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SCP-1690 captured via SONAR, retreating below Site-127 |
Item #: SCP-1690
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-1690 is located approximately 1 km below Site-127, formerly the offshore oil platform ████████████ coordinates ██°██’██”█ ██°██’██”█. This platform has been retrofitted to meet the research equipment requirements of the scientists stationed, and believed by the world at large to be the property of the ███████ government. The immediate perimeter of Site-127 is routinely patrolled by Level 2 security staff - however, personnel is instructed not to enter the immediate 10 km vicinity of SCP-1690.
SCP-1690 is actively tracked at all times by both active sonar and NAVSAT positioning. Any deviation from Site-127 is automatically reported to Site-128 on mainland ███████, where personnel can react with re-containment procedures. In the case that containment is no longer possible - either by total loss of personnel or by an unforeseen behavior by SCP-1690 - the 25-30km area of the ██████ ocean around Site-127 is to be irradiated and contaminated with a payload of 5,000 terabecquerels of radioactive material.
Personnel assigned to Site-127 are selected for high levels of mental conditioning and are trained in resisting external commands and manipulation. Researchers hypothesize that the environmental effect of SCP-1690 can be attributed to a highly subtle form of telepathy.
Due to the risk of mental influence, only a small staff of researchers is permitted at Site-127 for any long-term duration. When a researcher indicates any sign of influence or affection towards SCP-1690, that researcher is to be quarantined and studied. Supplies and class D personnel are brought to Site-127 via helicopter once per week.
Description:
SCP-1690 is a large, amorphous bubble approximately 8 metres in diameter and constructed out of an unknown gaseous chemical mixture. SCP-1690 is sentient and is able to manifest deep underwater at will - attempts at destroying or disrupting the “bubble” cause it to appear again within the next hour. In the interest of keeping SCP-1690 contained, no attempts to terminate SCP-1690 are permitted at this time.
SCP-1690 uses its considerable mental signal to attract prey in a range up to 800 meters away (Note: this is max recorded range as of ██/██/201█. The capabilities of SCP-1690 are still being studied). Once the influenced human approaches, SCP-1690 drifts closer to its victim until the human enters the “bubble” body of SCP-1690. The chemicals inside this structure appear to initially cause light burns to the epidermis, but the test subject caught inside SCP-1690 appears visibly relaxed. SCP-1690 keeps the victim preserved and provides breathable air regardless of the water depth or pressure. Test subjects have been known to survive for up to ███ days before succumbing to starvation. In all tests conducted, SCP-1690 has only attracted one human at a time. [Revision: See Incident 1690/4B]
Although the prey of SCP-1690 appears to be in a sedated, dream-like state throughout its containment within SCP-1690, on several occasions the test subjects have struggled violently towards the end of its capture. Researchers have recorded incidents where the victim suddenly wakes within SCP-1690, and upon realizing their situation, the subject struggles to scream and escape the “bubble” of SCP-1690. The test subject continues to struggle until they expire. Corpses later recovered show signs of rapid decomposition inconsistent with cases where the victim remained passive.
DECEDENT: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Autopsy Authorized by Dr. ██████, ██/██/19██
EXTERNAL EXAMINATION:
Famished, pale white male with no visible signs of external trauma. Indication of minor flash burns around each of the subject's orifices, most prominent of which around subject's nostrils. Further study shows signs of rapid decomposition inside the inner nasal cavity and vestibulocochlear nerve of the ear - the subject had only retained his sense of sight for the duration of his confinement within SCP-1690.
CAUSE OF DEATH:
Subject's glucose and glycogen stores were forcibly absorbed and routed by SCP-1690 through the epidermal lining. Personnel D-223 had entered an accelerated starvation response state. Subject perished approximately one hour later.
With each incident, SCP-1690 reacts by withdrawing further below Site-127. However, SCP-1690 continues to elevate towards Site-127 shortly after with no apparent consequences or reaction to the premature death of a test subject. [Revision: See Incident 1690/18G]
Foundation personnel have been able to isolate SCP-1690 beneath Site-127 by luring it to the surface periodically. Through various trials, researchers found that while almost all mammals have been affected by the mental attraction to SCP-1690, humans are the only “prey” that SCP-1690 will actively pursue. Class-D Personnel are authorized to be utilized as both a research tool and a method of securing SCP-1690 below Site-127. SCP-1690 is to be kept stationary at all times, through any means possible.
Addendum:
On ██/██/19██, ██ human corpses, all of citizens reported missing several weeks prior, were discovered floating on a crowded ██████ beach. After an autopsy was conducted, it was discovered that the tourists had all perished due to starvation. During the course of the police investigation on the beach, officers witnessed one civilian cross the barricade and run into the nearby ocean. Police on the scene were unable to prevent the disturbance and declined to pursue the civilian. The civilian’s corpse was recovered twelve days later, again suffering from catabolysis. Within a week of discovering this body, additional ███ citizens disappeared. The resort was subsequently deserted and quarantined by federal authorities.
On ██/██/200█, Site-127 received its weekly allotment of supplies and ██ Class-D Personnel from aerial transport ██████. The pilot of the transport vehicle, Agent █████, reported anomalous behavior as the aerial transport departed Site-127. Agent █████ was interviewed shortly after by the newly appointed research head of Site-127:
Transcript of Witness to Incident 1690/4B
<Begin Log, 1345 ██/██/200█>
Dr. Wetton: "Please state the time you arrived at Site-127, Corporal, as well as the cargo you were bringing with you."
Agent █████: "I arrived at the oil platform at 0700, sir, carrying my usual load: MRE's, fuel for the generators, spare parts for the equipment, and -"
Dr. Wetton: "No, Agent, the other cargo… how many of them were on your transport? Why did they react the way they did? Did they act any differently on the helicopter?"
Agent █████: "No, sir, they were well under control by Agent ██████████ and I… dead quiet until we reached Site-127… then they started getting a bit antsy."
Dr. Wetton: "Antsy? What do you mean?"
Agent █████: "They just got fidgety. Messing with their straps, you know? And then, when we landed on deck… as soon as Agent ██████████ got them unstrapped… they just lept out. Swarmed the boss, then… took her with them."
Dr. Wetton: "The Class-D Personnel assaulted Agent ██████████? Where did they take her?"
Agent █████: "Over the rail, sir. Into… into the water. One of the bigger fella's picked her up and threw her down where… that fuckin' blob was waiting. The big guy was grinning like a… I mean, he seemed pretty pleased with himself."
Dr. Wetton: "And then? What happened next to the rest of the-"
Agent █████: "They jumped in, sir. En masse, all at once. One of them might've done a cannonball, fuck if I know…"
Dr. Wetton: "Agent. Where were the other researchers assigned to Site-127?"
Agent █████: "Nowhere on deck. Dead, probably. Probably went over with a stupid lookin' grin on their faces."
Dr. Wetton: "And did you observe anything irregular about SCP-1690, when it surfaced?"
Agent █████: "Other than the fact that it had a dozen bodies stickin' out of it?! I saw it move around a lot… like it was struggling to hold all the fuckers inside of him."
Dr. Wetton: "…that will be all, Agent █████."
Upon Agent █████'s return to Site-128, a strike force was quickly mobilized to investigate Site-127 and recover the Foundation researchers stationed there. When they entered the interior of the platform, they found the corpse of former station head Dr. ██████████. Cause of death was established as an intense stroke. The remains of the other researchers stationed at Site-127 were found in the quarantine room, locked behind deadlocked metal doors. The full staff of Site-127 had perished during Incident 1690/4B - once it was established that SCP-1690 was still contained below Site-127, operations continued with a new staff of researchers and heightened security measures.
Dr. Jack Wetton's Transmission - Incident 1690/18G
<Begin Log, 2100 ██/██/201█>
Dr. Wetton: "My colleagues, my fellow researchers do not believe me. I was replaced as head of station months ago for my beliefs. The only reason I'm still assigned… yes, the only reason… is because of what they've been unable to disprove. They want to unhear it, the noises we hear…"
Heavy footsteps are heard on a metal surface, apparently getting closer to the source of the recording
Dr. Wetton: "The Foundation needs to know, which is why I am providing this transmission to Site-128. SCP-1690 is… it's causing the increase of these violent incidents. The number of incidents in the past year alone… it's triple the frequency of the deaths as usual. The ones that aren't so peaceful, at least. SCP-1690 is pulling them faster than he has in the past… it's growing hungrier and it's requiring more and more to lure SCP-1690 back up here."
The voice of another doctor is heard faintly: "Jack's up to it again… getting paranoid. We need to check him again."
Dr. Wetton: "All this data is known, but the team's still working on how it all correlates… on why things at Site-127 are getting worse… not listening to my explanation…"
A female doctor's voice is heard: "Jack, where are you? We're worried about you down here. Come talk to us!"
Dr. Wetton: "SCP-1690 has grown in diameter at a rate proportional to the bodies we throw into the water… what's going to happen when it becomes too big to keep here? What's going to happen when-"
A door creaks open and a male doctor's voice is heard: "Hey! Jack, what are you doing with that?!"
TRANSMISSION ENDED