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I said very busy very busy just did my anthology piece and Going out to travel a little bit this weekend. Oh my word. I am so busy with the seven cons I haven't even looked at anthology yet Lord. Yeah. Well, that's that's the next one We're gonna do after this one and then by the time they get done that it should be just about time for a con My heart just broke a little bit Yeah, you all know why we're here this is part 12 of Bill and I reading all of the scp 7000 entries. We're not counting the small ones. We're not counting the point fives in the point seven fives That's not counting the point five in the point seven five. That was a bad week And why are we doing this herculean task? It is because of our dear friend.  I hear they have very large family networks. Oh, yes, absolutely. Absolutely So yes, the link is in the doobly-doo if you wish to help us. We know it's at a hundred percent and It's been at a hundred percent for like the last five weeks. So if someone donates a Dollar to that today just so it goes up for one week. I will or are the stream Don't know what that means. I hope it's not a bad thing We're still our main goal is still 777 percent the goal 777 percent of the goal, which is My calculator Apple my phone is taken up.   I'm a stem major, but also I'm tired What number are we starting with today today's first article, let me pull up the window boom We are looking at scp 7268 Which is written by blind beard of course the you know The legend and I remember. Yeah, this one's got the long long crawl. So we're starting with a long one today It's gonna be great 7263 No 7268 correct It is the spark of life The spark of life. Oh, I like the title and I also like the freaking classification level I've never seen that before and I'm very pleased by it Yeah, this is an interesting one for sure. So let us dive right into space here scp 7268 welcome to the stream Tiktokers go to youtube. Don't forget to subscribe whoo Notice from the o5 council The following file is a collaborative effort between the scp foundation the united nations the soul colonial administration and the interplanetary space agency It does not necessarily reflect the views of the scp foundation Oh boy item number scp 7268 object class safe classification level zero public domain special containment procedures uh pictured adecas cassiopeia ab scp 7268 is according to observation centered on this planet special containment procedures Travel to and from the adecas a p-cassiopeia System is explicitly off limits as ordered by the scp foundation the un the sca and the isa Any ships in violation of this quarantine will be subject to immediate termination and decommissioning description scp 7268 is a field of indeterminate nature emanating from adecas a p-p-a ab While this field is not detectable by current instrumentation its effect can be observed in the presence of scp 7268 high complexity organic molecules utilizing phosphorus i.e phospholipids RNA and dna cannot form Though simpler organic molecules such as amino acids have been observed Addendum scp 7268 was discovered and described by dr. Rosalind Carson a non-foundation scientist during the Viracoka mission to edda cassiopeia The file was authorized by the un overriding an o5 vote blank space for aesthetic to Dr. James Gould from dr. Daniel Ogonoski date august 13 20 20 or 2247 time 4 38 p.m subject Sorry about this This is one of those good news bad news things and i'll start off with the good The job is fine though the mushroom project is suspended for now A mushroom project links to scp 6252 Now for the bad These are orders from the o5 council itself. So there's literally nothing I can do Effective december 15th. You'll be serving a three-year stint on Swyambu station in orbit around 55 serpents d Both as an exobiologist and as a representative of the scp foundation to confirm the presence of scp 7268 But you know the deal with swyambu Swyambu, you know who's in charge She asks for you and since you're the only exobiologist we have we can't send a substitute Dr. Carson suspects scp 7268 is present on d same as on edda cassiopeia ab We could argue the point But since the whole point of 7268 is that it only exists at edda cassiopeia Cassiopeia it but it's quicker to send you Arguing with her via six month gaps would take a long time And just between us I think the council is hoping you can confirm the foundation stance on 7268 Get humanity over the hump so we can move forward as a species And we need the push I saw a poll a while back apparently more than half of americans still believe extraterrestrial life is out there I've got a bridge to sell those people Some more good news You've got four months to get everything in order And we managed to get you a 30 increase on the normal field pay rate Over three years that'll be a hefty sum Hoping it's enough to cover the initiation fee to that famous golf course on crystal lake You're always raving about when you get back Crystal downs, right?  Do they hide things? I'll always check the white space always also I am Immediately in love with this article. I don't know what it is, but the way they're framing it so far has got me freaking hooked So characterizations very human so far. That's for sure So I hope this lasts because I'm enjoying myself so far Yeah And by the way, that was the voice of dr. Ogonowski if I need to pull back that voice Got it Pictured 55 serpents d from orbit Date january 6 2248 for 11 p.m. Station time The following is a curated video transcript from james guld's personal drone Dr. Gould is unpacking a small metal line bedroom He is visibly unhappy and occasionally massages his scalp a chime plays on the intercom and he looks at the door Come in he says The door opens and a short middle-aged woman in her 80s enters. She smiles but keeps her distance It's good to see you james. It's been too long He turns away digging into his bag Dr. Carson She frowns I wasn't expecting you to call me anti rosy anymore, but doctor What can I do for you? She sighs How was the trip Don't remember a thing suppose i'm relieved. I even woke up at all James don't be As long as the artificial coma process is correctly administered. There's zero percent chance of developing hid footnote Hyperspace induced dementia a brain disease brought on by improper suppression of higher cognitive function during passage through extra dimensional spaces I know how hyperspace travel works Of course you do. I she trails off tapping your fingers on the adjacent wall Oh, we cleared out of space for that golf simulator you brought The dimensions aren't exactly what you asked but in terms of volume. It's actually bigger I'll make it work She smiles I don't ever taken you for a golfer when you were growing up, but you caught the bug bad, didn't you?  I haven't been on a spin station a very long time I need She holds a hand up. I understand You're not the only one get yourself to the med bay as soon as you can we'll start tomorrow at nine sound good Dr. Gould nods and dr. Carson exits he rummages through his bag and pulls out a bottle of vodka He unscrews the lid and drinks straight from the bottle date January 7th 2248 1 53 p.m station time The following is a curated video transcript from James Gould's personal drone Dr. Carson and dr. Gould enter a lab computers and desks cluster in the center of the room with a series of large chambers lining the walls And this is where and this is where the magic happens. Dr. Carson says Not literally of course. I know that's the foundations domain and your merlins get real persnickety when us normal people step on their toes They might be nicer if you kept the slang away from them. Dr. Gould says Thaumaturges doctor they prefer the term Thaumaturge Maybe if you indulge them you could have convinced one to maintain a grav generator here I feel like my shoes have led in them No offense james. I understand why you joined the foundation But I want as little to do with those xenophobes and control freaks as I can And yet this is the second time you've called on them It wasn't my first choice. Dr. Carson says Anyway, welcome to the life lab. This is where we'll be working Since we haven't found a native life yet. We modified the holding chambers to induce Abiodgenesis utilizing native mano yeoman material Footnote mano yemo is the Informal name for 55 serpents d given by dr. Carson approval by the international astronomical union is pending Try to induce dr. Gould walks over to her window Filled with a cloudy slurry and sparking with miniature bolts of plasma and taps on the glass Right Her smile remains firm Of course Actually, I had some materials shipped from earth along with you We're going to run the ure miller fatima process on that to provide a proper control sample footnote Dr. Pranavi fatima Of the university of chicago led the team which completed successful artificial abiodgenesis in 2169 We should mix materials too. Dr. Gould says some from earth some from d Deuterium label god damn it What a day for me to skip my vocal warm-up and lip exercises god damn it Ah d Deuterium label the earth sample keep them straight Oh, that should have a column. That's a comma there. I feel better some from earth some from deuterium Label the earth sample to keep them straight footnote As deuterium behaves similarly to an ordinary hydrogen in many ways Deuterium water isn't used in organic chemistry as a tracer Deuterated water is distinguishable from standard water through usage of mass spectrometry That's an excellent idea. Dr. Carson moves to place a hand on Dr. Gould's shoulder You seemed out of it this morning, but I'm glad you're coming around Dr. Gould glares at her until she drops her hand If you wanted a naive phd student to butter up with faint praise you missed the boat by 10 years Of course she says she stammers for a moment then regains her placid smile Why don't I leave you here so you can catch up on everything we've learned so far? I should go check in with the genealogy geology department Apparently they found some interesting crystal formation near a volcano on the northern continent Oh, you aren't going to explain how these computers work I understand that you're upset about being here and that our past gives you leeway But I expect you to maintain some level of professionalism while on the job, Dr. Gould Fine professionalism You got it Dr. Gould sits at a computer and links the drone to download data Frankly, I'm jealous I get homework and you get to learn something new from people who aren't wasting their time on a dead rock It's a big planet and we've only been here two years We'll find something maybe live maybe another instance of your scp 7268 Who knows and I'm excited to find out You really can't help cheerleading can you Dr. Gould asks You sound like the damn luna tourism board Come to luna.  I've heard the story a million times Your old professors never stopped talking about you No one who knew you could Must be how you've convinced half the system to keep funding you since it certainly isn't your results Your definition of professionalism leaves something to be desired Dr. Gould snaps to attention with a full salute Apologies, ma'am.   They're so good already There's something for everyone To like to like and both dislike Oh, man, oh even the jargon I like if I weren't a bitter voice actor Uh fair, yeah Okay, because actually I want to say even now I'm not complaining about the jargon in a real sense because it uh It's they're really doing a good job of working it in interesting ways and footnotes that it doesn't obstruct How much new information we're having to take in This is true. Yeah author already the first 10 of this article. I'm in love. I you got me. Let's keep going life survey one February 25th 2246 latitude 45.9 degrees south longitude 134.6 degrees west environment type hydrothermal vents on a near surface mid-ocean ridge elevation negative 240 meters results Mass spectrometry detected numerous organic molecules including but not limited to 54 separate amino acids sterols fatty acids and sugars such as ribose Long chain nucleic acids i.e. RNA and DNA and lipids are not present probability of life 0.1 life survey four June 13th 2246 latitude 23.8 degrees north longitude 31.1 degrees west environment type intertidal zone igneous rock base laid by active volcano 2.5 kilometers away Atmosphere 54 nitrogen 30 carbon dioxide 5 water vapor 5 methane 3 hydrogen sulfide 3 other gases Elevation negative one meters results mass spectrometry Detected numerous organic molecules including but not limited to 42 separate amino acids Sterols fatty acids and sugars such as ribose long chain nucleic acids and lipids not present probability of life 0.1 percent life survey 15 January 28th 2247 latitude 2.4 degrees south longitude 98.3 degrees east environment type hydrothermal vents on a mid-ocean range elevation negative 3.280 meters Results mass spectrometry detected numerous organic molecules including but not limited to 28 separate amino acids sterols fatty acids and sugars such as ribose Long chain nucleic acids and lipids not present probability of life 0.1 percent Results of uray miller fatima experiments note for all experiments umf chambers included water methane ammonia hydrogen and phosphorus Atmosphere within chamber matches that of 55 serpents d pressurized to 5 bar Rock bed is igneous consistent with hydrothermal vents and superheated water filled with sulfides is constantly cycled through in addition to constant 600 volt stimulation of chamber Experiment one control all material source from earth Result amino acids and lipids form in 11 days basic RNAs detected 74 days after experiment start Proto membranes form three days later RNA forms basic ribosomes at day 98 cell mitosis begins at day 113 cells are basic chemo litho Chemo lithotrophic prokaryotes oxidizing sulfur to grow and reproduce Experiment two all material source from 55 serpents d result Amino acids and basic lipids form within 15 days various sugars including ribose also appear in this time period No other activity has occurred as of day 133 Experiment three material source from both earth and 55 serpents d at a 50-50 mix Approximately 5% of water from earth utilizes deuterium rather than hydrogen one Results amino acids and basic lipids form in 17 days various sugars including ribose also appear in this time period No other activity has occurred as of day 133 If nothing else dr. Carson is remarkably meticulous and thorough with her research It's taken a month to catch up 20 comprehensive life surveys and months of umf experiment observations Any other field might be mired and catch up reports for years But exobiology, I knew the answer ahead of time Thousands and thousands of pages of negative everything Every damn day it drives the point home a little bit harder I don't want to do this for three years At least back home. I could pretend to be useful JJ Life survey 21 march 9th 2248 note probe 4 modified on february 27th 2248 to include anomaly detecting instrumentation Latitude 45.7 degrees south longitude 134.5 degrees west Environment type hydrothermal vents on near surface mid ocean ridge Elevation negative 320 meters results mass spectrometry detected numerous organic molecules including but not limited to 54 separate amino acids sterols fatty acids and sugars such as ribose Long chain nucleic acids i.e. RNA and DNA and lipids not present Hume levels 0.98 Anomalies detected negative probability of life 0.1 percent A image of the surface of 55 serpents d a small lake in a group of low hills on the northern continent beautiful space photos man exploration video long transcript date may 24th 2248 exploration team dr. Rosalind Carson and dr. James Gould those bestie best of friends location 55 serpents d latitude 55.6 north longitude 32.1 west note audio from dr. Carson dr. Gould recorded by pressure suit equipment and transmitted to dr Gould's personal drone which recorded video and ambient audio Two figures in environmental pressure suits stand along the shores of a lake within a volcanic caldera The sides are steep and massive rocks jut out at every opportune angle The center of the lake boils and is obscured by a thick wall of steam Dr. Gould raises an instrument out of the water temperature 350 degrees kelvin pH 4.2 not exactly a prime spot for life here They don't call them extremophiles for nothing dr. Carson says life can always find a way Thank you, dr. Malcolm Dr. Gould sighs Let's get the monitoring station set up at sector five. I'd like to get out of here as quick as I can Oh, come on James. We spend so much time up on the station staring at computers letting robots do all the exploring for us We should enjoy our time down here Dr. Gould stops and glances around Putting aside the poisonous atmosphere a boiling lake on a dead planet isn't my exactly my idea of a vacation spot It used to be dr. Carson says that they resume walking How many summers did you spend with me when you were young gallivanting around the solar system? That's why I came with you today. I thought maybe we could This is just like the old days, you know Dr. Gould weighs another instrument around Hume levels at 0.95 Little low, but still within normal Atmospheric conditions probably the cause but still worth recording Do you remember how excited you were when your parents finally let you go with me on one of my trips to the field? There you were still shorter than me back in those days with your backpack positively bursting at the seams Knocking on my door at six in the morning You were too excited to sleep You'd spent your entire life on lovel station and finally you were going to step foot on real solid ground Oh, the crew at Tharsis base was so confused at first. What's a kid doing here? He's gonna get in the way, but you proved them wrong, didn't you? As I recall I helped catalog inventory for most of the trip Because you wanted to check every rock for life. You were sorting faster than they could bring them in by then Looking back. I'm pretty sure some child labor laws were violated The Martian Research Association definitely owes me a month's wages and they're not the only ones Oh James don't be like that. It was a great learning experience I wish I could go back and see you younger self.  What did you expect? I was a little geek growing up. No friends. No social life and my parents they didn't They tried but they weren't what I needed And then one of the most famous scientists in the system moves in next door Finally someone who understands someone who indulges me I worshiped you hung on your every word and I bought into your whole goddamn fantasy world My what? Dr. Gold glances down and picks up his instruments You really do believe it, don't you? They will find life Of course I do It's an in in an infinite cosmos the odds of earth being the only inhabited planet. It's impossible The universe doesn't work like that. It doesn't do anything just once it may not be here It may not exist in this galaxy, but we are not alone Then you've got a lot more faith than I do Dr. Gold looks over his counter and smacks it Apparently we moved to a section of extreme reality 45 fumes is nothing to sneeze at They sent me a hundred light years out, but they can't give me decent equipment typical Dr. Carson sighs deeply If you ever want to talk, you know where to find me Dr. Gold hits the counter again then takes out the battery and plugs it back in he shakes the device and flicks the screen Back to 0.09 or 0.96 It was exciting while it lasted Life survey 28 may 24th 2248 Latitude 55.6 degrees north longitude 32.1 degrees west environment type flooded Fumarole lake is approximately two kilometers long and 1.4 kilometers wide water temperature at least 373 kelvin at center cooling slightly at shoreline elevation 1390 meters Result mass spectrometry detected few organic molecules lake water heavy and sulfurous molecules Hume level 0.99 an always detected negative probability of life 0.1 Progress report six months message sent july 8th 2248 message received august 2nd 2248 I could have written this report when I first got to this godforsaken wheel I knew what I'd find Nothing There's Nothing No life no anomalies Just a dead planet floating in a dead universe Yet it doesn't make sense Even the rarest of rare earth theorists have to admit 55 serpents d has everything it needs Class g star multiple gas giants in the outer solar systems to screen comments Stable orbit a large moon to stabilize the axis and provide significant tides The right organics the energy to power volcanism and a strong magnetic field I thought I'd lost all my hope years ago But I can't deny feeling the tiniest spark six months ago And I think I feel worse for it Dr. Carson is I can't understand her Almost 50 years in the field and she stills and she's still the same woman I knew when I was a kid Anyway, I've dumped everything into the computer so the mainframe can sort it out back home The o5s are welcome to scour the data if they want, but they'll be wasting their time I'm also including the footage from my drone, but I wouldn't recommend that either Unless you want to watch me drunkenly flirting with dr. Argo wall from oceanography Oh Hell I'll save you the trouble April 24 1040 ish. She's cute and I'm a clumsy drunk comedy ensues We're okay. By the way, she was flattered, but she's got someone back home Must be nice I know what the answer will be but I have to ask anyway Get me out of here Clear out of space on the next ship. I'll pay anything I don't need three years and I can't take this place for much longer My head hasn't felt right the entire time and I don't care how realistic the simulator is my swing is suffering Not sure what else to say. I've never been great at these reports, especially when I don't actually have anything to report sincerely Dr. James Gould p s Whoever thought to include the pro golf broadcast from the past six months I swear my firstborn child's life to you life survey 35 august 17th 2248 latitude 33.6 degrees north longitude 8 3.5 degrees east environment type high plateau dotted by lakes region uplifted by continental orageny Elevation 3900 meters results mass spectrometry Detected moderate amount of organic molecules including 12 separate amino acids sterols and basic sugars Long chain nucleic acids i.e. RNA and DNA and lipids not present Hume levels 1.02 anomalies detected negative probability of life 0.1 percent If I see many more of these goddamn negative surveys, I swear i'm going to walk out the nearest airlock sign jmg life survey 42 a September 30th 2248 latitude 21.6 degrees south longitude 177.5 Degrees east environment type alluvial plane adjacent to major river estimated length 1100 or 1418 kilometers estimated discharge 11,000 meter cubic meters per second Elevation 50 meters results mass spectrometry detected numerous organic molecules including 33 separate amino acids sterols and sugars such as ribose Long chain nucleic acids i.e. RNA and DNA and lipids are not present Hume levels 0.99 anomalies detected negative probability of life 0.1 percent At least give me an anomaly to study anything Something other than bare rock and poisonous air The hangover pills are losing their edge and I can't face the night sober Everyone here thinks i'm a joke, but as long as the alcohol keeps flowing at least i'm a drunk joke Sign jg Amen, my dude preach Life survey 51 November 19th 2248 latitude 48 degrees north longitude 157.5 east Environment type sandy reef in shallow inland area elevation negative 10 meters results mass spectrometry detected numerous organic molecules including 64 separate amino acids sterols fatty acids and sugars Such as ribose long chain nucleic acids i.e. RNA and DNA and lipids are not present Hume levels exactly one anomalies detected negative probability of life 0.1 percent I hate this fucking planet.      I should buy a bar I'm out of tequila Last call was 30 minutes ago Dr. Anteliovic down the halls always good for a bit of vodka. Maybe I'll go bother him Oh, man, this stream got demonetized because the music was not playing properly Oh, oh well That's what I get You can't bring that back if you play music now Oh, uh, what happened is I started the kevin win cloud scp playlist in spotify But it didn't have the repeat function on so it just went off to whatever And so the question is if youtube recognizes that I was playing a bunch of music And whether or not that music was uh copyrighted, which it probably was I see I see it's not like twitch where they where they mute a set the section that has the the music in it And then everything else is fine Correct, and if they knew that section then no one heard anything we just said so Uh, that's why you got to run separate channels for your for your music See through yes Oh, well, let's keep it going guys as long as Support site 42 with some super chats We'll read them out loud. Oh, we have super chats. Is that what no, I'm just saying I'm saying that uh, you know Nice to make up for it. I'm gonna say hi to that corgi. Thank you. Nice demon queen Yeah, and yeah, just a jf in the chat since you're talking about it Yeah During the articles because they're so long we try to get through them as fast as possible with limited commentary And so at that point we're not discussing with the chat We try to like mention any good questions in between articles while we're doing the ad breaks, but You know the articles are two hours long sometimes so yeah Well, we do like a you know a recap at the end and we kind of give our thoughts on it But we were trying to get these all done I think we originally wanted to do them in like one one stream or something But I think that was a little bit ambitious. We were going to do like a 12 hour stream Then we were going to do Like a week of streams or something Yeah, we wanted to get them before the contest was over that did not happen Yeah, well We're getting to them. That's all that matters But it didn't ever All right getting back into our sad sad drunk james gould Yes P. S. I don't know how to say that russian But thank you to dr Anatoly Avic for the vodka continuing on swam but swyambu station security incident report number four december 2nd 2248 At approximately 11 13 p.m Station security was summoned to swyambu mess hall Alarm was activated because of an altercation between dr. James gould and dr. Louise guia Guimara's when security arrived dr. Gould had been restrained by two other scientists and dr. Guimara's had been knocked out Dr. Guimara's awoke shortly afterward. It was escorted to the med bay by nurse duale duale concussion likely dr. Gould was escorted back to his quarters breath scan showed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.25 date December 3rd 2248 9 30 a.m. Station time The following is a curated video transcript from james gould's personal drone The door to dr. Gould's room size open and dr. Carson storms in dr. Gould was still asleep and she shakes him awake Jesus what the hell dr. Gould asked wiping his eyes No one's done that to me since I was a kid Good dr. Carson snaps you've acted like one Dr. Gould slowly crawls up wiping his eyes and wincing when he applies too much pressure to his right hand Oh, he says right Last night coming back to you In my defense to bias should have known not to give me that last long island He served me enough in the past year. He knows when I'm at my limit You're blaming to bias James you punched a man in the face. You knocked him out. You're not going to take any responsibility I knocked listen if nothing else you got to be impressed. I am no one's idea of an athlete No, what the I was suspended from tiktok live for bullying and harassment What a day what? Wait, what I have got a three day suspension from tiktok live I guess someone decided that I wasn't interacting with the chat enough and mass reported me or something I'm sorry. What do they think you were taught like you're the you know The the character you were you were reading was like your actual sentiment or something. I guess so I oh That's right. Dr. Gould knocked out grim rs.    Has there been a single night in the past few months? You haven't gotten drunk It's not like there's anything else for me to do he says Wake up stare at a computer screen while it flashes negative results at me then go to bed Exciting great use of my time You know perfectly well that science is 90 negative results Oh, I could deal with 90.  Do you understand doctor? It's hopeless both of us. We're wasting our lives chasing ghosts No, not even ghosts that would imply life existed and died We don't even get that satisfaction We are chasing a fantasy a joke I thought you were better than this buying into your o5 council's absurd idea that we're living in a dead universe Follow the evidence doctor There's plenty of proof on their side and a whole lot of nothing on yours I can't believe what i'm hearing. This is not the passionate man young man. I met 30 years ago What did you do to that james? What did you do to that james? He grumbles and lays back down You knew me once. I'm not that person anymore I guess not I assume there's going to be some sort of punishment Not sure what the laws are laws are like another solar system, but i'm sure you got something up your sleeve With this attitude of yours. I'd like to throw you in the brig. She says But you're the only one qualified to use the foundation equipment But if this happens again Off to the stockades gonna stick me in the city square so passing peasants can lob rotten fruit at me She takes a deep breath It goes without saying that you're officially cut off You will not be served any more alcohol. So if you have a stash around you better make it last And if you so much as look at someone the wrong way again, i'm turning your simulator room back into storage Dr. Carson visibly stiffens and steps back slightly fine Dr. Gould says Now I appreciate it if you let me sleep off the rest of this hangover The pills do nothing for me these days Dr. Carson moves to speak again then throws her hands up in the air It's like talking to a damn brick wall. She mutters as she leaves Message sent december 13th 2248 message received january 8th 2249 from dr. Daniel Ogonowski to dr. james gould So I've got some bad news. So I've got some good news and bad news for you. Yes again This time. I'll give you the bad news first The o5s want you to stay there There's no way they can arrange transport for you. Not again. Not so soon after you got there It took too much to get you there I'm afraid you're there for the full three years Blame your higher brain functions Now for the good news and wow, isn't some of the best news we've ever had We've been sitting on it for almost eight months now And after the tone of your first message back, we were ready not telling you right away But we wanted to be sure We didn't want to tease you with incomplete data I'm sure you're wondering what's in the conspicuously blank storage container the cargo ship brought along and why it's locked It's only programmed to open once you've gone through all the documents We've sent along because we don't want the surprise ruined prematurely You'll find out sooner enough The only thing I'll say Have fun New york times A farmer a drill and the news of the century the story behind the discovery of native martian life 30 years after the last series attempt to find native martian life A humble farmer drilling for a new water source makes the accidental discovery of the century Pictured a cluster of martian Archaeans under an electron microscope April 21st 2248 She lay zoe isn't the first Isn't the sort of person who sets out to change the course of human history to have his name recorded in the history books for the rest of time I came to maus to provide for my family back home in shanghai. He says No one I knew has ever been off world and never owned land Mr. Zoe and his wife maylon both 43 were lured to the red planet 10 years ago Thanks to the u.n.'s martian home sitter act the deal is simple Promised to farm 500 acres of hand scrabble martian soil and in return received machinery a generous yearly salary And the full support of the martian research association Ever since the axe passage in 2215 about a million people have taken the deal Transforming an area the size of mexico into useful arable land. That's enough food to feed a billion people Mr. Zoe's task on march 28th was simple a noticeable bane of liquid water sits deep underneath his farm and I own Aunia terra buried below a kilometer of rock Drilling took nearly a year But by getting to it He'd both Leave his reliance on the grid saving him money and earned some extra on the side by distributing any spare water to his neighbors The water reached the service the day before all he needed to do on the 28th was check for contaminants Of course Martian water requires a significant amount of filtration to be usable But mr. Zoe wasn't expecting anything out of the ordinary ammonia and salts As a matter of formality the scanning system the mra provided mr. Zoe included a biosensor There have been multiple instances in the past where martian water sources previously tapped by human activity have been contaminated with earth based microbes But this lake was pristine Mr. Zoe was out in the fields tending to his corn when the scanner pinged him with results The usual contaminants were present as he expected, but there was something more The biosensor had returned a positive reading microbes were present in the sample he collected He and his wife are not biologists, but he knew this result was out of the ordinary We searched for native martian life for over 200 years says dr. Nikola genie phd head of the mra's department of agriculture We scoured this planet from top to bottom The last great expedition was 30 years ago and it came up empty-handed When she lay called us and told us that he'd gotten a positive on the biosensor We thought we'd given them a faulty unit Either that and not to sound too harsh. We assume he'd done the test wrong A team was sent out to mr. Zoe's farm with a second scanner. They retrieved another sample. They ran it through their biosensor same result positive They retrieved another sample I just said that the team ran the test once more also positive I was on the other side of the planet when they called dr. Genie says Meaning that the assembly's aquaculture subcommittee on the odds of passing a new water allowance bill They called my personal advice which is strictly off limits for business Of course, I've heard about mr. Zoe by then rumor traveled rumor travels fast, but I didn't think much of it dr. Pasifan Shalita pasifan phd was in charge of the team that sent to mr. Zoe's farm is a friend she had my personal number When she called I was in the middle of negotiations and a little upset about being interrupted But before I could get wound up. She stopped me. I'll never forget what she said It's real Martian life is real The next few weeks were a blur for everyone in her department Obviously, we had to be 110 certain about our results dr. Pasifan says There have been so many false starts in the past So we checked and double checked and triple checked that lake using our most sensitive equipment We broke down the genomes of these Martian Archaeans and the only Pardon the only similarities that both use RNA Everything else about them. They're genetic code. They're single cell Single layer cell membrane the lack of virtually any organelle. They're so primitive and unrefined There's no way it could have come from us Indeed the five species identified so far consist of nothing more than various types of primitive RNA wrapped inside a lipid membrane It is perhaps a stretch to call them alive Even the viruses we know and tolerate feature a far more genetic material than the Martian cells Then there's mycoplasma Pneumoniae Responsible for walking pneumonia a milder form of the disease While controversy still rages over viral status as living creatures M pneumoniae is indisputably alive But one of the simplest organisms we know containing just 700 genes with 700,000 base pairs That sounds impressive But humans have 25 000 genes and 3 billion base player base pairs Earth life has lived for 4 billion years and in that time even the simplest of cells has had the opportunity to specialize and diversify The most complex of the Martian species for comparison has just 300 genes and 20 000 base pairs There is no doubt in my mind that the Martian life forms developed recently Dr. Posse Yeah, pacifon says Their cellular and genetic makeup is so simple. I would be shocked if they had developed any longer than a million years ago And when it comes to biological scales, that's essentially yesterday Obviously much work remains for dr. Geeney in her department We were confident enough in our findings to declare these microbes as definitely Martian But there's so much we still don't know How much more life is there in the lake? How many more species? And is it possible we miss life somewhere else on this planet? And what about the rest of the system? No one here is strictly an exobiologist and it's unfortunate the system's too dedicated exobiologists are 100 light years away But we'll do our best We've got an entire planet to recheck and I think we're all more excited than we've ever been This is the sort of extra work we're glad to have The interplanetary space agency recently announced on april 18th that it would devote approximately 100 billion over the next five years both building and operating new life-seeking space probes and man laboratories As well as reactivating old operations Humanity has waited nearly 300 years for this news Alfonso Lacanzo CEO of the isa said in a news conference after the announcement If there's more life out there in the system, we'll find it This is the most important project our species has ever undertaken Finally after so long we have proof We are not alone Meanwhile back on his farm. She lays oh and his wife We're adjusting to their new reality We've had non-stop requests for interviews ever since the news first broke Mr. Zo says And the MRA has promised to cover the cost of a new farm so they can take over this property to set up as Preserve plus a stippin for our families back home stipend for our families back home And what brought about his inevitable place in the history books It is funny. I drill a hole in everything changes. He says I am simply happy to have provided humanity with a great gift The martian herald june 21st 2248 13 unique species discovered in subsurface spring near mort north pole Associated press june 29 2248 primitive life discovered floating in venetian clouds The atlantic august 14th 2248 head in the clouds new life drifting deep within jupiter's atmosphere The washington post october 3rd 2248 Count of unique martian species passes 100 shows no sign of slowing down Reuters november 11th 2248 Titanic discovery strange methane-based life discovered on saturn's moon unlike anything seen before Inventory special biocontainment chamber living and dead to see samples of 105 martian archeans living and to see samples of 12 venetian archeans living and dead to see samples of eight jovian archeans living and to see samples of 15 titanian archeans Organic inorganic materials for umf testing from the following planets moons Mars venus clouds jupiter clouds titan luna saris europa insulatus insulatus triton date june 9th 2249 9 31 a.m station time The following is a curated videotrain transcript transcript from james gold's personal drone The door to dr. Gold's room slides open and dr. Carson walks in James you're 30 minutes late you've been doing so well if you've been drinking again i'll be so disappointed Dr. Gold is sitting in front of his personal computer on screen is the message from dr. Ogonowski He turns his face expressionless You're never going to believe what they found Does it have to something to do with the mystery container from the foundation taking up half on main cargo bay Dr. Carson asks I'm the only station commander. What do I need to know? I swear the foundation has no respect It's alien life Dr. Gold says his voice barely more than a whisper darn it. It's alien life About 150 species of microbes from mars jupiter venus and titan just say The o fives were wrong dr. Gold says I was wrong extra terrestrial life exists We found it we have it He winces as dr. Carson screams Oh, I don't believe it. She jumps up and down all these years and we finally found it You know, this isn't a joke right if it is No joke i'll dr. Gold says i'll send you everything the council sent me Dr. Carson paces back and forth grinning from ear to ear Can't I can't stay still I feel so tears well up I've spent so many years dreaming of this moment So many years so many negatives There were times times when I doubted dark times But I never lost faith and now you're telling me We have actual living alien organisms in our cargo bay That's what I said, isn't it Jesus try to contain your excitement. You're acting like I don't know what this is Isn't this everything you ever wanted proof you made the right choice becoming an exobiologist Yes, he says It is You were right all along. You were right and I was wrong No, no, not wrong.  Dr. Carson says if I'd followed the science I had given up a search a long time ago like everyone else before me But sometimes science isn't everything Sometimes you need a little faith I was so sure I was right Are you sure you're okay? Dr. Carson asks you haven't been drinking have you What no no you can test me I had something necessary Dr. Gold says I flipped these I was so sure I was right Okay, you haven't been drinking have you What no no That's not necessary. Dr. Gold says Actually, I've been thinking about bringing this up for a few days This is okay. Yes. This is supposed to be dr. Carson here. Not dr. Gold That's not necessary. Dr. Carson says Actually, I've been thinking about bringing this up for a few days You've been sober for a month. You've passed every test with flying colors I'm willing to allow you a limited allowance at the bar again Do you understand limited? A couple servings every other night or so I think you can handle that Dr. Gold nods Okay, thank you. I appreciate your faith in me Seems like you have faith in everyone everything I never lost my faith in you I knew you were in there all along Hiding beneath a thick blanket of foundation cynicism A few more months in the light and you'll be the bright-eyed student of knowledge. I knew 20 years ago You believe in me more than I do You lost your way a little bit. That's all it happens.  We have serious work to do Oh, we're going to be like kids in a candy store today. Where will we even start? She exits leaving dr. Gold alone I should be excited he says glancing at the now empty door This is good news Two days of listening to her crow about how she never gave up Two days of listening to her every person on this godforsaken wheel sucking up telling her how proud they are of her How excited they are how she's finally been proven right She's been so brave and so strong standing up against the rising tide for all these years All I see when they look at me is pity The genius teacher and her pathetic failed student The student who wasn't strong enough to stand alongside his teacher And they're right JG Date January 12th, 2249 11 24 p.m station time The following is a curated video transcript from James Gould's personal drone Dr. Gould is alone in a small room adjourned with his adorned with his golf simulator As he collects his golf ball to hit his next shot the door slides open I figured I'd find you here. Dr. Carson says Not exactly the mystery of the century. Dr. Gould says the golfer's out on the course.  She says I gave you permission to drink again and you're out here by yourself You can have a good time tonight with all the news. I think you deserve to cut loose Come on. We only discover extraterrestrial life for the first time once. Let's celebrate Never been one for parties. Dr. Gould says and the feeling is mutual on their part Dr. Carson sidles fully back into the back of the room Can I ask you something? I've been blocked in here. So I don't have much of a choice You've been here a year. Have you actually made a friend in that time? Had a meaningful conversation with another human being? Anything other than drunkenly floating with half the women on the station getting into fistfights with everyone else Dr. Gould sinks his club over his shoulder Point me in the direction of someone worth being friends with and we'll talk Don't be ridiculous.  Dr. Gould asks wouldn't you rather set me up and ship me out to the other side of the damn galaxy at the last moment Right when I need you most Dr. Carson recoils as if she'd been physically struck What are you? Are you talking about Edo Edo Cassiopeia? It was the opportunity of a lifetime and you were all legal to go off off to college Then when I came back she dressed soft You changed Yeah, he says You taught me too well I bought into everything you said I had ironclad faith that life was out there We just hadn't found it yet That I was making the right choice Following in your footsteps It didn't happen all at once by the way Oh this is still Okay, it didn't happen all at once by the way No one was ever deliberately cruel I could shake off the first night remark Then the tenth subtle put down the hundredth condescending. Oh good for you pursuing your dream. I hope it works out It was all meant in good fun. Hell I laugh I laugh with them at first I know a joke from an insult, but that's the thing It came from everywhere the professors the students my parents my friends they all He pauses for a moment clenching his fist and looking away just One person That's all I would have needed One person to believe in me A kind word an affirmation every once in a while Someone to say hey James. You're doing the right thing I needed the person who set me on this path.   Of course you went And I was still the eager voracious apprentice. I had faith. There was no reason for you to worry about me Now no, I should have done more than send you a few impersonal letters Dr. Carson says I don't think I ever even asked how you were doing I was so focused on the job So excited about seeing a new solar system a new world And you should have been for the first time humans were leaving our solar system a true interstellar mission You help make history. You are so strong. You are so so strong He looks at the ceiling And I'm not You've been searching for 60 years and you've never wavered never flinched Halfway into my phd. I was ready to throw in the towel if it had meant for the foundation I know they're heartless bastards, but it was something They gave me a purpose something to believe in They were there when you weren't I'm the better than I am Dr. Carson says James I I can't turn back the clock make things right between us, but I can do this She steps forward with her arms out Come here He laughs Going for the cliche move. I see There's a reason it's a cliche Dr. Gould slowly walks over and dr. Carson wraps her arms around him tears stream down her face and well up in his I'm proud of you James.   Tell me about it. What am I looking at right now? I see a lot of brown grass and yellow bushes Fun fact this is actually one of the most famous holes in golf the 14th at royal doorknock It's called foxy and it's unique since it's incredibly tough But as no bunkers are quote unquote real hazards It's up in the very northern tip of scotland and He trails off I'm not going too fast. Am I? No, no, you're fine. It's good to hear you talk like this again. I missed it Dr. Gould smiles faintly I missed it too special analysis of titanium methane based Archaeans James Gould phd It was enough of a surprise finding life on mars venus and jupiter But for all the novelty it essentially it is essentially life as we know it RNA wrapped in a phospholipid membrane utilizing water as a solvent Nothing complicated yet. These cells clearly developed recently, but in a couple billion years. They'll likely end up as something recognizable While we have always dared to dream of life on titan the reality of experimentation seemed to limit our search to subsurface oceans and cryovolcanoes Methane has benefits and drawbacks as a replacement to water But chief along the downsides is the temperature at which methane is liquid 90 kelvin at the coolest 110 at the warmest a far narrower band than water Neither temperature is particularly hospitable, especially when it comes to life Metabolism would be incredibly slow and development would be expected to be equally slow UMF experiments in a laboratory setting have always been unsuccessful even when given years And yet here we are staring at organisms doing what a fair number of biologists argue is impossible Cells using methane as a solvent instead of water Cells thriving at a temperature and environment that would almost instantly kill all but the heartiest earth organisms While we can never make it in a lab Titanian organisms look pretty similar to what scientists have theorized for 200 years Instead of utilizing phospholipids, which simply can't form at such low temperatures to form a cell membrane these cells use a cry on Acrylon yttril a chrono yttril CH2 CHCN To achieve something almost identical a cell membrane like structure tentatively referred to as a asotosome They consume hydrogen Acetylene and ethane and exhale methane Needless to say we've repurposed a mostly unused room to deal with specifically the titanium microbes The smell is not pleasant Beyond the methane though these little critters aren't actually all that different from earth life They are found near a cryovilconic vent in kraken merit marae Nearly a kilometer below the sea surface in a remarkable mirror of deep sea hydrothermal vents feeding off nutrients and energy spewing out of the interior The energy is crucial. The titanium surface is too cold to allow a cryon yttril to form asotosomes But they have RNA Same as the other archaeans and they feed and replicate just as everything else we've found and just as earth methanogens do I have no idea how life would continue to develop in such a place and we won't find out in any of our lifetimes But these things have found a niche in a strange environment And we will be studying them for a long time Summary of umf experience experiments source of materials For and presence of life at day 150 Mars positive venus clouds positive jupiter clouds positive titan water base positive titan methane base methane base negative That's not the result I expected And unless we get some news, it's the opposite of reality Shows that we don't really understand how methane base life operates Obviously it works somehow, but we got a long way to go jg Source of materials presence of life at day 150 Luna positive serace negative europa negative enceladus negative triton negative Interesting that we had success with luna and not enceladus or europa This may be a brave new world that has such microbes in it, but I'd wager all my money luna is very very dead in every sense of the word And yet the positive is there while two of the most dynamic interesting moons in the system give us nothing What's the difference? What's the variable? jg I haven't been feeling myself the past few months Rosalind is such a force of nature and it's been so good having real tangible data to work with I've been following her leads without question But i'm not just an exobiologist. I'm not just her student I'm a researcher with the scp foundation And we clearly need a new approach Science as we know it isn't giving us the answers I need to think on things for that jg date june 28th 22 49 4 33 p.m. Station time The following is curated video transcript from james gould's personal drill Dr. Gould walks into the biology lab a ream of papers in hand Where dr. Rosalind Carson awaits along with doctor in tanutami and dr Mariha vinkovich of the chemistry department who have been assisting in the analysis of all samples received from earth Tell me the good word Rosalind says, please give us something Dr. Gould talks to the paperwork haphazardly torter can't do that. He says there's nothing to say Still nothing in the europa and enceladus tests dr. Utami asks Nothing We're running around in circles Rosalind says Months of testing and we know about as much as the people back home On the bright side. I've been reciting mars and martian coden sequences in my sleep On the bright side have been reciting martian coden sequences in my sleep. Dr. Vinkovich says My wife is not thrilled about this development What are we gonna do dr. Gould collapses into his chair? Everyone back home will be expecting some grand revelation, but we're just stuck And i'm sure the next cargo delivery will be full of new samples And i'm sure the next cargo delivery will be full of new samples. Dr. Utami says Maybe that'll be a good thing more data is good, right? We shouldn't need it dr. Gould says i'm sure we won't receive anything truly new More species but nothing more complex just the same basic single cell organisms More evidence to suggest life developed very very recently in other words dr. Vinkovich says Okay, Rosalind stands pacing across the room Okay, we spend all the time buried in genetic sequences in umf trials As maria made clear we now know an unhealthy amount about these organisms Let's take a moment and back up view the problem for more of it. What's the big picture? The room is silent for a moment Come on people give me something Rosalind waves her arms Talk to me basic summary. What's the problem? Well, I guess at its heart Our data and our hypothesis don't match dr. Gould says The data suggests life appeared developed on multiple in disparate worlds extremely recently Not within the past few million years or even a few thousand but in the span of a human lifetime Maybe even in the past few years Oh, we're okay. All right. Good Rosalind says what else? That leads us to one conclusion dr. Utami says Alien biogenesis is directly connected to human activity and contamination But there's a problem with that hypothesis Which is rosalind s? That alien that alien life doesn't match earth life dr. Vinkovich says There's no common ancestor no indication that they're related in any way They're too primitive to adapt it from earth Even viruses are light years ahead genetically speaking and they're clearly not descended from viruses Everything we found has been autotrophic and viruses aren't autotrophs And where does that leave us rosalind stops in the middle of the room In a catch 22 dr. Gould says Alien biogenesis must be related to human interference, but the evidence says it can't be Like you said we're running around in circles Goddamn circles rosalind throws her hands up. She is silence covers the room I do have an idea dr. Gould says Been stewing on it for a couple days, but you're not gonna like it At this point I take divine intervention rosalind says retaking your seat. What's on your mind? Remember you said that dr. Gould says Okay, we've been researching for months and we've done so using the most thorough and advanced scientific tools and methods we have correct Exhaustively thorough dr. Utami says So either we're colossal idiots overlooking the obvious or the answer lies beyond science as we know it Rosalind Crohn's No, don't tell me it has to be an anomaly scp 7268 But not the skip the foundation negotiated with the government and the isa the real 7268 Dr. Utami and dr. Vinkovich steel furtive glances at rosalind her face alternates between anger and resignation I suppose this is what I asked for She says I called for a foundation researcher and a found the foundation researcher found an anomaly What's on your mind? Our basic premise is correct. It's earth. It has to be All these instances the biogenesis happening at once. It can't be a coincidence And 7268 is correct in one regard. The anomaly is all about complex organic acids But it's the opposite of what we thought scp 7268 doesn't prevent the development of dna and rna It allows them And that's what we're spreading panspermia We spread life wherever we go An awkward silence fills the room as dr. Utami and dr. Vinkovich shift in their seats That's a bold claim rosalind says and it does explain everything quite elegantly but It's anthropocentric to an extreme degree We spent thousands of years believing earth was the center of the universe No scientist is going to accept a theory where mankind is central. It's bad science Not without some serious data to back you up. She laughs I suppose you did imply divine intervention was involved You don't have to call it that call it luck fate fortune whatever dr. Gould says The point is we exist and now on planets and moons where we've been Alien life also exists where it didn't before It's the only way to square up all the data we have What about jupiter? What about jupiter dr. Utami asks no humans ever sat foot there not that there's even a surface to land on It's only ever been probes in the upper atmosphere Then it's not humans. It's earth scp 7268 is intrinsic to the very planet We take a rock chuck it into space. It lands on the right planet life will form there Why now dr. Vinkovich asks And why all at once we touch we first touched down on mars nearly 300 years ago Okay, okay, think about it like this dr. Gould says Where have we found alien life mars venus jupiter titan? We visited those places a long time ago all four were in the 20th century footnote The hygans lander visited titan in 2004 Now we haven't found life on europa or enceladus two moons with massive subsurface oceans and geothermal energy to spare hydrothermal vents spewing out ingredient the ingredients of life Their ideal fits more so than any of the four places of life I mean methane based life We can't get it to work in a lab setting and yet here we are seeing it with our own eyes The problem is we didn't get to those places until the tail end of the 21st century. Maybe it doesn't been long enough I think I see where you're going with this rosin says The effect isn't instantaneous exactly it's almost like The skip is a virus and life is an infection Weird way to put it. I know but that's the most apt metaphor You catch a virus the infection doesn't start right away It has to build up in the body enough for the immune system to react to it Rosalyn leans forward clasping her hands in front of her As much as I hate ascribing anything to magic anomalies It makes sense But we'll need evidence lots of it. No half measures this time. No guessing no lying We do this the right way The right way dr. Gold says To dr. Daniel Angowski the o5 council message sent july 7th 2249 message received august 3rd 2249. That's my birthday I know this is gonna be problematic, but I have to ask I need a mark five scranton reality anchor as soon as possible Preferably before the next scheduled cargo transport I'm sure you know everything I do when I when you read this so hopefully this request won't come out as a huge surprise I need to prove my theory I need time and now that the mark fives incorporate a time acceleration module footnote scp 1979 relativistic treadmill They can give me all the time I need I know they're barely out of the prototype stage and you're not ready to acknowledge their existence to the public But they would accelerate my research pun not intended but unavoidable to the remaining duration of my time on this station It's either that or wait a few decades for life to generate on Europa or Enceladus Or a few centuries for 55 serpents d Also, I figure you owe me one After all you didn't send me out of the system a couple months before the biggest biggest discovery of my life Not that I'm bitter, but it would have been nice to have my name on a few of those newspaper articles jg 2 Dr. James gold message sent august 9 22 49 message received september 15 22 49 You're being very thorough We like it when our scientists are thorough Please note that we've disabled the vast majority of the device The mark 5 is not something to be trifled with Even in its limited state failure to properly operate it could result in a runaway temporal disruption We can't send an expert along so be sure to read the manual And if you attempt to override our modifications, well You won't live long enough to regret this decision The mark 5 is powerful enough to override nothingness. We cannot allow it to be improperly used Nothingness links to scp 39 30 the pattern screamer. Damn No offense to you, of course, but you're a biologist and this is far outside your normal purview We wouldn't normally allow this but we are as curious as you are Your research and your notes have us intrigued intrigued enough to purchase an off-schedule delivery Don't let us down 05 13 One Europe a time acceleration 10 years a day Results during day 6 approximately year 64 within the test chamber Mass spectrometer detects RNA and phospholipids time acceleration is stopped on day 10 Approximately 13 species of Archaeans are detected UMF test test 2 and cellatis time acceleration 10 years a day result during day 8 Approximately year 87 within the times test chamber Mass spectrometer detects RNA and phospholipids time acceleration is stopped on day 12 Approximately 22 unique species of Archaeans are detected I can't begin to describe how excited we all are here. It's working. It's really working We understand but now comes the big test It'll take a while, but we have to know Will it work for mono Yemo? JG UMF test 3 55 serpents D time acceleration 10 years a day results Day 32 approximately year 322 in the test chamber mass spectrometer detects RNA and phospholipids time acceleration is stopped on day 42 Approximately 168 unique species of Archaeans are detected Organism consolidation and symbiosis has begun UMF test 4 55 serpents D time acceleration 10 years a day Note all samples were collected by drone with no physical interaction by humans Result during day 32 approximately year 322 within the test chamber mass spectrometer detects RNA and phospholipids Time acceleration is stopped on day 35 Approximately 18 species of Archaeans are detected UMF test 5 serpents 55 serpents D Acceleration time 10 years a day note a culture of E. Coli Bacchalis cellulis and candida Albicans is included in the test chamber as well as rhinovirus and myro myoviridae a bacteriophage Results all examples of E. Coli and C. Albicans are deceased by year 3 Both viruses lose integrity by year 75 B. Satellis remains viable until year 130 All traces of DNA RNA are eliminated by year 170 a year 334 within the test chamber mass spectrometer detects new RNA and phospholipids Time acceleration is stopped on day 37 year 376 Approximately 43 unique species of Archaeans are detected There was probably some redundancy in those tests But i'll be damned if some clown back home tries to pull a replication failure on me A bold claim requires hard evidence, and I think we've got enough to not be laughed out of the room I've definitely got enough for a new version of scp 7268 though jg Item number scp 7268 classification level two or zero public domain object class thomial Oh, well special containment procedures A primitive single-celled organism native to mars special containment procedures scp 7268 is to be deployed at the discretion of the scp foundation the national governments of earth the sole colonial administration and the interplanetary space agency in accordance with project penspermia Footnote project penspermia has been proposed by dr. Kould as a way to seed the galaxy with scp 7268 thus allowing for the development of life beyond earth Utilizing material from scp 7268 dash 1 description scp 7268 is a currently undetectable anomalous chemical catalyst allowing phosphorus to bind with long chain poly nucleotides and lipids While phosphorus can bind to simpler organic molecule such as amino acids It cannot form nucleic acids rna dna etc. Or phospholipids which are crucial for the development of cell main brains in most ecosystems scp 7268 is native to scp 7268 dash 1 otherwise known as the planet earth While research is ongoing scp 7268 does not appear to occur naturally on any other planetary or lunar body However, it can be introduced to any celestial body via interaction with any material probe person Etc source from a location where scp 7268 is present a sample including phosphorus is not necessary Once scp 7268 is introduced to an environment native life biologically and genetically distinct from scp 7268 dash 1 life Will develop within a period of 100 to 500 years scp 7268 will not create life on celestial bodies lacking in suitable organic materials and or limited available energy While scp 7268 is known to form carbon-based life utilizing liquids other than water as a solvent for example methane It is unknown whether it can form life based on non carbon elements date august 23rd 2250 eastern standard time The following is a curated video transcript from Dr. James Gold's personal drone Dr. Gold and Rosalind Carson stand outside the o5 chamber at site 17 surrounded by grimly drab gray halls Dr. Gold breezes in sharply deeply and exhales slowly I wasn't expecting to be this nervous he says It was easier being snarky with them when I was a hundred light years away Just remember that people as much as they'd pretend like to pretend otherwise Rosalind says The anonymity shtick was rather gauche when they what's the phrase they use drop the veil when the foundation went public But now it's absolutely ridiculous You're just as scared of them as I am oh more so at least you're one of them. They wouldn't hesitate to kill me A dull tone echoed through the hallway We're ready for you now said a voice so modulated by machinery that it came out as a monotone The door opens in a guard escorts the man at slam shut again Uh the reader yawns It's slam shut again and for a brief moment the pair are entombed in complete darkness Then a light flickers on shining down from the ceiling illuminating a silhouette in the form of a person 05 1 then another then another 13 lights in all Dr. Gould dr. Carson welcome the light over 05 1 turns red You have a rather bold proposal for us. We've reviewed it. We're willing to give you a chance to speak on its behalf convince us Why should we enact this project panspermia? 30 minutes later dr. Gould and dr. Carson finish their presentation Are there any questions dr. Gould asks I have no issues with your proposal to time accelerate 55 serpents to study the course of evolution 05 3 says scp 7268 is present there and nothing can be done about that But I do have a concern regarding project panspermia a simple one too Isn't it a reminder? What does the C in stand for in scp? I knew they'd bring that up dr. Carson mutters I Heard that 05 3 says in case our guest doesn't know it stands for contain We contain anomalies here. We don't throw them out into the universe And I'm not sure about your classification here 05 4 says If your file is correct the absence of life is not anomalous Life itself may not be anomalous, but scp 7268 isn't containing anything Technically, it's not thomial Someone can't accept the inevitable inevitable progression of language 05 12 says Thomial has been a byword for beneficial for a very long time And I like your proposal I do But is this a job for the foundation? Our budget is limited and isn't the isa already doing the job for you According to you all so long as it comes from earth it can spread 7268 As you put it in one of your logs all it takes is throwing a bit of rock at the right planet An atmospheric probe is enough, right? It's not enough Rosalind says In 40 years of interstellar exploration, we've only been to 140 stars That's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 percent of the stars of this galaxy Even the great Ken foundation can't expect to keep up with humanity going long enough to visit all 100 billion You're talking about devoting the sum total of humanity's resources to this project 05 7 says A million autonomous interstellar probes each program in field of visit thousands of stars never to return home That's your minimum proposal Minimum And it would take thousands and thousands of years to see the galaxy and if light develops as it did on earth Billions of years before we'd see any tangible return. It's a project humanity would never see the end of It's a project that never should have been conceived 05 3 says it doesn't matter It doesn't matter what our feelings are about a dead universe. This is the way it is and this is how it should remain What was shall be what shall be was How can you be so short-sighted? Rosalind cries out we've already spread this thing and we're going to keep spreading it unless you're saying what I think you're saying It's our duty to contain anomalies 05 3 says and humanity carries an anomaly We can't take it back from the worlds. We've already infected, but we can't ensure it won't get any further And it's not our right to play god with this universe And speaking of anomalies the rest of the universe doesn't have them, but we sure as hell do 05 9 says Who is who's to say this seeding project wouldn't bring all new skips for us to worry about 05 1's light illuminates for the first time since the start of the meeting Dr. Gould you've been rather quiet perhaps you are formulating some wise words of counsel or an inspiring speech Dr. Gould and dr. Carson exchanged bemused looks We've been at We've been at this for a long time We know hopeless romantics when we see them 05 13 says You won't be the first or the last I've Got nothing dr. Gould dr. Carson says it's up to you Dr. Gould steps forward 3 You asked me a simple question now. Let me answer ask you an equally simple question Who was it that discovered life on mars? His name is a known across the system. I'm sure you can remind me Silence His name since you seem to have forgotten Is she lay zoe a humble farmer lured to mars by the promise of good wages Millions have immigrated to the red planet to turn a dead barren world into a bountiful garden Mars now produces 20% of the system's wheat 15% of its corn 30% of its soy need I go on Three do you think we play god with mars? After all we brought life to a dead planet. We interfered with the natural order Did you speak out against the martian homestead or act? None of us did oh 511 says The benefits were too great by moving agriculture off world We've stored nearly half of earth's farmland back to its native condition, especially in the amazon Carbon dioxide's fallen more in the past 30 years than in the century before the act pass And that is something we did for selfish reasons. Dr. Gould says We're transforming mars because it benefits us Project panspermia would not benefit us at all It is purely selfless We receive nothing but the knowledge that life will continue on after the last human dies Would you be willing to risk the existence of life in this universe on the few planets we've already visited? What if something happens like an asteroid or a gamma ray burst? Nature can be cruel I'm asking for a lot I know A million interstellar vessels all autonomous and with enough fuel to visit thousands of systems each Cable of operating for hundreds of not thousands of years We would require the resources of not just our own solar system, but dozens around us The mining operations alone the cost is staggering. I know But how can you put a value on this? This project we'd be This project we'd be ensuring that our children so to speak our legacy They won't be alone The milky way would become a garden thanks to us just like we're making mars into a paradise It is such a beautiful universe too. What a shame it would be if after humanity dies There would be no one left to stare up at the stars No one left to dream 052 laughs Make me a promise doctor don't ever try politics not with that speech If there's one thing people don't like to hear it's that their money is no object It would create a lot of jobs 0513 says and we could use a few more in my visionaries in the un be an excellent change of pace The conversation has drifted 051 says if there is nothing else the council will deliberate and vote on your proposals Dr. Gould thank you for your time The door opens and red and light spills in a guard approaches and dr. Gould and karson are Scorted out as soon as eggs the chamber the door slam shut again That could have gone better. Dr. Rosalind says you're okay Dr. Gould slumps against the wall rubbing his forehead I knew they'd be brutal, but I didn't think they'd I never thought they'd say no They haven't said no dr. Carson says It just has to be a majority vote, right So many spoke against us. So he says Even if it does pass unless the council speaks to the one voice on this There's no way the un or sca will go for it. We need them too Hey, dr. Carson says No matter what they say or what happens next you've made this old woman proud It has been a joy and a pleasure working with you again It's been great. He says past couple years of I felt like a complete person again I needed this. I hope they don't take it away We've done all we can now it's up to the politicians God help us all Proposal utilize mark 5's grant in reality anchors to accelerate time around 55 serpents d until complex multicellular life emerges i.e Cambrian explosion Yay, all o fives except o five six Proposal endorse project panspermia Yay, unanimous vote from the council to Dr. James Gould from o five three date august 24 22 50 Time 9 12 p.m. Subject blank I don't often apologize in this job, but I feel like I owe you one I needed to know how serious you were How much you believed If this was a cynical ploy to make something of your career if you truly wanted the best for humanity You spoke well I'm not made of stone. None of us are Remember this is only the first step The foundation doesn't have the power or wealth to make project panspermia happen on its own I fear the rest of the world will not be so accommodating But you have chosen to believe in the power of humanity and so has the council If there is a way we will find it We won't be the only ones to see the stars A Link for away goes to scp 6001 titled avalon timeline of events 55 serpents d time acceleration January 1st 22 55 elapsed time 500 million years First free molecular oxygen appears in the oceans indicating presence of photosynthetic life Surface drones indicate dna-based life has become dominant November 1st 22 56 elapsed time 9.15 million years Ice caps cover approximately 30% of the planet's surface April 1st 22 58 elapsed time 9.63 billion years Free molecular oxygen appears in significant quantities in the atmosphere October 1st 22 58 elapsed time 1.89 billion years Atmospheric o2 levels reach 10% ice caps cover 50% of the planet's surface January 1st 22 59 elapsed time 2 billion years Surface drones detect first instances of sexual reproduction ice caps cover 25% of planet's surface March 1st 22 60 elapsed time 2.6 billion years Surface drones collect first instances of multicellular life Organisms are colonial with free living single cell stage and spore formation Largest organism is 14 centimeters in diameter ice caps cover 10% of planet's surface April 1st 22 60 elapsed time 2.65 billion years Surface drones collect first instances of fungi like organisms February 1st 22 61 elapsed time 3.05 billion years Surface drones collect first instances of plant-like organisms samples are multicellular photosynthetic Eukaryotes You got it the first time sweet April 1st 22 61 elapsed time 3.13 billion years Surface drones collect first instances of animal-like organisms embryonic behavior observed polar ice caps appear Covering 5% of planet's surface atmospheric oxygen reaches 20% July 1st 22 61 elapsed elapsed time 3.25 billion years Ice caps cover 70% of planet's surface atmospheric oxygen reaches 35% November 1st 22 61 elapsed time 3.42 billion years Ice caps disappear atmospheric oxygen at 25% Surface drones detect first instances of complex multicellular life Organisms are sessile and frond-like with some species displaying plant-like qualities While there's more closely resembled animals probability of Cambrian explosion 80% January 1st 22 62 elapsed time 3.5 billion years Surface drones detect numerous distinct plant and animal phyla Animals are limited to shallow seas but plants are present on land March 1st 22 62 elapsed time 3.58 billion years Surface drones detect amphibious animal life as well as simple arthropods Animal life in oceans is numerous and complex With the largest organisms reaching 10 meter in length and 100 kilograms in mass Bushes and low trees highly prevalent on land And wood is present in 50% of land-based plant species Time acceleration terminated Blank white space July 7th 22 62 A small ship lands near the precipice of a cracky cliffside overlooking a cyan tropical sea Waves beat against the rocks Two figures clad in environmental pressure suits and wearing large packs Exit the craft walking amongst the low-flying fern-like plants They're quickly accosted by numerous minuscule flying arthropods Climbing to glad we're in suits now, Dr. Gold says I didn't think the flies would be this bad Almost as bad as Michigan in the summer They're curious stuck to cars and says they've never seen anything like us Benefits of growing up on loval, Dr. Gold says Nothing here but beyond the necessities for a functional ecosystem No flies, no mosquitoes, nothing flying around that you didn't like having flying around They are beautiful, Rosalind says An absolute marvel Dr. Gold laughs First times anyone said that about a fly Come on James, we had to call in so many favors to get this trip down to the surface You should, if you're going to say I should enjoy myself, don't worry I'm enjoying myself plenty It's a beautiful planet we've made here Rosalind leans down running her gloved hand along the fronds of a nearby plant It's everything I dreamed it would be Do you know how long I've wanted this moment To walk on a new planet awash in strange new life To feel the wind on my face, the gentle softness of a leaf against my skin We have to wear the suits The wrists of cross-contamination are too great It's not just for the planet's protection, who knows I am well aware of the wrists But I've lived a long life, I'm willing to chance it I have to know She seals off her suit at the wrist and twists her glove off Her hand reaches for the plant again And the long green leaves slip through her fingers Much better, she says You know you want to, James The foundation will never know I can't, he says I don't mind breaking one rule, but two, that's too much for my conscious What are you talking about? Dr.  You rip off the island ship and golf experience Even I know how overpriced that place is And you can't even swing right because of the low gravity Dr. Gould says that he takes a few slow practice swings It's a shame about the soup, but at least I'll stay properly planted He steps up to the first golf ball and takes a stilted swing The ball barely makes it over the cliff's edge Tumbling down the rock face into the churning sea with an unceremonious plop Pathetic, Dr. Gould mutters You've got a better swing Pathetic, Dr. Gould Pathetic, Dr. Gould mutters You've got a better swing than that The second shot is a low scything hook Starting left and swinging ever further left God damn it, he says Should have bought more than three One of these has got to be decent Relax, Dr. Carson says, reattaching her glove You can do this, I believe in you Show that thing who's boss The backswing is slow and methodical He pauses for the briefest moment at the top And his body turns through with the club dropping behind His head strikes, clipping the ball and the ground a millimeter later The golf ball sails far and high Hanging in the air for several seconds before landing the ocean With a barely visible splash 150 meters distant Was that? Yes, Dr. Gould says Posing with his makeshift club on his shoulder He moves back toward Rosalind with a swagger Perfect She holds her arms open I'm proud of you Ah, geez, Auntie Rosie, it wasn't that Fuck, did I? Oh my god, you did Rosalind claps her hands against her helmet Oh, I'm never going to forget this My day has been made She rushes over and hugs him But the alien plants, he says Aren't they a bigger deal? Not even close Of course not At least no one was around to hear it I'm sorry that you had to read that whole thing yourself I mean, there's 14,000 words 14,000 words and the format did not really lend itself to sharing Unless we like knew what was coming And we're going to like split sections Right, or like dropped some of the narrative exposition I gave you the tests and I did the dialogue That would have been a good idea Yeah, yeah, yeah But honestly, even though I was yawning Because it was a very long article And it was a lot to read I mean, it was literally an hour and 55 minutes It was an hour and 50 minutes of straight reading My god, this is like definitely one of my favorites From the fricking contest Yeah, at first I was like It's another probabilistic is luck thing But like, you know, I get it by the end Yeah, and actually like it hit me that When it hit me what we were saying The probability of life thing It's like, yeah, that's cliché And done a million times in the contest But like honestly, everything around it is just so good I think that's why it works too It's like it doesn't really focus so much On the sterile documentation And like, you know, it's like it's From the perspective of the characters It's a very character driven article Author, if you ever watched this reading I just want you to know that this is like to me Like reading through the Martian Yeah, I was going to say, yeah, like a film like that Like Ad Astra Something like Jesus Christ It's the character work is right there Very human I love the personal details I love their relationship I love them back and forth I Man, oh man Like massive upvote can't do better I already did That was good Yeah, a couple typos Who cares about those? Go fix them when you find them If you find them Yeah, I think there's a one part Where the wrong character spoke Like Yeah So they mentioned the wrong name or something Go back into the pod You'll see it Okay It's great stuff Woo Very, very fun All right I guess I guess the ad break, right? Cause that was a Yeah, ad break A hard time You got a good point All right, let me pull up the other browser Boom, bing, bing, bing And so here is the ad window And we are looking at, of course The tree that tried to kill me but miss for Dr. Samarian If you want to throw a dollar in there to help us hit our 777% goal We are trying to make absolutely certain That all of these trees suffer to the wrath Absolutely And we're now, we're now like to announce that we're accepting cryptocurrency Because it will destroy the trees faster So Oh, wonderful idea Capital idea, mate Right On top of that We are hoping to help out the scp unredacted podcasts kickstarter They are doing a long series from the wanderers library And even though we're jailers We're gonna, we're still gonna support our friends over at the serpent's hand Call it truce Both Jack mockery and I have dedicated that If they hit their kickstarter goal of $800 Then we will both pitch in voice work for the series for free And so go ahead that will make the budget go even further So go ahead and help them out They're gonna pay All of this money just goes to pay voice actors Which is what I want to do with us anyway So help out the team Definitely Oh, hey jack I, yeah, I mean Okay Yeah, go ahead and read that new billeth article Thank you New billeth article Yeah, there's a new billeth article Actually, you know what, go read the whole anthology series Then when you're tired of very long articles, you'll get to mine And mine will be nice and short SCP-7396J is for Jetson It's a space nautical story But also Read the whole series, it's good There's a lot of, there's a lot of hits We're really excited Check it out, it's really neat And Jack Dix is actually today as well I don't have the hint or I don't have the link for that one with me I didn't prepare for it But I tell you what, if I were gonna be looking for the anthology I would go directly to Shaggy Dreadlocks' Twitter Because I know Shaggy is sharing all of them Yes, that's correct Yes, there's a hub and everything But yeah, you'll find the most recent one Has been promoted on Shaggy's Twitter, absolutely Two weakness Next up Next up indeed I was just looking at it I was checking them ahead of time to make sure It wasn't too long, let's see That was one of the reasons Let's see I mean in comparison, this is a shorty Oh, it's a real shorty Yeah, it's gonna be an aperteef Let's see It's 7250 by Maxifran 73? 250 Excellent Can I get a name? It is You make your own Excellent It's a DIY article, must be That's awfully presumptuous We'll see All right SCP 7250 Here we go Contamined class Pending Level three, confidential Special containment procedures All attempts to contain SCP 7250 have resulted in failure As such, procedures are focused on preventing SCP 7250 access to Foundation Site 50 And all items potentially contained within Local Foundation departments handling security, personal training, external relationships, counterintelligence, and anti-ontological research Are to receive increased budgets according to perceived need Budget increment is locked to Site 50 and adjacent facilities Any personnel who believe could assist in containment efforts Must contact the East Asian Regional Management Department In order to file the proper paperwork Foundation webcrawlers are to analyze all information Over regular and under-the-vale networks Related to rated Foundation facilities Especially regarding key concept, quote, lucky powder Agents embedded in other anomalous groups Are to be able to look out for possible raids Where the phrase or any product that resembles the concept is used Interesting Description SCP 7250 is an individual or group of individuals That has infiltrated Foundation Site 50 And other facilities under their purview Footnote Location Tokyo Japan Specialty History Anthropology Groups of interest With the objective of extracting anomalous items under their control SCP 7250 is able to accomplish this by using one or more anomalous items and or techniques Hereafter referred to as SCP 7250-1 That allows them to ingress and egress through each location without being detected The nature and composition of SCP 7250-1 is not known either And can only be estimated using evidence collected post egress The method through which SCP 7250-1 allows SCP 7250 entry into each facility Is believed to be either probabilistic or ontological in nature With the following statements being able to be made about it SCP 7250-1 is able to disable all electronic devices that would capture the entity identity of SCP 7250 Alert any personnel to their actions Stop their advancement Injure them Or any other action that would prevent them from accomplishing their goals Of note is that said malfunctions are All the results of previous faults committed by members of the foundation when developing or Installing send systems It is believed that SCP 7250-1 either retroactively alters reality to accomplish these results Or manipulates probability such that these faults occur in the first place All actions taken by SCP 7250 Have thus far not been perceived by any member of the foundation until they've left the facility Despite the highly unlikely nature of this SCP 7250-1 is thus believed to be able to disrupt reality to conceal them Or alter probability such that windows of opportunity conceal them Of note is that some disruptions have been perceived at the time they occurred But have not led to the direct perception of SCP 7250 Thus the exact requirements of this anomaly to affect personnel are not fully understood At a certain time believed to be the exact time SCP 7250 decides to exit the facility Some sort of incident occurs within the building being raided This is believed to serve as a distraction As SCP 7250 has not been perceived before the incident occurs It is not believed to be necessary to their egress Whether SCP 7250 knows this Or if this incident occurs regardless of conscious decision is not known No incident has resulted in the deaths of any personnel or humanoid anomaly Regardless of the degree of destruction caused by it Interesting Once the event is over All left at the scene are remains of All left at the scene are remains of non-anomalous tools Used in the raid Grappling hooks Stolen key cards broken drills etc And an info Neuospherical label of a concept known only as Lucky Powder The specific meaning of it has not been identified But the label indicates it is tied to the concept of SCP 7250-1 As well as SCP 7250 Specifically what allows them to be able to enter each facility without triggering any alarm Why this label remains at the scene When no other consciousness identifier does is not understood A little clunky wording there but we'll get through it SCP 7250's motives do not appear to relate without the groups of interest that have Rated Foundation facilities since before SCP 7250's actions have led to the loss of 19 anomalous items With 12 of them presumably being taken by them And the rest lost during post-rating incidents None of the items have had any clear connection with each other Most of them being low clearance items SCP 7250 has had access to level 5 clearance on several occasions But has neither used said clearance to access higher clearance items or weaponry Nor have they used it to access any information despite Having used access terminals before SCP 7250's identity motives and connections to any known group of interest remain unknown Addendum 7250-1 Post incident interview log regarding first known SCP 7250 case Date August 17th 2017 Interviewed chief of security site 50s chief of security Due to their anomalous nature chief of security's personal name and designated role are indistinguishably from each other Okay, that was important. All right interviewer Cessu Mamaya Mamia Uh site 50s director. Do you want to take the director? I will take chief of security chief of security Sounds good All right beginning log How necessary is this really? We already prepared a written report Pot of the procedure any problems that can be taken to the east agent regional council You know the drill Start with the questions Let's start from the beginning then when did the raid start? Investigation will tell you at some point around 9 25 to 9 30 a.m But we first noted something weird around going on around 9 17 We being The security team the boys at security control b sent a report to central command, which is where I work About several cameras malfunctioning on sector b Now this isn't really at at all weird those cameras are from the bubble era. They glitch all the time Usually about one or two glitch at a time This time though sector b lost 14 of them at once and all of them formed a perfect path towards the containment wing What happened after well It was suspicious activity. So a security team was alerted I also called up the maintenance team who quickly called your secretary. Uh, I assume about needing to change the cameras I assume that was the process. Yes So you don't know Look, I've had a lot to deal with these last These past couple of days When whether that message got anywhere isn't important. What matters is what happened after the camera glitches Say I just lost my place because I tried to resize the frame. Oh, here we go Right. So we're trying to figure out what's going on when suddenly all communication systems turn off This is the point where we drop everything and put the whole slide on lockdown because we definitely had been breached at that point This would be around 9 20, correct? Correct. At this point we were we opened the weapons cabinet grab guns and rushed towards the scene Did you get there? Funny thing is we did uh, and we didn't even realize that shouldn't have been possible The lockdown is a lockdown the full wing should have been locked But it wasn't only after the fire did we figure that went out? So I think the guy we're looking for has some sort of the anti-mimetic property to their actions or something Or you didn't realize it at the time We do repairs on the lockdown system twice per week Trust me when I tell you I wouldn't have forgotten and even if I had the full security team not realizing What we hadn't just activated wasn't working Do continue what about the fire? All right, so we probably got there around 9 30 We didn't find anything out of the ordinary at this point. We've met with uh, Kuroko from maintenance uh on the way there So we do you know recon work while he's figuring out what happened to the cameras Then around 9 45, uh, he's on the third camera and hasn't found anything weird yet When we hear this huge explosion and well You'd know more about what happened. I didn't get there until uh, the fire was out. So you tell our audience what happened So the exact time was 9 43 location the administrative staff parking lot on sector b This is three floors above the chief securities location and about 10 above where I was As far as I understand it someone set explosives to my car and three others and they went up in flames Or that's what I thought at the time anyhow A total of 13 cars were lost during the fire following the explosions now two funky things happened First the cameras and the comms began working as soon as the explosion happened Lockdown barriers began working as well, which slowed our return to the surface, but that's neither here nor there Second there isn't any proof that the external tools were used in the cars As far as we know the cars decided to ignite at the same moment now obviously that makes no sense So there's anomalous forces at play. We just don't know what kind of anomalous forces they are So what do we know? We know someone was at site 50 walk past nine faulty doors stop 14 cameras walk past seven lockdown barriers access the lowest locker Extract two items and left without being caught. They didn't cross pass with anyone else either as far as we know We also know they were capable of igniting the fuel in four cars while most likely being nowhere near them And the lucky powder thing Right that um, I don't even explain that Use your own words so At the locker room we uh, we used an informational analyzer It's for tool for picking up thoughts that have been thought about a certain location About at any certain location We uh, we found nothing but a label lucky powder whatever it is It's what the one behind all of this used to get out of here No other thought left behind them Nothing else Not about pulling anything of what they not about pulling anything of what they pulled nor any feelings about their actions Only lucky powder, which is odd. I might add it's not your tip. It's not typical for people to not think Sometimes it happens, but then we would find nothing instead of just one thing Which means I have no idea Is that our conclusion? No one here is a new atmospheric professional We have only urologists, but that's not the same. So we we have nothing. Yeah We didn't have any answers when it happened and we certainly don't have any answers now Someone waltzed right into the core of our site robbed us blind and then dipped and we have no idea how they pulled it off or why So yeah, that's my conclusion Uh, should we wrap this up or so so we can get a more qualified team to investigate as soon as possible? Or do you have anything left to add? No, I do not interviews over there. Let's get back to work I'm waiting to see if meta is part of the uh, the page tags when it's at the bottom It's the addressing the audience I'll say Further investigation by the intelligence bureau did not yield to any concrete result Eight more raids attributed to scp 72 50 occurred between this event and july 1st of 2019 During this period several additional measures were taken in an attempt to perceive and or contain scp 72 50 Measure results standard reinforcement Personnel on guard duty was increased and several upgrades to site 50 security systems were implemented No noticeable changes in raiding patterns Reality anchoring Reality anchors were installed in several key points of site 50 Following a raid it was shown that while the anchors did not fail the sensors that activate them had fatal flaws that prevented them from activating monastic usage Upon the belief that a raid was taking place type f mnestics were administered to three agents Agents were deployed but had no encounters with scp 72 50 But analysis showed monastic drugs to be ineffective due to their mismanagement during the factory processing stage seven weeks prior I thought that a mnestics started at like like w went down to z and f is a kind of a weird spot for him, but it's fine premonition Premonition anomalies were used to predict scp 7 20 70 250's behavior Unclear answers indicative of uncertainty were obtained scp 72 50's abilities are believed to be the cause of this non euclidean security attempts to Restrain a possible scp 72 50 raid through the usage of ever shifting non euclidean self locking corridors were conducted Due to a measuring mistake during the installation process Failsafe in locking mechanisms siphoned into the center of the corridor collapsing it and turning the location euclidean effectively disassembling itself I like that. It's kind of like the Building in control Yeah, yeah, that's I definitely thought I'd say as well. Yeah probability anchoring probability boarding systems believed to be able to counter a probabilistic anomaly were installed at site 50 Veedered on a 2 1 vote by the site's chief of security and chief of research due to historical functionality issues which is the 7 20 50 contest storm plops interesting. I don't know what that is, but it's it's gone Interesting. I don't know what that was No, it's a Maybe it's misspelled. Maybe it's supposed to be the storm flops s like I'm gonna say 7 000 contest Storm flops. It's probably linking to another entry that's been since posted to the main list. Yeah There we go. It's 7 70 10 Author you you put your own scp number in the the link there. You're supposed to put 7 000 like or you can just link to 70 10 which is the Yes, the nx-o 3 1 that was uh Wow Feels like so long ago, even though we read that like two weeks ago Wait scp 70 10 you said yeah, it's the war on all fronts one with the the Kingdom that's yeah, yeah, that one's good. It was a good one Yeah, okay. Cool. Yeah, I see the connection to other contest entries. Wow Yeah, I mean, you know people could can you know talk while they're writing their articles I guess yeah, but that makes sense the probability anchoring. That's kind of what they were doing over there. Yeah Interesting lethal an autonomous weaponry systems controlled by complex Anomalous I'll see this they're using an autonomous and anomalous That's so close to each other complex anomalous AI was Programmed to shoot to terminate any target not programmed into its database During a raid events the internal site database pushed for a mandatory update of optical systems While programmed the update was not meant to occur for another three days That's not where I thought I was going to go with that but okay Burial Low risk items were stored inside a polygraphite sphere two meters in diameter And bill buried 10 meters underground items have not been targeted by scb 72 50-1 While proven effective this method is not believed to serve any actual practical purpose Okay Yeah, I thought that they were those gonna uh like wiped the the whitelist and this is going to like start firing randomly Oh, no Addendum 72 50 0.2 Following a 10th raid on December 11th 2019 The intelligence bureau prepared a list of possible involved groups As well as countermeasures either taken or to be taken to minimize involvement of these groups A list of the most relevant groups groups is included below table two is group and countermeasure Medjin gets sudo shu anomaly using mercenary group trained in ninjutsu Hired by the foundation to carry out espionage and assassination related activities But have also been hired by other groups to conduct these jobs on foundation staff Tools and methodology of entry used by scb 72 50 bears resemblance with past mgs raids Countermeasure trustworthy members have been tasked with investigating branches of the group in search of key scb 72 50 labels Additional foundation agents have been tasked with supervising the investigation Chikage Kai anomalous branch of the Yamaguchi Gumi footnote Largest yakuza organization currently operating historically known to have had ties with both the Japanese government And several paranormal agencies connected to it the foundation included Also known by the also known by the label Chicago sake Hmm. They are active anomalous drug and arms traffickers known to have raided Japanese foundation sites before Meeting between members of the east asian regional council and members of the Yamaguchi Gumi was held Agreement believed to have taken place regarding scb 72 50 No public information available chaos insurgency poorly understood para terror terrorist organization with esoteric goals Is specialized in the rating of paranormal research facilities Have been known for infiltrating and raiding foundation sites on multiple occasions The chaos insurgency is already a group heavily looked after by the foundation Other than reporting any of the information regarding key scb 72 50 labels No extra measures are believed to be needed Plus if you believe the current scp 7000 winner, then we don't have to worry about them. Yeah, they're they're a little preoccupied Inside job carried out. Oh, that's a good show inside job carried out by the foundation personnel Agents from within the foundation using foundation made technology would have been would have had an easier time rating foundation sites than those from outside groups A full-scale staff investigation is being carried out under preview of the chief of security domestic treatment and enhanced interrogation methods are to be applied when necessary Despite these measures a total of four raids have occurred since then no new information regarding scp 72 50 or scp 72 50 dash one have been obtained scp 72 50 update On february 10th 2021 a new raid on site 50 took place Unlike previous attempts installed reality anchors were able to function normally leading to direct encounter between Site 50's chief of security and an unknown individual The unknown individual engaged the agent who fatally shot the individual twice testimony site 50's chief of security Yeah, of course I was expecting him I mean we've We've gotten pretty good at figuring out when a raid is happening because everything stops working So when I saw the cameras break, I grabbed a gun made my way to the location I didn't actually expect anything to come out of it. You know It's our job to be there to react to the threat, but we haven't accomplished anything since this started So I didn't actually expect to meet the guy So when I turn a corner and I meet face to face with him, I I froze up I don't think he thought anything of it. He looked at me and then just kept moving I guess he thought I could see him.  I remember ducking. I remember pulling out my gun and shooting at him I remember my gun jamming These things aren't really supposed to jam so When I took it back for a checkup there was no evidence that ever been jammed, but Well, the guy can bend reality. So I wasn't too surprised After that I threw the thing at him. I wasn't thinking straight, but hey, it worked, right? The guy got the wind knocked out of him stumbled back and tripped over his own bag He fell to the ground and I saw his gun fall as well. I took the chance. I grabbed it and shot at him One then two then click out of rounds Didn't matter though as well. I didn't mean to shoot to kill but the guy tried to get up and I emptied the whole thing in his face I personally I don't think that was scp 72 50 or Okay, no no he was He was the most definitely was but something doesn't feel right about it You don't go to making a laugh go from making a laughing stock of the most secure place on earth to just Dying, you know It doesn't make any sense Then again, we didn't We didn't really find any lucky powder on him. Maybe his luck really literally ran out If so, why would he risk going to the site without what made him succeed in the first place? record analysis Showed that the individual's identity was that of Hiroshi Nagayama a person of interest associated with GOI 893 Chicago Kai Nagayama was born was known It was a known paradrug smuggler mostly active in both freeport fpo3 urtec and fp14 shin kao loon This discovery prompted the formation of a task force in order to investigate chikage kai regarding scp 72 50 and scp 72 50 dash 1 With the help of the chikage kai, nagayama's personal laboratory was accessed Inside all anomalous items stolen by scp 72 50 were found cementing nagayama as scp 72 50 The remains of seven desiccated corpses were also discovered on at the site These corpses have been grounded to a fine powder with only half a corpse remaining intact These corpses were believed to be Used by nagayama to produce scp 72 50 dash 1 Based on religious imagery also found at the site these corpses are believed to belong to the seven gods of fortune footnote come on Figures in japanese mythology that are believed to grant good luck They're also known for being the patron deities of several professions and traditional arts Or at the very least nagayama believed this to be true It is not known how nagayama obtained these corpses and involvement into other of other groups is being investigated testimony Let's see chikage kai's matriarch Ibaraki doji I can't say I knew the guy personally I talked to him a couple times.  It's not because they're in a good place We lend them money you lend the product and they go on a merry way Now sometimes you don't tell you don't sell what you need to sell or you get your product taken from you by someone else It's hard to be at the bottom, especially the kind of places the guy dealt with Your tech you got to pay both the police force and any guy already established there to even begin dealing Kowloon We're not the strongest organization there got to pay the dragon lord some respect else your head rolls So, yeah, he was just a desperate guy who acted upon said desperation Kind of admirable How he managed to fool both yours and my people I mean snorting corpses to become lucky.  I mean, what was he waiting on? Did you think he'd keep it keep doing this for longer? Was there something else he was going to do with them? Was he too out of it to even think about it in the first place?  It's not an uncommon site The only weird parts the drug, but it's not like we don't see some weird stuff from time to time I guess it's also weird that he decided to rob the foundation, but that's not really our problem. It's yours Well, as understood that Nagayama used these corpses to produce scp 72 50-1 Further uses of the power have not yielded similar results to the those attributed to scp 72 50-1 usage Is theorized that produced scp 72 50-1 is partially or fully lost It It is theorized that produced scp 72 50-1 partially or fully lost its powers at some point between the 14th and 15th rate Evidence of Nagayama mixing scp 72 50-1 with other pair drugs as well as several smashed house shrines and other imagery seem to support this An unknown audio lot has been saved to the database awaiting security team review View audio lock All right, so this is us again. All right So what did you need me for? Take a seat, please This is about the bet look I'm being honest sit down and tell me why you did it Uh, I mean it was your sister's Not the bet the powder the raids scp 72 50 Why did you do it?  Well, are you going to say something? Do you need me to go over everything you did? All right, whatever. Yeah, I'm scp 72 50. I uh, I guess cats out of the bag now Thanks for not making this harder than it should be Now answer me Why? You're recording this aren't you Of course I am I've ever told you When the last time we brought new cameras for corridor 4 1c pardon You don't need to answer. I wasn't expecting to that camera It's from 1989 Same for the two at cafeteria hall two and the three that point at the elevators sector a The three that point at the elevators in sector a we have a couple from 1990 a couple from 91 from 92 the oldest 1984 and And that's not the only old thing here the entire wiring on sector b was last changed during the bubble era We still have scanners running at 300 megahertz You know what that means? It means it's old outdated unreliable Is that it you pulled this out so your department could get more money to fix things You could have asked.  So Where did you get the powder from? Uh-huh You heard me Where did you wait?  What do you mean? There isn't any powder. It doesn't exist. We made it up But what do you mean it doesn't exist?    Huh, there's no powder no anomaly just just me pulling some strings and wires mostly wires. Yeah council know this Oh Give me a moment. I Two minutes of silence interrupted by the pouring flick Better the council wants the powder.  The budget increase came from So you're telling me all I all I did is gonna be for naught I couldn't care less about you right now. So you're not gonna arrest me then Can't unless I want to go down with the ship And you don't All right.  Are you trying to rilt me in You don't seem to have any other choice. Do you I'm listening Someone needs to take the fall that's non-negotiable. What we can negotiate is who though Something slides against the wood Whose number is this? Familiar with the local mafia Will this work? If we're lucky then maybe liquid being drunk Feels good to have that for hand again, you know gotta admit though. I was pretty impressed you The recording one second And log It's a leading audio log So I liked it like there's there's parts of it that I liked a lot But uh, there's a lot of like clunky wording and stuff too. I think it needs work. You need some some That like that last that last thing was great. I loved that that was a lot of fun until that last log My thought process for this article went through two phases One of them was the first 10 percent and it was One of my very favorite articles on the site is scp 008-j Jeff Sure, and This just seemed like Jeff played straight for a minute Like he's a burglar and he's actually going into the site on purpose rather than accidentally bumbling in And so that entertained me for like half a second. I I always shout out Jeff when I can um Then I got really bored with the story But very impressed with the presentation Like this person. I don't know this author They're pulling out all the stops. So like They're they're containment procedures. They're description like the containment procedures aren't too long The description you get like these are the kinds of things that can't happen very well explained This is what's been going on. Here's the gear Uh security log one with the characters in the interview don't matter But then going through this like very thorough. This is everything we could have done. I'm like Wow, you really covered all your bases here. You start going into the different groups of interests who could be doing it Wow, you're like really pulling all the stops here and the whole time. I'm thinking man There is not enough interesting heart to this article To make me care about all of this great detail work. You're doing all I wanted to do is like Read this author's other works To see if if they had a story with a better like interesting core Then it would be Like interesting because everything here is so good except for what you're talking about Yeah, and you know, we've all written a book report or we've all told a very good book report about a story We didn't read and gave our best yarn that we could Yeah, yeah, and so this last log Made it at least an upvote for me because I got some good character work I got a little yakuza vibes with these characters arguing with each other a little bit and flying by the seat of our pants and bullshit Yeah Yeah, I I think it's definitely But grudgingly I will upvote it because I'd like the the concept in the story is just it's It's very solid And I think a lot of that like dry like the very procedural granular testing is kind of the the point right?  It looks fine. Um Yeah It ended with the uh, just the guy being gone because his luck had run out This would be a no vote because I'd have been too bored Yes, I that's what I was thinking it was gonna do too. So I'm glad that they turned that around It's easy to miss that collapsible too. That's you know, you can just molts right by that There's a fair bit of white space All right, good game author. Good. Yeah, good stuff. I'm gonna see what their other works are Because they have a pretty fair bit of karma. So I'm wondering uh Because at first I kind of got like The vibes like this might be a new author and they're kind of biting off more than they could chew With like the probabilistics and then talking about the new aspheric stuff and this and that and like A lot of people would want to do that. You know, it seems cool and like high concepts But like, you know, you should probably not do that for your first article unless you're you know, like You know placeholder or whatever, but um You know the it definitely turned around. Yeah, for sure. So good job. All right Next on the docket is 70 11 by land 2d 70 11 by land 2d See Ooh It's a oh is that very short or is this or is it deceiving? Oh, it's still it's deceiving. Okay, right Of course it is Hey, buddy, can I convince you to take main on this one since I read for two hours? Absolutely. Yeah, I was waiting I was waiting for you to say something my hero There's a lot of dialogue in it too. So it should be all right. I'm happy to help out with dialogue. Yes Yeah We take a drink though because uh Wise wise choice All right Overwatch command In light of recent developments in the scp 70 11 case The overseer council has deemed your involvement necessary in containing the anomaly Your compliance is mandatory and you are expected to study it and prepare for your insertion in 10 hours To do so, you'll be granted temporary access to level 5 and overseer classified documentation Your suitified supervisors have been notified accordingly Secure contain protect. So already starting off kind of reminding me of like attempts to look back at what uh What we accomplished the one where they're like You have to organize all the articles in the database in chronological order and they're like this is impossible It's a good one Accessing session confirmed All right, you take orange. I'll take blue They could have been a tad nicer about it Indeed Could you retrieve the 70 11 file for me? Of course retrieving There are two the burst is level three classified and the second is level five. Which one do you want to access to first? The level five. No, uh, give me the original Excuse me Give me the level three first. I need to see everything scp 7k underscore level three dot pdf uploaded Good luck Thank you, Alexandra Accessing document level three classified scp 70 11 Welcome Hector Item number scp 70 11 object class safe Site responsible not applicable Director not applicable Research head researcher client assigned task force otf sanich one outsiders level three image caption wallow a lake as seen from observation point 12 special containment procedures Due to the unknown radius of scp 7 11's field of effect Unauthorized foundation personnel are forbidden from entering within two kilometers of the town's perimeter Permission to enter is granted only to members of observational task force summit one outsiders Or with those with express overseer authorizations Those that enter without authorization must not be retrieved and upon exit from scp 7 11's radius must be sufficiently reprimanded Personnel must not interfere with civilians entering or exiting this zone As this may disrupt current research efforts as well as potentially expose the presence of foundation agents in the vicinity Despite the nature of scp 7 11 personnel must continually be reminded Of residents human value to prevent dangerous lines of thought Additionally scp 7 11 status as anomalous Must be routinely confirmed by foundation predictive supercomputer alice The details of which can be found below scp 7 11 and its surrounding area must be observed 24 7 description scp 7 11 refers to the Anomalously deterministic behavior of humans and other unexplained phenomena in the small town of joseph, oregon scp 7 11 affects an area approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter from the center of joseph and thus affects the entire population of joseph footnote 1124 people as of 2019 Scp 7 11 does not cause residents of joseph to act abnormally in any way Rather, it allows their future actions to be predicted to a degree of accuracy much higher than people outside of the town Presently foundation anomalous technologies can predict the short medium and long-term future events of the town with 95 accuracy It is currently hypothesized that introduced elements become determined to an unknown extent upon entering the town's border The existence of scp 7 11 cannot be referred inferred from observation alone As the anomaly is fully invisible to both residents of the town and outside observers By using a combination of standard and anomalous technologies foundation engineers are consistently able to confirm the presence of scp 7 11 within human behavior at joseph Moreover, the discovery of scp 7 11 is attributed to the development of predictive ai mechanisms within the last five years Hence it is unknown how long scp 7 11 has existed Nor how widespread similar anomalies may be as of june 16th 2022 scp 7 11's field of effect is stable and further research into the anomaly is ongoing Addendum 7 11.1 alice briefing Put note or sign up for note the image caption alice Alice or the artificial local intelligence clairvoyance engine Is an anomalous foundation supercomputer used in the calculation and subsequent prediction of outcomes in non-human systems? It's like the fourth or fifth anomalous supercomputer that's introduced in this contest Alice's scope of prediction is virtually limitless The engines settings can be calibrated to predict extremely precise events in time for short immediate events I mean these series of events such as modeling the trajectory of a shrapnel explosion To prolonged series such as the movement of satellites in orbit Notably, alice does not find prediction of chaotic complex systems particularly difficult due to its anomalous attributes These attributes are as follows Anomalously compact computing systems enhanced software speed net zero energy usage Anomalously efficient cooling mechanisms and localized omniscience Localized omniscience here refers to alice's ability to glean Glean the glean exact physical knowledge of a certain input area to the molecular level Further this feature is hypothesized to be an immersion property of the vague circumstances of the engine's construction and are not fully understood footnote And thus is considered anomalous Alice's other anomalous features are induced plomatergically by foundation personnel created employing anomalous technologies The result of conjunction with other scp objects in foundation control And a combination of the above And are therefore better understood To prevent information overload Alice is also equipped with an AI sorting system that can limit the calculations necessary for an accurate prediction by observing and recording patterns In micro level systems that comprise the comprised higher level behaviors as opposed to fully calculating all the physical processes involved At present alice has identified over 10 to the 17th power of these of these patterns Saving immense amounts of combinational power and energy There was a net zero energy Alice works under the assumption of a physicalist determined universe using the flaws of physics baseline reality as the basis of its calculations In this way, Alice is primarily used for foundation scientific research and informing the design of new technology rather than the containment of anomalies or in conflicts with hostile groups of interest Further details are Level five classified So it begins Addendum 711.2 discovery in context On May 16th 2022 The alice supercomputer underwent major transportation The engine was temporarily disassembled and moved to a new location to acquire system augmentations Which would significantly increase its range and functionality In addition and testing of these new systems Alice upon addition and testing of these new systems. Alice immediately produced detailed predictions regarding the scp 711 anomaly Normally such detailed predictions would not be possible to extrapolate from a system containing human elements Yet alice continued to produce short medium and long-term predictions about the town of joseph This discovery has had a notable impact on foundation anomalous philosophy To illustrate this a relevant excerpt can be seen below Excerpt from the future hasn't happened yet by marquette hanser foundation historian scientist and measure member of the scp 711 project team It is an inaccuracy to call alice a clairvoyance engine Although I suspect this is simply hyperbole to fill out the acronym better As the machine's anomalous characteristics are not in the magical prediction of the future Rather, they involve the magical gathering of information and subsequent prediction of the future Therefore alice fits into the category of scientific deterministic prediction rather than anomalous In thomatergic divination anomalous clairvoyance or whatever name you want you want to call the magic stuff in the prediction of the future matter Is a matter of universal forces of destiny These methods assume the future is set in stone and learning its contents requires either waiting for it to happen or taking shortcuts In this case resorting to thomatergy In scientific prediction our assumptions are pretty much the same a pair of dice will land a certain way depending on how they are thrown And therefore in if the action of throwing them can be wholly understood One would know the exact score even before landing Barring quantum mechanics an entirely separate demon this assumption holds true in all cases The universe and its processes can be modeled as a line of dominance The ending is set in stone and destiny in some sense of the word does exist This was until alice was created where the assumption was shattered or so we initially thought Upon further analysis it was found that this assumption still held true, but with an addendum The universe and its processes can be modeled as deterministic excluding human systems more specifically systems involving consciousness deathful implications of this discovery as of now are unclear Addendum 711.3 liking this so far it reminds me of devs a fx series very good series. Just watch it investigation one observation time 1206 Event three speedboats approach a beachside property each with a singular driver They anchor the the boats on the beach and disembark then move towards the property Soon the three are greeted by david wilson the owner of the property and are invited inside They leave 24 hours later Analysis short-term predictions change for it for david wilson from house chores to interacting with three guests No change in medium or long-term predictions return their previous recorded state after the departure and stabilize Image caption observation point 39 50 degrees east of wallowa lake Location observation point two outside the town's highway entrance time 9 12 event flock of black building and black build magpies are settled on nearby houses Local children notice they begin picking up pebbles from the ground These children cause a ruckus shouting at the birds and throwing pebbles at them until they fly away After the children continue playing outside analysis alice short-term predictions stutter slightly but display no visible change Location observation point eight town entrance time 1426 hours event A hiker enters the town and stops off at a local supermarket to replenish their supplies They're observed to converse with local resident asking about the hiking areas for surrounding joseph Multiple residents engage in conversation providing their advice After two hours the hiker leaves analysis no change 279 entries omitted Investigation two introduced elements location various time 12 19 Event foundation remote control drone sent into the town along wallowa lakes coast The drone crosses the lake in order to sabotage town infrastructure But unexpectedly experiences a power failure and falls into wallowa lake damaging it irreversibly analysis no visible change location various time 17 hours 54 minutes event location Foundation remote control drone sent into the town through west facing perimeter A strong gust of wind immediately follows and blows the drone out of control range preventing further investigation analysis no further change location various time 1600 hours Event founda