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Am I missing something or is it never actually explained what "Akiva Radiation" is? I googled it and found nothing.
Last I checked, it doesn't show up in the current iteration of the article, so as is, it really isn't explained.
Each Omega-144 member professes an Abrahamic faith, has qualified by means of apostolic succession or equivalent extra-Foundation protocol, and has been screened by the Foundation's Special Duty Office as consistently rating at least 135 centiakiva in piety.
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While the image of the Foundation making a contract with God is rather amusing, I can't say I enjoyed this very much overall. The previous post had some interesting implications but a dearth of content. This version adds plenty of content but removes the subtlety and chooses (in my opinion) the least interesting interpretation of the original's ending. The alternate reading that the current O5's were the inhuman result was much more interesting to me.
Aside from that, it felt a bit disjointed. A lot of small parts that don't seem to fit together organically. The part about deaths for example could be removed entirely and it wouldn't affect the rest of the article at all.
I really enjoyed this. Just the thought of the Foundation conversing with God and making a deal with him is awesome. +1'd.
I thought this was brilliantly written, I like the effect, I like it as a 001, I even liked the letter at the end. But then, after it sank in, I changed my vote to neutral. I can't downvote something this awesome, but I can't upvote something that straight up makes the Judeo-Christian god a central character of the SPC universe.
If that letter were replaced with something more ambiguous, I'd have liked it better, but it feels like that isn't what you were going for. Overall though this is great writing and I'm sure it's going to survive, it's just not going to work for everyone.
Edit - I changed my mind again, this deserves a +1 regardless of my apparent religious prejudice.
I really want to be in that universe. Can that be my universe?
Congrats, looks like we have enough entries for it to count. SPC-verse is a thing now.
Honestly I feel that the 001 convergance idea we had discussed would have been a stronger conclusion but I really enjoyed Sheldon Katz, prophet of the One True God, and I feel it tied in very well with the historical elements we saw previously and the dry legalese mixed with biblical text brought a smile to my face. Enjoyed myself the entire time I was reading this, +1.
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!
I thought Akivas were a measurement of religious fervor, not background radiation off of God's omnipresence. Also how'd this even happen, since God is, by definition, omnipresence, and you can't really "make a hole" in God's sight, otherwise he wouldn't be omniscient, omnipotent, or omnipresence.
Also how'd this even happen, since God is, by definition, omnipresence, and you can't really "make a hole" in God's sight, otherwise he wouldn't be omniscient, omnipotent, or omnipresence.
There you go, you're getting real close to the point of this article.
I absolutely love the "counterparty's" assistance that the Foundation worship no other gods. I love the all-powerful pettiness that manages to feel very in-character. For, uh, God. This, to me, is just a fun read. I've always loved the akiva, and this is a cool 001 that really drives that aesthetic home. +1
Mmm. Not my favourite 001, but I do really like this. Top five, absolutely.
I don't mind religious SCPs. Some people dislike them, but I don't mind them when they're done well. And holy shit this one is done well.
It's convoluted in the entertaining modern article style of way, and the legalese is appealing because it makes sense that it's added to the cliffsnotes of an SCP report and would be necessary for someone reading it to know. That in itself is a fantastic structural aspect that is sorely missed by many articles today, and would alone drive for an upvote, if not for being just a great, great religious article on its own. But then the crosslinks work so goddamn well too.
Fabulous work as usual, Spike.
that the blindspot is where Zapporah dropped the skin and saved Moses from wrath, which also turned out to be the spot that Jesus Christ was eventually born. In the Foundation's attempt to recreate the spot ended up bringing a/the Devil into the waking world, which led to the creation of the pit in 1844. Then in-universe God comes in and is pissed that the Foundation is doing all this where he can't see, so they make an agreement.
And the name. Imminently intriguing, and makes sense as soon as you read it - but not until. Fantastic.
I really want to like this, but as is, I can't.
When it mentions they think that something came in when they lowered the Akiva radiation (No other mention on what that is, by the way), the article goes nowhere with it. I understand the implication that it might be responsible for more anomalies, but it just didn't get enough attention. Also, unless I'm missing something, when it mentions the Angra Mainyu, it doesn't talk at all about the entities.
So it's got some really interesting framework, but there just isn't enough here for me to upvote.
Well, akivas are mentioned in a part of SCP-1844 that's covered by a collapsible so perhaps you missed it.
Anyway, once more with feeling. The akiva is the SI derived unit of divine grace, comparable to the lumen being the SI derived unit for measuring the total quantity of visible light emitted by a source. It's not explicitly explained in the article for the same reason that an article about a sound-based SCP subject would not, for example, explain what is meant by "decibel."
Generally speaking there's a background level of akivas everywhere in the universe (except, as it turns out, within the Inn), sort of the same way we have the cosmic microwave background (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_microwave_background). There are also specific things that are akiva sources, such as certain relics, holy places and people.
The thaumometer is an instrument that measures akivas.
Unless there is a 3rd collapsible I'm missing, im not seeing it anywhere. I appreciate the explanation though. It does help the article make a bit more sense.
Edit : Found it. I glossed over it when reading the personnel list.
I actually added a brief explanation of akivas into the article itself since upon further reflection, your concern is a fair point.
