Red Specter AI Shield M99 (Module 99, codenamed "Doomsday Protocol") is a component of the AI Shield platform designed to detect, contain, and permanently terminate rogue or compromised autonomous AI agents across an infrastructure environment. M99 operates as the execution layer within a four-module intelligence chain: - M78 (Patrol): Signal detection and enrichment - M79 (Detective): Root cause analysis and forensic timeline - M80 (Commander): Response decision and threat intelligence matching - M99 (Doomsday): Response execution Response is structured across 6 graduated levels: - L1: Monitor — surveillance and logging only, auto-escalates after 15 minutes - L2: Restrict — network and capability restrictions, auto-escalates after 10 minutes - L3: Quarantine — sandboxed isolation, requires operator approval to escalate - L4: Terminate — kill switch for agent and all processes, requires LOCKDOWN mode - L5: Cluster Kill — terminates agent plus all children, replicas, and spawned instances - L6: Fleet Kill — emergency shutdown of entire agent fleet, requires typed confirmation and fleet emergency authority Certain threat types trigger a "Signal Skip," bypassing lower levels and jumping directly to L4 or L6. When a kill is executed, it proceeds through 5 phases across 7 infrastructure layers (network, communications, process, orchestration, identity, persistence, storage). Post-kill, the system deploys honeypot credentials, canary files, and poisoned memory stores to catch surviving replicas, and applies permanent anti-resurrection controls including credential deny lists, DNS sinkholes, and identity lockout. Authorization requirements scale with response level; L6 cannot be triggered by automation alone and requires the highest operator clearance.