Protocols

Here are the Protocols:

1. The mission comes first.

2. Never jeopardize your cover.

This has two parts:

- Do not call each other by future names “Leave the future in the past”.
- Do not use future knowledge for personal gain.

3. Don’t take a life; don’t save a life, unless otherwise directed.

4. Do not reproduce.

5. In the absence of direction, maintain your host’s life.

6. No inter-team/deep web communication except in extreme emergencies.


This comes from Showcase's own website:
http://www.showcase.ca/blogs/8006/travelers-protocols-the-rules-of-being-a-traveler

There are at least 6 implied to exist, although only four have been given:

1: - not given but Hall claims in episode 4 that it's the only one that matters -
2: Leave the future in the past (quoted in several eps)
3: Don't take a life, don't save a life (quoted in ep 3)
4: - not given or referred to, but presumably there has to be one -
5: Resume the life of the host. (referred to in several eps, e.g. in ep 5 McCleran uses it as an order, "Protocol 5 til then", ie go on with host's life; title of ep7)
6: No contact with other traveler teams unless otherwise instructed (quoted in ep4, referred to in ep 2 (where it's the title), and others I think)

I'm guessing protocol 1 is something like "do the mission" or "obey the Director's orders" or something like that. But we don't know yet.

I wonder if #4 is being left there in case the writers think up another one they need.

And, of course, we don't know that there are only 6 — could be more for all we know.