Unfounded - Hub

un·found·ed adj. Having no foundation or basis in fact.

On January 13, 1917, a boy was crossing the street. He was eleven years old, and he was going with his mother to see his father who had just returned from Europe. He knew his father was missing his left arm, but the boy didn't care. He would hug the man enough for the two of them.

Foundation

His mother looked both ways, holding his hand tightly. A moment later, an out-of-control automobile careened through the intersection. It passed close to the boy and his mother, nearly killing them. Despite the scare, life went on. History continued.

Unfounded

His mother had bought a gift for the boy's father, and was carrying it with her. The boy ran ahead excitedly. A moment later, an out-of-control automobile struck the boy, killing him instantly. His father and mother mourned him, but life went on. History continued.

Overview

"Unfounded" is exactly what the title implies: an exploration of a world without the SCP Foundation. There are two basic principles behind this canon.

• The SCP Foundation doesn't exist.
• Things are otherwise pretty much the same.

Stories

• Rascal One Actual by DrClef
  • Taken From A Global Occult Coalition Casefile by DrClef
• Finding The Machine by Fantem
  • Interlude - Excerpt from an Auction Catalog, Marshall Carter and Dark, 2012 by DrClef
• Six Little Mice by Pig_catapult
  • Text of a Condolence Letter, Federal Bureau of Investigation Unusual Incidents Unit by DrClef
• Special Assets by DrClef
• All Things Considered by Photosynthetic
• Putting a Ghost in the Machine by ColCairn
• Outfounded Hub by Greyve
  • A Sympathetic Thorn in the Side of the Bookburners by stop1010
  • Halfway Lost by Greyve, JakdragonX, and Hexick
  • In The Dark by Greyve
  • Within the Walls I by Greyve, JakdragonX
• Finding Asmodeus Hub
  • This Is How We Build Revelation by SoullessSingularity
  • #LetTheFactoryFail by The Great Hippo
  • Asmodeus by UraniumEmpire
  • The Heart of the Beast by aismallard
• The Pumpkin Mystery by aismallard
• SCP-6871 by Ralliston
• The Mind Electric by Limeyy, LORDXVNV, and Ralliston
• ILLCOVETYOUIFYOUCOVERME by FLOORBOARDS
• LTE-0641-Ragweed by XannyWarhol
• Don’t Care All Fine by ThatGuyThatTime
• SCP-6197 by Dr. Tonne

• Da Capo Al Fine by DrClef

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Show Contributor's Guide

Before you start writing

• Read every story in the canon
• Read the rest of this contributor's guide information.

Major Changes in Groups of Interest

The Global Occult Coalition

In the absence of the Foundation, the Global Occult Coalition has taken over its role as the primary agency dealing with the paranormal. Many of the more dangerous SCP artifacts have been destroyed by the Global Occult Coalition. Many others, especially humanoids, have been recruited by the Coalition under their "Special Assets Directive."

The Serpent's Hand

Many other SCP objects and persons are now affiliated with the Serpent's Hand. In particular, a fictional character named "Fred" has been seen entering the texts of various books in the Wanderer's Library…

National Governments and Agencies

One major change from the original "Foundation" canon is that world governments and agencies now take a much more active role in dealing with the paranormal. The Unusual Incidents Unit of the FBI, for instance, has been revitalized and renewed after the fairly recent replacement of its director. The Hartle Anomaly is now the purview of NASA. And most recently, the U.S. Department of Defense's "Pandora's Box" program to weaponize the paranormal has come under fire in the Special Operations community after an incident in which an entire SEAL team lost their lives.

The Chaos Insurgency

As an off-shoot of the Foundation, this Group of Interest does not exist.

Major Changes to Key SCP Foundation characters.

• Dr. Clef never existed. Agent Ukelele never left the Global Occult Coalition, and now serves as a department head in its "Physics" (special operations) division.
• Charles Ogden Gears is the new head of the Unusual Incidents Unit. Along with his assistant Jack Dawkins, he works to turn the much-maligned UIU into a true player in the world of the paranormal.
• Lament is an engineer living in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Suggestions for writing in the Unfounded canon

• This isn't "Game Day" or "Broken Masquerade." This is a world that hews as close to the site's established tone and canon as possible in the absence of the Foundation itself. This isn't a place where the blatantly paranormal is openly known, or the world has fallen into chaos. Remember: the Foundation doesn't exist… but things are mostly the same.
• A story in the Unfounded canon is not just a story about a GOI aside from the Foundation. Whether it's a story about a certain GOI getting ahold of an SCP object, or a person from the SCP Foundation taking a new job in another GOI, there should at least be one element that could not exist in the standard canon.
• Please do not come up with more entries in the Interstitials (like "Taken From A Global Occult Coalition Casefile"). Rewriting an SCP object as a "GOC casefile" or a "Marshall, Carter, and Dark auction item" is the least interesting thing you could do with it. If you'd like to do a new Interstitial that covers a GOI that hasn't been covered yet, this might be acceptable, but you should probably run this idea by someone else first.
• You don't have to run your ideas by someone else who has already written for the Unfounded canon (especially Clef, Photosynthetic, Pig_catapult, or Fantem), but it may be a good idea, especially if it's your first time writing for it.

Story ideas for the Unfounded canon

• What if a different GOI owned [SCP OBJECT]? Or what if [SCP OBJECT] was still "in the wild"?
• What would [SCP PERSONNEL] do if they didn't work for the Foundation?
• How does the relationship between [GOI] and [GOI] change without the Foundation's influence?
• "This Hartle thing is heating up…"
• Dr Clef Sez: I'd personally like to see some stories about the Serpent's Hand and the Wanderer's Library.

‡ Licensing / Citation

Cite this page as:

"Unfounded - Hub" by DrClef, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/unfounded-hub. Licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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