SCP-1178 / Discussion

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To clarify...

Wolfrover 16 Aug 2012 07:36

Are you sure you wanted the sub-launched Булава (RSM-56 Bulava) instead of the land-launched РТ-2УТТХ Тополь-М (RT-2UTTKh Topol-M)? I only ask because the Булава was developed for the Борей-class nuclear submarine, and those aren't deployed yet. (They're thinking of switching them over to the Синева until the Лайнер is ready, due to issues with the Булава.) Plus, the РТ-2УТТХ Тополь-М is HUGE!

Re: To clarify...

RJB_R 16 Aug 2012 07:38

The picture is of a bulava, and it was the best picture I had. I don't speak russian, so forgive me if I miss the point of your post.

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Re: To clarify...

ShockwaveLover 16 Aug 2012 08:14

No-one looking at that picture (not even a military expert) would be able to tell what sort of missile it is. It's too small and low quality for that. However, they'll probably note (like WR and I did) that the missile identified on the page is an SLBM, and one that wasn't even around in 1967.

Therefore, I'd advise changing it to something period- and role-appropriate; for example, the SS-13 Savage (RT-2) or SS-7 Saddler (R-16).

Re: To clarify...

RJB_R 16 Aug 2012 08:18

Sounds like a plan.

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Communism will win 16 Aug 2012 08:27

Meh. I'm not normally the kind of person to just say "meh", but I really don't have much else to say here.

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Voct 16 Aug 2012 11:08

It's not bad, but we already have SCP-1984.

Drewbear 16 Aug 2012 12:42

Well, crap. I knew this reminded me of something, but I thought it was a SCP that got deleted.

Hmm. Removing my upvote for now, but not downvoting. It's well done, but really too close to 1984.

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EFS19 - MC_Kejml 16 Aug 2012 12:30

It, too, reminded me of http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1984. No vote.

Goodwill 16 Aug 2012 12:56

I think it's just different enough from SCP-1984 to work.

VAElynx 16 Aug 2012 15:47

I like this.

jyuviolegrace 16 Aug 2012 16:03

Agreed. This one's interesting…

SnugglyChaos 16 Aug 2012 19:17

This was well done, but i agree that it is rather close to 1984, and i enjoyed 1984 more due to it's secondary 1984-1 manifestation, so i have no reason to downvote your scp, but i also can't upvote it in good conscience when i prefer a very similar scp.

Well done, and if you can find a way to differentiate it further from 1984, you'll have my upvote!

TL333s 16 Aug 2012 23:20

I like the implications behind this, especially in regards to the containment procedures.

I think the article could use some tonal cleanup, and the part explaining the Pretia Protocol should maybe probably be up in the containment. Other than that, I liked it.

Anaxagoras 17 Aug 2012 04:18

A 200 square kilometer area of exclusion has been created around SCP-1178.

Aircraft patrolling the area must never move closer than 200 kilometers to SCP-1178.

These are very different. One of these is a large but reasonable exclusion zone. The other is the size of Saudi Arabia.

For the article itself, I find it pretty generic. Sabotaging the entire former Soviet Union's missile defense system seems iffy, and I'm still unclear on the motivation for making this thing. Screwing up your own side's systems seems sort of counterproductive.

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Alten 22 Aug 2012 08:12

This problem really bothers me, and that plus the similarity to 1984 earns the downvote.

I'm not sure how you could make this more distinct, but it's not "its own article" enough, if that makes sense.

Mahan 30 Aug 2012 01:46

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

This all seems like a huge amount of effort to contain something that doesn't even have a direct effect. It's just floating there. Shoot it down already. Sorry, I just don't buy the threat of this one.

RJB_R 30 Aug 2012 11:21

Shoot it down already

Secure contain protect, not destroy destroy destroy.

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Azathotep 20 Aug 2012 02:15

I think it would better, in my opinion, if the rocket was flying in circles, never running out of fuel.

Also instead of the Pretia Protocol sabotaging early warning systems (surely an early warning in itself!) perhaps just have SCP Foundation controlling the early warning systems (either directly or indirectly). After-all they already control a former soviet missile base.

The SCP's primary effect also seems redundant. At no point does the rocket's movement have any consequence other than triggering the secondary effect.

The use of the word acceleration threw me a lot. If an object stops accelerating it doesn't mean it stops moving.

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