll start receiving missions that have a timer of 20 minutes for you to reach and complete. If you happen to fail these missions, you will not be able to try it again until the mission spawns again. They come in the form of Hiss Nodes, Personnel Protection, and Major Targets at any given location that you've discovered so far. Once you've completed the challenge, you'll be rewarded with a handful of goodies. Dying prior to reaching said challenge will result in a failure. These challenges do appear even after getting all 5 alerts for the trophy.
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Bureau notifications appear randomly no matter where you are or what you are doing. You have 20 minutes to complete. If you die, the task automatically fails. Typically you need to protect friendly NPCs, kill a buffed enemy, or destroy red blocks.
During the passage, more of them will appear than necessary, but if you suddenly forgot about them, you can finish them off after the passage.
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27 Aug 2019 15:34

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After completing the game, the trophy can be achieved by re-downloading story missions. I started levels 3 and 4. After loading the level, go to the tasks menu and find the Bureau notification there.
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By LinaFlower on 21 Apr 2020 08:34
Version 1.12 fixed everything, after the end of the main storyline, Bureau notifications continue to appear regularly.
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By venger on 05 Oct 2020 13:51
After completing the plot they do not appear or appear very rarely, there is a way to do 5 at once one after another
You need to load the 3rd chapter, switch to bureau notification in tasks, after completion just go to the menu and do it again
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11 Mar 2020 18:33