SCP-5859 / Discussion

This is the discussion related to the wiki page SCP-5859.

Anorrack 06 Oct 2020 14:05

So this idea has been a long time in the making, first starting when me and A Random Day started talking about why America does some random stuff sometimes, like changing the federal motto.

Big thanks to HarryBlank and Grigori Karpin for grinning and bearing through countless drafts of my article.

Also thanks to Lt Flops, Oboebandgeek99, Hexick, and chiifu for helping with the finishing touches.

Also I would like to give lots of love to the -RU branch, for creating the Progress Research Institute.

Last edited on 10 Oct 2020 17:28 by Anorrack Show more

RockTeethMothEyes 07 Oct 2020 09:42

What a read. I think this does mystery very well in it's delivery. It's very subtle in places that eventually circle back to the updated file, like discovering small pieces to a jigsaw puzzle underneath the box. A very good and thoroughly entertaining article of intrigue.

DrGemini 10 Oct 2020 14:17

A very good read, an excellent aesthetic and a pleasure to find here the Progress Institute !

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Vivarium 20 Apr 2021 15:08

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You should've seen the tech. Covered in Russian, even had a hammer and sickle bumper sticker on its side.

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> You should've seen the tech. Covered in Russian, even had a hammer and sickle bumper sticker on its side.

A link that will take the reader to a weapon constructed by the GRU.

SHERMAN: You saw what the Russians are doing, fiddling around with things they don't understand in that barren wasteland they call a country. We are just doing this to protect-

To

SHERMAN: You saw what the Russians are doing, fiddling around with things they don't understand in that barren wasteland they call a country. We are just doing this to protect-

This link will take the reader directly to the GRU hub. I know the article never directly states the GRU is behind this, but the dates line up and I think it works.

If anyone has any other ideas, feel free to suggest them below.

Wikiwalk Crosslink Added. See discussion for details. Author may revert at any time.

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Re: Wikiwalk

Anorrack 20 Apr 2021 18:30

For the first edit, I think it would be better to go in the third tab:

[…] suggestion to utilize and integrate newly declassified advancements in the «Psychotronics» Division into the «Domovoi» Project

to

[…] suggestion to utilize and integrate newly declassified advancements in the «Psychotronics» Division into the «Domovoi» Project

As for the second, while I mentioned the GRU-P, the main focus of the article is about the Progress Research Institute, which is a SCP-RU GOI. So instead of just the link to the GRU-P hub, it links to both the GRU-P and the PRI hubs, like:

SHERMAN: You saw what the Russians are doing, fiddling around with things they don't understand in that barren wasteland they call a country. We are just doing this to protect-

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Re: Wikiwalk

Vivarium 20 Apr 2021 19:15

Understood, these edits have been noted and I will be making these changes as soon as the timer expires. Thank you for the speedy response!

TL333s 04 Aug 2021 20:42

I have to say, very good dialogue in this, especially in that first conversation. Punchline was kind of unexpected, but all right.

I don't know how much fine control you have over the CSS here, but I do wish it was easier to tell which folder tab was currently active. +1

GreenRaven 08 Aug 2021 09:48

Apparently Sherman forgot one thing:

No smart organization puts all its alliances in one basket. Sherman was one egg in one of many, many baskets. And no way O5-4 went into that meeting unprepared, without lots of political backup.

Don't get me started on the "American Way of Life" in the '50s… the culture that pulled women and minorities from the factories and shoved them back in the kitchen and menial jobs. Whatever the O5s' personal and professional motivations, not supporting that was a good thing.

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Jack Newhouse 05 Sep 2022 10:38

A few times you mention MREs, a technology still a couple of decades away. Right up until the Vietnam War, the terminology was C-rations. Lots of cans and wax paper.

Anorrack 06 Sep 2022 21:02

fixed, thanks.