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SCP-5003: Powerless
No one wants to die in the dark.
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Captain Kirby
SCPs
SCP Number Rating SCP-3393 1342 Captain Kirby's Proposal 830 SCP-4514 692 SCP-3448 632 SCP-5552 605 SCP-3844 546 SCP-3388 501 SCP-3866 455 SCP-5003 443 SCP-3305 414 SCP-3449 396 SCP-4877 392 SCP-4321 356 SCP-7100 287 SCP-016-J 287 SCP-3123 242 SCP-3393-EX 230 SPC-1057 225 SCP-3511 214 SCP-6007 201 SCP-3633 194 SCP-4925 192 SCP-4479 190 SCP-3767 176 SCP-4316 166 SCP-4775 144 SCP-4034 141 SCP-5877 120 SCP-5448 115 SCP-3650 103 SCP-3203 71 SCP-5779 64 SCP-3405 56 SCP-3481 53 Tales
GOI Formats
Title Rating Captain Kirby's Proposal, Or Something 193 My Head Is On Fire And I'm (Not) Ok 102 Project Proposals 2004-013/2014-114/2024-072: "Losing Your Cool" 71
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SCP-5003 Entry Tunnel
Item #: SCP-5003
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-5003 has been sealed.
Description: SCP-5003 is a large piece of complex machinery 250m beneath Sublevel 39 of Site-19, capable of generating energy from an unknown source. SCP-5003 consists of three different components: a main power housing, a central control hub, and a vast tunnel system expanding from the control center.
The central control hub lies within a cavern located approximately 36km from the entrance with walls lined with wires and cables from the main power housing. Additionally, the cavern contains the following:
- A control panel
- Chairs
- A whiteboard
- Fluorescent lights
- Four large scorch marks across the eastern and northern walls
The main power housing is presumed to be located in a chamber1 adjacent to the central control hub, since all cables in SCP-5003 have been traced back to that area. Initial attempts to locate an entrance to this chamber have failed. Therefore, there is no conclusive evidence that this is the power source of SCP-5003. The title "main power housing" has been given to the chamber for clearer communication.
The tunnel system is largely unexplored. Initial reconnaissance discovered that they are lit by fluorescent lights and lined with cables that are connected to the main power housing.
The only known entrance to SCP-5003 is through a metal door located in the service tunnels on Sublevel 39 of Site-19. Inspection of the Site-19 blueprints indicated that these tunnels were never originally meant to be part of the site's construction.
Testing to identify further effects of SCP-5003 is still underway.
Discovery: On 06/21/2014 Site-19 sensors picked up a spike in electromagnetic activity underneath the site. Searches of the lower levels of the site located the doorway to SCP-5003, which was open at time of discovery.
SCP-5003 Testing Operation: After the initial discovery of SCP-5003, Dr. Raven Koullette proposed a series of experiments to be run on SCP-5003 to determine the functionality of the control panel, and if the anomaly requires additional containment protocols. These experiments were to be carried out by a team consisting of Researcher Thomas DeWalt2, and D-34813 to act as a subject and assistant. Since the travel time from the entrance to the control center is approximately 7 hours, DeWalt and D-3481 were equipped with three days worth of water and rations, sleeping bags, flashlights and a standard-issue Foundation Fieldwork Radio to communicate test results back to Dr. Koullette. Testing was scheduled to take place over the course of two days.