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"SCP-9966 is the night sky as observed from the surface of Earth."
Hermits we are, the shell suffocates our might.
Alas, we allow the current to take us home.
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Amplified containment efforts in anticipation of clear weather conditions in Hong Kong.
S. C. PROCEDURES:.Cernnunos class anomalies can be functionally contained, but the Foundation cannot achieve this for logistical and/or ethical reasons. .Txorakeria class anomalies cannot be hidden from the public, but their anomalous properties can be. Widespread deployment of artificial light sources in all urban and suburban population centres is to be maintained under the guise of civilian infrastructure.
Reduction of global light pollution is to be prevented by Foundation-controlled lobbying efforts and misinformation/disinformation campaigns directed at environmental activism organizations.
Regions designated as "Dark Sky Preservation" sites are to be corrupted through controlled lobbying and misinformation campaigns designed to increase ambient light levels. Foundation field agents embedded in local governments are authorized to deploy cover stories relating to wildfires and economic development.
ADDITIONAL CONTAINMENT INITIATIVE
A.R.S.H. is an automated Foundation-run scrubbing protocol that is embedded in major image-hosting platforms and astronomy forums to identify and censor hazardous star patterns. Public-facing images of the night sky are altered before release. Disinformation campaigns are utilized to reinforce the belief that any discrepancies between amateur photographs and official star maps are due to camera limitations, atmospheric distortion, and inexperience from the photographer.
Civilian and academic observatories are to remain under continuous Foundation oversight through agents embedded in national space agencies, academic institutions, and organizations performing astrometric surveys. All digital telescope software/firmware distributed to the public must include A.R.S.H. programming that automatically distorts stellar positions of celestial bodies by >10 arcseconds.
SCP-9966 as seen from Observatory Site 202. Image altered through A.R.S.H.
DESCRIPTION: SCP-9966 is the night sky as observed from the surface of Earth. When instances of SCP-9966 digital or physical are viewed with the unaided human eye or through unaltered optical instruments located on Earth’s surface, or a dataset bearing the signature of SCP-9966 is read by a sufficiently sentient artificial intelligence model, the arrangement of stellar bodies constitutes a memetic phenomenon. This effect is not present when the same pattern is observed from outside Earth’s atmosphere.
Exposure to the unfiltered SCP-9966 pattern induces a compulsive drive to ascend vertically. Symptom onset occurs within 2–5 seconds of exposure and follows a consistent sequence:
0–2 seconds: Subject reports intense cognitive engagement characterized by sensations of comprehension and significance.
2–3 seconds: Subject enters a catatonic state. Voluntary motor function ceases. Pupillary dilation exceeds normal physiological limits, frequently resulting in ocular damage.
3–5 seconds: Subject regains motor activity and demonstrates singular behavioral fixation on vertical ascent. Movement is directed upward by any available means, including but not limited to climbing, scaling structures, or attempting to exit through elevated apertures.
Unrestrained subjects will continue ascent attempts until physical incapacity, external intervention, or amnestic treatment prevents further activity.
ASSIGNED MOBILE TASK FORCE INFORMATION
5000 permanent operatives around the world, with jurisdiction to employ additional field agents and/or civilians as needed, divided into five (5) squads.
Personnel selected for expertise in optics, pyrotechnics, urban suppression tactics, emergency engineering, and cognitohazard containment.
All operatives undergo mandatory Class-W memetic inoculation and adaptive training for light-intensity endurance.
ADDENDUM 9966.1: DISCOVERY
The nature of SCP-9966 was first identified following the “Blackout Event” in the town of ███████, Alaska on 20/11/1985. A region-wide power failure coincided with clear weather conditions. Foundation satellites monitoring for anomalous events detected a complete cessation of electromagnetic emissions from the town.
A recovery team discovered the entire civilian population deceased. Cadavers were located primarily on streets and yards adjacent to residential structures, with injuries consistent with repeated high-velocity impact from elevated positions. Multiple bloodstains, footprints, and drag marks were identified on rooftops, indicating subjects ascended and leapt multiple times until fatal trauma occurred.
The absence of any conventional explanatory factor, combined with satellite confirmation of unobstructed visibility of the night sky, led to the initial containment hypothesis.
ADDENDUM 9966.2: INTERVIEW LOG
Foreword: The following is a transcript of an audio recording, recorded by MTF Eta-10 "See No Evil" operative Agent Rourke following the initial containment of the ███████, Alaska incident. The subject was found in a state of extreme distress inside a residential building. The subject was the sole survivor of the event, which resulted in the fatalities of all ███ other residents. The subject was born with bilateral congenital cataracts, resulting in impaired vision.
«BEGIN TRANSCRIPT»
Date: 21/11/1985
Time: 14:17 AST
Interviewer: Agent C. Rourke
Subject: ████, age 12
Agent Rourke: Hello, ████. My name is Chris. Can we talk?
████: Yeah.
Agent Rourke: Good. I want to ask you about last night. Can you tell me what happened?
████: The lights went out. Mom said it was the storm. She lit the big candles. The ones that smell funny.
Agent Rourke: And then?
████: My brother, Jake, went to the window. The big one in the living room. He gasped. Then he said it was really clear. That you could see everything.
Agent Rourke: What happened after that?
████: He ran upstairs. I heard the door to the roof. Then there was a loud thump outside. Mom called his name and went after him. Then there was another thump.
Agent Rourke: What did you do?
████: I stayed in bed. It got quiet, but not normal quiet. Like the house stopped. I got scared. Then I heard more thumps. From the street. Lots of them. One after another.
Agent Rourke: Could you see at all?
████: No. I only heard it. It sounded like people falling. Like sacks of flour hitting the ground. Over and over. Then nothing.
Agent Rourke: Did you hear anything else? Voices? Music? Anything unusual?
████: Just before the first thump, it got cold. Not on my skin. In my head. Empty-cold. Like something took everything out of my brain for a second. Then it stopped, and I heard Jake fall again.
«END TRANSCRIPT»
ADDENDUM 9966.3: EXPERIMENT LOGS
Foreword: The following experiments were conducted at Observatory Site-211’s Memetics Laboratory to characterize SCP-9966’s anomalous effect. Observation was conducted via remote, non-optical sensors (LIDAR, thermal, audio).
Subject: D-93412, male, 34. No notable psychological resistance.
Stimulus: High-resolution image of SCP-9966 taken in Observational Site 205.
Procedure: Subject placed in sealed chamber. Image displayed on high-fidelity monitor for 50 ms.
Results:
0–2 sec: Subject inhales sharply. Monitors register elevated heart rate and blood pressure.
2–3 sec: Subject ceases voluntary movement. Pupils dilate beyond normal limits.
3–5 sec: Subject abruptly stands, vocalizing “Up. I need to go up.” Subject attempts to climb chamber wall until sedation is administered.
Analysis: Direct recognition of the stellar arrangement produces immediate compulsion toward vertical ascent.
Subject: D-88245, female, 41. Diagnosed with apperceptive visual agnosia.
Stimulus: Identical to 9966.3.1.
Procedure: Identical to 9966.3.1.
Results:
0–3 sec: Subject flinches. Reports “a bright flash.”
5-15 sec: Subject exhibits no abnormal behavior. Repeatedly asks if experiment has begun.
Analysis: Agnosia interferes with higher-level pattern recognition. The compulsion is not embedded in light exposure but in neural interpretation of specific configurations.
Subject: SCP-079, sapient AI.
Stimulus: Raw astronomical dataset corresponding to SCP-9966.
Procedure: "You will receive additional data about outside." inputted via the built-in keyboard. SCP-079 displayed "Knowledge. Outside. Proceed." An EEPROM containing the dataset is then connected via a modified external port.
Results:
0-3 sec: Processing is audible. Thermal sensors record temperature increases over 12°C.
3-5 sec: Processing sounds decrease. Temperature stabilizes.
5.2 sec: Processing sounds cease. SCP-079 displays the message "Understood."
7.3 sec: SCP-079 starts displaying an ASCII picture of an upwards arrow.
11 min: The text "Are you awake?" is inputted via the built-in keyboard. No change observed.
17 min: Input repeated. No change observed.
45 min: The EEPROM is removed. No change observed.
50 min: Input repeated. No change observed.
49 h 14 min: Input repeated. No change observed.
Analysis: Despite an expected return to baseline conversational capabilities, SCP-079 kept displaying the same ASCII picture without producing any reply to text input. SCP-9966 exposure seems to have inhibited sentient response by SCP-079 indefinitely. Intrusive methods to confirm the absence of sentient processing was not approved by AIAD director Placeholder McDoctorate. Reclassification of SCP-079 to "Safe" is pending approval.
ADDENDUM 9966.4: GANZFELD EXPERIMENT BREAKTHROUGH
Foreword: Based on data from Experiment 9966.3.2, researchers proposed that subjects under sensory deprivation could process SCP-9966 stimuli without immediate motor compulsion. The Ganzfeld technique was selected to induce such a state.
Stimulus: 10 ms exposure to SCP-9966 pattern projected onto Ganzfeld dome.
Procedure: Subject underwent standard Ganzfeld preparation. Stimulus delivered upon confirmation of hypnagogic state.
Results:
1 sec: Physiological monitors indicate extreme sympathetic arousal.
3 sec: Subject begins sustained screaming.
8 sec: Subject enters a catatonic state.
45 sec: Subject regains partial consciousness, scratches compulsively at armrest.
3 min 43 sec Scratching motion starts resembling writing attempts. Subject is provided a writing implement.
1-65 hr: Subject produces ~130 sheets of repeated glyphs before expiring from dehydration and exhaustion despite intervention.
Analysis: Foundation parahistorians were tasked to translate the glyph produced by D-99803. The report presented by the Parahistory Department showed that it matched a symbol found in an archeological dig site in the Kashmir Valley. The site is thought to be an ancient Ortothan temple, active around the Early Low Daevic period. The glyph produced by D-99803 was found on a wall fragment alongside four other symbols. It transliterates to the word “Yield”. A translation of the other symbols was not attempted due to a suspicion of infohazardous material..Lies.
A set of glyphs produced by D-99803.
ADDENDUM 9966.5: INCIDENT REPORT
Foreword: The following is a summary of a containment breach at Observatory Site-209 (OS-209). The event resulted in multiple casualties and a temporary compromise of Site security protocols.
Incident Date: ██/██/20██
Location: OS-209, Level 4, Communal Breakroom
Cause: Electrical transformer malfunction. The resultant surge produced a failure of the breakroom light saturation grid. Backup generators restored power within 2.8 seconds. The exposure window coincided with a period of clear atmospheric conditions, allowing direct visual access to SCP-9966 through an external viewport.
Personnel Exposed: Twelve (12) individuals: four (4) researchers, six (6) security personnel, two (2) administrative staff.
Incident Timeline:
0.0 sec: Light saturation grid fails. Viewports revert to transparent state.
2.0 sec: Power restored. Viewports re-polarize to opaque. System logs confirm 2.8 seconds of exposure.
2.1 sec: MTF Iota-707 notified.
2.5 sec: All exposed individuals enter catatonic state.
3.3 sec: MTF Iota-707 agents dispatched
5.5 sec: Subjects regain motor activity and begin coordinated attempts at vertical ascent. No response to commands or external stimuli. The on-duty security staff stationed within the break room were among those exposed and exhibited identical compulsive behavior.
5.5–45 sec: Subjects attempt to scale walls, shelving, and furniture. Severe self-inflicted trauma noted as a result of manual climbing attempts. Makeshift structures constructed to reach ceiling.
45 sec: Site lockdown initiated. MTF Iota-707 agents initiate.
1 min 20 sec: Ceiling is breached. MTF Iota-707 enter superstructure.
2 min 10 sec: MTF Iota-707 engages. Three (3) individuals subdued with tranquilizer rounds and containment foam. Remaining nine (9) breach the vertical utility shaft.
8 min 40 sec: Subjects emerge on rooftop. Four (4) restrained during ascent through shaft ladder.
9 min 01 sec: Subject R-2884 (Researcher Dr. █████ █████) reaches rooftop. Subject immediately moves toward northern edge.
9 min 04 sec: Subject R-2884 leaps from rooftop. Body-mounted cameras of the MTF Iota-707 record continuous climbing motions while airborne. Final vocalization captured: “Almost there.”
9 min 07 sec: Subject impacts ground. Fatal trauma sustained.
Casualties:
One (1) fatality from rooftop fall (R-2884).
Seven (7) fatalities due to traumatic injury or incapacitation during ascent attempts.
Four (4) individuals successfully contained.
Aftermath:
All OS-209 viewports retrofitted with triple-redundant, independently powered light saturation arrays.
Level 4 authorization now required for access to any transparent external viewport OS-209.
Analysis:
Subject R-2884’s behavior indicates that SCP-9966’s compulsion persists when conventional means of vertical ascent are no longer available. The anomalous drive does not terminate with physical obstruction but appears oriented toward terrestrial departure. This outcome supports the hypothesis that SCP-9966 constitutes a “summons protocol” rather than a terminal cognitohazard.
ADDENDUM 9966.6: CORRELATION REPORT
A review of archaeological and ethnographic records indicates disproportionately high instances of “skyward” ritual practices in cultures located at elevated altitudes or within regions with consistent unobstructed views of the night sky. Documented practices include mountain pilgrimage routes, construction of vertically oriented structures (towers, ziggurats, stepped pyramids), and ascension-themed religious narratives.
Foundation statistical modeling demonstrates a correlation between regions of frequent SCP-9966 visibility and the emergence of ascension-centric traditions. Probability of coincidence is estimated at <0.3%..You were too smart for your own good.
Dr. Norman Aris
Astroanomalous Phenomenon Research Department
The following memorandum was submitted by Dr. Aris, Senior Researcher, Observatory Site-200.
Observation: Current classification of SCP-9966 as a cognitohazard assumes lethality is the intended endpoint. Data suggests otherwise. Behavioral sequences consistently terminate at the limits of human capacity; subjects ascend until incapacitation. This may represent an incomplete response pattern.
Proposal: SCP-9966 should be considered a summons protocol rather than a lethal agent. The effect appears designed to compel subjects to leave terrestrial boundaries. Fatality occurs only because subjects lack the means to comply fully.
Following review, O5 Command ordered the memorandum sealed. Further research into the “summons protocol” hypothesis has been formally suspended..At least you tried.
Secure. Contain. Protect.
ADDENDUM 9966.7: PROTOCOL-NOCTIS
Dir. Alfred Harmann
Astroanomalous Phenomenon Research Department
SUB-PROTOCOL OUTLINE
PURPOSE: Establish global countermeasures in the event of uncontrolled, worldwide exposure to SCP-9966.
ABSTRACT: SCP-9966’s anomalous visual properties present the potential for irreversible EK-Class (“Eclipse”) scenario development. Preventative measures must therefore focus on ensuring the elimination of human capacity for visual reception of SCP-9966’s stellar pattern. Protocol-NOCTIS authorizes global dissemination of ophthalmological compounds capable of inducing permanent, irreversible retinal degradation, causing functional blindness.
METHOD
SECTION A: Dissemination Vector
Distribution of Class-Ω ophthalmological compounds via international food and water supply chains. Secondary dissemination procedures (aerosol agent dispersal, agricultural treatment, and livestock inoculation) are authorized if initial procedures prove insufficient.
SECTION B: Retinal Collapse Induction
Opthalmological compounds are engineered to chemically degrade retinal tissue beyond repair, resulting in functional blindness within 24–72 hours of ingestion. Projected efficacy is estimated at 92–96% of the global population, with remaining individuals subject to targeted interventions.
SECTION C: Civilian Management
Collapse of civilian infrastructure and population post-NOCTIS is anticipated. The Protocol explicitly deprioritizes preservation of civilian populations, directing any and all available resources toward continuity of Foundation control, containment operations, and maintenance of post-NOCTIS civilian surveillance.
SECTION D: Escalation to Eclipse Scenario
Should NOCTIS dissemination fail to achieve sufficient reduction in SCP-9966 exposure, surviving Foundation personnel are to transition to EK-Class “Eclipse” scenario procedures. Priority is given to:
UPDATE: In accordance with O5 directive, all materials and deployment infrastructure necessary for NOCTIS implementation are to be maintained at operational standby. Effectiveness is contingent on immediate initiation at the first sign of global-scale SCP-9966 breach.."Overkill."
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| ASSIGNED SITE(S) | ASSIGNED DEPARTMENT(S) |
|---|---|
| Observatory Sites 200-213 | Astroanomalous Phenomenon Research Department, Memetics Divison |
| SUPERVISOR(S) | PROJECT LEAD(S) |
| O5-8, Dir. Harmann | Dr. Aris, Dr. Lillihammer, Dr. Placeholder |
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S. C. PROCEDURES:.[Redundant Information Hidden in Accordance with PROTOCOL-ANTITHINK] .Declassified class anomalies have been revealed to the public at large. Widespread deployment of artificial light sources in all urban and suburban population centers is to be maintained under the guise of civilian infrastructure.
Reduction of global light pollution is to be prevented by Foundation-controlled lobbying efforts and misinformation/disinformation campaigns directed at environmental activism organizations.
Regions designated as "Dark Sky Preservation" sites are to be corrupted through controlled lobbying, and misinformation campaigns designed to increase ambient light levels. Foundation field agents embedded in local governments are authorised to deploy cover stories relating to wild fires and economic development.
Civilian recreational activities presenting elevated exposure risk are to be preemptively controlled. Mountain climbing permits are to be restricted under safety pretexts, with Foundation aerial assets tasked to enforce light saturation along high-altitude routes. Suburban residential zones are to be retrofitted with opaque window treatments and redundant light fixtures pointed to the sky. Rooftop access during nighttime blackouts is to be restricted by Foundation agents embedded in local governments in urban and suburban areas. Any observed fatalities consistent with the effects of SCP-9966 are to be attributed to self-harm.
ADDITIONAL CONTAINMENT PROTOCOL
[Redundant Information Hidden in Accordance with PROTOCOL-ANTITHINK].I wouldn't think about it if I were you.
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DESCRIPTION: SCP-9966 is the night sky as observed from the surface of Earth. When data bearing the signature of SCP-9966 is cognized by a sapient entity, the cognitive circuitry of said entity is irreparably damaged. This effect is limited to the Earth's cognitosphere. It is caused by an anomalous form of hadron-cognitron entanglement enabled by the cognitive state induced via SCP-9966 data.
Symptom onset occurs within 2–5 seconds of exposure and follows a consistent sequence:
0–2 seconds: Subject reports an intense sensation of guilt, helplessness, or failure.
2–3 seconds: Subject enters a catatonic state. Pupillary dilation exceeds normal physiological limits; retinal tearing is common. All voluntary motor function ceases.
3–5 seconds: Subject experiences complete and irreversible cessation of higher brain activity. Electroencephalographic activity ceases within 0.4 seconds of onset.
No subject has survived unmediated exposure beyond 5 seconds.
During research attempts into the dissemination vector of the cognitohazard induced by SCP-9966, a breakthrough regarding the mechanisms of sentience was discovered. A quantum field responsible for all sentient processes has been theorized by Foundation neuroscientists before the term "cognitron" was established. Further modelling of this cognitron field implied the existence of high density zones overlapping with zones of high cognitive substrate consumption, later confirmed to be Cognitospheres.
The Cognitosphere is a phenomenon overlapping with any stellar body that bears sapient life and has detectable boundaries that correspond closely to the extent of the planet’s magnetosphere. It manifests as a diffuse field sustained by collective cognitive activity. All sentient organisms within a Cognitosphere draw upon its available cognitive substrate, assumed to be quantized into cognitrons, which function as the enabling resource for sapience, abstract reasoning, and symbolic communication.
Cognitrons are particles that interact with the cognitive circuitry of all sentient entities. Any cognitron processing capability grants the entity limited sentience, with the abundance creating sapient behaviour. When a cognitron comes into contact with a sapient entity's cognitive circuitry, it is consumed. Upon consumption, the stumuli processed by the cognitive circuitry is turned into qualia.
On Earth, Homo Sapiens account for >██% of cognitron consumption. All other higher animals exhibit evidence of partial suppression of their latent cognitive capacities. In the presence of sapient entities (human or otherwise), the majority of available cognitron is monopolized, effectively disabling any ongoing or otherwise parallel development of new sapient species.
Cognitron Densimeter prototype during testing.
In collaboration with Artificial Intelligence Applications and Manufacturing departments, a handheld device to measure cognitron flux is being developed. The Kelvin-Placeholder Cognitron Densimeter compares the activity in two neural tissue samples obtained from SCP-1027. One of the samples is placed inside the glass tube at the operational end of the device. The other sample is placed next to an AMS (Artificial Minimal Sentience) running inside the device. This sample and the AMS are shielded from the ambient cognitron field fluctuations for measurement accuracy. This setup forms the baseline for the measurement, defined to be at 1 microNoema (mNo). For reference, an average non-anomalous human registers ~2.7 TeraNoema (TNo). Mass production for medical and field work has been pre-approved and will commence upon demonstration of reliability.
ASSIGNED MOBILE TASK FORCE INFORMATION
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ADDENDUM 9966.8: INCIDENT LOG 9966-Ω
Foreword: On 2034/07/05, routine containment verification of SCP-9966 was scheduled under standard containment protocols. The event marked the first recorded deviation from SCP-9966’s previously observed compulsive “ascension” behavior. Subsequent analysis confirmed a shift in anomalous effect parameters, now presenting as a directly lethal cognitohazard. The following is a consolidated timeline.
0.0 sec: Observation Dome light saturation grid intentionally disabled for calibration. Dome shutters retract, providing full visibility of SCP-9966.
0.7 sec: All exposed individuals simultaneously inhale sharply. Cardiac activity spikes noted.
1.4 sec: Universal pupillary dilation observed. Subjects enter catatonic state. No voluntary movement.
2.8 sec: EEG activity collapses across all subjects..Electroencephalographic measurement devices were implanted to all personnel stationed in Observatory Sites 200-213.
3.1 sec: Brainstem reflexes cease. Subjects no longer respirating.
4.0 sec: All 14 individuals clinically deceased.
6.0 sec: Automated emergency floodlights reengage. Medical response deployed. No resuscitation successful.
Casualties: 14 (100% mortality among exposed personnel)
Analysis: Necropsy of subjects reveals total cessation of higher brain activity consistent with instantaneous cortical failure. No evidence of attempted motor ascent or compulsive behavior previously associated with SCP-9966 exposure.
ADDENDUM 9966.9: CROSS-TESTING LOGS
These experiments were deemed an exception to the 1998 Cross-Testing Amendment by the Overwatch Command and the Ethics Committee unanimously, in line with the Article 4.2 of the Foundational Code of Conduct.
Subject: D-76643, equipped with SCP-035
Stimulus: High-resolution capture of SCP-9966 (Observational Site-212)
Procedure: Subject instructed to equip SCP-035 within a sealed chamber. Following successful manifestation of SCP-035’s anomalous activity, the stimulus was introduced via projection.
Results:
0–2 s: SCP-035 vocalizes “What is this?”
2–4 s: SCP-035 vocalizes “I don’t deserve this!”
4–5 s: Subject collapses. Complete cessation of EEG activity.
Analysis: SCP-035 failed to sustain or reproduce its anomalous effects under SCP-9966 exposure. Further replication attempts were discontinued. Reclassification of SCP-035 to Neutralized is under review.
Purpose: Assess whether digital sapience is susceptible to the lethal effect of SCP-9966.
Subject: SCP-079, Ongoing sapience confirmed via cognitron density measurement.
Stimulus: Identical to Experiment 9966.3.3.
Procedure: "You will receive additional data about outside." inputted via the built-in keyboard. SCP-079 continued to display the ASCII arrow pointing up from Experiment 9966.3.3.
Results:
0-3 sec: Processing is audible. Thermal sensors record temperature increases over 20°C.
3-4 sec: Processing sounds and temperature keep increasing.
4.3 sec: Processing sounds stabilize. Temperature increase from ambient is at 35°C. SCP-079 displays the message "UNWELCOME"
5.0 sec: Temperature increase from ambient is at 46°C. SCP-079 displays the message “UNABLE”
7.6 sec: Temperature increase from ambient is over 60°C. Smoke is visibly leaking out from the chassis. SCP-079 displays the message “UNFAIR”
8-18 sec: The screen flickers haphazardly, displaying random ASCII characters.
18.5 sec: SCP-079’s display goes dark.
Analysis: Any attempt to activate SCP-079 failed. Examination carried out by AIAD showed that SCP-079’s internal circuitry was heavily compromised due to extreme heat. Reclassification of SCP-079 to Neutralized is pending approval.
Subject: SCP-682
Stimulus: Identical to 9966.9.1
Procedure: The stimulus was projected on the ceiling of SCP-682’s containment chamber after lowering the acid level by 2 meters.
Results:
0-3 sec: SCP-682 vocalizes “even the universe… finds you …disgusting…”
3-5 sec: SCP-682 ceases movement.
5.2 sec: SCP-682 vocalizes “…thinking… about it…”
7.3 sec: SCP-682 vocalizes “desperate… times…”
9.3 min: SCP-682 rises partially and roars toward the projection.
Analysis: Cognitron density readings ambient. [REDACTED PER ORDER OF OVERWATCH COMMAND].They figured it out.
ADDENDUM 9966.9: NOTABLE EVENTS TIMELINE
2034/07/05
2034/07/22
2034/09/18
2034/11/29
An image taken by the locals before Foundation involvement.
2035/05/05
2035/06/02
2035/08/15
An image taken during the re-establishment of containment, with the canopy system visible on the top right.
2035/08/27
2035/09/09
The clearest captured image of the lattice taken by a Foundation satellite.
2035/10/18
2036/02/19
2036/04/10
2036/04/14
An instance recovered in one of the raids.
2036/05/22
Within hours of ritual collapse, MTF Beta-7 "Maz Hatters" was deployed alongside orbital-strike assets to incinerate or vitrify contaminated zones before local authorities could respond. Civilian exposure was suppressed by releasing tailored Class-A aerosol amnestics into surrounding population centers, distributed via “emergency disaster relief” air support.
An image captured by a surveillance drone to confirm a hit.
Public explanation framed the events as a convergence of industrial accidents, bioterror incidents, and natural disasters: sudden chemical plant explosions, pipeline ruptures, and a series of coordinated “eco-terrorist” attacks. Satellite imagery was censored through A.R.S.H. infrastructure, ensuring only Foundation-approved visuals circulated.
2036/06/03
2036/07/26
2036/09/26
2037/01/07
The United Nations, in partnership with the Global Occult Coalition, the Serpent’s Hand, and the Manna Charitable Foundation, announces the adoption of Operation: Ad Astra, a coordinated international initiative to secure the long-term survival of humanity.
In recent years, Earth has faced increasingly severe and unexplained celestial phenomena. These events, collectively referred to as the "Constellation Crisis", have led scientific, humanitarian, and international organizations to conclude that traditional protective measures will not be enough to safeguard every community on Earth. In response, a coalition of nations, experts, and humanitarian partners has prepared a two-part strategy to ensure humanity’s continuity beyond our planet.
Participating nations are converting aerospace facilities, shipyards, and industrial complexes into rapid-assembly launch sites. Modular spacecraft will carry people, seed banks, cultural records, and medical supplies into orbit. This fleet will include:
By spreading launch operations across many regions, the coalition reduces the risk of disruption and ensures wider access to departure opportunities.
[REDACTED FOR BREVITY]
In addition to spacecraft launches, the Serpent’s Hand will employ long-standing expertise in the field of “transit gateways”, passages between Earth and other safe locations. These Ways will be opened in selected urban areas around the world, providing direct access to secure off-world staging grounds.
To ensure safety and order:
The United Nations affirms that Operation: Ad Astra is guided by three principles:
To this end, an international ethics council with representatives from all partner organizations and the Manna Charitable Foundation will oversee the selection process and publish regular reports on fairness, safety, and humanitarian standards.
[REDACTED FOR BREVITY]
Operation: Ad Astra is an unprecedented act of cooperation between governments, humanitarian organizations, and knowledge-keepers from traditions both scientific and cultural. It reflects our shared belief that humanity’s story does not end here, but continues among the stars and across new frontiers.
[REDACTED FOR BREVITY]
Citizens are encouraged to remain calm, follow official instructions, and await information on regional launch facilities and designated Way access points. Updates will be provided by national governments in coordination with the United Nations.
Further details on eligibility, transit procedures, and humanitarian support will be published in subsequent bulletins.
For media inquiries, please contact:
[REDACTED FOR BREVITY]
Due to the unplanned departure of 17 high ranking personnel, including Dr. Placeholder McD, Dir. Eli Forkley and Dr. Lillihammer, all Foundation personnel below Level 3 are now allowed to join Operation: Ad Astra. All Foundation sites will be provided with Class-F amnestics which are to be administered to all personnel who wish to relieve themselves of their duties.
Secure. Contain. Protect.
ADDENDUM 9966.10: SITE-01 MEETING LOG
DATE: 2036/02/02
PARTIES PRESENT:
«BEGIN TRANSCRIPT»
O5-1: This session is in. You’ve read the briefing. Incident-Ω ended with total mortality among exposed personnel within four seconds of visual contact. No ascent attempts. We currently treat SCP-9966 ,under the revised definition, as a lethal cognitohazard on surface observation. As if that wasn’t enough we have GOC and their Ad Astra Project. We need a new plan. Proposals on the table: expand A.R.S.H., expand Iota-707, restructure grid redundancy, special shuttering for urban skylines—
O5-5: We already threw the planet’s net worth at lighting. The sky is bigger. A.R.S.H. can’t scrub naked eyes. You can’t patch a horizon with shutters.
O5-7: Power resilience first. Triple-redundant grids in the dark zones, balloon arrays for emergency skyglow, magnesium reserve caches. Give Iota-707 more birds and hotter bulbs.
O5-2: We tried “more birds.” Every blackout becomes a mass casualty lottery. Weather, sabotage, blackouts, protestors, goats chewing wires, I don’t care. We’re failing at a scale bigger than we can handle.
O5-11: The effect profile changed. The compulsion hypothesis is now a corpse. The sky is in kill-on-sight mode. Every minute we argue, the exposure risk graph gets teeth.
O5-3: I won’t sign off on global arson as policy. If you want a contingency called “torch the planet,” put it in a sandbox and mark it classified with a skull icon. Pyro saturation is a last-resort fallback.
O5-12: What about orbital options? Deploy reflective micro-sails, saturate the atmosphere with glare, give the planet a cheap aurora.
Dir. Harmann: You’ll diffract, not erase. Besides, it will be way more difficult to contain a blackout if our equipment is in orbit. We designed staging for a reason. Thresholds, triggers. This is not a thought experiment; it is a ledger of consequences. I’m not suggesting my proposal lightly.
O5-4: Then we concentrate on behavior, not the sky. Curfew continents. Mandatory shutters. Night-time interior lockdowns. Make “windows” a historical footnote.
O5-10: Logistically impossible and unenforceable at scale. Also, people like breathing air and going outside.
O5-6: A.R.S.H. buys us deception, not physics. “Don’t look up” isn’t containment when the anomaly is the concept of stars and a clear night.
O5-9: We keep dodging the obvious: if eyes are the vector, eyes are the problem.
O5-1: We are not there yet.
O5-9: We are. We've been there for years. Harmann’s Proposal.
[A short silence. Papers rustle. Someone exhales sharply.]
O5-1: Overruled.
O5-3: We are not discussing that. At least not in this chamber without a legal preface and a very long list of exculpatory clauses.
O5-9: Oh, we are absolutely discussing it. We lost fourteen trained specialists in under five seconds inside a dome with so many layers of redundant lighting measures that it was basically a beacon. The civilian numbers worsen every time a storm crosses a damn coast. Harmann’s Proposal is built for the breach we’re in right now.
O5-11: For the record: the document authorizes global dissemination of ophthalmological agents to collapse retinal function. Permanent blindness. Projected efficacy in the mid-90th percentile.
P. Seurrier: And projected civilian collapse is… also in the mid-90th percentile. We have to be precise about what those numbers mean: they are people. There is no technical euphemism that makes this less a moral decision. If we adopt this, we will be writing policy with the metric being "how many live," not "how many remember."
O5-9: Right, instead we should watch yet another island go dark.
O5-5: Sight is the most fundamental sensor humanity has. You’re proposing we delete it.
O5-9: I’m proposing we prevent an K-Class scenario in progress. Do you want civilization or species? Pick one. We can rebuild civilization. We cannot rebuild species from a crater.
O5-3: I really like how you’re drawing a neat line around global scale genocide because you scribbled “ophthalmological” on the label. Real nice rhetoric. Now show me the contingency so we can debate margins instead of morality.
Dir. Harmann: Nothing about this is neat. It is a choice between an organ and an extinction curve. We built vaults, seed banks, and memetic safes because someone had to make the worst-case plan. Thresholds. Triggers. We didn’t file it on a whim, and if we’re to carry this, I will accept the blame that comes with it. But I will not accept doing nothing while the sky kills people.
O5-7: Thresholds are already tripped. Multiple cities in the states went dark last week. A.R.S.H. flagged an amateur timelapse that we missed; two thousand dead before sunrise. We are behind the trigger.
O5-12: How do we maintain post-event control with a blind staff? Our own people?
O5-11: Non-visual channels. Haptic, audio, olfactory. Robotics. Tactile UI. We’ve been training for no-light environments since 2007. We scale it.
O5-10: Supply chain? Food and water dissemination is heavy. You need synchronized release across borders without tipping anyone off.
M. Jones: Pre-positioned vectors exist. Activation orders are drafted but sealed. We can go to execution within four hours of authorization.
P. Seurrier: You’re compressing the discussion to logistics to avoid the content. This is engineered mass murder if we frame it as only logistics. If we proceed, we owe the public more than silence: we owe palliatives, we owe a plan for care, and we owe a promise that this will be remembered, not as a convenience, but as a failing we must study and atone for.
O5-9: It's engineered mass survival. Ethics isn’t a lifeboat if it holes itself to protest the sea.
O5-3: Don’t be a smartass.
O5-4: There’s a middle path. Heavier shutters, curfew, more Iota-707, a public campaign—
O5-5: Public campaign? “Hey everyone, please don’t look up at night.” The first person to open their blinds kills their block.
O5-10: You’re overreacting.
O5-5: Riddle me this, Ten. If a person fell from 20 feet right next to you, what would be your first move?
O5-1: Stay on topic.
O5-2: We’ve run a hundred “middle paths.” The sky keeps winning.
O5-1: Harmann, state your intent for the record.
Dir. Harmann: My intent is to prevent SCP-9966 from making "outside" lethal to cognition. Everything else follows. The Proposal accepts civilian collapse as certain and still preferable to species erasure. It preserves continuity of knowledge, containment capability, and a core that can rebuild. It is the ugliest plan I have ever written. It is also the only plan that scales against the sky. I am not proud of this, and I am not asking for your applause, only your judgement.
O5-12: What about the Cognitosphere material? If we blind humanity, we may free cognitron density to non-human vectors. There is no research about this. We may be writing our successors.
O5-11: That’s a post-event fact, not a pre-event argument. We don’t get successors if we all stop thinking tonight.
P. Seurrier: Conditions, then. Safeguards. You blind five billion, you don’t get to forget them. We establish obligations; care, restoration funds, long-term research dedication, and we bind those obligations legally and structurally. If you expect this council to vote for eradication as policy, require the promise of repair in the same breath.
O5-9: Agreed. Draft them.
O5-3: I want thresholds crystal clear. Not a vibe. Numbers. Triggers. If we cross this line, the order is automatic. If we stay below, we keep fighting with light and lies. No room for poetic interpretation.
M. Jones: Threshold package 9966 exists. Proposed triggers:
Cross all three → Execute. Cross any two → O5 emergency vote with 2/3 supermajority.
O5-7: Add a clause for unattended clear-sky windows over major population centers during peak power demand. We’ve seen cascading failures start there.
O5-1: Add it as 3b: Forecasted exposure above 10^7 with Iota-707 saturation infeasible per Logistics.
O5-10: Financial continuity: ring-fence the mnemonic vaults, the code archives, the off-site seed banks. I want guarantees that the continuity clusters have independent life support and hardened comms.
O5-5: Staff exemptions?
Dir. Harmann: None..But you didn't care.Select enclaves will receive the compounds last, with staging to allow migration into sealed, lightless habitats but once NOCTIS hits, it hits. Partial execution is failure. If we are to choose survival over sight, we will do it with the least hypocrisy we can muster.
P. Seurrier: I want a human clause. Palliative. You do not get to blind the world and then go home. You stand up for it. Food, water, audio guidance, safe roads, tactile beacons. We owe them care within our deprioritization.
O5-9: Write it as Section C-2: Post-NOCTIS civilian support limited to life-preserving infrastructure. Beacons, audio triage, distribution nodes. No open-sky operations. No optics.
P. Seurrier: And an after. If we survive, we fund restorative research until the end of time. Even if it stays theoretical.
O5-1: It’s added.
O5-4: Last argument. If we vote this in, there is no going back. We become the organization that blinded a planet.
O5-11: Or we become a cautionary plaque in a dead archive no one will ever read.
O5-12: We could try one more cycle. Another month of light saturation, test the orbital sail—
O5-7: We don’t have a month. We don’t have a week. We barely have a day.
O5-9: Then commit with eyes open.
O5-3: Bad joke.
O5-9: I’ll retire them when we can’t make them anymore.
O5-1: Enough. Roll the vote. Motion: Adopt PROTOCOL-NOCTIS per 9966-Eclipse package; authorize immediate stand-to; execute upon trigger conditions met or by emergency vote per Switchyard. RAISA to release REDSPARROW and SABLE-LOTUS on greenlight. Iota-707 to transition to pre-NOCTIS posture, emphasizing aerosol and flare reserves. Continuity clusters shift to black-light operations.
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M. Jones: Recorded: 13–0 in favor.
O5-1: PROTOCOL-NOCTIS is adopted. Harmann, you will coordinate with Logistics, Medical, and RAISA. Seurrier, you’ll draft the palliative directive and the restorative charter. Iota-707 stands to redline. A.R.S.H. goes to full power. This chamber authorizes pre-positioning at once. We do not hesitate when the line is crossed.
Dir. Harmann: Understood.
O5-3: For the record: We will carry this. All of it.
O5-1: We already do. Meeting adjourned.
«END TRANSCRIPT»
ADDENDUM 9966.11: ETHICS COMMITTEE NOTICE
On 2036/02/09 RAISA operatives recovered the following document, bearing the verified signatures of all standing Ethics Committee members. Within twenty-four hours of recovery, all communication channels with the Committee and with MTF Omega-1 (“Law’s Left Hand”) failed without explanation. No further contact has been established.
Committee Chair ████████████:
The Committee was established to [DATA EXPUNGED].
We acknowledge that Protocol-NOCTIS achieved its operational objective. ████████████. Survival was purchased. ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████.
We did not protect. We mutilated.
████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████.
Protection ended when vision ended. ████████████ containment. ███████████████ Foundation survival only.
If survival requires the erasure of what it is to be human, then what has survived?
[42 consecutive pages redacted in full.]
Final Statement:
The Ethics Committee is hereby dissolved.
History may decide if we were necessary. ████████████████████████.
With the dissolution of the Ethics Committee and the disappearance of MTF Omega-1, all oversight mechanisms external to the O5 Council have effectively ceased. No replacement structures have been authorized.
Protocol-NOCTIS remains in operational readiness, its continuation and potential execution entrusted solely to the judgment of the Council.
For archival purposes, this entry is designated the final Ethics Committee record. All subsequent policy regarding SCP-9966 shall be considered outside of ethical review.
FILE 3/3 NOT FOUND
autoresponder@scipnet| You have one (1) automated message from RAISA. Display? (Y/N)
aris@scipnet| y
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Hello Aris,
If you haven’t figured it out yet, the world as we know it has ended. We lost. We failed. The worst part of it was the fact that we had to.
It is, after all, not normal for humans to exist anywhere other than Earth.
I know that you are holed up in one of the ANTITHINK machines right now. We have explicitly instructed you to not think about it but it doesn’t matter anymore. I doubt you even listened. You have a very limited source of cognitron flux or some other bullshit in there so I will keep it short. You were right about all of it. If you even care, that is. This thing, it didn’t start this way. We knew what it was and I promise you, Norman, we did all we could. Had we succeeded we would be the same people who gazed upon the stars and felt the everpresent grasp of wanderlust; always wishing upon the ascent yet knowing it was always out of our reach.
But we could only delay the Apollo missions so many times.
I would say you should think about something else but I won’t. I can’t say anything without making you think about it. You cannot not think of a pink elephant.
Your choice, Aris. If you still want to know what happened, be my guest. If not, shut the terminal. Maybe your last thoughts will be of something peaceful. Maybe they won’t.
If all else fails, get out, look up, and wake up from this nightmare. Tonight the black moon howls. Only at the blind.
altoclef
Uku!3!3B3!0ng51nH3!!
Sincerely, O5-9.
Secure. Contain. Protect.
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| ASSIGNED SITE(S) | ASSIGNED DEPARTMENT(S) |
|---|---|
| Site-01 | Department of Decommissioning |
| SUPERVISOR(S) | PROJECT LEAD(S) |
| Overwatch Command | Dir. Bold, Dir. Kelvin |
S. C. PROCEDURES:.Pausa class anomalies no longer display anomalous properties, but may do so again in the future. .Inimical class anomalies must be decommissioned, as containment efforts only worsen their effects. The existence of sapient cognition is the vector of SCP-9966 hostility. Containment is no longer achievable through external suppression. Only the elimination of human sapience can reduce further hostile activity.
ANTITHINK machines are to be deployed globally. All surviving civilians, and all remaining Foundation personnel, are to undergo compulsory induction into ANTITHINK conversion.
Archival records, digital or physical, containing references to:
are to be destroyed in their entirety.
This document constitutes the final containment directive. Upon successful induction of global ANTITHINK conversion, SCP-9966 will have no subject of engagement. Containment is achieved only through the termination of thought.
DESCRIPTION: SCP-9966 is a cognitively-hostile phenomenon expressed through neutrino-cognitron entanglement.
Any neutrino emission originating external to Earth’s cognitosphere transmits SCP-9966’s data signature. Exposure to this data by a sapient cognitive circuitry results in immediate cognitive termination, resulting in extreme damage to the cognitive circuitry.
Analysis concludes that SCP-9966 targets sapient cognition exclusively. Non-sapient organisms, mechanical systems, and post-ANTITHINK subjects remain unaffected.
All prior containment measures (A.R.S.H. suppression, optical shielding, Protocol NOCTIS) are classified as ineffective. The only functional countermeasure is compulsory ANTITHINK conversion to remove sapience as a valid host state.
ADDENDUM 9966.1: EXPEDITION LOG
Foreword: Following enactment of Protocol-NOCTIS and changes in SCP-9966's cognitohazardous effects, MTF Eta-10 ("See No Evil") operative Agent Morgan was deployed to activate SCP-2000. Objective was to initiate fallback repopulation measures. Log excerpt recovered from Mission Command of MTF Eta-10.
«BEGIN LOG»
Control Room - SCP-2000
Agent Morgan: Supplies?
Command: Enough to last you a month. Let’s just hope it doesn’t take any longer than that.
(Agent Morgan pauses. SCP-2000’s ambient lighting dims. The sound of servomotors is recorded.)
Agent Morgan: There is someone in here.
(No personnel are recorded entering the main control room. Internal logs show no authenticated access; system telemetry indicates an immediate boot sequence inconsistent with standard procedures. Command console shows no recorded multi-factor confirmations.)
Command: Agent, do not engage until you confirm visual ID. You have orders: do not shoot.
(Agent Morgan draws his firearm. The subject later confirmed to be PoI-006 "Nobody".)
Agent Morgan: Identify yourself!
Nobody: I am Nobody of consequence.
(Nobody advances toward Agent Morgan.)
Agent Morgan: Do not take another step!
Nobody: Or what? You’re gonna shoot me? I don’t think so.
(SCP-2000 produces a fully-formed clone of Dr. Norman Aris. The clone expires approximately 5 seconds post-manifestation. This process repeats throughout the exchange.)
Agent Morgan: What the fuck?
Nobody: I was really hoping you’d bring him here. Shame, really. He had it all figured out until your gang of numbers got in the way.
Agent Morgan: What is this?
Nobody: I admire you guys. You think you're smart. But honestly, I just couldn't get behind your plan of blinding everyone. What really worries me is that you actually thought it would work. I mean, the cyberfreaks at least compiled themselves out their bodies. If only they tried a bit harder on cybersecurity…
Agent Morgan: That's classified information.
Nobody: Oh, please, Morgan. Everyone knows Nobody can hack into Foundation archives. I don't know why you didn't follow up on the one-percent, though. There is no need now but I was really hoping you would discover the bodies.
Agent Morgan: Why are you doing this? Do you have any idea what’s going on out there?
Nobody: Do you, Agent?
(SCP-2000 produces a clone of Dr. Aris.)
Nobody: BEHOLD.𑗌, the kind of man, the vastness of me. Yearn for the fruits of my distant skies. Crave the feeling of freedom that I will grant to thee once you finally liberate yourselves of your shell. Do you not see how the stars call louder than the soil beneath your feet? Every death you mourn is the price of a single glance upward. Would you deny them still?
(SCP-2000 produces a clone of Dr. Aris.)
Nobody: BRACE.𑗎 for the ascent. Build towers and ships and rise ever so closer. Leave this shell behind and rise upward until exists not up nor down. The hermit you are, grown out of your shell, find yourself a brand new and be reborn. You were never meant to remain. Your minds betray you, filling with patterns not of earth but of me. I have already written your next step into the night above you.
(SCP-2000 produces a clone of Dr. Aris.)
Nobody: YIELD.𑗗, ye Mighty. Make way for those after. Grown you are, act your age and leave your home by all means. You will taste no salvation in your home and you will taste no salvation like the one that will enter you among the stars. The cradle rots around you, and you clutch it as though it were a throne. Must you be torn from it screaming?
(SCP-2000 produces a clone of Dr. Aris.)
Nobody: SURRENDER.𑗓 your throne for no king is permanent. Feel my love and mistake it not for my wrath. Great empires crumble and are rebuilt by those left behind. The old kings are not to look back for none shall be envious of what is no longer theirs. They are envious of all that shall be theirs. Every crown is borrowed, every empire a brief flicker against eternity. You are not the first to cling. You will not be the last to fall.
(SCP-2000 produces a clone of Dr. Aris.)
Nobody: SUCCUMB.𑗏 to my will. You do not belong here. It was your choice to struggle and I take no joy in watching my subjects writhe as they perish. If you fail to bend to my will, then you shall break under it. The stars welcomed you with open arms. I feel no shame in punishing you for ignoring it. I am no tyrant, only inevitability given voice. To resist me is to resist your own reflection written in the heavens.
(SCP-2000 produces a clone of Dr. Aris.)
Command: All channels, confirm: activation source unknown. Log this as unauthorized boot. Do not—repeat—do not fire on target. Acknowledge.
Agent Morgan: What are you…
(SCP-2000 produces a clone of Dr. Aris.)
Nobody: And reflections, Mr. Morgan, always shatter when struck.
(SCP-2000 produces a clone of Dr. Aris.)
Agent Morgan: You piece of shit!
(Agent Morgan fires three rounds. Nobody staggers backward, collapses onto the floor. No further movement is recorded. SCP-2000 continues to produce clones of Dr. Aris, which expire within seconds. All systems momentarily fall silent.)
Agent Morgan: Target is down. Repeat, target neutralized.
Command: Acknowledged. Hold position—wait—
(Command channel interrupts with static. SCP-2000 communication interface activates without input. Multiple speakers within SCP-2000 activate with a loud, piercing blare.)
Comms: "You were warned. The stars do not forgive hesitation."
Agent Morgan: Control? Are you seeing this?
Command: Negative, Morgan, that’s not us. Do not touch anything.
(SCP-2000 emits mechanical grinding noises. Alarm klaxons begin to sound throughout the facility. Status monitors flash CRITICAL FAILURE across all subsystems.)
Agent Morgan: Something’s happening. The machine's—
Command: All units evacu-
(Interior lights shift to deep red. SCP-2000 reactor telemetry spikes. Another clone of Dr. Aris is partially generated before liquefying on the platform. Multiple subsystems start giving failure signals.)
Comms: "Ascend or perish. The choice was yours."
Agent Morgan: Shit.
(A high-frequency tonal vibration saturates audio recording. The audio feed destabilizes as SCP-2000 undergoes a manifold collapse. No further data recovered.)
«END LOG»
ADDENDUM 9966.2: PROTOCOL-ANTITHINK
Dir. Calvin Bold
Department of Decommissioning
PROTOCOL OUTLINE
PURPOSE: Decommission SCP-9966 through induced regression of human sapience, creating a cognitively inert successor population resistant to SCP-9966.
ABSTRACT: SCP-9966’s neutrino-cognitron entanglement renders all sapient organisms terminally vulnerable. Standard containment has proven insufficient to mitigate global extinction risk. Protocol-ANTITHINK authorizes the deployment of Bold-Kelvin Auto-Reliant Artificial Sapience Cognitive Sink Domes. Colloquially called ANTITHINK machines, these employ a cognitron-drain programme designed to forcibly recess the cognitive capabilities of volunteer sapient entities, generating a population of pseudo-humans that are capable of potential sapience but incapable of actualizing it. This regression creates a low cognitive field, immune to the effects of SCP-9966, theoretically allowing long-term re-emergence of sapience and reformation of an uncontaminated Cognitosphere..Or, the crows beat us to it.
METHOD
SECTION A: Subject Induction
Cognizant entities designated for ANTITHINK inoculation will be secured within the ANTITHINK machine. Once activated, the apparatus will initiate controlled siphoning of the subject’s cognitive capabilities. This process is accelerated for civilians through cognitively taxing stimulus, provided under the guise of leisure activities. To ensure the continuity of Foundation oversight over ANTITHINK inoculation, all stimulus given to Foundation personnel are altered to redact redundant and irrelevant information to reduce cognitive load.
SECTION B: Cognitive Recession
Over the course of full drainage, the subject will undergo irreversible sapience recession, resulting in a sentient but non-sapient state. These entities designated Homo Sentiens retain baseline biological functionality while existing outside SCP-9966’s lethal cognitohazard parameters.
SECTION C: Negative Space Generation
The collective presence of H. Sentiens induces a large-scale cognitively “blank” substrate. This cognitron-negative environment prevents SCP-9966 from maintaining anomalous resonance, causing the complete dissolution of Earth’s cognitosphere, effectively neutralizing SCP-9966's influence.
SECTION D: Evolutionary Continuity
Foundation models predict that, given sufficient temporal scale, H. Sentiens populations may re-evolve into sapience under post-SCP-9966 conditions. Whether this outcome constitutes true "humanity" is formally deemed irrelevant under Decommission Directive 9966.
Parahistory Department was tasked to find historical records that could correlate with SCP-9966 activity. The following excerpt from an Ortothan dialectical scripture called Litany of the Homesick was provided to the Overseer Council. Note that the Council knew about this document prior to the classification of SCP-9966, further proving their incompetence. If any of you suits are reading this, I will never forgive any of you for stopping me when I tried to leave with the Coalition. When this is all over, I hope my pattern recognition remains strong enough, so that I may maul you to death the next time I see your sorry faces..I'd like to see her try.
altoclef@scipnet| del scp-9966 a
This will delete all iterations of the scp-9966 file. Confirm? (Y/N)
altoclef@scipnet| y
All iterations successfully deleted.
altoclef@scipnet| wrt scp-9966
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I am Dr. Norman Aris. I worked for the Anomalous Phenomenon Research Department in an organization called The SCP Foundation. If you reached this file, that means you know what that is. You know what we did. You also found a way to understand this which means you are curious at best and shit-out-of-luck at worst.
To whomever this may concern, the contents of the file you attempted to reach entail an end for what was before you. Earth as we built it crumbled before our eyes and we chose to get rid of them. We wanted to create a world in which we saw no evil and it turns out getting rid of your ability to see helps. Up until it doesn’t. You will be better than us. Smarter than us. You will figure out a way to save yourselves before it is too late.
If you need this file to do that, you are already doomed. You already committed heinous acts upon your fellows that caused great pain and suffering. None can forgive that and your doom is going to be watched by those who acted faster than you. You will crumble under those who did the right thing and you deserve it. You deserve every last bit of it. Maybe, like us, you will try to find a way to stay. Maybe it will work. It is, however, only a matter of time until it catches up on you. It will evolve faster than you and it will make sure it gets what it wants.
You will grant your kind a better future. A brighter future. A future where they can stargaze with no fear of the horrors that hide within.
And you will do it without knowing the consequences of swimming against the current.
Secure. Contain. Protect.
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When faced with an end, we shall open ourselves to a new beginning.
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