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Thanks. It's probably let down a bit by the intro, I wrote the conversation first, then just kinda tacked the scp procedures on at the end. I'll rewrite it to be more clinical.
To be frank, I don't like it. Sorry.
It looks like an average science fiction story, artificially turned into an SCP item.
To be perfectly honest, that's basically what it is. It's an idea I'd had for a short story, and I just rewrote it to fit the format of the SCP.
Then maybe it should just be (partially) moved to the Library?
I agree. It's a good story, but not a good SCP, in my opinion. I do NOT mean that as an insult, just an opinion. The tone fits better as a story.
Concurred. It'll be a fine addition to the library.
Move to library! it fits there, and it'll work awesomely there
I have a question or two…
Is the whole drive *full*? 'cause if so, 200 terabytes, even for 18 layers of video…that's probably way too much…there must be something else on there, if that one file takes up the whole thing.
It'd be interesting to see what happened after the cut, too…maybe the SCP comes in, takes custody of the Doctor, gives him a job. :)
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Someone do something with this.
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you know, i cant really see any reason for this to remain classified as an SCP once it was decoded. up until then perhaps, but now that it has been it's merely a data document from the future with no significant implications outside of studying it for technological advancement purposes perhaps. it doesnt need any kind of special containment procedures and could be stored in any data warehouse the Foundation maintained, screw giving it its own locker.
as the "containment procedures" state: "requires no special handling or storage" and "is not believed to pose any risk to anyone". add in "does not contain information of a sensitive nature" and bam, every qualification for it to be a SCP is gone.
you could give this tape to the general public and probably nobody would find a way for it to be read, even if the Foundation told them up front what it was and challenged them to do so. unless something with more ominous or advantageous implications can be added to this then it's definitely library material.
I hope you don't mind if I address some of your concerns here:
"SCP-235 requires no special handling or storage [beyond that of typical electronic devices]"
"[It] is not believed to to pose any risk to anyone"
I'm thinking that the author was trying to get across that, other than being futuristic, it's still just a memory card and has no outwardly anomalous or dangerous features, which is why it's classified as Safe. As for keeping it in its own locker instead of on an entirely digital setting, only one of the entire eighteen "layers" of the data are still runked, and getting the rest of it sorted out (also finding a way to get it out of the item) would probably be a priority.
The content of the item, being the main point of the article, is I suppose harder to deal with. I'm not seeing and references in there to the material not being sensitive, but to me it looks like the scenario is describing a possible [letter]K bad-juju-is-happening scenario, and that seems like something to keep a close eye on. Of course, I will acknowledge that this makes it important mostly in that silly time travelling way, but this is also one of the first articles to deal with time travel.
Also, it's contained by the Foundation because it both contains and references technologies significantly more advanced than those currently in use. Some SCPs are contained not because they're dangerous per se, but because they're anomalous and/or potentially disruptive.
"Our engineers"? "We believe"? You never use the first person in a technical report. May I edit that out?
Or may I move it to the Library, as has been suggested?
I support this course of action, and will update far2's page if this is moved.
I don't like it. It's narmy.
My opinion aside, I'm in agreement with the suggestion that this would make a better library piece than SCP.
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