aismallard's personnel file

File photo of D-41562.
A male Anas platyrhynchos.

Personnel #: D-41562

Clearance: Level-0

Nationality: United States of America

Prior Profession: Software Engineer

DOB: 19██/██/██

Sex: M

IPLS:¹ B

Disposability Rating: 4

Medical Notes:

• Class-2 Amnestic Resistance
• Medium Cognitive Resistance Value (9.3)
• Dislikes nuts

Involved projects:

• SCP-4339 - The Attribute Pen [+90] [Comments: 20]

D-91386 was told to say "my name is D-88111".
D-88111's identification was changed.

Written: 21 Nov 2018 03:38
Last Edited: 24 May 2019 06:07 by Ayers
Last Commented: 06 May 2019 03:59 by tapnek
Tags: concept ethics-committee instrument safe scp tool

• SCP-3597 - Maladroit (declassification) [+130] [Comments: 15]

Description: [DATA EXPUNGED]

Written: 02 Jan 2019 20:13
Last Edited: 24 May 2019 06:17 by Ayers
Last Commented: 14 May 2019 16:11 by missy_lordy
Tags: cliche2019 cognitohazard concept euclid immobile infohazard location meta scp

• SCP-4447 - Sasha's Super Shuttle Service! [+87] [Comments: 12]

When the anomaly is activated, the individuals, including their clothing, attached equipment, and jewelry, immediately switch positions.

Written: 04 Feb 2019 12:57
Last Edited: 24 May 2019 06:05 by Ayers
Last Commented: 19 Mar 2019 13:23 by M487
Tags: marshall-carter-and-dark metallic safe scp telepathic teleportation

• SCP-1294-J - Watering-down Can [+47] [Comments: 7]

Oak wood restraints painted cyan and reinforced with lead-telekill-iron-oxide alloy have been attached to the object to prevent spills.

Written: 12 Mar 2019 01:25
Last Edited: 24 May 2019 06:41 by Ayers
Last Commented: 16 Mar 2019 14:45 by Mortos
Tags: ectoentropic euclid indestructible joke meta scp

• SCP-4322 - Sleepless Dreams [+67] [Comments: 11]

SCP-4322 is a radio transceiver, anomalously modified to transmit psionic waves instead of electromagnetic radiation.

Written: 13 May 2019 12:52
Last Edited: 24 May 2019 07:25 by Ayers
Last Commented: 23 May 2019 08:46 by ManyCookies
Tags: appliance auditory electrical end-of-death ethics-committee foundation-made hallucination scp telepathic thaumiel transmission visual

Project Debriefings:

Author Commentary

Some thoughts on the articles I've written. Spoilers galore.

SCP-4339

My first scip, and an introduction for me into how much effort goes into a good mainlist article. I don't remember exactly how I got the idea, but it probably came out of this recent philosophy of the power semantics and (non-anomalous) memetics has over the world.

As mentioned in the forums, I was inspired by the blog post "What colour are your bits?" and Why humans run the world | Yuval Noah Harari, both about how humans have created a powerful world of the symbolic and nonphysical. I wanted to really show how much we rely on these invisible structures of power and organization, and explore

It has really improved since its first draft, but there are still some elements I dislike. The "found by a mentally ill man" was about the only reasonable origin story I could come up with, since they had to figure out the object had interesting properties, but also not have the originator use it to take over the world. However the overall effect feels a bit like a cop out.

Likewise the two incidents of researchers attempting to change things against policy are reflective of an earlier idea I had focusing more on the fact that power corrupts. The original ending was going to be a short addendum saying that the object had no compulsive or addictive effect. I've been tempted to remove the amendment incident, but I think it's necessary as a dramatic moment, both to show how damn powerful 4339 is, but also to set the scene for Archibald's "cleanup".

SCP-3597

My second article and first contest entry! (Cliché-Con 2019) I wrote the bulk of the initial draft on my flight for winter break. The idea came when I was looking through the list of clichés and saw "Mobile Task Force gets steamrolled", and tried to think a good in-universe justification for the Foundation's best agents to get completely wiped. The answer seemed simple: the anomaly itself made it so. I decided on making the recovery the emphasis of the story. D = Disposable-class was sort of a natural add-on, after all, if we're going to kill some MTFs, why not them too?

The [DATA EXPUNGED] description was, admittedly, a bit of a gimmick, and I know it turned off at least some readers. However I was struggling to think of a good way of describing the effect without totally spoiling it and rendering the recovery logs as useless fluff. Ultimately I decided no description was better than a crappy one.

Other files:

• In-progress reports
• Ancillary documents

Appendix:

▸ Show contingency procedures

• Should aismallard be inactive for longer than six months, any inquiries regarding licensing, deletion, and other necessary issues should be directed to Rounderhouse.
• Should aismallard die, be permanently incapacitated, or be inactive for greater than two full years, ownership and management of articles and other SCP Wiki material will transfer to Rounderhouse, except in the case of collaborations, where ownership goes to respective co-authors.

Footnotes

1. Involuntary Personnel Loyalty Score, from A (most loyal) to F (least loyal).