Item Number: SCP-6676
Object Class: Decommissioned
Special Containment Procedures: [Updated 4/6/21] Due to widespread and increasing presence, extensive and elaborate containment attempts failing, continuing hostility to innocent civilians, and the amount of resources expended to maintain the Veil, SCP-6676 is to be decommissioned.
Description: SCP-6676 is the shared designation of multiple anomalous objects and entities, most of which originate from or were otherwise modified by the 29/5/21 Site-06 Major Containment Failure Event. A contextual document is available below, and describes the various anomalies in detail.
Site-06 Major Containment Failure Event Report and Analysis
[Report Assembled by Doctor Kensing, Submitted to O5 Council on 3/6/21.]
Background Information: On May 29th, Site-06 and surrounding infrastructure were rendered uninhabitable following the unexpected development of a previously low-risk group of humanoid entities. Despite the loss of life that occured at Site-06 following the incident, few other anomalous entities were harmed. As a result of Site-06’s upcoming replacement location in Germany1, many of the low-risk anomalies had already been moved into various temporary, off-site locations in preparation for Site-06-2’s completion.
[NOTICE]: As a result of these entities being recently acquired into Foundation custody at the time of the breach, a numerical designation was not yet recorded. These entities are referred to with a placeholder tag of SCP-U2 through the remained of the document.
SCP-U was the unofficial designation of multiple humanoid entities capable of influencing and accelerating the growth of vegetable matter in both biological and non-biological material. The 32 instances of SCP-U were of varying heights and weights, but were uniformly average with humans in terms of physical build and appearance, with the exception of SCP-U instances being constructed from plant material, and the eyes of instances being capable of emitting light. While SCP-U possessed mouths and noses, instances were not capable of producing sound or airflow, and were believed to be non-sapient. However, the sapience in SCP-U has been highly disputed in the ongoing investigation of this incident, and assumptions about SCP-U’s level of self-awareness cannot be proven.
On May 28th, Agents Clovis Barner and Winnie Wallace responded to circulating reports of highly unusual and sudden plant growth for the climate of Auburn, Maine, eventually locating SCP-U. When discovered, SCP-U was seemingly in the process of anomalously cultivating Palm Lily3 at Hamster Point, and accelerating their growth so as to produce fully-grown specimens from seed pods over the course of several minutes. SCP-U did not respond to Barner and Wallace’s presence or interaction attempts, and were contained shortly after without incident. After SCP-U instances were transported to Site-06, the Palm Lily specimens were removed, and witnesses amnesticized.
Ten hours later, at 2:24 AM EST, SCP-U was safely contained within Site-06, with instances being separated into individual humanoid containment units. Senior Researcher Aletha Clarkes was responsible for the documentation of SCP-U due to her experience with botanical anomalies, and was progressing on an official designation and properties description at the time of the breach. A timeline and analysis of events is available below, and was collected as a result of Clarkes’ testimony and limited security footage.
While the security cameras in SCP-U’s containment hallway are recording for several more hours, no important information is obtainable after the SCP-U and the evident SCP-U-1 instances4leave the view of the camera.
The destruction of Site-06 was recorded extensively by Foundation employees who were located at the nearby Site-06-A5, and as a result, a timeline transcription of Site-06’s destruction is available below.
Reinforcement and recovery teams were dispatched to Site-06’s former location at the time of the distress signal, but reached Site-06 at roughly 4:47 AM. The personnel of Site-06-A were rescued with minimal casualties. Unfortunately, the 437 personnel within Site-06 were killed either due to the collapse of the building, the ensuing and incredibly dense concentration of pollen within the air surrounding the wreckage, or SCP-U’s containment breach and unexpected evolution. Causes of death in recovered bodies were found to be asphyxiation or blunt force trauma. All humanoid anomalies contained within Site-06 at the time of the incident are assumed to be neutralized until subsequent rescue attempts are performed.
Aftermath: Over the course of the next three days, the pollen cloud expands and covers the surrounding area. As of 8/6/21, the cloud is stationary with a continuing affected area of four square kilometers. Given the anomalous consistency of the cloud, and the continued presence over Site-06’s former location, it is likely that this cloud will remain harmful for an indefinite amount of time.
Proposed SCP-6676 Description: Due to the previously unforeseen properties of SCP-U, the anomalies’ unlikely interactions with human beings, and the resulting effects of those interactions, I have proposed and arranged a new designation.
SCP-6676 is the official designation of the former SCP-U, which is now evidently distributed among the 330 personnel affected by this anomaly.
I propose that SCP-6676 instances are to be decommissioned as a result of the virtually uncontrollable presence within the state of Pennsylvania, the danger SCP-6676 poses to the veil, and the current level of innocent casualties as a direct result of SCP-6676.
STATUS: APPROVED BY O5-1, O5-2, O5-4, O5-7, O5-8, O5-10, O5-11, O5-13 AS OF 4/6/21. ETHICS COMMITTEE APPROVAL GRANTED.
Notice from O5-4: The decommissioning of living entities and the subsequent discussion in both the Ethics Committee and the O5-Council is usually an extremely contested subject. There are seminars on the subject of destroying anomalies that have been delayed for almost a decade, but due to the particular circumstances surrounding Site-06, the agreement upon a decommissioning verdict was not difficult in the slightest.
Site-06, referred to by many of us as the “Vacation Site”, was an unofficial name for a location that employees, usually individuals overwhelmed or close to retirement, would transfer to due to the low activity. The approved transfer requests were from individuals who had dedicated experience regarding sentient, humanoid anomalies, which translates to thirty year’s service to the Foundation at least. In the old days, loyalty to the Foundation was nothing short of an eventual graveyard. The casualty rate for non-combative personnel who were employed with the Foundation for more than twenty-five years was an atrocious 32.7%. Every waking minute something would be busting its tank, and with it went more of the best and the brightest each day.
All that changed in the 2010s, when new safety policies and a stricter Ethics Committee whittled the casualty count down to an acceptable 2.3%. That number was set to go down below 2% within a few months, thanks to additional infrastructure support across most of the Areas. However, despite nearly 14.8 trillion spent on generalized safety since 2012, the largest amount of personnel casualties in two decades recently occured. Enough money to power a city and everything in it for the next three thousand years, flushed down the drain.
I can confirm that both myself and the other individuals on the council are not people of revenge, but as the judge should condemn the murderer, I believe that SCP-6676 should be destroyed.
Addendum:
[Notice Provided by Doctor Kensing, 1/7/21]: In the week following SCP-6676’s Decommissioning approval, SCP-6676 instances have been spotted across Pennsylvania, gathering significant media attention. While the veil is currently intact, it is unlikely that secrecy will continue, as manifestations are increasing in severity, frequency, and range. Given the nearly one thousand confirmed manifestations between 3/6/21 and 14/6/21, only the most notable are listed within this document. Manifestation instances between 14/6/21 and 17/6/21 are not collected. Due to the frequency of manifestation within that period, all available Foundation efforts were put into decommissioning, and not documentation.
[Notice Provided by Doctor Kensing, 14/6/21:] Following the raid on Lake Arthur and the subsequent retrieval of the chip containing Researcher Clarkes, an autopsy was conducted on the SCP-6676 instance that she was previously hosted in. A full description of bodily traits is available below:
[Notice Provided by Doctor Kensing, 15/6/21:] Following Senior Researcher Clarkes’ recovery and subsequent removal from an SCP-6676 instance, she was uploaded into the Site-98 Database. She then proceeded to share her personal log with Foundation staff, as she had kept extensive records of SCP-6676’s activity while inhabiting an instance; below, notable logs correlated to SCP-6676 are listed, and full logs have been redacted due to extensive personal information within them.
[Notice Provided by Doctor Kensing, 17/6/21:] As of 17/6/21, the O5 Council released the following Foundation-wide directive:
CHANGE OF BASIC OBJECTIVES AND PROJECT TRANSFORMATIONAL ROOT ECOSYSTEM EVOLUTION
FOLLOWING THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT REGARDING SCP-6676’S EVIDENT PHYSICAL WEAKNESSES, ALL FOUNDATION STAFF NOT CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO A PROJECT OF LEVEL 5 URGENCY OR HIGHER ARE TO ENGAGE IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES AS A REPLACEMENT FOR REGULAR WORK:
COLLECT MODIFIED SEEDLINGS (SCP-6676-A) FROM DESIGNATED DISPENSARY AREAS.
COLLECT AMNESTIC-BLOCKING TABLETS FROM DESIGNATED DISPENSARY AREAS. TAKE ONE PILL DAILY TO AVOID ACCIDENTAL AMNESTICIZATION. IF YOU EXPERIENCE SIDE EFFECTS FROM CONSUMING AMNESTIC-BLOCKING PILLS, PLEASE REPORT TO THE NEAREST ON-SITE INFIMIRARY TO ENSURE SAFETY.
PLANT AS MANY MODIFIED SEEDLINGS AS POSSIBLE IN SPACES OF MINIMAL VEGETATION GROWTH AND FREQUENT SUNLIGHT. RECORD THE QUANTITY OF INSTANCES PLANTED, AND SUBMIT DATA TO A RAISA REPRESENTATIVE. NOTICEABLY INACCURATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE MET WITH DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
WHILE A MANDATORY REMAIN-AT-HOME ORDER IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL CIVILIANS, INQUIRES ABOUT SCP-6676-A INSTANCES ARE TO BE MET WITH PLAUSIBLE, REASONABLE EXCUSES. [DISCLAIMER: THESE PROCEDURES ARE NOT RELATED TO THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC. DUE TO PROMINENT CONSPIRACY THEORIES, DO NOT MENTION COVID-19 IN YOUR EXCUSES OR EXPLANATIONS OF THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER OR SCP-6676-A PLANTING. COVID-19 IS A LEGITIMATE, NON-ANOMALOUS DISEASE, AND SPREADING FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIRUS IS DANGEROUS TO INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS. HARSH DISCIPLINARY ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IF THE INFORMATION WITHIN THIS DISCLAIMER IS DISOBEYED.]
YOU ARE PERMITTED TO WORK TOGETHER, AND YOU ARE DEMANDED TO INTRODUCE AS MANY SCP-6676-A INSTANCES AS POSSIBLE. INDIVIDUALS WHO PLANT MORE THAN 15,000 SCP-6676-A INSTANCES RECEIVE A RAISE EQUIVALENT TO QUADRUPLE THEIR CURRENT SALARY. INDIVIDUALS WHO PLANT MORE THAN 5,000 SCP-6676-A INSTANCES RECEIVE SPECIALLY-MADE PRIZES.
THIS CHANGE IN OPERATING MOTIVES IS TO CONTINUE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
HAVE FUN, THE ETHICS COMMITTEE AND THE O5-COUNCIL.
