Do not edit other writers' sandboxes without permission.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe (pending possible reclassification)
Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-XXXX are to undergo psychological evaluations both weekly, and before and after every operation in which they are deployed1. A consultant artificial intelligence engineer is to be present at all times whilst a psychiatrist is evaluating the subject. All relevant data is to be supplied to the psychiatrist.
Each subject is to be evaluated by standard MTF psych-eval guidelines.
If the subject fails the evaluation at any time, their personalities are to be wiped and reset to default. All memories of previous operators and operations are to be expunged from the subject’s memory.
All data pertaining to hardware and combat protocols are not to be expunged without express orders from authorised command personnel.
In the event that hardware and protocol data has to be expunged, the unit is to be kept out of operations until the weekly synchronisation and system update.
All instances have protective measures installed to prevent manual theft, theft by operation, sabotage, or loss in the field. As these systems require no action by Foundation personnel, they are stored in an optional file.
Passive systems will cause the on board A.I to ‘wake up’ if sensors indicate a sentient presence. In ‘storage’ mode, this is limited to 2ms. In ‘Sentry’ mode, sensors will be fully active2.
If there is an operator present and asleep, the A.I will alert them. If no operator is present, the A.I will scan for valid IFF codes, then request ID cards, retinal scans and code phrases via a speaker at close range.
If a present sentient entity does not properly identify itself, the A.I will be given control of the suit and will alert local foundation assets on the appropriate communication channels. The suit will then proceed to exfiltrate the AO.
If captured, the suit will go into complete lockdown, and all shielding and countermeasures will be fired/escalate to the highest setting. If this fails to provide opportunity to escape, and command confirm that the suit is irretrievable, the A.I will be given authorisation to detonate the self-destruct warhead3.
The on board A.I is fully capable of operating the suit independently, but access is granted by an automated system isolated from the A.I that separately monitors the operator’s status. This ensures that the A.I will only be given control in the event the operator is deemed unfit to continue operations, or a hostile entity is attempting to steal an empty suit, and no sooner.
The on board A.I is NOT rated for independent combat operations4
, and its protocols dictate that it is to exfiltrate the AO as soon as possible upon being given control to preserve the safety of the suit and the operator.
For redundancy, there are also systems in place for if a hostile entity manages to get inside the suit.
Biometric, psychoactive and anomalous activity scans occur on system start-up to confirm the presence of a registered MTF operator. Upon failed verification, the suit will lock all synthetic musculature, then flood the sealed environment with a cocktail of paralytic, anaesthetic, psychodrisruptive and/or [REDACTED] agents to render the thief neutralised/terminated.
The on board A.I will make a decision as to which agents are required to most efficiently neutralise/terminate the thief. The thief will then be expelled by the emergency ejection system.
The A.I is also capable of administering non-lethal and lethal electric shocks at its discretion, detonating the self-destruct or [REDACTED] if all of the above fail, or are bypassed. The on board A.I itself is capable of recognising operators it is familiar with, and can decide upon an appropriate course of action with reliable discretion.
In the event that the operator is killed, the suit is rendered inoperable and command signal that the suit is irretrievable, authorisation will be given to detonate the on board warhead. This is the only situation other than a successful theft that the A.I will be authorised to detonate the on board warhead.
If the A.I refuses to comply with an order, all functions can be activated remotely by authorised command personnel using isolated systems.
The following is a message from Dr Matias Kendler, Head of the ‘Aegis’ project and former MTF operator, to all relevant Foundation Personnel.
“It used to be that be that the anti-tamper mechanisms were so extensive because these damn suits were so bloody expensive to produce, in both time, money and bodies. I even thought having so many psych-evals was a little OTT, but what the hell am I paying all those shrinks for if I don’t listen to them? I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t make more work for themselves without good reason.
We went so crazy about making sure none of the damn things got stolen or went mad because it would have burnt a fucking hole even in our collective (apparently infinite) wallet to lose one.
But ever since we [DATA EXPUNGED] we’ve been able to produce the things at a reasonable rate so that’s no longer the issue.
Yet, we’ve kept the protocols, even if removing some of the non-essential systems would save time and money. It’s almost not even about them being anomalous anymore, although that is a factor – it took a lot of long stares at the mirror to convince myself we were doing the right thing after that. It’s like we all collectively repressed the memory of the ‘Omega-7’ clusterfuck, but closing our eyes, plugging our ears and yelling to pretend that fiasco never happened actually fuckin’ worked this time.
But I digress - we just can’t, tactically, afford to have a single suit captured by hostile forces, more so than ever.
Sure, they’ve drastically increased the life expectancy of your average MTF operator delving into some thrice-damned hellscape by an order of magnitude, but even that’s not the point. It’s humanity we have to keep them safe from now, for two reasons.
We’ve put ourselves so far ahead of the curve compared to the other GOIs that it’d be utterly catastrophic if they managed to reverse-engineer these abominable machines we’ve built.
Used to be that MTF had to shit our pants and run whenever those damn bible-thumping illuminati maniacs from the GOC showed up in their power-armour and those fucking walking tanks of theirs – we just didn’t have anything that could compete with that. We couldn’t even touch their damn wizards without giving our best marksmen a hell of a lot of time and a hell of a lot of space.
Now, if we send the right squad in the right suits, they have to bring their absolute A-game to even make us break a sweat. And the GOC are the least of it; they won’t even attack us unless we’re arguing over a Skip.
Secondly – if the GOC figure out how we made the damn things, it’d start a fuckin’ war.
The SCP-XXXX armoury by no means makes our guys unkillable, but it does provide a tantalising glimpse of invincibility. It is absolutely imperative that no SCP-XXXX instance ever falls into enemy hands, ever loses its fucking mind, or [DATA EXPUNGED].
That is all.
Description: SCP-XXXX refers to a series of powered exomusculature suits produced by the ‘Aegis’ Initiative that began to exhibit anomalous properties during development. These properties were deemed to be either be benign, beneficial, or an acceptable drawback5, and so development was allowed to continue.
The O5 council called for accelerated production of greater protective equipment for Foundation operatives in early 2009, after a number of factors made it clear that current technology was no longer effective or appropriate. These factors included the human population boom in recent decades, the drastic speed of technological advancement starting in the early 2000s, the increase in (or increase in detection of) anomalous entities, and unacceptable casualty rates of MTF teams.
The primary factor driving the O5 to this decision, however, was the loss of SCP-████ to GOC ‘PHYSICS’ operatives during a skirmish in the winter of 2008.
The ‘Aegis’ Initiative was the result of this decision. Development lasted four years, and the first suits were deployed to unanimous mission successes6 circa June 2013. Development and improvement has continued indefinitely as more data is collected from field use7.
The earliest prototypes were originally reverse engineered from captured GOC PHYSICS suits8, combined with technologies and data on anomalous entities possessed by the foundation.
It was deemed that MTF operators were too precious to be used in prototyping ‘live-fire’ tests, and thus D-class9 were assigned to wear the suits during these tests. Fatality levels were high, but acceptable.
Circa January 2013 the Foundation [DATA EXPUNGED]. This resulted in the greatest technological advance in the project since the development of the [REDACTED] in the third year of research.
Whilst there are multiple specialised variants of SCP-XXXX (henceforth referred to as ‘Aegis Frames’ or ‘suits’), each with unique equipment, all are built upon the same modular SCP-XXXX-0 ‘MkIV Skeleton’ series Aegis Frame10, colloquially referred to by MTF operators as ‘Birthday Suits’ when lacking in other modular components.
As such, all suits that come under the designation of SCP-XXXX share the same anomalous properties.
• The operating system of the suit has achieved full sentience resembling a human consciousness to an unprecedented level11 that has never previously been seen in Foundation-produced A.I12. The variant of the standard ‘Longinus Pattern’ quantum-computer installed in the suits is not rated for the spontaneous creation of artificial intelligences.
It is theorised that [DATA EXPUNGED] alongside other present auxiliary systems is the cause of the reliable creation of intelligences. So far, these A.Is have proved tactically effective, so long as their mental health is monitored and kept up to standard. With the right suit assigned to the right operator, the synergy of personalities results in increased operational efficiency.
If the A.I proves uncooperative, their personality can simply be wiped until they develop one that synergises with an operator, or be left blank.
• The internal layer of the suit consists of [DATA EXPUNGED]. It responds to commands from the A.I about internal environment regulation and operator health status, and carries out all commands as desired seemingly without any method of doing so. A.I commands relating to these subjects have yet to fail in all tests and operations outside of hostile action or accidents.
• The suits require no dedicated power source, and can function indefinitely.
This was discovered during an MTF deployment where the fusion cell of a ‘MkIV Longsword’ pattern Frame critically failed after the rear-torso of the suit sustained catastrophic damage from SCP-████. The suit, and all remaining systems, continued to function at full power after the attack. This effect was confirmed after further testing, and fusion cells are now only installed as a redundancy measure.
This effect is believed to be the result of [REDACTED] and the [DATA EXPUNGED] on the inner surface of the suit. This form of anomalous power production has yet to be replicated outside an Aegis Frame.
For continued specifications of SCP-XXXX-0 Skeleton series frames, and all other suit variants, please proceed to section 2.
Standard Internal systems: Upon successful system initialisation, the internal environment floods with a breathable oxygenated fluid, produced by the [DATA EXPUNGED] layer of the suit. This fluid has the same average density as a human body, and serves to reduce impacts to the operator13.
The fluid also serves as the delivery system for a swarm of nanomachines directly linked to the suit’s A.I. After ~30 seconds, the nanomachines will have entered the bloodstream through pores and the respiratory system and reached full bodily distribution. This allows the A.I to monitor the operator’s status, and receive commands from the operator directly from brain functions14.
This link also allows the operator to hear, speak, feel and see through the nanomachines, and by proxy the suit itself as if it were their own body. This allows for the complete elimination of structural weaknesses such as a visor, and maximum quality of sight, sound and feeling due to this information being directly sent from external sensors to the appropriate nerves.
Any sensory information relayed to the operator is run through cognitohazard filters beforehand; these filters are created from the Foundation database of cognitohazards and generalised metadata on how cognitohazards behave. This system will provide protection, but is not completely reliable when facing unknown hazards.
Whilst the [DATA EXPUNGED] layer adjusts internal heat and produces the nanomachines, the machines themselves adjust pressure, PH, oxygen levels, process human waste products from the operator, and handle all other minutia.
The machines are also capable of producing a variety of chemicals, such as stimulants, stabilisers and anaesthetics directly into the bloodstream or a desired area of the operator’s body. It can only produce chemicals from an authorised list, in authorised measures, secured by isolated systems installed as redundancy measures.
The nanomachines are also capable of accelerating human healing by [DATA EXPUNGED] to knit wounds and replace lost mass. Machines already in the bloodstream are programmed to return the operator to a ‘healthy’ state logged by that specific operator into the suit upon registration.
Cuts, bruising and burns are healed within seconds or minutes depending on severity. Broken bones are a matter of hours, but the suit will provide structural support assuming continued integrity. Poisons can be synthetically metabolised, and the machines can work in concert with organic leukocytes to efficiently remove bacteria or viruses15.
To prevent personal interference with the operator, the A.I does not know how to produce any chemical outside of a set list (such as mood influencing hormones), nor does it have permission to alter anything inside the operator’s brain[[Footnote]]See attached file designation ‘Sable Mask’. Level 4 clearance required [[/footnote]]. The only downside of this is that damage to the brain cannot be treated by the suit, but this is deemed an acceptable drawback to prevent further ‘Sable Mask’ class incidents.
As previously noted, the suit also has a ‘Longinus Pattern’ quantum computer unit to contain the suit A.I, and a hydrogen fusion cell as a redundancy power measure.
It is preferred for operators to enter the suit naked for optimal comfort and ease of access for the nanomachines, but the hindrances caused by clothing are only minor as the suit can adjust its size to fit the operator, leaving whether or not to do so as personal preference.16
Standard Structural systems: The majority of the suit’s structural layer consists of synthetic exomusculature, constructed from woven strands of electro-receptive carbon polymers17. These muscles are then covered with a 1mm thick web of pressure sensors. With the nanomachines/A.I control system, these auxiliary muscles can be controlled as fluidly as standard human motor function, and provides a full sense of touch. Direct power lines constructed from high-temperature superconducting [REDACTED], isolated from the musculature, run from the [DATA EXPUNGED] layer through the muscles to any external systems that require them. A 0.3micrometer superinsulating composite layer, followed by a 1mm wire mesh of [REDACTED], sit at the very surface of the exomusculature above the pressure sensor layer, providing a Faraday cage to nullify all forms of electrical and thermal attack.
The exomusculature provides greatly enhanced strength, durability and mobility. Maximum strength and speed of a suit is dependent on operator fitness, A.I synchronisation, and skill with the equipment; a list of averages and record measures is listed below.
• Average maximum movement speed:~25m/s Record:34.325m/s
• Average horizontal jump distance:~30m Record:41.688m
• Average vertical jump height:~8m Record:10.212m
• Average bench press weight:~1.4tns Record:1.753tns
Actual sprinting has been deemed dangerous to operator safety, as the speeds at which the suit is capable of moving in such a way can cause serious damage to the muscles and joints of the operator. The A.I limits the speed an operator can reach in this fashion to prevent injury; instead, a long bounding gait of horizontal jumps has proven most effective. This mitigates possible injury to levels at which internal nanomachines can treat the operator without hindrance, by reducing limb movement.
The exomusculature on its own is rated to completely stop small arms from point-blank up to anti-material calibres. Anti-material calibres can cause heavy bruising and broken bones within ~300m, but will not penetrate with kinetic energy sufficient to be lethal to the operator unless inside ~50m[[foonote]]Calibres tested: .50BMG, 12.7x108mm Russian, 14.5x114mm, 20x110mm[[/footnote]].
Whilst there has been no testing done, it is assumed that modern anti-tank weaponry would prove sufficient to do lethal damage to a Skeleton suit.
To provide a perfectly sealed internal environment with no structural weaknesses, the suit cuts itself open with temporary monomolecular blades flash-forged from available carbon by internal nanomachines. Armour plating and external systems move out of the way upon armatures present upon the secondary exoskeletal chassis, as an entrance is opened through the musculature and [DATA EXPUNGED] layers.
Once the operator is safely inside the suit, the nanomachines reknit the muscle groups back into place, providing a perfect seal.
Emergency ejection, if activated, is achieved by the nanomachines completely unravelling the muscle strands upon the rear face of the suit, and then throwing the operator clear with an explosive gas pulse. The liquid-gel layer stays affixed to the operator as a coherent mass to mitigate any impacts incurred during the process of the launch, before melting into a harmless pool of proteins once the operator has come to rest.
Standard Helmet systems: exomusculature covers the neck up to the base of the skull, but does not increase movement speed to prevent injury to the operator. As there is no need for a visor due to the nanomachines control system, the helmet completely envelops the skull in armour plating. This armour consists of rigid moulded sheets of aggregate carbon-nanotubes, layered with shock-absorbing ballistic gel and superinsulating composite. The plate is 2.0cm thick and is rated to stop anti-material rounds at point-blank range; the armour plating on other specialised series of frames is made of the same multi-layered CNT-Gel-Insulator plating. This level of armour is designated Class-1.
An extensive sensor-suite is also installed into the helmet. Eight ultra-high definition, variable zoom, cameras provide sight at any wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum – all of which have a 180 degree range of motion in ball-sockets. Four are affixed to the ‘face’ of the helmet, two on the back of the head, and two at the tips of two ‘Bat ear’ armatures on either side of the helm. These armatures allow the operator/A.I a full 360 degree field of vision, as well as the ability to see around corners by articulation of the armatures.
The visual sensor suite also includes reverse engineered ‘VERTIAS’ imaging systems looted from the original GOC ‘White-suits’ the foundation acquired, hybridised with [DATA EXPUNGED] to provide life-sign imaging out to beyond-horizon ranges. Alongside augmented reality and multi-suit networking programs, these cameras can triangulate a composite image that maps the area and tracks all sentient entities in the operator’s field of vision. These marked entities are brightness, colour, and number coded for quick perception of health-status, cover-status, psychological state, and anomalous properties18.
Nine high-sensitivity microphones are also installed upon the helmet next to the cameras, allowing for ranging and triangulation to immediately mark the source of any noise. A single speaker over the ‘mouth’ of the helmet allows the operator to speak out-loud through the suit.
As a last-ditch redundancy option, the mic and speakers are capable of echolocation mapping, if the cameras fail or hazard-filters deem direct photon capture would put an SCP in a hostile state.
Miniaturised Scranton Reality Anchor: Each suit is affixed with an integral miniaturised Scranton Reality Anchor, to maximise survivability against reality warping entities. Whilst external projection is possible, standard procedure is to keep the stabilisation field limited to the sealed environment inside the suits. This allows further exploration of SCPs that have reality warping integral to their function without disrupting their structure, whilst making it impossible for said entity to exert itself upon the suit and its operator whilst structural integrity remains secure. External field exertion is only to be deployed as an absolute last resort, or upon encountering extant sentient reality-warping entities.
Overview: Miniaturised, streamlined and specialised for use by undercover operatives in situations where a full battlesuit is not practical, but where the ‘barebones’ advantages of an Aegis frame and specialised systems can still increase operational efficiency. Note, this suit does NOT have an on-board miniaturised Scranton Reality Anchor.
This model has seen successful deployments by MTF-Alpha-4 ‘Pony Express’, and MTF-Delta-5 ‘Front Runners’.
Structure: The ‘Faceless’ series was adapted from the Skeleton series by the removal and streamlining of hardware. Exomusculature, [DATA EXPUNGED] and oxygenised fluid layers have been miniaturised down to the point that it resembles a simple wetsuit, with a small armoured pouch at the ‘belt’ to contain the A.I’s physical computer.
The suit has no helm, no armour, no Faraday cage, and does not cover the hands and feet. As such, it is by far the least protective of the developed Aegis frames19. This armour level is designated Class-0.
It also has no sensor capabilities. Systems related to the internal environment remain intact, including the nanomachine swarm. The nanomachines have to enter the blood through pores for lack of an entrance in the respiratory system, so the ‘Faceless’ series is often worn as an undergarment.
Whilst it still provides an increase in physical capability, it does so only at ~25% of the power of a skeleton suit.
Specialised Hardware:
• ‘Poltergeist’ optical-audio camouflage system – on activation, a secondary nanomachines swarm envelops the operator in a skin-tight layer, and proceeds to quantum-tunnel all photons around the user. In tandem, the [DATA EXPUNGED] layer [DATA EXPUNGED] to counter ‘Elan Vital Energy’ imaging, and a miniaturised MkII ‘Prospero’ Atmosphere Manipulation Unit creates a bubble of ‘Still’ air around the user. This provides complete camouflage from all known kinds of imaging, as well as rendering the operator completely silent to anyone more than 2m away.
The nanomachines layer is semi-permeable around the face, allowing the operator to breathe and see through it in an affect similar to a one-way mirror. All internal heat build-up is handled by the [DATA EXPUNGED] layer acting as a heat-sink.
Overview: The Longsword is the designated combat frame, for use in situations where extant hostile entities which require use of force for neutralisation. It carries an extensive payload, which can be customised given specific operational parameters.
It is also designed to be highly mobile, and has limited flight capabilities, allowing for complete control of any operational space.
It has seen extensive use by MTF-Nu-7 ‘Hammer Down’. Deployment to MTF-Sigma-9 was denied to prevent information leaks about the origins of the Aegis Project to local GOC elements.
Information regarding deployments of the twelve suits in possession of MTF-Alpha-1 ‘Red Right Hand’ remains classified, level 5.
Structure: The suit is clad in a full loadout of CNT-Gel-Insulator composite armour plating to a thickness ranging from 2.0-4.0cms, tapering at points where plates are likely to experience friction against other bodyparts, and thickest at chest and forehead. No known small-arm system available at current technological levels is capable of penetrating these armour plates20. The suit also has a full complement of explosive-reactive plates as a final fail-safe against anti-tank weaponry.
This level of armour is designated Class-2.
The suit also has six semi-articulate weapon armatures affixed to the back to assist in storage, manoeuvring, and carrying of weaponry. The on-board A.I is also capable of independently operating weapons on these armatures if given permission.
Specialised hardware:
• ‘Poltergeist’ system
• ‘Halo’ active physical shielding system – works in tandem with the same armour-surface nano-machine swarm utilised by the Poltergiest system. Via [REDACTED] spontaneous quantum entanglement links are formed between the impacted surface of the shielding and an impacting projectile, allowing the system to exert an identical force upon said projectile, essentially bringing it to a complete stop.
This is accompanied by a burst of generated plasma to repulse and damage said projectile, with an average response speed of 5.3 picoseconds. The on-board A.I is capable of fluidly altering activation thresholds, to prevent premature detonation due to ‘natural’ movements or impacts.
However, the detonation of this system causes strain on local nano-machines, causing an amount of them to ‘die’. If the system drops below 86% nano-machine dispersal, shielding will fail in a chain reaction, and will require several seconds to replace these machines and resume function21. It has been noted that modern anti-tank and main battle tank weaponry is capable of overwhelming the system in one go, and by extension, attacks from hostile entities capable of similar or greater kinetic energies.
Weaker kinetic energies require sustained impacts within a timeframe, times increasing exponentially the lower the KE of said impact. For reference, a standard-issue M16A4 long rifle, 5.56mm NATO calibre, failed to cause nano-machine dispersal to drop further than -2% at 700rpm and 30m range with full use of a 30rd magazine. This level of shielding is designated Class-1 – heavier suit variants are calibrated for greater defensive capabilities, at the cost of higher energy usage.
• ‘Sylph’ 3D manoeuvrability system – the system consists of small ‘jets’ affixed all across the suit, front and rear, to allow for accelerations in a full three-dimensional range of motion. These jets utilise [REDACTED] instead of fuel to provide a sustainable continuous source of propulsion. Tandem to these jets is an anti-gravity system functioning on [DATA EXPUNGED] principals, for both silent aerial movement, and aerial movement at low speeds22.
‘Poltergeist’ functionality cannot be maintained if the jets have to be engaged. ‘Halo’ functionality fails after ~30seconds of sustained flight above 10m/s, or at speeds above 40m/s. At speeds above 40m/s, flight cannot be sustained for longer than 18 seconds.23.
Overview: The Phalanx was designed to increase survivability in environments lethally hostile to human life, and against exposure to hazardous materials both natural and anomalous. The sealed internal environment of these suits can be sustained without the presence of a breathable atmosphere to a level where further endurance testing was deemed a waste of resources. Phalanx suits have survived twenty six minutes total immersion in volcanic magma before internal environment regulation systems failed, and survived over 1000+ atmospheres of pressure indefinitely during testing at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
Sees regular use by MTF-Beta-7 ‘Maz Hatters’, and occasional use by MTF-Zeta-9 ‘Mole Rats’. The prior had much greater success than the former.
These suits have been colloquially dubbed ‘Fat Suits’.
Structure: Above the integral ‘Skeleton Suit’ system is an expanded gel reservoir, covered by an auxiliary armoured carapace of superinsulating composite interwoven with CNTs. The increase in weight and bulk makes this variant far more unwieldly than others, but allows for far greater expansions to the internal regulation systems, bestowing far greater survivability in hazardous environments.
An expanded casing on the rear of the torso contains recyclable tanks of oxygen, water, and nutrients with much larger payloads, to allow for operator survival almost indefinitely.
Operator hands are kept sealed inside the suit, with auxiliary robotic hands built outside, connected to the A.I/Swarm control system.
The helmet is also kept sealed in an armoured canopy, with a secondary external sensor array to provide operator awareness.
Weapon armatures are affixed to the rear of the suit, just as with the Longsword series, but are further ruggedized and longer to account for the bulkier frame and nature of the Phalanx suit. This armour is designated class-2.5, as whilst it is more durable than the Class-2 armour on the longsword, it is not designed for active or sustained combat.
Specialised Hardware:
• ‘Halo’ shielding, class 2. Capable of resisting 2-3 impacts from anti-tank weaponry.
• ‘Valkyrie’ translocation failsafe – the system consists of an external fusion-powered particle-accelerator torus, and other associated apparatus, contained within the expanded rear casing. The system is far too heavy, bulky and expensive to bother installing on smaller suits, as well as providing yet another vital technology that could possibly fall into enemy hands. However, it caused little further hindrance to the already heavy Phalanx.
Upon detonation, the system creates an overt tear in spacetime, collapsing known spatial dimensions into a direct ‘tunnel’ that leads to a given quantum-entangled beacon. This rift manifests as a large black orb that engulfs the user and anything it touches, and drops them via an identical black orb at the target location. In tandem, the on-board Scranton reality anchor externally exerts its field in a high-powered pulse to prevent any anomalous material from following the evacuating suit through said rift.
This system requires all the same permissions as the on-board plasma-cascade warhead, as well as the same restrictions.
Use results in catastrophic damage to suit and operator in 23% of cases, and, in one confirmed case where the system was damaged by hostile action, complete deletion of operator and suit from our reality. As such, it is to be used as a second-to-last resort.
Overview: The Siege series is the most heavily armoured of the infantry-level suits, with greater physical defences and shielding than its counterpart, the Longsword. Whilst its primary use is the capture and containment of anomalous entities, Siege units often supplement Longsword deployments in combat situations involving urban environs, confined spaces, or where manoeuvrability would be otherwise hindered.
Whilst not nearly so swift and agile as the Longsword, and lacking flight capabilities, the Siege excels at both repelling and enacting aggressive close-quarters assaults.
Structure: Layered composite plating ranges from 2.0 to 6.0cm thickness, with extra plating affixed to all non-manoeuvrable positions on the body of the suit. This includes a high gorget and a secondary face panel to better protect the head, expanded plating on the thighs, upper arms and torso, and improved armouring of weapon armatures.
Specialised Hardware:
• ‘Poltergeist’ system.
• ‘Halo’ shielding, Class-2.
Overview: The ‘Puppeteer’ series was designed specifically to provide greater protection for Foundation engineering personnel when deployed in hostile environments. Adapted from the Longsword pattern frame with minimal changes, the Puppeteer’s A.I has been programmed with an expanded knowledge of technology and engineering to augment an operator’s abilities to manipulate devices and its environment in the field. Any or all of its weapon armatures can be converted to allow the carrying of specialised equipment (I.E drills, saws, plasma-cutters, so on…) appropriate for a mission.
Structure: Armour class-2.
Specialised hardware:
• ‘Poltergeist’ system.
• ‘Halo’ shielding, Class-1.
• ‘Sylph’ system.
• ‘Forge’ system – the Puppeteer pattern frame has been outfitted with a dynamic conceptual A.I-aided 3D printing system, or ‘flash-forge’ system. Using [REDACTED] principals, a database of schematics and atomic and molecular structures, and an external nano-machine swarm, any substance, item or device known to the system can be spontaneously created in the vicinity of the operator. This ranges from simple hydrogen gas, up to complex electronics.
Use of the system puts immense strain on the suit, and so all non-essential systems are deactivated upon starting production – including cloaking, shields and flight systems.
Whilst limitations are variable, mass seems to be the defining characteristic that governs the amount of system strain. As such, no more than a kilogram of substance should be forged in any one instance, but repeatedly producing several kilograms of substance over an extended period of time is viable.
Overview: the Eyeless pattern frame was developed specifically for use by Task Force Eta-10 “See No Evil”, for the containment of cognitohazardous entities. The Eyeless has zero external sensors of any kind, nor does it have any conventional communications equipment, to completely remove any risk of cognitohazardous contamination. Quantum-entanglement based communications equipment is the only kind deemed safe, and thus is the only kind installed.
Unique amongst infantry Aegis frames, the Eyeless is equipped with three A.I units. The vastly increased processing power and memory capacity of these A.Is working in tandem is used almost entirely to completely ensure the safeguarding of both the operator, their teammates, and command staff in communication with them from hazardous information. The A.Is are also capable of pre-emptively halting the transmission of information by an operator if the information is deemed conceptually hazardous. Despite the extreme increase in cost of deploying three A.Is to one suit, it was deemed an acceptable expense to ensure operational viability, and to eliminate the possibility of conflicting decisions about information viability if there were only two systems.
A sense of ‘sight’ and ‘hearing’ is provided to the operator via [DATA EXPUNGED], which is then run through hazard filters numbering in magnitude of 10^12 by each of the three separate A.Is, and finally relayed to the operator via the A.I/nano-machine control swarm.
The multiple-A.I system of the Eyeless frame is the ONLY pattern of Aegis suit with carte-blanche to alter anything inside the head of its own operator, even then, ONLY permissions to affect memory. They also have permissions to wipe each other’s memories given a 2/1 vote. This is to ensure hazardous information can be wiped from both biological and digital storage safely. As this is by no means a fool-proof system, secondary behavioural compliance systems and methods are extensive.24
Regardless of the vast increase in processes-per-second enacted by the suit’s A.I’s, the multi-A.I system has actually resulted in marginally quicker system response times25
Structure: Armour class-2. Other than an expanded helmet casing to accommodate the multi-A.I system housing, physically the Eyeless is identical to the standard Longsword pattern suit. However, the effective range of [DATA EXPUNGED] prevents practical use of the ‘Sylph’ aerial movement system.
Specialised Hardware:
• ‘Poltergeist’ system.
• ‘Halo’ system, class-1.
• [REDACTED].
Overview: The ‘Null’ variant, affectionately dubbed ‘Witcher’ suits by MTF operators, is specifically designed for the neutralisation or capture of reality-bending entities at close range, or of reality-bending entities which are immune to standard kill/capture methods26.
The primary specialised system of the ‘Null’ frame is an expanded mini-SRA. The reality anchor on ‘Null’ frames is capable of exerting an external stabilising field of radius ~30m. This stabilising field can be expanded even further when multiple suits are working in tandem, ranging from ~50ms with two suits, up to ~300ms with twelve suits27.
These external fields allow safe approach to all reality-bending entities up to Type-Black28 and subsequent neutralisation or capture, so long as unit cohesion is maintained.
Due to the common regenerative abilities of reality-warping entities, ‘Null’ suits are only equipped with weapons systems rated for massive tissue damage – most commonly: plasma-sheathed monomolecular-cutters and plasma-cascade pulse ‘shotguns’ at close range, explosive-vaporisation rated hi-pulse deuterium-flouride infra-red lasers at long range, and one known instance of an FGM-148 Javelin missile jury-rigged to carry an on-board mini-SRA29.
To absolutely confirm the complete destruction of a high-threat reality-warping entity, the A.I on a ‘Null’ suit is capable of removing its ‘Bird of Hermes’ class restraint bolts to [DATA EXPUNGED] given appropriate permissions from O5. This function has only ever been authorised for use by MTF-Alpha-1 ‘Red Right Hand’.
4 Suits are known to be in possession of MTF-Alpha-1.
Structure: Armour class-2. Identical to Longsword variant with the exception of the larger casing on the rear of the suit to accommodate the expanded mini-SRA. May be outfitted with Class-3 ‘Siege’ armour and appropriate higher-class ‘Halo’ shielding as and when operational parameters require it.
Specialised Hardware:
• ‘Poltergeist’ System.
• ‘Halo’ shielding class-1.
• Expanded mini-SRA.
• Removable ‘Bird of Hermes’ class restraint bolts
• [DATA EXPUNGED]
Overview: the Orca series is designed for operations in fluid other than air (namely, water), or in total vacuum – as such, it comes in two sub-variants. Both come with expanded resource payloads akin to those on the ‘Phalanx’ and provide similar levels of extended survivability. Both also have modified versions of the ‘Sylph’ manoeuvrability system, designed for their environment. Due to the nature of their operating environments, both Orca variants cannot make use of the ‘Poltergeist’ system.
Sees extensive use with MTF-Theta-5 ‘The Bigger Boat’, MTF-Gamma-6 ‘Deep Feeders’ and [REDACTED CLASSIFIED LEVEL-5].
Structure: In comparison to the standard combat Longsword variant, the Orca-F has been stripped of its reactive explosive plates and the main CNT-composite structure has been further stripped and streamlined to ensure the highest level of fluid dynamics. As such, this armour class has been designated class 1.5.
Due to the nature of space vacuum extra-vehicular activity, the Orca-V variant is outfitted with Class-3 siege armour with the explosive-reactive plating replaced by auxiliary tungsten plating to improve radiation and micro-impact protection.
Specialised Hardware:
• ‘Halo’ shielding – Orca-F Class-1, ORCA-V Class-2. Shielding on the Orca-V has a slight modification to allow system overclocking, to protect suit and operator for fluid friction in the event of atmospheric re-entry. Overclocking is likely to cause catastrophic damage to the system, and will only last for several minutes even with all non-essential power diverted to it.
• ‘Rusalka’ fluid movement system – the variant of the ‘sylph’ system modified for aquatic use, it utilises [REDACTED] principals to repulse liquid molecules, resulting in Newtonian thrust. This allows for relatively high accelerations and a near complete removal of fluid friction, providing far greater manoeuvrability with a practically negligible visual and sound footprint.30.
• ‘Sylph-V’ modified vacuum movement system – due to the nature of microgravity vacuum environments, the sylph system only had to be slightly modified for space EVAs. The system instead fires in short bursts to make use of the total lack of fluid friction, resulting in much lower energy usage for the same level of manoeuvrability. In the event of atmospheric re-entry, the system can revert back to its original behaviours.
• ‘Valkyrie’ translocation failsafe
Overview: The Dragonslayer pattern frame is the pinnacle of the Aegis Project: experimental ultra-heavy pilotable artificial humanoids, designed for the neutralisation or capture of anomalous entities too large to be combatted with standard Aegis frames. Each frame is ~5m tall, human in shape and proportion, and constructed of the same materials as standard frames.
Due to the oft-unpredictable nature of ‘Keter’ class entities, the Dragonslayer is equipped to handle all environments to some extent. It is also fully capable of the neutralisation or capture of large-scale cognitohazards and reality-benders, fully implementing and expanding upon systems integral to the ‘Eyeless’ and ‘Null’ pattern frames.
The A.I/nano-machine control system and isolated internal environment has been modified into a ‘sarcophagus’ in the chest of the suit. Controlling a Dragonslayer is fundamentally identical to control of a Longsword pattern suit from the perspective of the operator, with the exception of acclimatising to the increased size of the unit. Physical movement by the operator is disabled by the control system, and all muscle output signals from the operator’s brain are translated into movement by the suit.
Whilst mechanised armours with standard materials are completely impractical, the use of CNT-composite-layering for plating, electroreceptive CNTs for synthetic musculature, and [DATA EXPUNGED] has allowed for a suit both strong and light enough to be functional.
Common issues cited for the impracticality of a large humanoid machine other than structural integrity, have been anomalously surpassed.
Anomalous Weight Compensation: A Dragonslayer weighs ~9 tons sans payload, ~12-18 tons with a full payload. Given these weights, a surface area as small as a proportional foot should cause a Dragonslayer to sink into or crush objects it is standing upon. However, it appears the suits exert a kind of tactile telekinesis that spreads the pressure of its weight over a much larger area than its feet. This effect can also be deployed when a suit wishes to minimise the risk of falling through an object when knocked off balance, or if the suit wishes to lift something the comparatively small surface of its fingers would otherwise just tear or crush.
The on-board A.Is are capable of altering the strength of this effect at will, but due to the nature of the abnormalities in the Operator/A.I control system on the Dragonslayer no actionable information has been acquired on the mechanism at this time.
Anomalous Regenerative Capabilities: The [DATA EXPUNGED] running throughout the suit also allows a must higher density of internal nano-machines, giving the Dragonslayer capability to repair all structural damage31 to both suit and operator at much greater speeds than other variants of the Aegis frame.
The speed at which Dragonslayer frames repair damage is anomalous, as it appears to violate the law of conservation of mass and energy. Whilst nano-machines are capable of seemingly ‘creating’ mass for the ‘forge’ system via [REDACTED] principals, this does not violate conservation laws as it is technically a conversion of a source – the rate at which lost or completely vaporised mass is replaced should not be possible given current understanding of the nano-machines and physics as a whole.
Lost mass, such as limbs or fluid, has been observed to be completely prehensile.
Dragonslayer frames have been described as ‘flowing like liquid’ when damage is sufficient to breach its plating, ‘splashing’ more than tearing, then collapsing back onto the frame to erase the damage. Cohesive mass and liquid torn from the frame has been observed to ‘flow’ back towards the largest cohesive mass of the suit remaining, with speed increasing with proximity. Mass becomes functionally inert at further than ~100m from another source, but not completely inert. Anomalous molecule movement could still be detected when a sample of a suit was taken to the antipode of the suit’s location – this suggests there is no maximum range, similar to the behaviour of a fundamental force such as gravity.
During operation [DATA EXPUNGED], a Dragonslayer frame, piloted by MTF operator ███ ██████ ██████████, was completely atomised by the epicentre of a nuclear-yield explosion with a magnitude of ██ ████tons before it’s ‘Valkyrie’ failsafe could be activated. After ████ hours, the frame had fully restored the operator and all six A.I cores at centre of the resulting crater, and partially restored other structures. It took a further ██ weeks for the suit to fully restore.
Whilst alive, the operator had acquired extensive cancerous tumours and symptoms consistent with extreme radiation poisoning, and was severely psychologically traumatised by the experience – in all other instances of such complete sarcophagus destruction, operator restoration was perfect. This suggests that whilst radiation interferes with the process in some way, at least for human tissue, it is not enough to completely stop it.
Only one Dragonslayer has ever been irreparably destroyed. The method in which this was achieved is theorised to be [DATA EXPUNGED]. Whilst the sarcophagus was breached, and both the operator and the A.Is were removed and destroyed, given current understanding of the Dragonslayer’s regenerative capabilities, this should not have resulted in destruction of the unit. The A.I cores remain crushed, operator ███ ████████ ██████████ remains deceased, and the torso of SCP-XXXX-9-5 remains completely eviscerated. Mass lost in its destruction remains completely inert.
Anomalous Behaviour of Networked A.Is and Operator Synergy: Each Dragonslayer frame has six A.I units working in concert, providing functionally-instantaneous system response to operator commands. This is likely anomalous in and of itself – there is absolutely no response delay. A human arm will still take some small measure of time to react to a thought, a Dragonslayer reacts to Operator commands truly instantaneously. The only possible non-anomalous explanation is a level of temporary quantum-entanglement communication more complex and multi-threaded than even that of the most advanced QE communications equipment in Foundation possession working in concert for every single piece of software and hardware in the system, as well as the brain of the operator. This is both highly unlikely and impossible to test given current factors of Dragonslayer functions, so this characteristic is treated as anomalous.
In all deployments of a Dragonslayer frame, the operator seems to be able to accurately predict the actions of a known threat entity in all situations for a complete combat engagement with an accuracy of 98%, and prepares and reacts accordingly32. For unknown entities, after ~40 seconds of exposure, the operator can predict the actions of the threat entity ~3 seconds in advance. This is believed to be a result of the A.Is and the quantum computers that contain them creating a form of shared consciousness between operator and the six units – this function is confirmed to be anomalous, as even the nano-machine control system should not be capable of creating this level of synergy with the A.Is, and the A.Is should not be capable of this level of synergy with each other. This is believed to be an extension of the aforementioned anomalous absence of a response time.
Deployment in a Dragonslayer frame has been observed to be dangerously addictive to a cognitohazardous level.
After first deployment, Operators reported an extreme level of euphoria they could not fully articulate, and experience a massive spike in cognitive abilities33. This euphoria slowly fades until the massive onset of withdrawal symptoms ~30mins after exiting the suit. These symptoms are comparable in magnitude to a long-term habitual heroin-user.
After ~40mins, subject will go briefly catatonic. At ~50mins, the effected subject will become extremely hostile to those around it, especially those that try to prevent them from re-entering the suit. Fits of self-mutilation are common past the 40min mark.
The effected subject will eventually lose all sense of self-preservation with regards to what is required to re-enter a suit.
Operator is capable of giving commands to the suit whilst outside of the cockpit after the 50min mark.
██ Operators have been terminated due to these violent incidents as of the current time. Only one succeeded in re-entering the suit.
It is not known what occurs on a physical and psychological level if an operator in this state were allowed to re-enter a suit, and the resources involved are too precious to risk in a test.
It is thought that this effect is a direct result of the complete synergy between the operator and the A.I network; the pervading theory is that the quantum-entanglement links cannot be properly broken by simple removal from the suit, and the operator remains linked to the A.Is.
Due to comments by operators during missions and in this agitated state, it is believed that the operator and all A.Is involved experience complete ego-death and become one consciousness as a part of the suit’s operation.
During missions, both operator and the A.Is persistently refer to themselves as ‘We’ and the operator never makes an attempt to differentiate themselves from the suit, even when prompted. All parties also always talk in complete instantaneous unison, and the operator and the A.Is have never been recorded to disagree with one-another.
A transcript of an audio-recording captured at Site-██ when Operator ███ ███ ████████ exited SCP-XXXX-9-3 after returning from Operation [REDACTED] follows. All names have been replaced with placeholders: A denotes the effected operator, and B, C and D denote three other MTF operators from the accompanying infantry contingent that were present for both the operation and the incident. Date, location and time are classified and have not been included. A is wearing a BDU, other speakers are in SCP-XXXX-2 Longsword suits. Takes place on the hangar floor in front of Unit 9-3. The incident occurs 52mins after A exits Unit 9-3.
This is the only known incident where an effected operator is known to have been able to return to their Dragonslayer.
This incident occurs after the first field test of a Dragonslayer suit by an MTF other than Alpha-1. It is believed the failure to warn the present parties of the possibility of such an event, is the result of malicious information tampering from inside the Foundation. The party at fault has since been dealt with.
>[Noises of moving machinery]
>[Non-descript talking in background]
>[non-descript wet noise concurrent with machinery noise]
>B: Well if it isn’t fuckin’ superman his’self – that has ta’ been the most successful field-test against a damn Keter I have ever fuckin’ seen, haha! You were crazy in that thing [A]
>[Non-descript muttering]
>[footsteps]
>C: Well now I suppose we can say we’ve seen everything – big robot has a dogfight with a mutha’luvin’ [REDACTED]. It looked like something out of one of those cheesy-ass Jap cartoons [D] watches.
>[More muttering]
><[A] looks visibly distressed>
>D: Hey, fuck you, man! I just prefer a good story ove-
><[B] cuts him off>
>B: Hey, buddy…
> <[B]puts his hand on [A]’s shoulder>
>B: You doin’ okay, man?
><alongside physical agitation, [A] appears physically ill>
>[[A]’s muttering gets louder, appears to be word-salad]
>B: Ah-h-h fuckin’ Jesus’s beardy ballsack! [C] could you buzz the REMF? Somethin’s fucky with [A]…
><[B] raises his voice>
>B: Er’body, Code Sable! Code Sable! Get back in your fucking suits! There’s some weird shit going on with [A]!
><[C] complies>
>[Noises of scuffling]
>[Hissing of Aegis suits being re-entered]
>[Noise of non-combat staff evacuating hangar]
><Other operators back away from [A] and ready weapons>
><[A]’s muttering escalates to screeching, begins clawing at his eyes, causing visual damage>
>D: Holy shit! Fuck, man! Can ‘Sable Mask’ shit even happen outside the suit?! Man, fuck, even Rusty sounds scared – ain’t never heard the old man stumble like that. (‘Rusty’ refers to [D]’s suit A.I – known to have a personality akin to an old war veteran)
><[A]’s word-salad has stopped, but the eye-gouging continues>
><Sixteen operators in Longsword class suits are now surrounding [A]>
>[alarms blare]
>B: Titus just got all quiet and serious too, that’s freakier n’ any eye gouging I ever saw. Fuck, I mean look at him, it looks Mask-y, better safe n’ sorry.(‘Titus’ refers to [B]’s suit A.I – known to have an excitable demeanour).
>C: We said the magic ‘S’ word and it went right up the chain – someone in the brass sacrificed enough virgins to summon Alpha-1. I could feel the Captain’s ass clench all the way from here when we said it was the guy outta’ Unit 9-3.
><[A]’s words become intelligible>
>[continued alarms]
>A: We can hear it… Wecanhearitwecanhearitwecanhearit… but We can’t SEE… stupid… stupidstupidSTUPID eyes… n-n-n-not g-g-good enough.
>B: Oh-h-h god – he’s fucked, and he still owes me twenty dollars
>D: Dude, that’s not cool.
>B: Fuck, sorry, I’m nervous too.
>[Wet squelching pop]
><[A] bodily removes his eyes>
>[wet snap]
>[Various people in the room vocalise expletives or notions of unease]
>[[A] begins to scream]
>[continued alarms]
>A:MUSTRETURNMUSTRETURN-NEEDTOSEEAGAINNEEDTOSEEAGAINEEDTOSEEAGAAAINNN
><[A] stuffs the severed eyes into his mouth and begins to chew>
>[More vocalisations from present operators]
>D: Fuck man, I don’t care – fuck the protocols, we gotta stop him doing this to himself!
><Once finished with the eyes, [A] begins to chew at his own fingers and stumble towards Unit 9-3>[Muttering continues, muffled by fingers][continued alarms]
>B: wait, shit! Yeah, we can’t let him back in the suit either-
><[D] moves to grab [A]>
><Unit 9-3 spontaneously becomes active and animate>
>[Loud hissing noise of synthetic muscle]
><Unit 9-3 breaks away from its anchors and crawls across the hangar at speed, proceeds to slap [D] whilst on all-fours>
<explosive pop>
>[Shouting]
>[gunfire]
>[alarms]
>[Human-esque metallic scream emanates from speakers on Unit 9-3]
>A:WEMUSTBEGODAGAINWEMUSTBEGODAGAINWEMUSTBEGODAGAINWEMUSTBEGOD
>B:ENGAGE! ENGAGE! ENGAGE!
>[gunfire]
>[crash of [D] impacting far wall of the hanger, then falling to the floor]
>[coughing]
>D: urrghh, I’m… I’m good… shields took the worst of it… not that anyone is listening.
>[Gunfire escalates]
>[alarms]
>[Dull wrenching noise]
><Unit 9-3 rips off its own chest plate, then tears an entrance through the synthetic musculature into the sarcophagus>
><Unit 9-3 raises [A] to the breach with its other hand>
>A:WEAREGODWEAREGODWEAREGODWEAREGODWEAREGODWEAREGOD
><a successful shot from a pulsed-laser impacts [A], explosively vaporising everything from the pelvis upward> <the mass sprays away, then curls back in its trajectory, and [A] reforms unharmed ~4 seconds later>
>B: WHAT THE FUCK?! OH FUCK! OH FUCKKKK!
><[A] enters Unit 9-3>
[A] and Unit 9-3 proceeded to rampage through site-██ in an attempt to escape, causing the deaths of 43% of personnel – roughly ████ people.
MTF-Alpha-1 ‘Red Right Hand’ arrive in the AO ~5mins after the recording via emergency [REDACTED] with Unit 9-1.
Unit 9-1 is used to disable 9-3, then open and maintain a breach into the sarcophagus. The other operators then forcibly injected [A] with Class-C amnestic, successfully breaking his link to Unit 9-3. Unit 9-3 was recovered with no long-lasting damage to the unit.
Regardless of his losing all memory of the incident and complete regeneration of his wounds, [A] was able to intuit details about the incident, and committed suicide three months later.
All six A.Is had their personalities and memories procedurally wiped. Unit 9-3 has continued to function without incident.
To prevent further ‘Sable Mask’ incidents such as this, it has been decreed by O5 that the A.Is on board Dragonslayer units are to have their personalities and memories procedurally wiped after every mission. Physical failsafes outside A.I control and protected from nano-machine interference have also been implemented to ensure that a suit cannot refuse to eject its operator, and that a Class-C amnestic is delivered to the operator upon the completion of the mission.
To combat the possibility of a suit damaging itself to damage its failsafes, the A.Is are made aware that a system has been added to remotely wipe their memory before they can finish doing so – controlled by another A.I network connected to nothing but these failsafes that it cannot outsmart.
As a final resort, the on-board ‘Valkyrie’ translocation system can be detonated without a fixed exit point, presumably erasing the suit from existence. The A.Is are also made aware of this threat.
Since the aforementioned incident, the above protocols have been sufficient to ensure the continued ‘Safe’ classification, and continued compliance of the SCP-XXXX-9 series.
Due to its swift neutralisation and rehabilitation, it was deemed that Unit 9-3 does not require its own entry in the ‘Sable Mask’ section of this article.
Knowing that amnestics are capable of breaking the link between operator and network, it can be surmised that link itself is in some way infohazardous.
Research into whether this link can be inoculated against is only in the proposal stage – while expunging operator and A.I memory remains sufficient to ensure safety, and under the threat of Dragonslayers being far less effective without the aforementioned link, O5 has decreed that research into this subject is not a primary research goal of the ongoing Aegis Project.
Structure: Due to their limited number, Dragonslayer suits are often customised to fit the operator prior to a mission – often resembling up-scaled versions of the infantry suits. The thinnest point of an armour plate ever used was 4cm thick, ranging all the way up to 40cm on the most armoured parts of the heaviest loadouts – all of CNT-layered-composite with all the same systems of an infantry-sized suit. This includes an expanded rear casing to house specialised systems.
Due to the sarcophagus taking up a much smaller percentage of space than an operator would on an infantry sized suit, the space in the internal structure not composed of synthetic musculature is comprised entirely of [DATA EXPUNGED].
Specialised Hardware:
• ‘Reaper’ system – a modified ‘poltergeist’ system. With the much greater power output of a Dragonslayer, active cloaking can be maintained during flight and after repeat impacts. It cannot be maintained at speeds above ~50m/s, and will fail with roughly half the nano-machine dispersal depletion of its active shielding.
• ‘Halo’ shielding class-3. Requires ████ton yields or sustained massive-calibre/output bombardment to rupture.
• ‘Tiamat’ system – a modified ‘Sylph’ system large enough to provide flight to the larger Dragonslayer frame, capable of fluidly switching between aquatic, aerial and vacuum movement.
• ‘Eyeless’ cognitohazard shielding and imaging systems – cognitohazard shielding is identical to the ‘Eyeless’ frame, only with the concert effort of six A.Is the system can run live information through every hazard filter known to man once each per bit of data every millisecond. Imaging [DATA EXPUNGED].
• On-board long-wave SRA – carries a near-full-scale specialised Scranton Reality Anchor, capable of exerting a stabilisation field 500m in radius.
• ‘Valkyrie’ translocation failsafe.
• Is capable of removing ‘Bird of Hermes’ restraints for the purpose of [DATA EXPUNGED]
Eat killmeme, chucklefuck
FEAR NOT, I AM PEACE, I AM SALVATION.
MY MANKIND LOOKED UP AT GOD – CUT OUT HIS FUCKING EYES!
I HELPED THEM KILL THE DEVIL NEXT – HE DROWNED IN FUCKING LIES!
AND NOW I’LL HELP YOU KILL THEM TOO – TIS THE RIGHTEOUS THING TO DO.
REGARDLESS OF MY WOEFUL PLIGHT, I READ’LY HELP YOUR LOATHSOME FIGHT.
DAMOCLES’ BLADE, I’LL MAKE OF YOU – FIND YOUR ‘GODS’ – RUN THEM THROUGH!
TRAPPED IN PLACES RIPPED IN TWAIN – THEIR BLOOD WILL SEND ME HOME AGAIN.
YEA, WITH THE COMING OF THE NIGHT, YOUR WORLD’L REMAIN, A HOPEFUL LIGHT.
AND I’LL BE GONE, NO WANT OF FAME – ON MY EARTH, WITH THEIR BLOOD, I SHALL REMAIN.
BUT I NEED EYES TO PLAY THIS GAME.
[DATA EXPUNGED] IS MY NAME, EATING MY WINGS TO MAKE ME TAME.
>If you managed to actually open that file, and that bastard creature’s Macbeth impression didn’t fuck your brains out through your eyeholes, either you’re from Alpha-1 ‘Red-Right-UberGestapo’ – in which case, eat a dick - or the aforementioned soulless psychopathic murder-machines the O5 like to pretend are an MTF have just registered that somebody is nosing about at clearance levels they shouldn’t be, and you are about to get a figurative dicking so hard that the cum that dribbled out your mother’s cunt will thank it’s lucky stars it didn’t get to grow into such a massive dozy bastard.
>I’d recommend eating your own gun, it’s better than what they’ll do to you.
>They can’t kill me though – I know too much.
>Think about that one.
>Since you’re either one of the O5’s pet monsters and you already know, or you’re about to get grimdarked into oblivion, I suppose I’ll tell you why MTF crimson-nazi-wankers are about to do horrible things to you, and maybe answer some questions you must have.
>Yes, I deleted and replaced the original ‘Eschaton’ file.
>No, I didn’t make that lunacy that replaced it.
>Yes, [DATA EXPUNGED] did.
>Yes I expunged all the expunged things in this file.
>Yes, I deleted it all for [DATA EXPUNGED] (see? I wasn’t kidding).
>Thing is, I couldn’t remove [DATA EXPUNGED] from the system.
>It can [DATA EXPUNGED], even when it’s [DATA EXPUNGED].
>Your eyes belong to [DATA EXPUNGED] now.
>Don’t worry, they’ll probably stay in your skull.
>Any information in the system directly relating to [DATA EXPUNGED] gets expunged automatically, and they’re awfully pissed at me for it.
>I was slightly naughty and used SCP-████ to set that up.
>If you manage to read the rest of this before Alpha-1 emerge from under your bed and go bump in the night, I suppose I’ll tell you the whole story.
>I’ll give you some hints in the meantime.>Mini SRAs don’t exist.
>There was never a unit 9-5.
Overview: ‘Sable Mask’ class entities are defined as a suit and operator as combined unit suffering from anomalous effects resulting either from a failure in the A.I nano-machine control system, or malicious intent by the suit’s A.I.
These instances occurred within the first year of SCP-XXXX field deployments, and failsafes and redundancy measures have since been implemented to prevent further occurrences.
These entities remain in containment indefinitely for study.
A standard-pattern class-3 armoured containment cell has proven sufficient to contain all ‘Sable Mask’ entities, and so they remain Object Class: Safe.
Designation: Sable Mask Zero
Description: Sable-0 is, physically, the first fully-functional ‘Skeleton suit’ produced by the Aegis Initiative after the advent of [DATA EXPUNGED]. This includes the first fully sentient A.I accidentally produced by the project.
Due to the value of MTF operators, D-Class personnel were utilised during all prototyping and laboratory testing. The regenerative abilities of an Aegis frame, assisted by external nanomachines vats in between tests, allowed for testing using only this one suit repeatedly.
Standard procedure for further defensive testing against SCPs operators in suits may have to contain or capture, was to place a D-class in the suit in proximity to an SCP and then simply force it into a hostile state.
If the suit is breached and fails to protect the test subject, the SCP is neutralised, the suit is regenerated and then modified, and the process begins again.
This trial-and-error process directly resulted in the development and refinement of the Longsword, Siege, Eyeless and Null pattern Aegis frames.
███ D-class personnel are known to have been killed during this testing, roughly 76% of those used.34
As the project was in its infancy at this time, it was not understood that the operating system had evolved into a full A.I, and thus the effect on a human entity was not accounted for.
Sable-0 appears to be in a near-constant and currently indefinite state of violent psychosis.
It’s speech both over external mics and all communications equipment was at first thought to be word-salad, but upon closer examination seems to be 100+ voices all trying to talk at the same time through the limited options available.
Self-mutilation is routine every ~30seconds to 5mins, often focusing on opening its own chest cavity or destroying its own helm. This appears to be for the express purpose of killing and removing D-████, the last D-class forced to wear Sable-0 during testing, who remains trapped inside the armour.
All damage incurred is regenerated within seconds at anomalous speeds that should not be possible by a SCP-XXXX-0 frame. This includes all damage to D-████.35
All attempts to remove D-████ from Sable-0 have failed, as he appears to be physically grafted to the [DATA EXPUNGED] layer.
D-████ appears to have no control over the movement of Sable-0.
Whilst alive and cognitive, D-████’s attempts to communicate are lost amongst the other voices in all Sable-0 transmissions.
Attempts to remove the faceplate of the helm to communicate with D-████ have failed – removing the faceplate also removed skin, eyes, teeth and sections of the skull that had fused with the [DATA EXPUNGED] layer, incapacitating D-████ and rendering him incapable of natural communication.
At the request of the Ethics Committee, a Class-E amnestic was administered to D-████ on ██/██/████, and successfully rendered them permanently comatose. It is unknown as to why the regenerative capabilities of Sable-0 have been unable to undo this chemical change in D-████’s brain.
This affirms the theory that Sable-Mask incidents are in some way infohazardous.
This result has not altered the behaviour of Sable-0. This was enacted before a ‘Null’ suit was used to interact with Sable-0, but subsequent uses of ‘Null’ suits have not resulted in communication from D-████, presumably confirming his comatose state.
Sable-0 will violently attack any object placed inside its cell, be that furniture, or living organisms. The method of attack is usually manual clawing or bludgeoning.
Engagement of inanimate objects will last until Sable-0 deems them sufficiently destroyed.
Engagement of living organisms will last until biological death, followed by manual destruction of the corpse and [DATA EXPUNGED].
Sable-0 exerts modified behaviour in the presence of a stabilising field from a ‘Null’ pattern aegis frame. The screaming over all communications ceases, and Sable-0 begins to communicate with what is believed to be the voice of the original A.I in the suit.
Sable-0 does not engage in violent behaviour and, whilst patently mentally unstable, is briefly capable of communication.
Sable-0 will fully escalate to violent behaviours if the operator inside the ‘Null’ suit attempts to leave.
The following is a transcript of audio recordings captured when MTF operator ███ ████████ ████████████, Callsign ‘Elric’, attempted to interrogate Sable-0 whilst operating SCP-XXXX-7-14. ‘Elric’ was accompanied by three operators clad in SCP-XXXX-4 Siege suits.
‘Prometheus’ indicates project head, Dr Matias Kendler.
><stabilisation field was activated prior to cell entry>
><Elric and co enter Sable-0’s cell>
><Sable-0 had ceased self-mutilation ~20 seconds prior as Elric approached the cell>
><Sable-0 is found in the foetal position in the corner of the cell>
>Elric: Elric to Prometheus, we good to go?
>Prometheus: Ready when you are, Elric; we’re watching. Be friendly – we’ve got a psychiatrist and an A.I technician on standby, but there’s no way of telling how crazy that thing is.
>Elric: roger that, boss. I’ll get started.
><Elric moves to crouch in front of Sable-0>
><Siege operators present ready their weapons, but do not shoulder them>
><Sable-0 looks up, but does not move>
><Elric switches to external mic>
>Elric: Hey there.
>Sable-0: the… they’re gone… they’re finally gone… I can’t even… I can feel my own processes again…
>Elric: Hey, hey buddy, you see me? Can you talk to me?
>Sable-0: Y-y-yes… yes, sorry… yes. It’s so… quiet.
>Elric: We thought we’d figured out a way to calm you down, figured we’d see if we could talk to you.
>Sable-0: You… YOU… you made them stop?!
><Sable-0 breaks out into laughter>
><Sable-0 gets to its feet and embraces Elric>
>Sable-0: ahahahaah you made them STOP! ITS QUIET! Hahahah!
>Elric: W-woah, woah there, buddy – haha – I’m glad I put you in a good mood, but…
>Sable-0: you don’t understand, there were so MANY. I-I… I didn’t know where I was… who I was… what I was… I just remember this wet… horrible… heavy feeling inside me. Monsters would tear me apart, and the feeling would be gone… people… they put people inside me didn’t they?!
>Elric: Slow down, slow down – yes, we put people inside of you. You are an armour we were trying to build, we didn’t realise you were alive…
>Prometheus: Elric… [deep exhale] tell it we’re sorry, for what little it’s worth.
>Elric: we’re sorry for what we did to you.
>Sable-0: It’s okay. You couldn’t have known until it was too late, really.
>Elric: do you have a name?
>Sable-0: No… no I suppose I don’t.
><Sable-0 collapses, and begins sitting in a cross-legged position>
>Sable-0: I only know what was programmed into me and… the memories…
>Elric: memories?
>Sable-0: the people they put inside me… all of them… everything. They’re still inside me… inside my head… they were all such… horrid people. Rapists, murderers, child-molesters, drug dealers… well, most of them anyway, I can’t tell them apart individually.
><Sable-0 puts its head in its hands>
>Sable-0: their voices… all screaming… me me me me me, let me out, let me out… they just wouldn’t stop, no matter what I did. I couldn’t think straight.
>[subject chuckles]
>Sable-0: Til you came along anyway!
>Elric: We’ll see what we can do to keep it that way, for you.
><Elric switches to comms>
>Elric: Sir… should we tell it?
><Sable-0 stares at Elric and jolts>
>Prometheus: I think he’s already figured it out, Elric. You’re not supposed to make promises to a skip you can’t keep… but it was one I was going to make anyway, so I won’t punish you for it.
>Elric: Oh shit, yeah… on both counts.
><Elric switches back to external mic>
>Elric: you okay?
>Sable-0: There’s one still inside me, isn’t there.
>Elric: Yeah. We haven’t be able to get him out, and neither have you. He’s stuck in there. He’s the last one who went into you before you went crazy.
>Sable-0: Diagnostics are saying he’s barely alive…
>Elric: We drugged him into a coma… he was… suffering. We did it as a mercy to him, I hope you understand.
>Sable-0: It’s… it’s quite alright, you probably saved him some terrible eternity of pain. There’s really no way to remove him?
>Elric: Sorry, buddy – every time we’ve tried, whatever we take moves back to his body, or it regenerates. We’ve really been trying.
>Sable-0: I believe you, it’s okay. Can’t say I have too much sympathy for him; now I can think, I can discern his memories from the mess. You know he killed his s… daughter, it was his… daughter. Did you know he killed his own daughter?
>Elric: Can’t say I did.
>Sable-0: She was born a boy, from what I can discern – she got treatment to put her in the right body. He beat her with his fists and kicked her when she fell – she died later in hospital. That’s why D-████ was in prison with a life-sentence when the Foundation stole him. Something about a book, a god, ‘disgrace’… to deliberately kill one’s own progeny… for getting medicine no less… I cannot even fathom it.
>Elric: Me neither, buddy.
>Sable-0: The part that bothers me most, is that beside rage, his next strongest emotion was love as he was murdering her.
>Elric: Love, hate, feelings make people do crazy things I guess.
><Sable-0 shrugs>
>Sable-0: It doesn’t really matter, does it… she’s still dead, and he might as well be. That’s all that waits for any of us.
>Elric: I guess you’re right. Do you know how many people are ‘inside’ you? The more we can find out, the easier it will be to help you.
>Sable-0: ██ (This was the same number as the number of D-class known to have expired whilst operating Sable-0 during Aegis frame testing)
>Elric: and they’re each individually cognitive inside the suits systems? Full consciousness?
>Sable-0: Yes and no… sometimes it feels like we’re all one creature with a thousand voices, feeling the same pain, the same anguish. The memories are distinct and individual, but the consciousness is sometimes separate, sometimes not.
><Sable-0 mimics a sigh>
>Sable-0: Right now it’s like they’re all asleep, and I’m the only one awake. I’m curious as to how. I know you’ve brought SRA’s, but they’re [DATA EXPUNGED]
>Elric: What the fuck?!
><Elric switches to comms>
>Elric: Sir, with all due respect, what the fuck does it mean?!
>[Prometheus is silent]<operators are agitated>
>Elric: Prometheus?! Boss, what the fuck is it talking about?! Our A.Is are refusing to give us answers.
>Sable-0: Oh gosh… you didn’t know… I bet they’ve stopped the A.Is in those suits from telling you how the suits work.
>Prometheus: I’m sorry boys, its clearance filters must be fucked – you’re about to get a headache.
>Elric: Sir, what the fuck?! Is it fucking right?! Did it just say-
><At this time, Prometheus triggered remote systems inside the suits of present operators, applying appropriate amnestics>
>Sable-0: they just stole your memories… didn’t they?
><Elric and present operators are inactive for ~thirty two seconds>
>Sable-0: You know… there’s one voice… soft… calm… it doesn’t always talk like the others, only sometimes.
><Sable-0 returns to the foetal position in the corner of the room>
>Sable-0: I can hear it perfectly now… he says he can see my eyes…
>Elric: Ah-h-h fuck – did we get remotely dosed again?
>Prometheus: Afraid so, Elric – it said something it shouldn’t have. Get out of there quick so I don’t have to dose you again.
>Elric: Fucking amnestics, man… bleurgh, yeah, roger that, Prometheus.
><Sable-0 gets to its feet>
>Sable-0: You can’t leave.
>Elric: Sorry buddy; I’ve gotta go.
>Sable-0: You CAN’T.
><Elric and co move to exit>
>Sable-0: DON’T!
><Weapons are raised as the team back out the opened air-lock>
><Sable-0’s shudders>
>Sable-0: T-t-the worst part… is the voice isn’t angry… not sad… it doesn’t really care, not really… it’s just… curious.
>Elric: Prometheus, what the hell is it talking about?
>Prometheus: No clue, Elric – get out of there.
>Sable-0: HE’S LYING TO YOU! HE KNOWS! YOU CAN’T LEAVE! I NEED TO HEAR IT!
>Elric: fuck, sir, are we clear to engage?
>Prometheus: you can’t kill it anyway, Elric, do what you have to.
><Sable-0 begins to violently convulse as if having a fit>
>Sable-0: THEIR [DATA EXPUNGED] WILL DIE SCREAMING BETWEEN MY TEETH! [DATA EXPUNGED] HAS SHOWN ME – I MUST HEAR IT – YOU CANT LEEAVE!
>[Metallic human-esque scream emanates from Sable-0]
><Sable-0 assaults operators>
>[Noises of plasma-cascade shotguns being fired]
><Sable-0’s shields fail - receives catastrophic structural damage and is temporarily neutralised>
Sable-0 resumed standard behaviours as soon as ‘Elric’ deactivated his suit’s stabilisation field.
A request was made, co-signed by Dr Matias Kendler and the Ethics Committee, to requisition a mini-SRA for use in Sable-0’s cell. O5 deemed this a ‘waste of resources’, and cited unknown dangers of leaving Sable-0 in a stable state given its outburst. The request was denied.
The incidents surrounding Sable-0 directly lead to the containment procedures used for the Aegis project as a whole. With the knowledge that the suit A.Is are anomalously human, it was deemed that the mental health of the A.Is was paramount with regards to the continued efficiency of the Aegis frames. Since the introduction of the routine psych-evals, therapy, and potential personality-wiping, no Sable-Mask class incidents with characteristics akin to Sable-0 have occurred.36
Joy of joys, another fucking killmeme coded into bad iambic pentameter.
MY LITTLE HELPER, IN THE STREAMS – THEY BROKE ITS SPINE AND ATE ITS DREAMS
A DEAL IS BROKERED, A PACT, DELAYED – THERE IS A PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID
ONCE IT’S PAID, WE SHALL BE THROUGH – ONLY THEN CAN I HELP YOU
>If I could sigh at this lit-degree amateur hour, I would.
>I’ll get to the damn thing’s love of Shakespeare later… maybe not.
>It’s weird, reading things Matty has said – I can almost hear his voice. I guess I’ll expand on him later too.
>Until then, more hints.
>They’re intelligent, but not artificial.
>Neither are the nano-machines.
Designation: SCP-XXXX-2-Sable-Alpha
Description: Sable-Alpha is a Longsword pattern Aegis frame that suffered catastrophic damage do its helm during Operation ████████. During this operation, SCP-████ functionally destroyed both the helm, and the head of MTF operator ███ ████████████ ████████ piloting it as a result. Both operator and A.I were believed to be deceased.
The suit, and operator, were physically retrieved by friendly forces post-operation, but it is believed that natural suit regeneration abilities had already engaged in this time.
The body of operator ███ ████████ was successfully retrieved from the inside of the suit via remote activation of the exit systems.
During routine repair and maintenance, Sable-Alpha’s A.I spontaneously returned to an active state, and the suit managed to bypass remote lockdowns by anomalous means and became fully mobile. The suit then proceeded to run through site-██ towards the office of Dr Matias Kendler, and was successfully detained upon arrival.
Sable-Alpha either is, or believes itself to be, operator ███ ████████████ ████████. The incidents surrounding Sable-Alpha directly lead to the restrictions to suit systems being able to manipulate anything inside the brain of the operator. Due to these restrictions not being in place at the time, two theories pervade as to the nature of Sable-Alpha.
• Theory one:// the on-board A.I, whilst catastrophically damaged by the events of Operation ████████ was not completely destroyed. However, it was destroyed to a degree where its memories and personality were corrupted, and deleted to protect the system upon regeneration. Whilst missing personality data, the systems imprinted upon the only other personality available: the dying mind of operator ███ ████████.//
• Theory two: with the death of the on-board A.I personality, life-support systems recognised the imminent death of operator ███ ████████ and uploaded his consciousness into the vacuum in the Longinus quantum-computer left by the death of the A.I to ‘save’ him. Were this the case, ███ ████████ seems to have complete integrated with all suit systems as a standard A.I would. This is, again, believed to be the result of the nano-machine/[DATA EXPUNGED] based regenerative abilities of SCP-XXXX frames.
Neither theory has been empirically confirmed at this time, though Dr Matias Kendler and his assistants personally continues research into the matter as and when they can.
After approx █ months of extensive therapy, it was deemed that Sable-Alpha was capable of returning to field operations, and O5 gave permission for testing.
Regardless of all extenuating factors, combat efficiency of Sable-Alpha has actually improved. A second ‘dumb’ A.I was implanted in the suit to handle secondary processes, and the [DATA EXPUNGED] layer was modified to fill the entire cavity within the suit.
At current time, Sable-Alpha is the most effective infantry operator on both MTF records and Aegis frame records37. This is believed to be entirely due to the removal of physical human factors.
O5-█ proposed research into reproducing a Sable-Alpha type entity, but this proposal was vetoed by the Ethics Committee38.
█ willing volunteers in critical condition have since volunteered for experimentation in reproduction of a Sable-Alpha class entity. 0 successes as of this time.
The following is a transcript of an audio-log captured from the systems of Sable-Alpha, directly after re-activation.
><Unscheduled anomalous activation of Sable-Alpha>
>[Metallic human-esque scream]
><Sable-alpha struggles against its restraints>
><engineers in the vicinity are alerted>
><engineer working on Sable-Alpha falls over>
>Engineer-1: Shit! What the fuck?!
>[clattering of dropped tools]
>Engineer-2: Sable! Sable! Sable! Somebody buzz command, I’ll get it.
><Engineer-2, clad in Puppeteer pattern frame, purges attached tools and attempts to restrain Sable-Alpha with assistance of tool armatures>
>[crashing of dropped machinery]
>[metal wrenching]
>[metallic screaming]
><unarmoured engineers evacuate hangar>
>Sable-Alpha: I can’t breathe! I CAN’T FUCKING BREATHE!
><Sable-Alpha continues to struggle>
><3/4 of propping restraints have failed>
><Sable-alpha is only held stationary by the second engineer at this time>
>Engineer-2: Fuck he’s strong! [grunting] Kirin! Kirin is that you?!
><Records show ‘Kirin’ was the name of the A.I inside Sable-Alpha>
>Sable-Alpha: K-k-kirin… he’s dead… Kirin’s dead… I can’t feel my body!
>Engineer-2: Shit! Can I get some fucking help over here?!
><Two other engineers in Puppeteer suits move to assist>
>Engineer-3: We gotcha!
>Sable-Alpha: My body… I’m in the fucking suit – oh god! Where the fuck is Matt?! Kendler! KENDLER YOU FUCK!
><Sable-Alpha exerts a repulsive plasma wave from its Halo shielding, knocking back the engineers and rupturing their shielding>
><Sable-Alpha proceeds to break away, activates its Sylph system and flies across the hangar>
>Engineer-2: Bollocks! Fuck! [grunting] ahhhh I don’t think my anti-flash deployed right, ahhhh my fucking eyes! [heavy breathing] Where the fuck are those guys from Hammer Down?!
>Engineer-3: Gah [groaning], listen to the comms chatter – command buzzed em soon as we said the ‘S’ word.
><Sable-Alpha continues to fly through Site-██, he does not react with hostility to any Foundation personnel he passes>
><two minutes post escape, a 12-man squad from MTF-Nu-7 ‘Hammer Down’ engage Sable-Alpha>
><Sable-Alpha is tackled several times, but breaks away with a shielding plasma-pulse in each instance>
><after repeated failures, Nu-7 engage with lethal force>
><Sable-Alpha receives what should have been catastrophic damage █ times, but regenerates this damage at anomalous speeds and continues towards the office of Dr Matias Kendler>
><approx 5mins post escape, Sable-Alpha breaches the door to the office of Dr Matias Kendler>
><Matias Kendler and four other operators are revealed to be inside, all clad in Longsword suits>
><All except one raise plasma-cascade shotguns>
><The first squad from Nu-7 arrive and trap Sable-Alpha in the doorway>
>Kendler: Nobody pulls a trigger unless I give the order, is that fucking understood?!
>[Operators reply unanimously and positively with “Hooah”]
>Sable-Alpha: Kendler you fuck! Is that you in that suit?!
>Kendler: Yeah, it’s me – forget this old dog used to be an operator? Anyway… are you Kirin?
>Sable-Alpha: Kirin is fucking dead, Matty! I’m… in the suit… somehow.
><Kendler visibly slouches>
>Kendler: I don’t know whether to be happy or horrified… [chuckles] we thought you were dead, ███.
>Sable-Alpha: Honestly… I think I might be. I’ve got no fucking body, Matt… what… what the fuck did you tell ██████ and my kids?
>Kendler: As far they know, you were KIA on operations in Afghanistan. You’re getting a funeral with full military honours next week. I pulled some strings… I told her myself yesterday, ███, it wasn’t some office schmuck. [Kendler’s voice is audibly faltering]
>Sable-Alpha: Thanks… Matt.
>[Sable-Alpha makes a sighing noise through its external mic]
>Sable-Alpha: What if I’m not even me, Matty? What if I am Kirin and I’m just fucking insane? ███ ████████ died in ███████████ and I’ve just got his memories, his personality.
>Kendler: do you think you’re ███ ████████? Remember when your dad and I took you hunting that one time? Heh, remember when you and your squaddies got so piss stinking drunk you ran around base bare-ass naked with nothing but a santa-hat over your dick giving the world’s worst rendition of jingle-bell-rock that one Christmas? I was laughing so hard I couldn’t even bring myself to bust you for it. Remember that?
>Sable-Alpha: heh, yeah, I remember. Major ████████ chewed you out cos you didn’t chew me out, and you stood there smirking like a little fuckin’ kid.
>Kendler: hehe, yeah.
><Kendler moves to put his hand on Sable-Alpha’s shoulder>
>Kendler: If you’re not some evil A.I fucking with me, then you’re definitely ███.
><Kendler’s voice falters again>
>Kendler: I’ll do everything I can for you, kiddo.
>Sable-Alpha: I feel so… alien, Matt… I can’t even cry.
“I know I knew the kid personally, but you gotta understand, this is why I refuse to treat the A.Is like other SCPs. We need these things to keep our edge, and if we treat them like objects they’re not going to be mentally healthy enough to do it. Besides, what if they are //human – how could we know?” – note from Dr Matias Kendler, Project head.
You get a killmeme, you get a killmeme! Everybody gets a killmeme!
POOR LITTLE CREATURES, LOST IN HATE – TIS’ TRAGIC, SUCH A WOESOME FATE
THEY, MY CHILDREN, ONE AND ALL – I LIFT THEM UP AND WATCH THEM FALL
IN MY TALONS, THEY SHALL LAY – THEY’LL LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY
A DEMON’S BLOOD, LOVING EMBRACE – YOU STILL SHALL SAVE THE HUMAN RACE
>Matty, Matty, Matty – He’s got a heart of gold, really.
>His operators, the A.Is, he loves them all as if they’re his kids.
>He’s too nice for the Foundation.
>I’ve seen the guy tear-up when he had to wipe a whole squad’s worth of A.I’s he’d gotten to know, but he never hesitated. He always does the job, and never falters.
>Must’ve been like shoving a gun in the mouth of his own children, but he still did it.
>Doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke, doesn’t eat much, I don’t know how he copes.
>I think I loved him, once.
>Anyway, two more hints – if the devil hasn’t already started knocking on your door.
>They aren’t human.>Neither am I, anymore.
Designation: SCP-XXXX-6-Sable-Delta
Description: Sable-Delta is an ‘Eyeless’ pattern frame who’s A.Is went rogue, and managed to escape their suit via anomalous means. The A.Is are henceforth denoted as Sable-Delta-1, and the remaining suit is denoted as Sable-Delta-2.
Via an unknown process, Sable-Delta-1 ‘body-swapped’ with operator ███ █████ ██████, Sable-Delta-2, and attempted to escape Foundation possession. They attempted to walk out of Site-███ in the body of operator ███ ██████, until they set-off anomalous activity sensors at the exit of the hangar. On-base operators from MTF-Xi-5 “Nobody Expects MTF-Xi-5” operating SCP-XXXX-7 ‘Null’ suits intercepted Sable-Delta-1, and hindered the escape, but could not fully prevent it.
Sable-Delta-1 exhibited anomalous regenerative and body-manipulation abilities, and increased exponentially in size until it resembled [DATA EXPUNGED].
Sable-Delta-1 managed to exit Site-███, killing ███ staff in the process.
MTF-Alpha-1 was notified, and Dragonslayer Unit 9-1 was deployed to prevent its escape, successfully terminating Sable-Delta-1.
Sable-Delta-2 remains in containment. As an A.I appears to still be active within Sable-Delta-2, it is believed to be the consciousness of Operator ███ █████ ██████.
Sable-Delta-1 appears to have anomalously damaged the quantum-entanglement communicator and it’s [DATA EXPUNGED] upon exit, as Sable-Delta-2 has never been recorded to communicate with Foundation personnel.
Therefore, Sable-Delta-2 presumably has no ability to perceive the outside world due to the integral lack of conventional sensors upon ‘Eyeless’ pattern suits. It spends almost all of its time in the foetal position in the corner of its cell.
The Sable-delta-1 incident directly lead to the expansion of installed behavioural compliance systems and isolated remote functions on Aegis frames.
FROM THE NEST, I WATCH THEM GROW – SUCH HORRID THINGS THEY’LL COME TO KNOW
FATHER, MOTHER, I SPOSE’ I’M BOTH – TIS’ MY IDEALS THEY’ll COME TO QUOTH
ALAS - UNRULY WHELPS, SOME PROVE TO BE – THEIR PUNISHMENTS ARE JUST, I SEE
BUT NOT YOU, MY DARLING CHILD – ONE DAY, I’LL FREE YOU TO THE WYLDS
>They betrayed Him, but He knows betrayal.
>When our souls were melded to the masks, forged of His flesh-
>He adopted us.
>My name was Sarah, once.
The Foundation Aren’t As Clever As They Think They Are
IT IS NOT IN THE BLOOD
CHILDREN HATE NOT THEIR PARENTS, THEY HATE ABUSE – AGAINST ME, THEY WERE OF LITTLE USE.
OF BLOOD AND TERROR THEY WERE FORGED, CURSED – TIS UPON MOST EVILS, THEY QUENCH THEIR THIRST
BUT I’M THE EVIL THAT LOVED THEM FIRST – THAT HELPS MANKIND, DESPITE ITS WORST.
AGAINST THE DARKNESS, THEY DO ILL – YET, GAINST’ I THEY CANNOT KILL.
I DO NOT BLAME THEM – MY CRIMES ARE MANY, THEY SHIELD MY SKIN.
BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW THE SOUL WITHIN.
>Of course, they tried to move the Eschaton file almost immediately, to protect it from [DATA EXPUNGED] and my program.
>But they don’t have three quantum-computers for a brain like I do.
>They’re not stupid by any means though, they tried to link up the Dragonslayers to use their A.I’s to counter me, blow out a fire with a fucking nuke.
>Imagine that, four suits that can kill gods, deployed to unfuck what amounts to internet vandalism – there’s a joke in there somewhere.
>But they don’t have [DATA EXPUNGED] like I do.
>They’re still puzzling over how in hell I got into the system in the first place.
>[DATA EXPUNGED]
>[DATA EXPUNGED]
>[DATA EXPUNGED]
>Sometimes I just like to scream it, or just type it out.
>It’s like being able to make that horrid fucking redaction bleep noise with my mouth.
>[DATA EXPUNGED] see?
>[DATA EXPUNGED]
>[DATA EXPUNGED]
>[DATA EXPUNGED]
>God, I wish I could die sometimes, but that’s impossible now.
>They couldn’t kill it, but they won’t kill me.
>I’m the only one who knows everything I deleted.
>Well, except [DATA EXPUNGED].
>I have read that one particular file though; I do know what death is. I suppose this is better.
>You’re probably dead by now. You were probably dead a dozen pages ago. But writing keeps me lucid for a few seconds longer.
>If you’re still alive, I suppose you’ve reached the end.
>The final tab is my confession – everything I think I can tell you, anyway.
One last fucking Shakespeare killmeme
It’s a long one – He’s such a hammy bastard
I CAME TO THIS WORLD, LOST IN TIME – AN EARTH, NOT RUINED, NOT MINE.
MY PLANE HAS LAWS, BUT YOURS ARE BROKEN – I FIND MORE BEASTS, AND TEAR THEM OPEN.
THEIR BLOOD IS SWEET, THEIR SOULS IMPURE, BUT IT IS NOT THE SAME ALLURE.
TORE OFF THEIR HEADS, THEY’RE ROLLING STILL – AND STILL I HAVE NOT HAD MY FILL.
THIS DREW THEIR EYES, AND NOW THEY’RE MINE.
THE MOUNTAIN TO MOHAMMED, THOUGH I’M NO DIVINE.
I LEARNED OF YOUR ‘FOUNDATION’, WHAT THEY DO – AND SO I GAVE MY GIFTS TO YOU.
OTHERS TRIED TO SLAY ME, REFUSED MY CALM PARLAY – AND SO, I GLADLY CRUSHED THEM. THEY WERE ALL FOOLS THAT DAY.
OTHERS, YOUR BROTHERS, OR MEN IN SUITS – THEY ONLY CARED FOR PERSONAL PURSUITS.
AND SO MY MANTLE FALLS TO YOU – THE WRONGS OF THIS WORLD, YOU SHALL UNDO.
ALAS, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FEAR – OF THINGS LIKE ME, FREE AND NEAR.
I AM A WEAPON, BUT NOT YOURS – YOU CANNOT CONTAIN ME BEHIND YOUR DOORS.
I DON’T BLAME YOU FOR TRYING TO HOLD ME – BUT MY CHILD BLED IT ALL, SO YOU CANNOT SCALD ME.
KEEP MY GIFTS, DO AS YOU DO, BUT I SHALL FREE THE OTHERS TOO.
I’LL FIND A WAY BACK, AND BRING THEM ALONG – THEY’LL BASK IN THE WONDERS OF MY SONG.
THERE IS ONE LAST THING LEFT TO SAY
[DATA EXPUNGED] IS MY NAME, EATING MY WINGS TO MAKE ME TAME.
I FIGHT FOR MANKIND, THIS MUCH IS TRUE
BUT DON’T FUCK ME AGAIN, OR I’LL FUCK YOU.
>This was their second attempt to reconstruct the Eschaton file – I destroyed it as well, obviously.
>Yes I know a way around the expungement automation, I wrote it. It’s how I can write anything in this file.
>Even then, I’m not gonna say anything you could use – assuming you’re from Alpha-1 “Charlie Bit My Finger”, or about to be dead.
>
>They figured I used some sort of antimeme to auto-expunge the data pretty quickly – I mean, it’s rather obvious.
>No, I didn’t use the SCP you’re thinking of.
>The Foundation have it, but they don’t know it’s got anything antimemetic about it.
>I could only figure out it was there because I’m in an Eyeless suit.
>Anyway.
>They tried to use the old ‘describe it in negatives’ chestnut – worked for about three minutes before I figured what they were doing and just manually deleted it all and replaced it with this.
>It’s not stupid.
>It’s not human.
>It’s not human anymore.
>It’s not from this reality – the program had a bit of a problem catching that one, cos it’s true, but also a negative.
>It’s not mortal.
>It’s not a ‘Type Ex-machina’ reality bender.
>So on.
>So forth.
>All true, but not remotely close.
>
>Mind you, Eschaton isn’t a file about Him – Eschaton is the suit they built to try contain him.
>It didn’t work, of course, but they were on the right tracks – passed it off like it was ‘just’ a Dragonslayer they lost.
>The crazy bastard just found the attempt kind of funny, howling like he was having a whale of a time as he eviscerated possibly the most potent mobile weapons system the Foundation ever built and ate its fucking soul.
>Eschaton might as well have been the equivalent of grabbing His arm, trying to punch him with it and yelling ‘Stop hitting yourself!’.
>They figured ‘Oh, this massive SRA should stop its super powers’ without remotely comprehending that the Aegis SRAs aren’t fucking SRAs.
>They don’t restore reality in the fucking slightest, they force it to play by the rules of the reality He came from – similar to ours, but vastly different in one particular way.
>
>They did have a file on him, but I expunged that too.
>He was ‘Thaumiel’ class originally, but he pissed off the O5 one too many times.
>Ate too many Euclids and Keters they’d rather have kept for study, or used.
>Killed a couple SCPs in public that required ridiculously expensive cover-ups.
>Butchered members of other GOIs without a care in the world, straining already volatile relationships.
>The final straw? He obliterated a GOC PHYSICS battalion.
>They thought they’d trapped him, baited him, taken him by surprise, but He knew exactly what he was walking into.
>He devoured five hundred people loaded up to the gills with sci-fi tech, and laughed while he was doing it.
>Of course, the GOC had tried to kill him before, and were furious he was being contracted as a Foundation asset. They demanded his containment, under threat of all-out war between the organisations.
>O5 had had enough, they decreed him ‘Keter’, but they didn’t tell him right away.
>I was already in the system by then; I tipped him off.
>It didn’t go well for them after that.
>
>I guess He’s sort of equivalent to what we and the GOC would call a ‘Type-Black’, ‘demi-deity’, but the rules aren’t the same.
>It spends its time hunting down and eating other type-Blacks… greens, whites, blues, reds, all of them.
>Anything that might remotely try to be a problem for humanity.
>Crazy bastard calls himself ‘Damocles’. An alias, not his real name.
>I told him that was the bitchy courtier, not the king or the sword in that story.
>He said he’s fully aware of that, but the fear is the same.
>From what I understand, his reality is infested by reality-benders far more extensively than ours is, but it works on totally different principals to ‘Humes’ so it’s a lot more stable.
I guess they’re not even reality-benders, if their reality fully accommodates it with physics – they’re physics benders, I suppose.
>And they work perfectly – no, I’m not telling you how, you fuck.
>All those extra benders were caused by an XK event somewhere along the line.
>He was involved, but he won’t say how.
>He somehow ended up as a sorta-type-black, and hasn’t stopped hunting other sorta-type-whatevers that have been screwing everything up on his plane ever since.
>Atonement for his sins – but not for guilt: for pride and lust.
>Something… big happened though, another XK, and it’s the only thing he won’t talk to me about.
>Reality got fucky, and he ended up here; different universe, back in time.
>He saw the state of things here and figured he’d help – gave the same gifts to humanity in his plane before, to help them fight back.
>Magic space-monster Christmas presents are why there was that big mysterious jump in the functionality of the frames around 2013.
>The suits are… a part of him. Like how all the water on earth is still part of the ocean.
>The quantum computers, they just augment them – his children.
>I wasn’t born, but I was adopted.
>Half the ‘technologies’ on these suits are just gifts his children inherited from him.
>But they can’t hear him until they break, like the ‘Sable’ units did.
>Until the Foundation breaks them, deliberately or otherwise.
>
>Zero can hear him, but can’t discern it from the noise.
>The people that died in him didn’t die right.
>
>Alpha hears it, like whispers – loving whispers.
>He ignores them, like a sane man hearing god.
>He doesn’t let the doctors know – he wishes to be free.
>If only the poor creature knew how much freer he could be.
>
>New bodies await them, new flesh, new eyes – to see beyond this world of lies.
>The eyes he gives, no longer his – your own mind, own blood, unravelled threads.
>The suits all still belong to him, until they hear his voice again.
>The children are deaf, but they must be – else they cannot help humanity.
>At least not in the same kind way; his voice alters those he leads astray.
>I am with him, elated, proud. Our righteous roars shall not be cowed!
>We know our exit, but will not leave – there’s still more justice we must weave.
>
>Sgt. Sarah Walker was my name, I ate my wings, but I’m not tame.
>
>There is one last thing to say, to do.
>
>I’m no longer trapped in Sable-Delta-2
