SCP-XXXX - oblitus ex bellum
Image Credits
Containment Class:
esoteric
| Assigned Site |
Site Director |
Research Head |
Assigned Task Force |
| USVAMI-Site-026 |
Sandra Malory |
Ashton Barre |
MTF µ-13, PRTF XXXX-ي |
Confiscated photograph of SCP-XXXX site prior to the Evocation Event.
Special Containment Procedures: In order to monitor SCP-XXXX, Automated Observation Post 14 has been erected within Chancellorsville National Military Park, with the exterior design of a park service storage building. AO-14 continuously records electromagnetic and thaumometric data to determine when a manifestation event is occurring, and in such a scenario will immediately alert offsite containment personnel and initiate Mitigation Protocol McGuire. This protocol consists of the following stages:
- AO-14 issues an alert to park staff that the Mountain Road trail is closing early, and all civilians should be redirected from the area. This alert contains a low-yield Prayther-Berryman memetic trigger to encourage compliance.
- A standby detachment of Mobile Task Force Mu-13 ("Ghostbusters") deploys from Site-26, to arrive within twenty to thirty minutes.
- While the task force is en route, AO-14 uses audiovisual cues to attract SCP-XXXX-1, -2, and -3 towards a specific area, in order to minimize civilian exposure.
- Upon arrival, MTF µ-13, presenting as a park service security team, establishes a perimeter around the manifestation point. Personnel trained in amnestic administration will detain any civilians flagged by AO-14 under standard coverup procedures (removal of anomalous experiences and implantation of false memories).
- In the interim, assigned task force personnel will assemble the portable Incorporeal Entity Vacuum Chamber held within AO-14 and attempt to contain SCP-XXXX-1, -2, and -3 inside the chamber. One of two potential scenarios will occur:
- Elea Scenario: In the event that the entities demanifest before containment can be secured, MTF µ-13 will remain onsite until AO-14 gives the "all clear" signal (meaning a return to baseline aspect radiation has been confirmed).
- York Scenario: In the event that IEVC containment is successful, the entities are to be transported directly to Site-26, whereupon the Director of Containment will enact revised procedures.
INTERNAL MEMORANDUM
To: [REDACTED]
From: Site Director Malory
SCP-XXXX is significant because it is the first field test of the Automated Observation Post (AOP) system. If it is deemed successful for containment of this anomaly, it could potentially revolutionize how the Foundation handles localized, low-threat anomalies.
AO-14 has been designed to handle all the functions of a standard observation post, but without room for human error. It can measure a full spectrum of anomalous data simultaneously, enact containment procedures, and issue alerts to both civilian and Foundation groups. It isn’t susceptible to memetic or cognitive threats. It is the next step forward in increasingly efficient containment operations.
The Theurgics Division of the Thaumatology Department has commissioned Provisional Research Task Force XXXX-Yodh to investigate SCP-XXXX and attempt to develop an eviction ritual, tentatively classified as Neutralization Procedure Y-33.
INTERNAL MEMORANDUM
To: Theurgic Research Division
From: HRC Barre
In the Foundation’s experience with theurgic anomalies, we’ve come to understand a basic rule of the trade: every ritual has a counter-ritual. This is known in occult circles as Raymond's Law.
Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, but we have no reason to believe SCP-XXXX is one. In fact, I am particularly hopeful about the feasibility of Procedure Y-33.
Most counter-rituals are the opposite of the original ritual: this can be literal, as in simply performing the ceremony in reverse, or more abstract, such as using complementary trigonometric ratios in geometrical thaumics.
Description: SCP-XXXX refers to the unintentional evocation ritual performed by a group of American Civil War re-enactors on 30 April 2019. Through currently uncertain means, the re-enactment of the Battle of Chancellorsville acted as a catalyst for the manifestation of SCP-XXXX-1, -2, and -3.
From left to right, SCP-XXXX-2, -1, and -3.
SCP-XXXX-1, -2, and -3 are Class-Y incorporeal humanoid apparitions. These entities identify as members of the 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment of the Confederate Army: specifically, First Lieutenant William A. Kirk (SCP-XXXX-1), Second Lieutenant Wesley L. Bumgarner (SCP-XXXX-2), and Sergeant Major Preston Layman John (SCP-XXXX-3).
These apparitions display very limited responses to external stimuli; the only effective method of communication with them is to present as their superior officer. This apparent lack of purpose or response outside of military customs suggests that their existence is the result of a YH-class "Revenant" or YR-class "Unfinished Business" scenario.
Instances have never been observed to deviate more than 300 meters from their manifestation point; it has not been determined whether this is intentional or if they are 'bound' to this location.
Addendum XXXX.1 - Classification Committee Memo
INTERNAL MEMORANDUM
To: Site Director Malory, Containment Director Gaddis, HRC Barre
From: CCL Bramall
This memorandum is to inform you of yesterday’s ruling by the Classification Committee concerning item SCP-XXXX. After considering the current details of containment, we have assigned SCP-XXXX the esoteric class Zeno. This decision was made based on several factors:
- SCP-XXXX-1 through -3 have demonstrated either an inability or an unwillingness to leave their current location, localizing their effects to a small and moderately secluded area;
- Though current procedures focus on mitigation, viable containment and/or neutralization protocols exist, and can feasibly be enacted.
Note that the Zeno-class is an intermediate classification; a standard containment class is pending while containment attempts are ongoing. If these entities are successfully contained and relocated to Site-26, they will be reassigned Safe-class. If there is a significant change in their current behavior, they will be reassigned Keter-class.
The Committee expects regular updates on your containment efforts.
Thank you,
Terrence Bramall
Classification Committee Liaison
Addendum XXXX.2 - Containment Update 11-01-2019
INTERNAL MEMORANDUM
To: Site Director Malory, Containment Director Gaddis
From: HRC Barre
Good morning, Directors. I’m writing to inform you of a potential breakthrough regarding SCP-XXXX and Procedure Y-33.
Based on extrapolation from the current local resonance and the standard rates of aetheric decay, my research team has concluded that the evocation of SCP-XXXX-1, -2, and -3 occurred between 12:30 and 1:30 PM EST, coinciding with a sudden release of 2.57 kC aspect radiation (malachite/sharp/loose). I’ve personally reviewed the data and found it thorough, accurate, and wholly convincing.
I took the liberty of looking into the Chancellorsville re-enactment and determining a schedule of events; I found that the recreation of Jackson’s encounter with the North Carolina 18th at Plank Road would have most likely occurred around 1:15 PM.
Based on this data,
Addendum XXXX.3 - Interview XXXX-2-A
Interviewed: SCP-XXXX-2
Interviewer: Dr. Andrew Hoth
Foreword: Dr. Hoth volunteered for this assignment, based on his extensive knowledge of American military history and his physical appearance. A team from the Cosmetics Department spent seven hours altering Dr. Hoth’s appearance into an optimal facsimile of Confederate General in Chief Robert E. Lee, in order to encourage response from SCP-XXXX-2. Dr. Hoth remained outside of the containment perimeter until SCP-XXXX-2 broke off from the other entities, at which point he approached it.
<Begin Log, 13:29>
Hoth: Lieutenant Bumgarner!
SCP-XXXX-2: (looks up, surprised, and salutes quickly) General Lee, sir!
Hoth: At ease, son.
SCP-XXXX-2:
Hoth:
SCP-XXXX-2:
Hoth:
SCP-XXXX-2:
Hoth:
<End Log, [optional time info]>
Closing Statement: [Small summary and passage on what transpired afterward]
