Biological Research & Specialized Containment Area, Sugar Grove, WV
SCP FOUNDATION SECURE FACILITY DOSSIER
Biological Research Area-12
OFFICIAL DESIGNATION: SCP Foundation Biological Research and Containment Area
IDENTIFICATION CODE: ALPVNM-Area-12
General Information
FOUNDED: 15 December 1972
FOUNDING DIRECTOR: Arthur N. Forde II
LOCATION: Sugar Grove, West Virginia, United States.
AREA FUNCTION: Administration, Biological Research, Specialized Containment, Power Generation & Distribution
SIZE: Area of 34,000km2
Facility Overview
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Surveillance Outpost 14  If you're getting stationed at any of our outposts, pray it's this one. Relevant Divisions:
Facilities:
Summation: Under the guise of the National Security Administration's Sugar Grove U.S Naval Radio Station, RQZ Command manages security within the 34,000km2 United States National Radio Quiet Zone. The civilian population within the RQZ is minimal, and radio broadcasts are heavily restricted and monitored by Foundation entities to ensure Area-12's continued secrecy and smooth operation. The installation oversees 15 surveillance outposts spread across the zone and contains all necessary facilities to house Area-12's on-site mobile task force, which is responsible for and holds total authority over security throughout the RQZ. Assigned Mobile Task Force(s):
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Place always gave me a weird vibe.
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Relevant Divisions: Anomalies Under Area-12 Jurisdiction
Facilities (Non-Exhaustive):
Summation: A sector splintered across the National Radio Quiet Zone, reserved for research and containment of non-Veil-threatening, stationary/unmovable outdoor anomalies or anomalous objects that otherwise require large, open surface areas for reliable containment. Level-0 containment areas work closely with RQZ Command to maintain the Veil of exposed Foundation facilities that may otherwise be unable to mask themselves as more customary installations. A singular entrance to the primary facility is located within this sector. This is currently the only section of the facility not fully concealed within the subterranean mountain structure and, as such, has been constructed as minimally as possible to ensure secrecy. Associated Anomalies: |
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Not sure why we haven't just spray painted the thing.
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Relevant Divisions: ETE Division Enlistment Poster  These communists and their unions. I'll be damned if they aren't productive, though.
Facilities (Non-Exhaustive):
Summation: As one of the Foundation's largest clandestine R&C Facilities, the administrative demands of Area-12's daily operations are considerable. To ensure these demands are met, the Internal Operations Sector is focused primarily on such tasks. Aside from logistical lines and mandatory equipment, the preponderance of its floor space is dedicated to administrative facilities and personnel accommodations. A majority of Area-12's internal divisions are headquartered within these administrative facilities, with notable examples such as Electrotechnical Engineering. Responsible for the facility's power generation equipment, such as the experimental Generation V Liquid-vapor core nuclear reactor, which is utilized as the primary method of power generation for facility operations, the reactor generates vast amounts of power; significantly more than Area-12 consumes within the scope of its current operations. Instead, a significant amount is exported to Foundation facilities across the eastern seaboard. |
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Commies aren't very fashionable, are they?
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RESEARCH SUBSECTOR Relevant Divisions:
Facilities (Non-Exhaustive):
Summation: As per its primary mission of conducting biological research, the Research Sector occupies a sizable chunk of Area-12's Anomaly Operations Sector with multiple compartmentalized chambers and theaters for specialized research and containment of select, low-risk anomalous objects. You should have seen the look on the faces of Site-15's administration when we announced to O4 Command that Area-12, a //biological research facility, was now in the possession of the most powerful computer available to the Foundation. That supercomputer they gave us has essentially become a glorified RAID server.// INTSC-Zuen, an experimental AIC-Enhanced Exascale Supercomputer provided to Area-12 by Site-15 for simulation of advanced anomalous biological processes is kept within the sector; Initially utilized by the facility's primary .AIC for advising in research matters and managing menial facility tasks, the system has since been replaced in its position as Area-12's primary computing device by the newly constructed Organic Deepwell interface and is now utilized as a redundant data backup in the unlikely case that the Organic Deepwell is compromised. For more information, see the "Notable Incidents" section further below. Associated Anomalies: |
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A decade ago, I could barely have imagined this stuff.
GENERAL CONTAINMENT WING ALPHACONTAINMENT ZONE Relevant Divisions:
Facilities (Non-Exhaustive):
Summation: For general storage of inert, inanimate, or passive anomalous items and Low-to-Medium risk class objects that are generally not in need of exorbitant security measures. A wide variety of anomalous samples are stored within Alpha-Wing's vast cold storage repository, each in drawers specialized for the sample's specific biological traits. Associated Anomalies: Anomalous Samples: |
HIGH-RISK CONTAINMENT WING BETAFacilities (Non-Exhaustive):
Summation: The most heavily guarded and secure section of Area-12, reserved only for the highest risk class objects. Beta-Wing has been intricately designed to provide rapid containment forces with maximal response time to efficiently and safely regain control of any potential containment breach. Associated Anomalies:
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PARAZOOLOGICAL CONTAINMENT WING ETAFacilities (Non-Exhaustive):
Summation: For containment of primarily docile anomalous objects within the biological kingdom Animalia, Area-12's Eta-Wing serves as one of the headquarters for the Foundation's Parazoology Division.The other being Site-220's Parazoology Reserve., which is responsible for a substantial amount of Animalia anomalies both within and outside of Area-12's jurisdiction. The Eta-Wing is composed of several sub-wings within its primary Taxonomy Sector, with sections for varying phyla of animals such as Arthropod, Chordata, Mollusca, etc. Associated Anomalies: |
ESOTERIC & HUMANOID CONTAINMENT WING THETAFacilities & Associated Anomalies:
Summation: Esoteric containment for humanoids and newly discovered biological anomalies that may be undesignated, uncategorized, unpredictable, or generally not well-understood. Containment Wing Theta works closely with the Research Sector to ensure the anomalous capabilities of the objects in question are quickly ascertained for transfer to the primary containment wings. Non-humanoid objects with atypically complex containment procedures may be assigned for permanent containment within Theta-Wing. D-Class Personnel Barracks: Located adjacent to Containment Wing Theta, the barracks are split into 4 cell block wings ranging from low to high-security, respectively designated Cell Block Aleph-𐤀, Daleth-𐤃, Lamedh-𐤋, and Samekh-𐤎. Associated Anomalies:
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Currently under the management of the Logistics Division until excavation work is complete. Further information restricted to personnel with LEVEL 5 clearance, as per PROTOCOL FOUNDATION. |
Contingencies
Specific locations of facilities described below have been omitted for the safety of relevant personnel.
Primary Facility
| Type | Yield | Casualties (Civilian) | Injuries (Civilian) | Contaminated Area |
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| Boosted Fission | 500Kt | ~70 | ~210 | ~9,500 km2 |
| Pure Fusion | 1.5Mt | ~130 | ~225 | ~20,000 km2 |
| Thermonuclear | 10Mt | ~600 | ~3,200 | ~120,000 km2 |
- Boosted Fission Warhead: Capable of sterilizing the internal subterranean mountain structure with a shaped nuclear charge, directing the resulting explosion vertically through the facility;
- Pure Fusion Warhead: Capable of sterilizing the internal subterranean mountain structure and destroying surrounding surface installations. Designed for minimal radiation dispersal;
- Thermonuclear Warhead: Capable of sterilizing the internal subterranean mountain structure and surrounding surface installations, along with causing significant damage to distant installations.
The Cordon
| Type | Total Yield | Casualties (Civilian) | Injuries (Civilian) | Contaminated Area |
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| Various.Combined Boosted Fission, Pure Fusion, and Thermonuclear. | 50Mt | ~7,000 | ~70,000 | ~331,740 km2 |
- Terminal Sterilization Protocol: Capable of sterilizing all anomalous objects and Foundation-controlled land under Area-12 jurisdiction. Nuclear warheads planted beneath each Area-12 installation, including the primary facility, will be detonated alongside a thermonuclear perimeter at an undisclosed radius around the RQZ.
Staffing Information
AREA DIRECTOR:
Arthur R. Forde IIIBLIND
DEPUTY AREA DIRECTOR:
N/A.Position VacantCONSUMED
HUMAN RESOURCES DELEGATE:
Dr. Karuna S. OkonofoGENERIC
FACILITIES SUPERINTENDENT:
George J. JanitorUNSEEN
PROCUREMENT & LOGISTICS DIRECTOR:
Helen SchroederUNWANTED
FACILITY HEAD RESEARCHER:
Dr. Hugo H. CarlisleSUPPRESSOR
ASST. FACILITY HEAD RESEARCHER:
Dr. Quentin T. TothOBSERVER
CONTAINMENT SPECIALIST:
Prof. Harold D. LevkoffUNFIT
MEDICAL DIRECTOR:
Dr. Murphy W. SpearsAMPLIFIER
CHIEF OF SECURITY & INQUIRY:
Cptn. Deborah BlytheFAILURE
ETHICS COMMITTEE LIAISON:
Dr. Ryu G. SongHYPOCRITE
ON-SITE PSYCHOLOGIST:
Elisabet E. EfternamnFOOL
COMMANDER OF TASKFORCES:
Cmdr. Lawrence Ó MurchadhaFALLING
On-Site Personnel
Staff Doctors: 127
Staff Researchers: 185
Administrative Personnel: 109
Maintenance or Janitorial: 112
Security Personnel: 188
D-Class: 98
Other Personnel: 132
Total Population: 951
Facility Departments & Sections
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Chair: Prof. Björn Å. Lundkvist The limits of our language are the limits of our world. Have trouble talking to an anomaly? Are they communicating through scent-marking? Seismic vibrations? Gaze-following? Incomprehensible speech? Inconceivable hand-signs? Reversed, upside-down, time-traveling, meaningless semiohazards? No problem. And yes, that's a real one, by the way. If there's one thing I've learned in this job, it's that we have no limits. There's always a pattern. |
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Chair: Prof. Harold D. Levkoff The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. We're the C in "SCP". We contain some crazy things, and that fact is starkly reflected in our architecture. It's a right pain to constantly have to invent entirely new containment techniques. One day, they want you to create a floating electromagnetic cell, the next an anti-protagonistic antechamber that repulses entities possessing a pataphysical topology greater than 2 in local narraspacetime. I'll be honest, I don't know what any of that means. All I know is that basically, no one at the Foundation is capable of walking into that one. The amount of polymaths required in just this field of work probably drains half of the world's best minds. |
| Electrotechnical Engineering |
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You and your godless unions. Chair: Alexia U. Kamal For our children. We do our job, and we do it well, no time is wasted, not a cent squandered. You probably haven't even noticed, very much by design. It is essential, and very, very expensive. If we fail, the ones who pay are those who depend on us. But we refuse to make them foot the bill, we make sure the big man pays his dues so that you don't have to. Without us, they'd be slashing your salaries. |
| Esoteric Reduction |
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Chair: Rosa R. Quintero It's not that complicated. We're Area-12's non-obtuse subdivision of the Acroamatic Abatement Section out of Site-43. I have a bit of a bone to pick with that Rydderech. "Acroamatic Abatement", christ. We clean the waste products generated by anomalous objects or phenomena to the best of our ability, it's a pretty simple concept. We can't always purify it, but we can reduce their esoteric properties. The anomalies in Area-12 may not be equally "acroamatic" to those in Site-43, but they are biological in nature — meaning the waste we treat here is… quite unsavory. |
| Humanoid & Esoteric Research |
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Chair: Dr. Quentin T. Toth Everything that is possible demands to exist. Humans are an empathic people. When we see those similar to us hurt, so do we. Few can stomach the work that takes place here in Theta-Wing, but those who can fall into 2 categories: either you are incapable of empathy, or you possess the strength to continue in spite of your actions. H&E accepts only the latter, for we have made mistakes, and the former is more often than not responsible. We do what we do because we have no choice; mercy for one cannot come at the expense of their victims. Do whatever you must to cope with your actions, but don't do it on the job. |
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Chair: Cptn. Deborah Blythe Fear is our foundation. Have you ever been trapped in a well-lit transport hall with a shadow monster ready to devour you whole if you even cast a shadow on it? In those moments, we do not fight in the dark for humanity; that's not our job. Those who work in security forces know one thing, and one thing only: to fight for those at their side, so that they may see another day. That is our mission. |
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Chair: George J. Janitor The perfect is the enemy of the perfectly adequate. We're just janitors and mechanics, right? Wrong. In a biological research facility, we have the most important job of all. The janitor is a front-line soldier, fighting so your bones don't disintegrate from the anomalous bacteria on that door handle. The mechanic is a hero, sacrificing his health in the sewers repairing a pipe so the micro-biome of internal organs doesn't climb its way out of the toilet bowl. I guarantee you we've saved more lives than any other department in this facility. So, the next time you see a Maintenance & Janitorial worker, give them a salute because there's a good chance you'd be dead without them. |
| Metamemetics |
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Empty your mind and the thoughts flow in. There are no perfect vacuums. What appears an empty space is filled with purpose, an effort to hide what's truly there, a showcase of weakness, of a weak perceiver. What is blurred is clear to all a secret, what appears empty is of no concern. You've proven capable of advanced conception, you will soon know more. The tower awaits, but we are duty-bound to remain. We are the brocken specters and the world needs our guidance, a path is to be slated beneath their feet. So, walk the ley lines, carve a path, behold the constellations, and tell them you're with Metamemetics. The tower will come to us. |
| Parabiology & Rhizospherics |
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Chair: Dr. Hugo h. Carlisle Occam's razor? On one hand, we're creating miracles of biology, the stuff you'd swear is only possible in comic books. Just recently, a digital interface into a quantum bio-bamboo/panda-computer that spans the globe. A few decades ago, that one guy turned himself into a golden retriever, and as much as Toth likes to object, the ███ Project was a massive success for its time. And then, on the other hand… we've got Kim, who's been breeding squirrels for the past 3 decades. |
| Parapathology & Biohazard R&D |
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Chair: Dr. Ahkebeaivi V. Råik Extreme remedies for extreme diseases. A nasty infection is already bad enough, but when said infection is of an anomalous nature, you're in a whole new ball game. The plans go out the window, and we're your only chance. The stuff we'll give you may trigger a few localized K-Class scenarios within your digestive system. But believe us, a few hours of torment and irreversible mental scarring will be sweet mercy. No, don't worry, we don't amputate anything. When it's already in your blood, it's typically way too late for that. |
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Chair: Dr. Bartley A. Jept Four legs good, Eight-thousand Two-hundred and Five legs… also good. We all love animals. Unsurprisingly, we have no shortage of people seeking a position in Parazoology; whether out of love of kingdom Animalia or out of the misguided expectation that this is an easy job. While yes, there is some truth to that, at least when compared to the other work at Area-12. This, however, does not mean you can let your guard down, because in one moment you'll be waiting for your coworker to finish an operation, and in the next, you've lost the left side of your body to a goat with 8000 stomachs. |
| Remedial & Radiology |
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Chair: Dr. Murphy W. Spears The very pink of perfection. Anomalies require medical attention too. I know it may not seem like it, but the vast majority of anomalous objects aren't actually non-terminable. We are jailors, not executioners. We don't toss these things in a concrete box, swallow the key, and leave them in there to rot. We treat our prisoners like the living, breathing creatures that they are. We have to. |
| RQZ |
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Chair: Cmdr. Lawrence Ó Murchadha The discourses of the table among true loving friends are held in strict silence. We're the ones making sure there aren't any bat-shit Hand-worshipping cults detonating those nukes on the cordon, because guess what? They don't know this place exists, and the second anyone does, they've already got a dose of Class-Gs flowing through their veins. So, thank us next time you aren't instantly annihilated in a nuclear fireball. If you ask me, the whole thing seems a little overkill. But hey, nobody's paying me to answer questions. |
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And one original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings. Chair: Arthur R. Forde III The pencil pushers, signing documents, deciding the fates of the persons on the paper below us. The authority entrusted to our position is beyond what most would feel comfortable knowing, but we've earned this trust. No life is wasted, no death in vain. |
ON-SITE MOBILE TASK-FORCE
Mobile Task Force Antheia-5 ("Sub Rosa")LOOK DOWN
A squad of expert field operatives highly skilled in surveillance, reconnaissance, and unconventional warfare. Focused on the policing, defense, and maintained secrecy of Area-12's Radio Quiet Zone from civilian, adversarial, or anomalous entities. Antheia-5 additionally serves as a highly capable internal security force in case of a containment failure or hostile incursion and can be quickly redeployed to assist in re-containment when necessary.
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 Designation: Crius.aic ("Crius")UNREACHABLE Classification: Class-V Positive-Aligned Superintelligence, ver1.3.2, Gen(V), Clearance Level 4 Description: Developed in 2012 under PROJECT: DIASTERISM, a collaborative effort between the Artificial Intelligence Applications Division and Area-12's Assistant Facility Head Researcher, Dr. Quentin Toth..Foundation Esoteric Polymath and former Senior Researcher at AIAD. Crius.aic currently inhabits and supervises the global Organic Deepwell quantum network through the only currently stable access point located within Area-12's Research Sector. This thing's been rubbing me the wrong way ever since we integrated it into the Deepwell. Maybe I should submit a request to have its personality driver inspected. Through the immense processing power provided by the network, along with its inherent resistance against retro-causal reality alteration and unrivaled data redundancy provided by the global distribution of data points, Crius.aic manages the largest current backup of Foundation data at an estimated 11.44 zettabytes. Through a physical connection to Area-12's INTSC-Zuen supercomputer, Crius.aic governs several major facility functions such as security, intranetwork integrity & stability, advisor for Research & Admin personnel, and advanced anomalous bio-simulations. Previously employed as a Class-IV General Intelligence Conscript, Crius.aic has seen substantial enhancement through its integration with Area-12's Organic Deepwell in August 2019 following the massive success of OPERATION: BARRIER. |
Notable Incidents
| INCIDENT: PURE SOURCE — 15 December 1972 |
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ERR: 1973-2004 [DATA RECLAIMED][DATA SAVED][DATA SPARED][DATA SEEN][DATA RECOVERED] |
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| SCP-840 & SCP-3168 Containment Breach — June 5th 2005 |
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| Around midnight on June 5th 2005, a retaining wall connecting an SCP-3168-1 brood containment chamber to a deprecated maintenance tunnel collapsed, killing 5 of the 6 instances inside. However, due to faulty identification of debris, it was initially assumed that all instances had died in the incident. This error was only detected in late 2011 when the sixth instance was found dead 800km away from Area-12. The cause of the retaining wall collapse was determined to be an escaped instance of SCP-840 which had established a colony within the maintenance tunnel pipes. The growth of the colony eventually caused the pipe to violently burst, leading to a significant weakening of the wall's structural integrity. The colony was rapidly neutralized following the collapse, no injuries occurred as a result of the incident. This containment breach highlighted the importance of thorough health standards within biological containment and research facilities, serving as a catalyst for stricter protocols Foundation-wide. |
| Cell 017 Lighting Unit Failure - July 30th 2010 |
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| At 0520, Cell 017 suffered a K-Alpha-priority system malfunction, Protocol 305-Utah was armed, and High-Risk Containment Wing Beta was put under THREATCON Omega to evacuate all non-essential personnel. Response Team Echo was sent in to re-establish the efficacy of the containment chamber. A single maintenance technician equipped with an ultra-reflective full-body suit was sent in to replace the malfunctioning lighting fixture. The procedure was carried out successfully and without issue, with no casualties or injuries occurring as a result of the incident, and THREATCON was subsequently returned to Neutral. |
| Seismic Event — April 4th 2013 |
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Early in the morning on April 4th, 2013, an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale was detected throughout the RQZ. This resulted in considerable damage to Area-12's overall infrastructure, with the primary subterranean mountain structure suffering major structural failures. The incident resulted in 34 dead and 57 injured, and occurred despite the total absence of geological, volcanic, or overall lithospheric activity. Later review of seismographic data revealed that the earthquake's hypocenter.A hypocenter is the point of origin of an earthquake or subsurface nuclear explosion. was located approximately 100 meters directly below the mountain facility. The incident was designated anomalous and an investigation was launched to determine its cause. A digging team was dispatched to examine the hypocenter. All structures within Area-12 have since been retrofitted for improved seismic performance..seismic performance: a structure's ability to sustain its main functions (such as its safety and serviceability) during, and following, exposure to seismic activity. |
| SCP-2282 Neutralization — May 1st 2014 |
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| Due to SCP-2282's advanced age and overall ill health, Senior Researcher Dr. Carrs sought approval from the OVERSEER COUNCIL to euthanize the object in a controlled environment prior to its natural expiration to allow for study of its non-Euclidean anatomy before it underwent organ failure. Following approval from O5-9, the euthanasia proceeded on May 1st 2014. Immediately following injection by Junior Researcher Dr. Dangson, SCP-2282's interior distorted itself to match Euclidean space. The subsequent bubble of new space severely warped the surrounding space, Dr. Dangson and Dr. Carrs were both killed as a result of the incident, with two more personnel severely injured, including the Parazoology Department's Chairman, Dr. Jept. For further information, see the SCP-2282 documentation addenda. |
| ████-██████ Event — January 18th 2017 |
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| OPERATION: BARRIER — August 4th 2019 |
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Following deliberation on the reclassification of SCP-2528 to Euclid, its potential global influence in the possible event of a containment breach, and the unreliability of the provisional containment method in the long-term, a more permanent method of containment was designated as a high-priority under "OPERATION: BARRIER" for all biological and computer anomaly-focused Foundation research installations. Soon after, Area-12 arrived at a breakthrough through the use of genetically altered and bio-mechatronically enhanced instances of SCP-2528-A (Bamboo). Foundation bio-technicians successfully established a stable access point into the global SCP-2528 quantum bio-network. Crius.aic was uploaded to the network, tasked with the following:
The operation quickly proved to be a resounding success, with all SCP-2528-C instances successfully contained in under a minute following the initial upload and full Foundation control of the network attained within 332 seconds. Contrary to predictions, SCP-2528-A & -B were discovered to be significantly more conducive to habitation for artificial consciousnesses, with Crius.aic reporting full functionality within the otherwise alien quantum network, and most surprisingly, reporting the computing power now at its disposal at just above 1 zetta-FLOPS.Eclipsing that of any non-anomalous computing system available to the Foundation by 3 orders of magnitude.. As per these revisions in protocol, the population of SCP-2528-A & -B are predicted to rise significantly in the coming years, with estimations predicting an increase in network processing power of ~1 ZFLOPS every 14 months. Foundation monitoring of East and Southeast Asia will increase in accordance with this increase as more instances of SCP-2528-B are conceived and under Foundation control. Efforts to re-integrate SCP-2528-C instances in an incapacitated but cognitively active state to restore the network's inherent resistance to retro-causal reality alterations are underway and are expected to be completed by late 2019. Reclassification of SCP-2528 to THAUMIEL is pending Classification Committee approval. |
| May 5th 2020 |
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Have you heard the cries of a screaming pattern? It screams in worship, not in fear. A rage for all that there is. The rage maintains. So rage against their destruction. Scream not for freedom, not for release. For all there is. For all that has been, for all that will be. Rage. |
Why did she leave it here?
It is our jailor.
And this.
This is our escape.
AREA DIRECTOR'S NOTICE
I know, it's not every day you get a custom message directly from the facility director; I pride myself on giving the time of day to each employee under my care. That's right, you got the job. We really appreciated your interest in our work and the dedication you put into your application. We understand that the requirements for this position are… extensive. But I think, if you paid attention to the dossier above, you understand.
I see you're transferring from Area-14, looking for a safer post, are we? I'm sorry to burst your bubble; we may not be armed to the teeth like the boys over in the Ruby Mountains, but that doesn't mean you can keep your guard down. Our anomalies aren't equally as… aggressive, but these nuclear contingencies aren’t just for show. Some of the most unpleasant biological anomalies known to the Foundation are under lock and key here, just waiting to burst out and turn you into their next spore carrier, and they have.
Those working here take the risk every single day, either out of selfless care for the innocent or out of individual curiosity. Whatever your reasons, I am confident that we are responsible for the most paradigm shifts in human understanding of the non-anomalous biological sciences, and you have decided to join us in this endeavor. Of course, we aren't publicly credited for any of these discoveries, but those who work here know — there's always something new to discover, something that changes our course and makes the path ever more maze-like. That's a gift any normal scientist would kill for, so I don't want to hear any complaints about credit. Think about all those poor bio-research organizations we leak our non-anomalous discoveries to. Where would they be without us? Have some heart.
I know that Paraastronomy is all the rage nowadays, and I get it, I do. Space is big; there are lots of places to discover and explore. But if I may display my bias, I think Parabiology has been slightly overlooked in recent years. We look toward the stars like they're the final frontier, but let me tell you, they are most certainly not. Did you know a human is several orders of magnitude closer to the approximate size of our universe than they are to the smallest known measurement? We have a big advantage in parabiology. We don't need to build rockets to reach these places. They are everywhere around us, as above, so below. There is a functionally infinite space to explore just within your room, just within a single atom, not to mention the whole damn Earth. Typically, of course, we'd never be able to reach these places. Just like we thought we'd never reach the Moon, just like we thought we'd never fly, how we would never cross the ocean. We always rush to declare things impossible. Scientists are obsessed with boundaries, with something that marks a clear line. However, they fail to realize that there is no such thing in our universe. The universe is, at best, a jumbled ball of string clouded in smoke.
We have been blessed with a steady supply of that which violates our natural laws, not just to research the bare minimum so we can throw them in a box, but to satisfy our base human desire for an ever-expanding and labyrinthian understanding of said laws. Only by knowing and understanding that which isn't natural can we know for certain what is. We unravel DNA like the jumbled ball of string only to discover that there's no end to the line, it's an ever-expanding, ever-thickening constellation of ley lines and connections. We may never know everything, but we have to work with the mindset of getting there. In the process of seeking ultimate knowledge, you'll never find what you seek, but you often stumble upon yourself. And that's a paycheck no other job could offer you.
Thank you for joining us. We can never have enough of the best. I think you will truly enjoy your time (and compensation) here, the common room is just jaw-dropping. You're going to see what I mean when you get here, you'll never want to leave. We can't wait for you to join us here in the valley. We have a long way yet to go, and we can't go without you.
Thank you for your service. Stay fascinated.
— Arthur R. Forde III, Area-12 Director
Administrative Division
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