I like it. Borderline realistic and scary in its implications.
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1. I'd switch "mediums" for "media".
2. You've set the minimum range on this thing as 5 miles - so every time it's been tested it's destroyed everything of the chosen material(s) in at least a five-mile radius? Might want to tweak that…
3. Composition is not the only factor influencing resonant frequency. An object's size and shape also play key roles.
4. This doesn't seem suited to the Factory. Their stuff is generally more numerous, more innocuous-looking, and less physically plausible. This device feels more one-of-a-kind, the sort of thing you'd get from a mad scientist type. I defer, of course, to the judgment of those more senior than myself in such matters - this is just my take.
Re: 1 - Oh, is "media" the correct plural? I'll fix that up.
Re: 2 - Why is the minimum range of five miles a problem?
Re: 3 - I forgot about that. Editing article…
Re: 4 - I'm not sure, really. Looking over the other five Factory items in the SCP series, I don't see a definite pattern emerging among them. Yes, they're all small objects with bizarre functions, but besides that there's no real rhyme or reason as to whether they're benign or dangerous (or both). The only other thing they have in common is that they are all (apparently) man-made, and are exceptionally effective at their intended use. When I think of weird man-made objects that are more effective than they reasonably should be, mad scientist-types are what I think of first. Then again, this is a different kind of over-the-top item than the 110% stickers…
@Chubert: You're probably right. Removing bolded "History" text…
If this thing destroys every object of a given composition within a radius of at least 5 miles every time it's used, it's very implausible that people wouldn't have noticed. It'd be like having an SCP that exploded like a fusion bomb every time you used it - how does something like that go unnoticed before containment? Heck, it'd require a lot of effort to hide even the most subtle of tests (unless you set it for some esoteric custom-made material used solely for testing). This wide area of effect also makes the addendum about demolition use particularly absurd (I want to demolish this steel-framed building, so I'll use the machine that destroys all structural steel within at least five miles!).
You raise a good point. Maybe some amount of square footage would be more appropriate… 50 ft2? 100 ft2? 250 ft2?
One thing- I would delete the bolded "history" section, because it doesn't fit standard format. The article wouldn't lose any flow if you just removed it.
Furthermore, I like it. Like Sorts said, it's useful, but in a generally discomforting way.
This is in no way shape of form a Factory item.
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Noted. All references to The Factory have been removed. For future reference, what defines a Factory item?
Little, yellow, different.
The main characteristic is portable and mass produced. Factory items are the SCP equivalent of those little plastic toys you get for a quarter.
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I like it, even though it's fairly useful.
One nitpicking question, though: what if I set it to resonate thorium…?
Problem: "Pure thorium is soft, very ductile…" and thus not suitable to be a solid frame for anything, let alone moving parts. Making it some type of thorium alloy would probably work.
@thunderbird89: Well, it'd shake itself to bits, most likely. I'll edit the article.
@Quikngruvn: A thorium alloy it shall be. The idea behind the thorium initially was that it would not be brittle, like many harder metals, and break as a consequence of shaking a lot. That said, if it actually warps or bends while being used, that's no better.
reminds me of a thing i saw on the Action Man cartoon. god damn that show sucked hard. also, very eh for me.
Every time I read this one, I keep seeing someone setting it to 'bone,' range in the miles category, a short delay time and a long run time, all because they misread the manual. And they were monkeying with late on New Years Eve, in an office just off times square…
Forever remembered as "Night of the Exploding Craniums?"
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