Right Angles
Life in Mobile Task Force Theta-90
Introducing MTF Theta-90
So, what Theta-90 does is less important than who they are. But with that said, MTF Theta-90 ("Angle Grinders") is a Foundation Mobile Task Force trained to operate in areas that have anomalous geometry. When the angles are all wrong, when the space is non-Euclidean, or when the topology isn't what it should be, Theta-90 are the ones you call.
MTF Theta-90 was originally a one-off for SCP-1707. They've come quite a long way since then.
Character Roster (with portraits!) now up - click here!
Tales
None of the Theta-90 tales are very long. Think of them as a series of vignettes that can be read together or independently. There is an overarching narrative, but that's not required to enjoy any individual tale.
Chapter One: Indoctrination
0. Mobile Task Force Basic School: Induction Remarks
A transcript of a short talk given by Dimaccio to brand-new MTF operatives. Jane Weiss' first appearance in-universe.
1. Wednesday, 3pm, The Office of Paul Dimaccio
Dimaccio and Weiss have their first one-on-one… with an unexpected guest.
2. Monday, 6am, Escherville Facility Two
Weiss goes on one of her first training exercises, and learns the difference between anti-memetics and anti-emetics. The hard way.
3. Friday, 2200, Paul Dimaccio's Personal Quarters
Sometimes, it's lonely at the top.
4. Running Out
A set of connected mini-vignettes on the theme of running, closing out Volume One.
Chapter Two: You Can't Go Home Again
5. Four Years Later
Two years after Jane Weiss joined MTF Theta-90, a basic area extraction went wrong. And two years after that, we rejoin our crew to see how they're doing.
6. Turning Points
Picking up immediately after the last tale, we see three different examples of Theta-90 members new and old facing their own very particular points of inflection.
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SCPs that Employ or Mention MTF Theta-90
SCP-9141
SCP-1707
SCP-2601
SCP-3307
SCP-4037
SCP-4096
SCP-4104
Cameos, jokes and other stuff
MTF Theta-90 Tac Team 10 Roster - presented as a fictional email, this fills the reader in on all the major named characters encountered as of late 2022. Portraits courtesy of the excellent nihonio.
Tuesday, 11am, Conference Room Three - this one isn't quite Fully In Canon, but it's fun, so I left it. Thanks to all the SCP Wiki authors who let me use their avatars.
Navarro Saves Christmas, by TwistedGears (Jane Weiss cameo)
SCP-7090 features Aluko and Zheng, but isn't strictly speaking a Theta-90 thing.
The Character Assassination Of Site-666 By The Cowards MTF Theta-90 - a very absurd (and noncanonical!) poem that was my Halloweencon 2022 entry.
Guide Hub - if you were on 19cord Reading Club one winter's evening, well… you know why this is here. If you weren't? It's a damn good refresher about how to write for the Wiki.