"Useless informations?!"

Summary:

An scp that generates information from macro to micro scale

"Useless informations?!"

(account deleted) 10 Jul 2019 06:28

This SCP is a standard digital printer that generates all unknown and known information, scaling from macro to micro ones. Inserting this printer to a modern computer will generate two options of a "fill in information".

The first one is a search bar that requires you to input any information wanted, but cannot fill out an individual name(for this next reason i will give later), you can search up endless wanted questions or information and hundreds and billions will be prompt at right on your screen, unknown or known information will be given out.

The second option is a "fill in wanted bio information" option, which means you can fill out your name or someone's name and will print hundreds of macro and micro information, this micro information is quintessentially are Hand movements, eye movements, brain thoughts each hour, keys typed, how many times each limb was used, emotion each hour, face expression each hour, breathe per minute, blink rate, body temperature each hour, heart beats per second, etc…you can kinda see the point of the micro. Now macro in the other hand is usually big information such as birth certificate, credit card information, incomes, debts, genetic description, tall, age, name, height, etc…just general information

This SCP possesses no memetic hazard or big threats. What the big threat is are the low-level personnels finding out unknown information,they will be given amnestics afterwards tho, this SCP can only be accessed by the O5 since it is self-explanatory.

The origins of it were speculated to be recovered by MTF "██████" in another multiverse after the War of Information had broken out on May, 25. 30██ all around global scales. It was deemed too powerful that they escorted the SCP to another universe which is ours, nobody knows why the WoI had broken out or why the SCP was sent to our universe instead of it getting destroyed. Either way, the O5 council will permanently keep this SCP to prevent a similar war breaking out.

Object class is Safe

What do you guys think?

NOTICE:Update

A certain limit for this SCP would now be a "One time" access since it is too OP, which means you can only use the SCP once. Another update would be that, only personnels with level 4 or higher can have access to this SCP.

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[Hoes mad]24x

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Re: "Useless informations?!"

PrLosash 10 Jul 2019 09:11

First things first - I am not an 'official' reviewer and I can't give greenlight.

Feedback?!

1. I don't quite enjoy your idea yet. It is a somewhat powerful artefact, that still needs some story to go with it. You can go in-depth into what happened to the other universe, for example. Or, Information war should not destroy even a single planet, so if they could send a printer to our universe - what could we send to theirs?
2. Bio info looks either too superfluous - how need breathes, blinks and heart rate? - or too overpowered - "Okay, alien google-printer, tell me about Anderson from &erson Robotics (or Dark from Marshall, Carter and Dark, or The Administrator, you get the idea). Oh, he is in this place? Good. MTF-XXX, get him!".
3. The same goes for general info - find all the anomalous - easy. Learn all about the anomalous - easy. Of course, there is a catch - the machine will surely not filter out cognitohazards and memetic hazards. At the same time - if it doesn't filter such hazards that affect machines - now you have an infected and useless (if not dangerous) alien google-printer.
4. To summarize points 2 and 3 - the printer is either too OP and solves many of the Foundation problems, or it is for some reason completely useless. One way or the other - it is not a very compelling narrative, in my opinion. I would make the printer less powerful. Perhaps, it really just gives you a bunch of spam, like, you ask about SCP-076 and it recites the Bible in full. In Hebrew.
5. Also, a nitpick - the printer is powerful, but there is no reason in having only 13 people have access to it - they would not have enough time to make use out pf the printer. Perhaps, a team of high-level loyal researchers can be assigned to it. (there is also story potential in researchers going rogue, but that might be a tad too predictable).
6. And BTW, how would low-level researchers access the printer? During initial testing? Maybe there is your story - how initial testing revealed that the printer is too OP, or that it can display/catch memetic/cognito- hazards.

Overall, I feel like you need to nerf your alien google-printer. Or maybe you can tell a story with an overpowered SCP, but (I think) you would have to develop the gist of this story to get greenlights.

EDIT: yes, I went from 'somewhat powerful' to 'OP' in a couple of paragraphs, I have no shame.

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Re: "Useless informations?!"

(account deleted) 10 Jul 2019 16:09

Hello PrLosash, thanks for the feedback. This feedback is very critique so i'll try to give each points a feedback and later edit my thread.

Feedback

1. I will try to write a narrative about the shenanigans about the other universe into their own perspective, but right now this idea is impromptu so my thought process may not really go well.

2. That's the idea of the SCP, being too over-sufficient of information. But i gotta agree there needs to be a nerf limit. Maybe a one time access only? or maybe if it reaches a certain limit of information printed, the information printed would be deleted.

3. This one actually quite boogles my head, i gotta be honest, i have no solution to this

4. Yes, the printer can probably save most of the foundation problems, it can probably save humanity too. Who wouldn't want that?

5. I'm actually invested in this storyline you mentioned, going a little bit cliche, perhaps a class d could use it(maybe not since he/she can't escape amnestics) or the Chaos Insurgency/other GoI could use it.

6. Of course, discovered in initial testing because that's where most exposure would be known in the SCP universe.

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Re: "Useless informations?!"

Jeepy09 10 Jul 2019 16:32

I love the idea of the printing being like some omniscient being from a different universe. Its terrifying how it knows everything about you, but its kinda cool at the same time. I am not an official reviewer and cannot greenlight you. But overall, I rate this article 7/10.