Hornby

Sandbox for Hornby

Welcome, Visitors!

I call your attention to the two sections intended for people beside myself, the audio drama script template (intended for anyone who wants it, located down in the tabbox about Audio Drama Works In Progress), and the Works In Progress which are ready for peer review. Let me know what your thoughts are!

-Hornby

To Do:

• Refine SCP-Q
• Write up Alzheimer's -EX entry
• Write up SCP-S; refine idea
• Continue working on Area 179 containment breach audio script

Audio Drama Works In Progress

Links to Collaborative Project Sandbox Pages

Pardon the dust. No such pages yet exist.

Audio Drama Script Template

Of course people are welcome to write audio scripts however they like, but this is a useful semi-standardized template for a format that is easy for a producer/director/sound engineer/actor to work from. People are welcome to copy it, and shoot me a message if they have questions.

**Title:** (Work Title)
**Characters:**
* (Character A): Brief Description of Character A, including notes for voice actor casting
* (Character B): Brief Description of Character B, including notes for voice actor casting
* Etc.

**Script**

//(Description of ambiance, i.e. "Sounds of a forest at night")//

**CHARACTER A:** I say some line of dialogue here.

**CHARACTER B:** I say something else here, such as replying to Character A, or whatever.

//(Description of sounds heard, i.e. "A low howl is heard in the distance")//

**CHARACTER A:** Hey, did you hear that thing that sounded like a low howl in the distance?

(This continues)

**FINAL NOTE:** An (optional) reference putting context into how the Foundation came to have this recording.

**End of script**

This, of course, would end up looking like this (when formatted):

Title: (Work Title)
Characters:

• (Character A): Brief Description of Character A, including notes for voice actor casting
• (Character B): Brief Description of Character B, including notes for voice actor casting
• Etc.

Script

(Description of ambiance, i.e. "Sounds of a forest at night")

CHARACTER A: I say some line of dialogue here.

CHARACTER B: I say something else here, such as replying to Character A, or whatever.

(Description of sounds heard, i.e. "A low howl is heard in the distance")

CHARACTER A: Hey, did you hear that thing that sounded like a low howl in the distance?

(This continues)

FINAL NOTE: An (optional) reference putting context into how the Foundation came to have this recording.

End of script

Script

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SCP Works in Progress (Ready for Peer Review)

Interdimensional Observation Post SCP

SCP-XXX exterior

Item #: SCP-XXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXX is contained on-site under the cover of a privately-owned Arctic meteorological research station. Located more than 100 kilometers from the nearest town, distance and inhospitable terrain serve to isolate SCP-XXX.

SCP-XXX should be guarded by a security team consisting of no fewer than three (3) individuals. An electrified perimeter fence is to be maintained one kilometer from SCP-XXX. Motion-activated high-speed cameras are to be set up within SCP-XXX, recording both the location and the perimeter. These cameras should be monitored both by the onsite security team and by offsite personnel in the Site-11 and Site-32 watch offices.

All data gathered from SCP-XXX should be backed up to offsite data storage facilities no less than twelve times daily.

Mobile Task Force Xi-11 (currently located at Site-32) is tasked with responding should SCP-XXX suffer a containment breach. SCP-XXX is subject to Protocol SE-0659/A. SCP-XXX is not subject to Protocol XK-0272/A.

As of ██/██/20██, sending transmissions through equipment original to SCP-XXX is strictly forbidden.

Description: SCP-XXX is a Foundation Observation Post: a remote Foundation Security outpost tasked with monitoring every major Foundation secure facility and with offsite data storage. It consists of a single building, approximately five (5) meters wide by ten (10) meters long, constructed on ten (10) articulating stilts capable of adjusting as the icecap shifts. The facility is designed to maintain a permanent staff of three to five (3-5) individuals in Spartan living conditions, with consumables for five months. Resupply is possible by air, weather permitting. The building is equipped with a nerve gas primary failsafe mechanism and a high explosive secondary failsafe mechanism. In addition to standard Observation Post equipment, it contains a single black electronic device (designated SCP-XXX-A) with a numerical keypad and a fifteen (15) digit digital display. Attempts to open SCP-XXX-A for analysis have to date proven unsuccessful. The automated systems at SCP-XXX designate it Observation Post 3-87, despite the fact that no such Observation Post was ever built.

Unlike standard Foundation Observation Posts, SCP-XXX does not receive data relating to current Foundation assets, alert systems, research, facilities, and/or task forces. It does receive data from sources unknown. These data sometimes correspond with the status of reality as understood (i.e., Site-19 being located at [DATA EXPUNGED]), but at other times they do not (i.e., Site-19 instead being located at [REDACTED]). The data received remains consistent as long as the readout on SCP-XXX-A remains unchanged; altering the numerical readout alters the data. Foundation researchers are divided as to the origin of these alternate data sources. Some believe the sources could be alternate realities, in accordance with Hugh Everett’s “many-worlds interpretation” of quantum mechanics; others believe these may be alternate timelines, resulting from temporal interference in the past. No numerical readout has yet been determined to correspond with this reality/timeline.

Not only is the Observation Post’s standard monitoring equipment affected by SCP-XXX-A, but all equipment originally discovered onsite appears to be affected, including a civilian radio. SCP-XXX-A has shown no ability to affect any equipment other than that originally discovered onsite, regardless of the location of either SCP-XXX-A or the presence of new equipment in the Observation Post.

Apart from the conjectural incident causing its shift to this reality/timeline, SCP-XXX has shown no evidence of a capacity for transferring from one reality or timeline to another. Communications have been demonstrated to be bidirectional; after the events of ██/██/20██ no further efforts to contact alternate Foundations are permitted.

History: SCP-XXX was discovered on ██/██/20██, when the Site-11 received a properly-formatted and twice-authenticated automatic notification of the primary failsafe activation for Foundation Observation Post 3-87, despite the fact that no such Foundation Observation Post was known to exist. Mobile Task Force Xi-11 was dispatched to investigate, discovering the bodies of four (4) individuals, including:

• Female subject: Genetic match to Dr. Rachel Mackenzie (0171-UT-00890364). Wears Foundation Security battle dress uniform with “Major” rank insignia and name tape “Mackenzie”. Armed with FN P90. Killed by three gunshot wounds to torso. NOTE: Dr. Mackenzie was subsequently confirmed to be alive and in good health at Site-██.
• Male subject #1: Unidentified male Caucasian, with face destroyed. Wears civilian attire. ID in wallet gives name [REDACTED]; no matches found within Foundation personnel files. Killed by gunshot wound to back of head.
• Male subject #2: Unidentified male, indeterminate ethnicity. Wears unidentified military fatigues of same style as Male subjects #3 and #4. No rank insignia or identification. Armed with MP5SD. Killed by two gunshot wounds to face.
• Male subject #3: Unidentified male Caucasian, blond hair, blue eyes. Wears unidentified military fatigues of same style as Male subjects #2 and #4. No rank insignia or identification. Non-fatal gunshot wound to torso. Armed with MP5SD. Killed by inhalation of nerve gas.
• Male subject #3: Unidentified male Caucasian, brown hair, grey eyes. Wears unidentified military fatigues of same style as Male subjects #2 and #3. No rank insignia or identification. Armed with MP5SD. Killed by inhalation of nerve gas.

Addendum: Protocol SE-0659/A

Foundation Observation Posts are to initiate primary failsafe devices rather than risk capture by non-Foundation forces. Primary failsafe devices are to both 1) preserve the integrity of data systems and 2) deny access to these systems until such time as Foundation forces can secure them. In the event the automated security systems detect continued presence of unauthorized forces after the activation of primary failsafe devices, automated secondary failsafe devices are to activate. Secondary failsafe devices are to ensure that all data systems are irreparably destroyed.

For information about data received by SCP-XXX, see Data Log XXX.

Interdimensional Observation Post Data Log

Data Log for SCP-XXX

Note to all Researchers:
Please include the following in all records:

Name:
Date:
Zulu Time:
Duration of Test:

XXX-A Numerical Setting:

Summary of Foundation Monitoring Data: (include link to file if applicable)
Civilian radio receiver Output:

Additional Notes: (as applicable)

After you have concluded your testing, please ensure XXX-A is reset to 98914-00173-21129, so monitoring of the Beta-verse can continue. – Signed, Col. Hornby

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By order of O5 Command, no further testing is permitted on any of the following XXX-A Numerical Settings:

00000-00000-00000
23921-95827-42858
29866-50754-74188
74534-37488-91097
98914-00173-21130

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Name: Captain █████ ██████, Commander, X-11
Date: ██/██/20██
Zulu Time: 2314 hours
Duration of Test: N/A

XXX-A Numerical Setting: 98914-00173-21129 (Colloquially designated the “Beta-verse”)

Summary of Foundation Monitoring Data:

• Primary Foundation computer network offline.
• Foundation assets listed as “Normal / Secure”: ███.
• Foundation assets listed as “Compromised”: █,███.
• Foundation assets listed as “Captured”: ███ (No data available on hostile forces.)
• Foundation assets listed as “Destroyed”: █,███.
• Foundation assets listed as “Status Unknown”: ███.
• Site-19 status: Captured
• Site-11 status: Destroyed

Civilian radio receiver Output: Civilian radio broadcasting unremarkable.

Additional Notes: This is the status of the monitoring equipment in SCP-XXX when it was initially secured by MTF Xi-11. The reality designated 98914-00173-21129 has been colloquially named the “Beta-verse”. It is conjectured this is the reality from whence SCP-XXX came. Accordingly, SCP-XXX-A is reset to monitoring the Beta-verse between tests, as it is conceivable further reality-shifts may transfer from the Beta-verse to this reality.

Name: Dr. H█████ P████████
Date: ██/██/20██
Zulu Time: 1315 hours
Duration of Test: 00:00:15

XXX-A Numerical Setting: 74534-37488-91097

Summary of Foundation Monitoring Data:
thelordreigneththelordhasreignedthelordshallreignforeverthelordrei
gneththelordhasreignedthelordshallreignforeverthelordreigneththel
ordhasreignedthelordshallreignforeverthelordheisgodthelordheisgod
thelordheisgodthelordheisgodthelordheisgodthelordheisgodthelord
heisgodthelordheisgodHEAROISRAELTHELORDOURGODTHELORDISONE
Civilian radio receiver Output:
thelordreigneththelordhasreignedthelordshallreignforeverthelordrei
gneththelordhasreignedthelordshallreignforeverthelordreigneththel
ordhasreignedthelordshallreignforeverthelordheisgodthelordheisgod
thelordheisgodthelordheisgodthelordheisgodthelordheisgodthelord
heisgodthelordheisgodHEAROISRAELTHELORDOURGODTHELORDISONE

Additional Notes: Further testing on 74534-37488-91097 prohibited by O5 Command.

Name: Dr. H█████ P████████
Date: ██/██/20██
Zulu Time: 1317 hours
Duration of Test: 00:02:01

XXX-A Numerical Setting: 00381-46890-42091

Summary of Foundation Monitoring Data: All stationary Foundation assets listed as “Locked Down.” All mobile Foundation assets listed as “Devoted to biological contagion containment operations.” All non-essential Foundation assets listed as “Terminated.”
Civilian radio receiver Output: All received broadcasts appeared to reference an unidentified plague.

Additional Notes: The “Wolfgang-Bravo virus” does not match any known contagion, though there are noted similarities to SCP-008.

Name: Dr. H█████ P████████
Date: ██/██/20██
Zulu Time: 1353 hours
Duration of Test: 00:02:22

XXX-A Numerical Setting: 65835-94894-86842

Summary of Foundation Monitoring Data: Command HQ listed as "Offline." All other sites listed as successfully locked down.
Civilian radio receiver Output: A state of martial law is in effect for the United States, as indicated by received transmission. No data available on other countries.

Additional Notes: None.

Name: Dr. H█████ P████████
Date: ██/██/20██
Zulu Time: 1423 hours
Duration of Test: 00:17:54

XXX-A Numerical Setting: 32899-31884-20853

Summary of Foundation Monitoring Data: Single repeating secure transmission: “All assets execute Protocol XK-1313/A.” No other data received.
Civilian radio receiver Output: All broadcasts were patriotic music from various countries.

Additional Notes: No Protocol XK-1313/A exists in present Foundation records.

Name: Dr. H█████ P████████
Date: ██/██/20██
Zulu Time: 1531 hours
Duration of Test: 00:38:23

XXX-A Numerical Setting: 00000-00000-00000

Summary of Foundation Monitoring Data: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Civilian radio receiver Output: [DATA EXPUNGED]

Additional Notes: Further testing on 00000-00000-00000 prohibited by O5 Command. Dr. H█████ P████████ temporarily suspended from research duties pending psychological treatment.

Works In Progress (NOT Ready for Peer Review)

Move Along

<You don't need to see his identification. These are not the droids you're looking for. He can go about his business.>

Ideas

• Moebius Cave
• Luggage
• The Devil's Kettle (47°49'42.82"N, 90° 2'56.47"W)

Links

http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/project-h-cams375-s12

Dissolving Arch

Item #: SCP-Q

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-Q is to be stored in a locked room with standard security precautions for preventing unauthorized access. No items are to be placed through SCP-Q except for approved research. Under no circumstances are personnel to pass through SCP-Q.

Description: SCP-Q is a wrought iron archway, originally discovered at an abandoned cemetery in Northern Canada. No records of the cemetery or those buried there have ever been located.

Any object which passes through SCP-Q is instantly dissolved into its constituent atoms, resulting in their immediate and total destruction.¹ Otherwise, SCP-Q appears completely inert; no anomalous energy signatures are detected.

Addendum: Memo to all Area-179 personnel from Area-179 Director Wilson:

After yesterday’s explosion, SCP-Q is no longer to be used as a garbage disposal device. You should know better, people: when the arch breaks objects down at the atomic level, those atoms will rebond in ways you might not have predicted. It’s basic chemistry.

Footnotes

1. There is a single exception: When tissue samples obtained from SCP-682 were passed through SCP-Q, no change was detected.

Shadow Creature

Item #: SCP-Z

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Containment procedures are unknown. Under no circumstances should SCP-Z be exposed to flame-based weaponry, explosives, or nuclear weapons.

Procedures Amended after Incident SCP-Z-1: Specimens of SCP-Z can be destroyed by exposure to concentrated chlorine trifluoride. Containment of SCP-Z is difficult and impractical at best, considering its ability to travel rapidly underground. Primary concentrations of SCP-Z remain in the proximity of Area-179, due to the extreme heat of SCP-X, but specimens have been observed to leave Area-179's outer perimeter. In the event of such a containment breach, all nonessential personnel and civilians are to be evacuated and all nonessential heat sources shut down. A thermite-based fire or similar extremely powerful exothermic reaction is to be established in an attempt to draw out local SCP-Z specimens. Any observed specimens are to be destroyed with concentrated chlorine trifluoride.

Description: SCP-Z was accidentally created in 201█ as part of Research Project Vulcan’s Forge, intending to use the energy of SCP-X for power generation. SCP-Z was originally a highly advanced photovoltaic cell technology, involving [DATA EXPUNGED]. After circumstances unknown, a containment breach occurred at Area 179. During this incident, the Vulcan’s Forge prototype was transformed into a seemingly sapient organism, now designated SCP-Z.

SCP-Z resembles a large black shadow roughly 1.5 meters by 2.5 meters. It is capable of moving by unknown means, flying or hovering. It also appears capable of subterranean burrowing, possibly moving through microscopic fissures in the bedrock. SCP-Z has been observed to travel in excess of one hundred (100) kilometers per hour.

SCP-Z appears to feed on any form of heat or infrared radiation, including human body heat. It will wrap itself around the source of the heat, draining the thermal energy until it reaches some unknown level. Victims of SCP-Z attacks die nearly instantly, appearing to suffer from severe hypothermia; internal temperatures of victims post-mortem have been measured as low as one hundred (100) Kelvin (-173.15 degrees Celsius).

SCP-Z is believed to self-replicate through fission, though this has never been observed. It is conjectured to be an energy-intensive process.

Not Just Stakeouts and Donuts

1. Be offensive.
2. Honor your professionals.
3. Own the street.
4. Know your history.
5. Do not ignore analysis.
6. Do not be parochial.
7. Train your people.
8. Do not be shoved aside.
9. Do not stay to long.
10. Never give up.

Good morning, folks. I am Supervisory Special Agent Smith. If you aren’t here for the Counterintelligence Orientation, help yourself to coffee and donuts. If you are here for the Orientation, help yourself to coffee and donuts and chase the people who are either lost or infiltrators out of here.

…You think I’m joking about the infiltrators? While you guys are filling your mugs, let me tell you three things about myself. I have worked in counterintelligence on and off for the last thirty years, twenty with the Foundation. My team brought down the Tallmadge Ring that infiltrated a half dozen Foundation facilities and task forces last year, including Overwatch HQ, where they controlled seven of the Overseers’ personal body guards. And I never joke.

Okay, so, everyone has their caffeine? Alright. So, this orientation is the beginning of your tour with the Foundation’s Counter-Intelligence Division, which will last for at least the next two years and at most the next six years, before you rotate into one of the other Foundation divisions for a break of not less than a year. Some of you have been through this before: I see Phil there in the back – this is your fifth tour? Sixth? Okay, you’re just saying that to make me feel old. Anyway, the reason we rotate you is that if we don’t, you’ll fall apart psychologically. Anyone here know James Jesus Angleton? He ran CIA’s counterintel division for 21 years. Did more damage to the CIA than the Soviets did, damned fool. Well intentioned extremist who saw spies everywhere. Of course, ehem, this had nothing to do with Foundation agents imbedded within the American intelligence community during the fifties, sixties, and seventies.

I’m getting off track.

Rule one: assume nothing. You, third from the back. You ever meet the woman sitting next you before? No? How do you know she’s not a Chaos Insurgency operative with a knife up her sleeve? Hmm? You see, everyone is potentially under opposition control. You, second row, beard. Your landlady is the kindly senile old Mrs. Cornelius, who keeps a half dozen cats; you’re sleeping with her daughter Emma, to whom you have mentioned the Foundation’s existence. How do I know this? Well, I could tell you that I bugged your apartment. Or I could tell you that Emma and Mrs. Cornelius both work for me. Believe whichever of those makes you happier. And keep your mouth shut in the future.

That brought me to point number two: when you’re doing counterintelligence, you must own the street. No fewer than twelve operatives per job – none of this two guys in a car with a camera shit you see in Hollywood. If I spot two guys in a car with a camera, they’re the least of my worries. I worry about the mother pushing the stroller, the kid with the soccer ball, and the street vender selling sandwiches.

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