SCP-1116 / Discussion

This is the discussion related to the wiki page SCP-1116.

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VAElynx 02 Mar 2012 21:46

And I upvoted.

Doktori 02 Mar 2012 23:09

Nice. Spies that can't be pumped for info if captured.

DiskElemental 02 Mar 2012 23:36

Nice job, delta_vee, very nice.

+1

Delta V 02 Mar 2012 23:45

Thanks.

I should mention that credit for the idea belongs to Reject & Sorts.

EDIT: And The Raven, as this began as a rewrite of his version of 086. See below.

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Sorts 05 Mar 2012 17:50

I was all off for a weekend and didn't get to vote until now, it's good to see that folks liked the idea as much as I did.

No credit my way, this works specifically because you did a good job of writing it up.

Rejekyll 05 Mar 2012 17:53

Seconded. Great job, delta.

Delta V 05 Mar 2012 18:31

Appreciated, guys.

RJB_R 03 Mar 2012 21:38

Wow this is really really good. upvoted.

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(account deleted) 03 Mar 2012 23:48

The CT scan description is what got me interested— the idea that their state was created for unknown use by unknown thing is unsettling. Leaning toward an upvote, but several bits like:

"it has been determined that the cranial antenna of an SCP-1116 specimen can function as a phased array transmitter with beam-forming capabilities. SCP-1116-7 used points of constructive interference while transmitting in the 60 GHz band to produce localized pockets of heated air"

— while certainly clinical in tone, are pretty laborious to read. It's almost too much detail, or too specifically worded, and kills the eerie feeling.

Delta V 03 Mar 2012 23:55

Trimmed that a bit. Better?

Delta V 04 Mar 2012 06:37

I should also cop to falling for Shown Their Work Syndrome.

(account deleted) 04 Mar 2012 07:29

Heh, I'm the same way.

And much better, actually. I'd like to see this in a story, or something more atmospheric.

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Rhoark 05 Mar 2012 13:59

It might be creepier if there were hints that there's still some subjective awareness or vestigial personality in these things, such as pain response or tuneful humming. Maybe if you give one a pencil, the hand draws something while the rest of the body lies stock-still on a table.

Delta V 05 Mar 2012 15:00

I didn't want to imply they necessarily had any personality to begin with.

Sorts 05 Mar 2012 18:10

I almost want to spoil it by mentioning what the actual idea was, but then again the fact that the Foundation hasn't figured it out was kind of the point. :3

Delta V 05 Mar 2012 18:34

Also why I didn't put in any recovery notes. ;)

Tollymain 26 Nov 2014 15:31

been trying to figure this out for a while and unless it's simply the obvious (vat-grown cyborg clone rc spies) i am stumped

Bland 26 Nov 2014 15:42

I'm betting it's the other half of "brain in a jar" and it's communicating by a sort of modem sing-song.

MyFatedMethod 06 Mar 2012 03:53

I'm sorry, I don't like to be mean, but I thought this was boring and I'm not sure how it could be less boring. Downvote

edit: I hate to leave it like that… but there just isn't enough here to interest me. There needs to be something deeper for me to get into it. I'm not creeped out, I'm not intrigued, I'm not amused. Those are my three big criteria. One of them has to exist for an upvote for me, but those don't exist here. I need a little more

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Delta V 06 Mar 2012 04:04

Eh, your taste is your taste. One person's existential horror is another's throwaway line. Not offended.

The Raven 06 Mar 2012 20:47

Uh…I don't mean to sound like a dick…but wasn't this the in-progress rewrite for 086 that you asked permission for? I don't care that you posted it as a new SCP, but you could at least mention that.

Delta V 06 Mar 2012 21:41

Reject and I are still working on that rewrite. This one started off as one, but veered off, and Sorts told me I should put it up on its own.

Sorry, didn't mean to step on toes.

Rejekyll 07 Mar 2012 01:15

We're still working on an actual rewrite. Sorry bout that.

DrGuin 08 Mar 2012 16:53

I don't like how it [DATA EXPUNGED] to kill people (this is seriously overused), but the rest is great.

Delta V 08 Mar 2012 17:10

The expunged bit is actually less weird than one might expect, but would sound horribly OTT if I actually described it.

Delta V 09 Mar 2012 19:42

After thinking on this and reading Eskobar's excellent Zen And The Art Of DATA REDACTED, I've edited the expungements out the incident report. Lemme know if that works better.

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