I'd rephrase the first few sentences of the description significantly. Describe it as a cube, whose faces are each divided into nine squares of equal size, and sections of which can be rotated in a fashion similar to a common puzzle toy. "Rubik's Cube" is, IIRC, a trademarked brand, which would not be mentioned by name in a report of this type unless said branding was actually on the object (so a can of cola is described as a can of cola unless it's got a brand label, and even then the brand name itself is generally blacked out, even if it's obvious to the reader).
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Hey, check it out. I think I found a good picture for this SCP.
http://www.gearfuse.com/rubiks-cube-made-of-stone/
Noting that this site sources the image back to a broken link. As the licensing of the source website cannot be determined, it is assumed to be non-compliant. As such, it has been removed.
Intriquing. As long as the planet it makes isn't Earth, I upvote.
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I might be misinterpreting this phrase, so smack me down if I am wrong.
"Strong gravitational forces were detected coming from the sphere, enough to pull light objects in its direction." As phrased, this isn't the way gravity works. If the thing is exerting a gravitational field sufficient to cancel earth's gravitational pull on, say, a feather 1m away, then it would also counteract earth's gravitational pull on a bowling ball at that distance. Or a semi-truck. In other words a heavier object wouldn't "resist" the effects of gravity any more effectively than a light one, as all objects would experience the same acceleration regardless of their mass (assuming they are equidistant from the planet thing).
The description would make sense if you assume that the objects are being pulled laterally toward the planetoid across the surface of the earth, in which case you might attract something like a feather, which has a very low frictional contact with the ground, while leaving something that is very heavy and has a high frictional coefficient where it is. I was pretty sure that wasn't the author's intention, however.
Sorry for being such a nitpicky science bastard. The article is great and this is such a tiny issue that it didn't affect my enjoyment of it at all. I guess habits of an old science tutor die hard :P.
No worries! I really appreciate any help I can get to improve my articles^^
If I change that phrase to "Strong gravitational forces were detected coming from the sphere, enough to pull all objects within a ██ meters radius area towards it.", would it be better?
Thanks again for your help!
Actually I think it might be easiest to say something along the lines of "Strong gravitational forces were detected in the vicinity of the sphere, visibly affecting objects up to ██ meters away." That way you leave it vague as to exactly how strong those forces are, and implicitly acknowledge that these forces aren't gravitation as we typically experience it. Or something.
Just my 2 cents of course, I think for most readers it won't make much of a difference if you use either of these possibilities, write something else, or leave it the way it is!
No problem, of course. That's what we're all here for.
A tiny planetoid only 2.3m in diameter, yet it has a very noticeable gravitational pull… Anyone else getting a "Super Mario Galaxy" vibe from that? Either way, it's way better than my originally suggested all-six-faces idea of a rock composite. Overall a good SCP, and I'm surprised it's only at +2 so far.
There's more than just Keter Duty available to discipline wayward researchers. Why's it always have to default directly to Keter Duty? [/rant] [/tangent]
Otherwise, it doesn't really appeal to me. Some wording has something to do with it (such as not mentioning Rubik's Cube, and using magmatic instead of igneous— both of which are correct), and maybe because it's a cube that creates spheres (or spheroids, anyway)….
1) Hum, I tought it was tradition to send unruly personnel to Keter duty? I don't mind changing it if a better idea comes by, but I'm terribly uncreative regarding punishments.
2) It originally was called a Stone Rubik Cube, but as Leicontis mentioned, "'Rubik's Cube' is, IIRC, a trademarked brand, which would not be mentioned by name in a report of this type unless said branding was actually on the object ", and using magmatic, at least in portuguese, is considered to be more correct (at least to my Igneous Petrology teacher; it might just be his bias, though). As for it being a cube that creates spheres, well, I can't really deny that, hehe^^
Thanks for your opinion, anyway^^
1) Why not assign said researcher to work with one of the MTFs instead? There are a number of them whose current assignments are disgusting or tedious but not deadly. MTF Epsilon-8 ("The Midwives"), for example, is presently working with SCP-767 — no way that's pleasant.
Be my guest! I've been looking for a chance to use that. :)
Meh. I'm not feeling this one. Too many unnecessary expungements; the temperatures, for example. It's not like knowing the amount of joules that come in contact with your skin would make it any less painful when you die.
Yeah, downvoted here exactly because of that. There's no reason for any of these expungements and all they do is annoy the reader. There's nothing mysterious, compromising, or remotely secret about the temperatures, so why in the world would you do that?
Seeing as the above-mentioned expungements have been rectified, I really like this one.
Building a planet with a Rubik's Cube… That's cool. Dunno why exactly, but it's cool.
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