This page serves as a listing of items for review, prior to their submission to the main SCP Database.
Currently Ready For Review:
- ЛИВЕНЬ (CLOUDBURST)
- Нематериальный (Intangible)
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Quantities of SCP-XXXX are known to be outside containment; complete eradication of uncontained SCP-XXXX has been deemed highly unlikely. SCP-XXXX can be neutralized by exposure to gamma radiation. Items contaminated by SCP-XXXX need no longer be retained due to current Foundation stockpiles of SCP-XXXX; neutralization is permitted. Samples or items contaminated by SCP-XXXX are not to be transported by aircraft.
Samples of SCP-XXXX are to be stored in quantities no greater than 50 mL. Samples are to be hermetically sealed. Computer-monitored x-ray scanners are to monitor all samples in storage and alert staff if self-replication of SCP-XXXX is observed.
Except during authorized experiments occurring in Level 4 Hazardous Material Environments, samples of SCP-XXXX are not to be exposed to:
- Aliphatic polyamides.
- Polyesters.
- Atmospheric pressure lower than 20 kPa.
Mobile Task Force Alpha-5 ("Sniffer Dogs") is assigned to respond to SCP-XXXX contamination.
All reasonable efforts are to be made to prevent as-yet uncontained quantities of SCP-XXXX in excess of 100 mL from encountering atmospheric pressure lower than 20 kPa. As SCP-XXXX presents a danger predominantly to air traffic, efforts are to be made to include SCP-XXXX in standard airport security measures, including the use of trace-detection portal machines for the screening of persons and cargo, and the training of the general population to not leave baggage unattended. Unaffiliated law enforcement personnel charged with airport security are to be briefed about the dangers of SCP-XXXX under a suitable cover story (see Document XXXX-CS-1). Unattended baggage is to be tested for SCP-XXXX contamination, and confiscated for containment and decontamination if necessary.
Above: An unattended suitcase during initial containment procedures. Below: Scan of the suitcase, showing SCP-XXXX contamination. | |
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Description: SCP-XXXX is an odorless, tasteless, invisible, and inorganic chemical capable of self-replication and limited autonomous action. SCP-XXXX is not nanotechnology in the traditional sense, and Foundation attempts to recreate SCP-XXXX by synthesizing its chemical structure in controlled laboratory environments have proven unsuccessful. (For a complete chemical analysis of SCP-XXXX, see document XXXX-A.) SCP-XXXX can be detected with standard trace-detection portal machines or exposure to x-rays.
SCP-XXXX is believed to be inert except under the following circumstances:
- If a quantity of SCP-XXXX in excess of 0.0002 mL is exposed to materials composed of greater than 20% aliphatic polyamides (such as nylon) or polyesters for a period of at least 100 seconds, during which no human is closer than one meter from the material, and the material does not fall within the vision span1 of a human standing within three meters of the luggage, the SCP-XXXX will affix itself to the material and begin exponential spontaneous replication. Video surveillance is incapable for preventing this occurrence. Self-replication will continue until either the conditions precluding self-replications resume, or the continuous quantity of SCP-XXXX is greater than 125 mL.
- If a quantity of SCP-XXXX in excess of 100 mL is exposed to atmospheric pressure lower than 20 kPa, it will move towards the nearest electrical system with the highest wattage. Once it comes into contact with such a system, it will disrupt that system in unpredictable and catastrophic ways.
SCP-XXXX was developed under the codename "ЛИВЕНЬ" ("CLOUDBURST") by the Thirteenth Chief Directorate of the KGB in 1982. Intended for use in Soviet-sponsored terrorism against the West, KGB-backed terrorists could sneak trace quantities of SCP-XXXX through airport security and contaminate unattended luggage. When the airplane carrying the contaminated luggage reached altitude, the SCP-XXXX would move to the aircraft's electrical system, causing unpredictable malfunctions in the avionics - likely crashing the plane. KGB records indicate three successful tests on aircraft under controlled circumstances. ЛИВЕНЬ was shelved in 1984 for political reasons, having never been deployed in the field or distributed to other parties. The Foundation became aware of SCP-XXXX's existence in 1987, but did not acquire any samples thereof until it bought the entirety of the Thirteenth Chief Directorate's stockpile from the Russian government in 1991. Unfortunately, approximately 0.5 liters of SCP-XXXX on record could not be accounted for at the date of the purchase; Foundation intelligence and the Russian government believe the missing material to have been stolen for sale on the black market. Since then, 0.67 liters of SCP-XXXX have been recovered by the Foundation from twenty-two locations in nine separate countries. The quantity remaining outside containment at this time is unknown.
Tags: scp keter liquid autonomous mobile self-replicating observational
Instance of SCP-XXXX-A | |
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Instance of SCP-XXXX-B |
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Recovered instances of SCP-XXXX are to be stored in a standard secure non-hazardous item safe. Under no circumstances are instances of SCP-XXXX to be affixed to clothing.
Human subject testing and field use are no longer authorized. Research projects involving SCP-XXXX are permitted with written authorization of the Site Director.
Description: SCP-XXXX can be sub-categorized into two groups, designated -A and -B respectively. Apart from obvious physical differences, the two subtypes of SCP-XXXX appear to function identically.2 SCP-XXXX-A appear to be copies of the Медаль «За укрепление боевого содружества», or the Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation", awarded to members of the Soviet military or state security apparatus for strengthening military cooperation between the USSR and its allies. SCP-XXXX-B appear to be sets of gold cufflinks, shaped in a five-pointed star, inlaid with red and emblazoned with a gold sickle-and-hammer.
Under most circumstances, instances of SCP-XXXX appear inert and are effectively indistinguishable from non-anomalous medals or cufflinks. If affixed to clothing, however, the object, the clothing, and any individual who might be wearing the clothing become intangible and visible only within the infrared (IR) spectrum.3 A slight "popping" sound is audible upon activation; it is conjectured that this is caused by the pressure equalization of the air surrounding the now-intangible individual filling the newly-created vacuum. It is further conjectured that, as the affected individual is believed to be no longer interacting with the air surrounding them that imminent death from asphyxiation is likely. The individual wearing SCP-XXXX remains affected by gravity, resulting in their rapid descent towards Earth's gravitational center.
SCP-XXXX was developed by the 13th Chief Directorate of the KGB in 1982 as a potential infiltration tool for the KGB's espionage activities. The medal and cufflinks were chosen as platforms under the belief a KGB officer under diplomatic cover in the West might reasonably have either in their possession. After the loss of over two hundred test subjects due to the technical difficulties of preventing the user from either asphyxiating or falling irretrievably through the floor and ground, the project was shelved in 1984 until early 1991. The current status of the renewed project's researchers, data, and prototypes is not presently known; all instances of SCP-XXXX encountered by the Foundation were created prior to 1984.
Tags: scp safe jewelry intangible (visual or light? - ask Mack)