Item #: SCP-3316
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-3316 is stored in a locked secure containment vault in Site ██. Access to the vault is only by authorization of Site Director and Project Lead or O5- Level. Research is to be authorised and personally overseen (remotely) by the Site Director. Use of SCP-3316 for non-authorised testing will result in termination regardless of level or purpose of experimentation.
Previous containment procedures were withdrawn and replaced following a breach event. Previous containment procedures have been redacted by order of O5- Council.
SCP-3316 is to be stored alongside a number of Chinese Checker boards, in order to obfuscate the identify of the actual SCP-3316 item. There are currently 59 storage crates inside SCP-3316's vault, each containing between 15 and 35 Chinese Checker boards. The 59th crate is partially filled. New crates are to be requisitioned when any researcher assigned to SCP-3316 finds the most recently delivered crate is full, new crates are then to be placed into the containment vault, and then filled as items arrive.
Only the Site Director hosting SCP-3316 and the O5- Council are to have access to the specific identifying features of SCP-3316.
When needed for research, the Site Director is to activate a robotic arm mounted in the ceiling of the vault on an omnidirectional track which will then locate SCP-3316. The arm will then pick up SCP-3316 and deposit it into a custom made wooden vessel which it will then seal and deliver to the vault door. The vault door will then be opened by the Project Lead and SCP-3316's vessel removed.
The wooden vessel housing SCP-3316 is such that only the face of SCP-3316 containing the individual pieces and playing area are visible/contactable by testing personnel, all other features including the specific size and shape, the presence or absence of indents, scratches, markings, writing, runes, discolouration, decoration and Foundation identification tags are not visible.
The vault may be accessed with Site Directors authorization, although this function exists primarily for the below purpose:
Staff members are invited to give any Chinese Checkers boards to members of the SCP-3316 research team, who will then deposit these boards in SCP-3316's storage vault.
Description:
SCP-3316 is a bishop wood (Bischofia javanica) Chinese Checker board with decorative inlay in sandal wood (Santalum album); the fragrance associated with this wood is not present, presumably due to age of the object. The name "Simon" has been carved into the back/underside of the board and appears to be more recent than many of the other markings and general wear. There are a variety of scuffs, dents and scratches, with a 1mm deep, 6cm long diagonal gouge on the rear left. SCP-3316 bears no identifying makers marks or stamps, and does not appear to be part of a commercial production run; the materials used are unlike any other discovered Chinese Checkers board and tool markings indicate it was hand crafted. The board is susceptible to damage and deformation and destruction testing
is strictly forbidden.
The pieces associated with the board are specific to SCP-3316 and are designated SCP-3316-1. If SCP-3316-1 are misplaced or deliberately separated from SCP-3316 by more than 1 metre they will return to the board when both are unobserved. SCP-3316-1 appear to be impervious to damage of all kinds and resemble marbles of various colours. The colours appear to bear no signficance to SCP-3316's active effect and are interchangeable.
Attempted use of SCP-3316's board with other pieces has no effect and vice versa.
When a living, conscious human being voluntarily places the pieces onto the board in specific patterns SCP-3316 will enter its active state. "Voluntary" in this context rules out mechanical manipulation, which will prevent SCP-3316 from entering its' active state, whereas coercion will not.
When in its active state, specific pattern changes will alter specific traits or aspects of the personality/cognition of the person interacting with it (the subject). This effect can range from minor perceptual changes such as the ability to react to events faster than individual baselines, through to catatonia and instant death. (determined to be brain haemmorage in 78% of cases and unknown cause in 22% of cases).
Standard operation procedure for SCP-3316 is for the subject to place a piece of a color of their choosing into the central hole (subsequently designated the central piece), and then drop a piece of the same colour onto the board. This will land in a specific location, along one of three axes, indicating the trait relevant for the active state. If the trait is not the trait desired for modification, both pieces can be removed without consequence. A different peice is chosen and the process repeated until the desired axis is achieved. When the desired axis is achieved, the piece which has fallen may be picked up and placed elsewhere along the axis for this active state, altering the trait of the subject instantaneously.
Placing the piece along another axis, or removing from the board ends the active state. Picking the piece up and placing it back down where it fell elicits no change and does not end the active state. Removing the centre piece at any point ends the active state.
As above the colors are interchangeable and bear no relevance to the process, the axis along which the second SCP-3316-1 piece falls determine the trait, not piece colour. During a single active state, the pieces of one colour can represent multiple sequential traits, in other active states each piece will fall only along a specific axis, the significance of this is unknown.
Each of the axes represents a particular trait, with the opposing points across the board representing the "maximum" and "minimum" of this trait. The traits work as a scale - modifications can be made along an axis reaching from one point to the opposite point on the board.
Diagram indicating SCP-3316 axes.
Extensive testing has concluded that the axes are assigned as follows:
Top/Bottom : Problem Solving Skills : Blue
Top Right and Bottom Left : Perceptiveness : Green
Bottom right and Top Left : Suggestibility : Orange
For all traits, the upper portion of the board represents the most or increased levels of a trait, the lower portion represents the least or decreased levels of a trait. The areas to either side of an axis line further modify the trait. See testing logs for currently understood mechanics.
All changes effected by SCP-3316 are semi-permanent; they do not degrade over time, however, these can change by normal processes to the extent that the course of a human life can alter these traits. For example, a subject set to higher levels of suggestibility can "unlearn" this vulnerability through repeatedly being tricked, duped or manipulated, in the same way that normal human suggestibility can be unlearnt, though this process takes several months of intensive "training".
If this subject uses SCP-3316 again, he or she will find that the piece will no longer fall onto the position it was placed in, it will now fall into a position representing their learnt lower level of suggestibility. The piece can be moved again freely, with normal results; the experiences which have elicited a change will not be forgotten, but the subject will now not regard them as signficant and again be as suggestible as before they had taken place.
Some traits are not subject to this effect. Testing suggests traits altered to extremes, or beyond normal human functioning do not degrade through conventional lived experience.
Subjects can have multiple axes altered at a time. This is achieved by making a modification with one active state and then altering a different trait with a different active state.
Pieces can be moved to any position along an axis, from any position along that axis. A subject moving from one end of an axis trait to the other is no more likely to survive the process than a subject moving a single position.
Subjects may naturally have a baseline level of a trait that is between positions on the board. In this instance as SCP-3316 enters its active state, the piece landing to active will land on the "closest" position to that subjects baseline but no modification takes place, even when picked up and placed back down at this location. Moving the piece to another position and back to its' initial position will set the subject's trait to that positions level, not the subject's baseline; the baseline level in this circumstance is considered lost.
During an active state, placing multiple SCP-3316-1 onto the board, or SCP-3316-1 of a different colour will result on the pieces landing outside the area of the board, not on any position. Recordings of this effect indicates that it operates the same as a piece "choosing" it's position; the peice appears to be drawn as though magnetically, or repelled in flight.
Diagram indicating Position Designations on SCP-3316.
Below are the currently identified usages of SCP-3316 broken down by diagramatic representation of individual positions.
Use of SCP-3316 without reference both to the diagram and positional listing will result in reprimand by order of Lead Researcher Dr Gimbaali.
It is recommended that you open the attached diagram alongside the individual axes descriptions in order to accurately locate and visualise the correct position for a subject to place pieces.
Note that some staff members/D-Class may already be high or low on these scales and that once they have used SCP-3316 there is no way to "reset" them to their natural baseline. If for example they have a skill level roughly between two positions naturally there is no way to recover this level using SCP-3316, they must either be set to the position above or below their baseline.
Testing therefore with staff with trait scores at or above any of the positions which confer negative effects is strictly forbidden to avoid hindering naturally extremely skilled staff with side effects which are only removable by reducing their skill level below their natural baseline.
| Position Designation |
Effect |
| C |
Central piece. If removed, active period ends. |
| U |
Unused. Appear to demark border between axis positions. If a piece if placed in these during an active state the active state will end. |
Axis appears to affect problem solving skills and factors impacting this, including inventiveness, and mental flexibility. All subjects tested on Standardized Foundation Problem Solving tests unless otherwise stated. Axis moving upwards from the central position.
| Position Designation |
Effect |
| A1 |
Subject displayed slightly above average levels of problem solving skill. |
| A2 |
Subject displayed above average levels of problem solving skill. |
| A3 |
Indistinguishable in long term testing from A2. |
| A4 |
Subject displayed well above average levels of problem solving skill, with a focus on practical problem solving. |
| A5 |
Subject displayed well above average levels of problem solving skill, with a generalist focus, being a balance between A4 and A6 but outperforming neither in their specifc area. |
| A6 |
Subject displayed well above average levels of problem solving skill, with a focus on conceptual and theoretical problem solving. |
| A7 |
Subject displayed high levels of problem solving skill with a focus on practical and physical problem solving skills, scoring in the top 3% of staff ever to have completed testing (other subjects of SCP-3316 are discounted from this and all following statistics). |
| A8 |
Subject displayed high levels of problem solving skill with a general focus; similar to A5, does not outperform A7 or A10 in specific fields. |
| A9 |
Indistinguishable in long term study from A8 |
| A10 |
Subject displayed high levels of problem solving skill with a focus on conceptual and theoretical problem solving skills, scoring in the top 5% of staff ever to have completed testing. |
| A11 |
Subject displayed extremely high levels of problem solving skill with a focus on practical and physical problems. Subject is extremely proficient at working out complex physical puzzles. Standardized test abandoned. Subject was given 8 D-Class and a game of "Twister" and a list of which D-Class needed to place which bodypart on which colour. Subject took less than twenty (20) seconds to commence instructing D-Class as to which physical shapes to make to successfully touch their assigned position while not obstructing other personnel. Resultant shape was both stable and reported as comfortable and following review of the video testing log, deemed by the research team to be the "perfect" solution. Subject showed significantly impaired conceptual and theoretical reasoning skills, a degradation both of personal baselines and well below staff averages. Subject showed decreased IQ, emotional intelligence, reaction speed and displayed mild apathy and lethargy which did not decrease over time. |
| A12 |
Subject displayed extremely high levels of inventiveness and problem solving skills with a general focus, as per other "median" positions, could not outperform either of the "specialist" positions. Subject displayed identical "general" negative effects as both A11 and A13, losing neither specific area abilities. |
| A13 |
Subject displayed extremely high levels of problem solving skill with a focus on conceptual and theoretical problems. Standardized testing abandoned. Subject was given a logitistical problem relating to staff management at five hypothetical Foundation Sites storing 120 hypothetical SCP objects requiring different procedures and different staff. Subject took sixty five (65) seconds to have written a shorthand solution to the problem, later analysed to be the most effective solution given constraints of the scenario. Subject showed significantly impaired physical problem solving skills, as well as similar general negative effects to A11 |
| A14 |
Subject displayed preternatural levels of physical problem-solving ability and when presented with a similar bespoke "Twister" problem to position A11 with thirty (30) D-Class and four (4) games of Twister began writing a solution in seven (7) seconds. Subject did not respond to all verbal commands, even under coercion/threat and communicated only in writing. Lost the ability to conceptualise anything not physically "real" including demotion, staff ranks, "time", termination and death in general. |
| A15 |
Subject displayed preternatural levels of conceptual and theoretical problem solving skills. When given a similar problem to A13 instead involving hypothetical management of a continential Foundation organisation including logistics to two seperate hypothetical moonbases (one each per two hypothetical moons) including 26,000 staff members and 4,500 SCP objects, subject was able to begin verbally relating a plan within seventy (70) seconds following complete relation of the problem to the subject. Subject suffered similar "general" negative effects to A14, with the exception that subject did not suffer loss of conceptual understanding and instead lost ability to understand physical reality and basic physical interactions, object permanence and physical conditions such as heat and light and shadow. Subject was unaware he could interact with physical objects. |
| A16 |
Subject expired immediately in all attempted instances, regardless of prior position along this axis. |
Axis moving downwards from the central position.
| Position Designation |
Effect |
| B1 |
Subject displayed slightly below average problem solving skills. |
| B2 |
Subject displayed below average problem solving skills. |
| B3 |
Indistinguishable from B2 |
| B4 |
Subject displayed well below average problem solving skills generally including impaired basic physical reasoning skills. |
| B5 |
Similar to A5, subject shows generally below average problem solving skills but not as significant as B4 or B6 in their specific areas |
| B6 |
Subject displayed well below average problem solving skills generally including impaired conceptual/logical reasoning |
| B7 |
Subject displayed very limited physical problem solving and reasoning skills and scored in the lowest 5% of all D-Class who had completed this test, on par with severe mental impairment. |
| B8 |
Subject displayed very limited general problem solving skills, similar to B5, not as poor in specific areas as B7 or B10. |
| B9 |
Indistinguishable from B8 |
| B10 |
Subject displayed very limited conceptual and logical reasoning skills and scored in the lowest 3% of all D-Class who had completed this test, on par with severe mental impairment. |
| B11 |
Subject displayed extremely diminished physical problem solving skills, standard testing abandoned. Subject is able to complete a children's toy involving putting shapes into respective holes on a coloured plastic cube, given time. Subject displays no other negative effects. |
| B12 |
Subject displayed extremely diminished problem solving skills generally, but as per previous testing, not as severely as specific positions B11 and B14 |
| B13 |
Subject displayed extremely diminished conceptual and logical problem solving skills, standard testing abandoned. Subject was asked to imagine an orange, and asked to suggest how said orange could be juiced. Subject was able to describe the basic functioning of a juicing machine when allowed to draw diagrams and with research staff answering questions frequently. |
| B14 |
Subject lost all physical problem solving skills; subject could not open a standard, unlocked door when threatened with termination, similar to position A15. Significant personality deviance was noted at this level, subject appeared to be more confident despite inability, less nervous and anxious and actively resisted being threatened. The significance of this is unknown. |
| B15 |
Subject lost all conceptual and logical problem solving skills; could not conceptualise rank, time, death, demotion or other "unreal" concepts, similar to negative effects of position A14. Significant personality deviance was noted at this level, subject was noted to be more insightful of human emotion, extrapolating personal truths from tones of voice and inferences made by testing staff and correctly reasoning unknowable personal information such as sexual preference from a gesture or glance. The significance of this is unknown. |
| B16 |
Subject expired immediately in all attempted instances, regardless of prior position along this axis. |
Axis appears to affect perceptiveness. All subjects tested on Standardized Foundation Perception tests unless otherwise stated. Axis moving upwards to the right from the central position.
| Position Designation |
Effect |
| C1 |
Subject displayed slightly above average levels of perception. |
| C2 |
Subject displayed above average levels of perception. |
| C3 |
Indistinguishable in long-term testing from C2. |
| C4 |
Subject displayed well above average levels of general perception, with specific increases in relation to reaction time and spatial awareness. |
| C5 |
Subject displayed well above average levels of general perception, similar to other axes, this central position underperforms both C4 and C6 in their specific fields, but features a lessened extent of both. |
| C6 |
Subject displayed well above average levels of general perception, with specific increases in relation to image processing; visual acquity, colour differentiation, image recognition at distances in addition to slight improvements in hearing. |
| C7 |
Subject displayed high level of perception scoring in the top 2% of all staff to have completed standard testing. Specific improvements from position C4 are increased further. |
| C8 |
Subject displayed high levels of perception, scoring in the top 3% of all staff to have completed standard testing, as with C5, subject could not outperform subjects from positions C7 and C9 in their specific fields. |
| C9 |
Indistinguishable in long-term testing from C8. |
| C10 |
Subject displayed high levels of perception scoring in the top 3% of all staff to have completed standardized testing. Specific improvements from position C6 are increased further. |
| C11 |
Subject displayed extremely high levels of perception; standardized testing abandoned. As with C7 subject displayed primarily reaction speed and spatial awareness improvements. When asked to perform the standard "ruler drop test", subject reacted fast enough to catch the ruler in under 1cm on average. Subject was placed into a containment chamber and ordered to catch as many dodge balls thrown at him as possible by 4 D-Class instructed to throw balls "as fast as possible" at the subject. Subject caught or deflected all balls. Request to test with wrenches was denined by Dr Gimbaali. Subject displayed below personal baseline IQ, communicative ability and self-reported irrational thoughts. |
| C12 |
Subject displayed extremely high general levels of perception. Could not outperform either C11 or C13 in their specific areas of improvement. Subject displayed only minor reductions of personal baseline IQ, communicative ability and only three (3) of five (5) subjects reported irrational thoughts. |
| C13 |
Subject displayed extremely high levels of perception, standardized testing abandoned. As with C10, subject had general improvements in addition to a specific focus on sense quality. The subject was able to differentiate colour shades beyond any tested staff member, identify animals in camoflauged settings in under four (4) seconds in all instances and reported the ability to hear conversation in adjoining testing chambers. Subject suffered similar negative effects as C11, having a lowered personal baseline IQ, communicative ability and self-reported an inability to accurately remember words for specific objects i.e. "microphone" was being described as "Mikeyphone". |
| C14 |
Subject displayed levels of perception above any previously recorded human level and closer to several artifical intelligence detection systems designed to react to sudden containment breaches. Subject was able to tell when testing personnel were about to drop the ruler in the "ruler drop" test and catch it before it had fallen any distance. Subject reported she was able to percieve the muscles in the hands moving and blood flowing. Subject was able to repeat the dodge ball test with eight (8) D-Class with identifical parameters. Subject was tested as being able to react to physical stimuli in less than one sixtheenth of a second. Subject displayed significantly decreased vocabulary and levels of general intelligence, irrational thoughts were increased and led to erratic behaviour to the extent that a physical altercation with testing staff resulted. Subject was restrained without injury. |
| C15 |
Subject displayed levels of perception above any previously recorded human level and on par with detection systems designed to measure light changes in the containment chamber of SCP-████. Subject was able to report differences in colour shade beyond human ability, claimed to be able to visually distinguish wavelengths of light previously imperceptible to the human eye and identify minute temperate changes in the testing chamber. Subject was able to accurately identify objects placed onto the surface of a table which they could not see based on the sound they made, 3D-printed novel objects outside subject's experience were accurately described without them being seen. Subject displayed significantly decreased levels of general intelligence and severely limited communication ability; speech was slow, slurred and often words were substituted for similar sounding words i.e. "Tetrahedron" was "Tea-rat-he-drone". Testing took an extensive amount of time due to this. |
| C16 |
Four (4) of five (5) subjects expired immediately. Final subject attempted to speak before seizing violently and then expiring. The significance of this is unknown. |
Axis moving downwards to the left from the central position.
| Position Designation |
Result |
| D1 |
Subject displayed slightly below average levels of perception. |
| D2 |
Subject displayed below average levels of perception. |
| D3 |
Indistinguishable in long term testing from D2. |
| D4 |
Subject displayed well below average levels of general perception with greater decreases in reaction time than subjects created using position D5. |
| D5 |
Subject displayed well below average levels of general perception, not as severe in specific areas as D4 and D6 |
| D6 |
Subject displayed well below average levels of general perception with self-reported loss of visual acquity. |
| D7 |
Subject displayed very low levels of general perception with a significant drop in reaction time and spatial awareness. Subject appeared clumsy and moved slowly. Subject reported that slower movements were because he was attempting to "move more carefully" to counteract clumsiness. |
| D8 |
Subject displayed very low levels of general perception, not as severe in specific areas as D7 and D10. |
| D9 |
Indistinguishable in long term testing from D8. |
| D10 |
Subject displayed very low levels of general perception with a signfiicant drop in visual acquity and loss of range of hearing compared to personal baselines. |
| D11 |
Subject displayed extremely low levels of general perception, standardized testing abandoned. Subject was unable to react to events before they had happened, for example starting to dodge a thrown object only once it had made impact. Subject displayed difficulty interacting with physical objects and reported this was due to spatial awareness being extremely low; objects appeared closer or further to the subjects than they were, perception of scale and understanding of scale were diminished. Subject displayed heightened levels of intelligence, communication ability, confidence and empathy. The significance of this is unknown. |
| D12 |
Subject displayed extremely low levels of general perception, as usual for the "median" position, not as specifically poor as D11 or D13. Subject had similar improvements ad both D11 and D13, to a lesser extent. |
| D13 |
Subject displayed extremely low levels of general perception, standardized testing abandoned. Subject was unable to visually distinguish between red and orange, yellow and orange, blue and purple, purple and green and so forth. Subject was unable to distinguish between objects with similar shapes i.e. sheets of paper being many sheets spread on a desk, subject percieved these as one large irregularly shaped sheet. Subject displayed improved levels of communicative ability, becoming both persuasive and engaging. Testing staff reported increased willingness to spend time with the subject, relate personal information and a desire to befriend the subject. The significance of this is unknown. |
| D14 |
Subject does not react to any stimuli before it has taken place, reacting on average ninety (90) seconds after stimulus, including to pain. Reactions themselves appear slow, sluggish and clumsy. The delays resultant from this testing prevented effective communication with the subject and so potential positive effects are unknown. When left alone subject appears euphoric. |
| D15 |
Subject becomes both blind and deaf. Subjects who were informed in advance of this change who were able to touch-type were able to communicate with testing staff, and reacted inside appropriate timescales to stimulus. Writing produced by the subject when not being directly asked testing questions spoke of spiritual enlightenment, non-duality, the nature of god and other associated subjects and how these related to the human condition. Testing staff reported these writings and "moving" and "profound" and indicated a desire to assist the subject but this was not assessed as a compulsion. |
| D16 |
Subject expired immediately in all attempted instances, regardless of prior position along this axis. |
This axis seems to affect represent suggestibility. All subjects tested using standarized Foundation suggestability tests. Axis moving upwards to the left from the central position.
| E1 |
Subject displayed slightly above average suggestibility. |
| E2 |
Subject displayed above average suggestibility. |
| E3 |
Indistinguishable in long term testing from E2. |
| E4 |
Subject displayed well above average levels of suggestibility, and lower resistance to commands; specifically being able to be ordered to carry out activities they refused when tested on lower positions. |
| E5 |
Subject is more open to suggestion than average and as with other median positions has similarities to both E4 and E6 but is not as specifically vulnerable as either. |
| E6 |
Subject displayed well above average levels of suggestibility, and lower mental fortitude; subject incorporated ideas presented more readily, and expressed belief in ideas rejected when tested on lower positions. |
| E7 |
Subject displayed high levels of suggestibility and was abnormally willing to carry out commands given by testing personnel to a greater extent than E4 but resisted any action which would have what the subject considered to be a negative consequence i.e. information breach, assaulting staff. |
| E8 |
Subject displayed high levels of suggestibility, accepting information given as fact and carrying out tasks, but neither to an extent as severe as E7 or E10. |
| E9 |
Indistinguishable in long term testing from E8. |
| E10 |
Subject displayed high levels of suggestibility and was abormally willing to internalise given information, accepting statements and representations as fact without questioning them, even when prompted. Subject resisted any information given which caused distress, damaged their worldview or caused what the subject percieved to be a negative consequence i.e. "Your wife does not love you." or "I am your superior, give me the SCP-3316 testing chamber passcode." |
| E11 |
Subject displayed extreme vulnerability to suggestion, standard testing abandoned. Subject would attempt to carry out any task given in the context of a command with the exception of harming themselves. Subject displayed eagerness to complete any given task including breaching containment, divulging information, harming testing personnel and other actions usually resulting in termination. Subject expressed only slight reluctance and hesitation when reminded of consequences of actions such as termination. No subject refused to carry out actions despite reluctance or hesitation. Note that subject expressed uncertainty about the nature of reality and reported being in a "dreamlike state", often unable to differentiate between concieved ideas of a dreamlike fashion from reality. Subject made reference to events, people and abilities which were not represented in reality, i.e. "I'm happy to get it for you but I don't see why you can't just fly over there and get it yourself." |
| E12 |
Subject displayed extreme vulnerability to suggestion, standard testing abandoned. Subject presented similarly to E11 but would refuse some specific commands when consequences such as termination were made explictly clear. If logically termination was the result but this was not expressly stated i.e. "Try to kill Research Assistant Porridge." action would be attempted, but not "You will be terminated by doing so but please attempt to kill Research Assistant Porridge." However, subject could be persuaded to make the attempt by insisting that the concept of termination was "an in joke meaning to be given extra pudding at the canteen". Appears to be a combination at lesser intensity of both E11 and E13. Subject reported identical dreamlike state issues as with E11 and E13. |
| E13 |
Subject displayed extreme vulnerability to suggestion with a specific focus on the internalization of concepts, acceptance of ideas and information. Could be persuaded that physical actions having just taken place in fact did not, fed false information regarding the subject themselves and be manipulated into believing false information regarding reality around them, for example, that the testing chamber had blue walls, when in fact it had white walls. When questioned about the color of the walls, even when the previous misinformation was given as part of a long list of similar irregularities, subject stated the misinformation as truth. Amnestics cleared this effect; overall suggestability from position E13 remained, but the mistruth was no longer internalised. It appears that the subject must remember being told a piece of information in order to believe it long term. Subject reported similar "dreamlike" state as other positions on this row, giving information which was provably false, misleading, confused or based on impossible reasoning. Made reference to events happening in the "now" which were not, such as "I can't find the drink that hula girl just brought me, she was so pretty. What did you just ask me?" Testing staff had not provided the subject with a drink or any other object. |
| E14 |
Subject attempted to carry out any task directed, including self-harm, attempted murder of others, attempting impossible actions, halting respiration (until loss of consciousness) and actions baseline testing personnel refused. Note that the "dreamlike" quality of the subjects consciouss continued, subject reported being fully conscious and having normal response times and communications, but frequently communicated with personnel which were not present about things happening which had no bearing on reality. Subject often moved to avoid objects which did not exist when carrying out tasks, was "interrupted" by unreal personnel or stated that situations or elements of the dreamstate were preventing them from achieving a goal. Subject did not report this as "dreamlike" or "strange" any longer, and had no awareness that what was taking place was not reality. Subjects were extremely difficult to work with due to this effect, often stating that they were being given other tasks to complete by other unreal personnel, and equally devoted time to achieve such tasks even when threatened with termination by real testing personnel. |
| E15 |
Subject internalised and believed any information given even when extremely damaging to subject's worldview or carried extreme negative consequence for the subject. When told that he was a deep cover spy about to be interrogated by a hostile agency who must not reveal a critical "launch code" subject revealed this code immediately and without hesitation. Subject created complex rationalisations to explain discrepancies between reality and misinformation provided i.e. "You are a woman." would result in a complex self-explained narrative about brain transplant following a terrible accident into the body of a man and so forth. Subject displayed extremely strong "dreamlike" state but as with E14 could no longer differentiate this from reality. Subject was less vulnerable to the percieved presence of physical objects as E14 subjects, but seemed to be constantly creating false narratives, information and personalities based on multiple ongoing "threads" of dream state. Information divulged by subject was irregular and wildly inaccurate, only 8% of information given proved to be accurate to reality i.e. when asked to reveal name, position, site of residence and critical containment information (Assistant Researcher ██████ volunteered for testing of this position on live Foundation personnel following D-Class testing) subject reported himself as "Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the North" and so forth, even when threatened with termination. Conversely, information often proved close to the truth, making discerning revealed falsehoods from reality extremely labor intensive. |
| E16 |
Subject expired immediately in all attempted instances, regardless of prior position along this axis. |
Axis moving downwards to the right from the central position.
| F1 |
Subject displayed slightly increased resistance to suggestion than average. |
| F2 |
Subject displayed increased resistance to suggestion than average. |
| F3 |
Indistinguishable from F2 in long term testing. |
| F4 |
Subject displayed well above average resistance to suggestion. Subject required light coercion to complete basic, inconsequential tasks. |
| F5 |
Subject displayed well above average resistance to suggestion on a similar level as F4 and F6 but was slightly less resistant than either. |
| F6 |
Subject displayed well above average resistance to suggestion. Subject resisted new information and concepts. |
| F7 |
Subject displayed high levels of resistance to suggestion, refusing to comply with basic tasks, even inconsequential or lightly benefical to the subject, without heavy coercion. Subject displayed only slightly increased resistance to information and concepts over personal baselines, unlike many other positions on other axes of SCP-3316. |
| F8 |
Subject displayed high levels of resistance to suggestion, both to tasks and information/belief, a combination of F7 and F10. |
| F9 |
Indistinguishable from F8 in long term testing. |
| F10 |
Subject displayed high levels of resistance to information given and concepts presented, refusing to internalise even benefical information without heavy coercion. Similar to F7, subject displayed only slightly increased resistance to tasks over personal baselines. |
| F11 |
Subject displayed extremely high resistance to suggestion, standardized testing abandoned. Subject would not carry out benefical tasks such as "Pick up this £100 note and it's yours." or "Recieve a full pardon by signing your name here." even with heavy coercion, but will react with hesitation and reluctance to tasks which involve personal bodily integrity or signficant personal gain i.e. "Sign here to avoid termination." would, with coercion and hesitation, be signed. Subject displayed only slight resistance over personal baselines to information and concepts. |
| F12 |
Subject displayed extremely high resistance to suggestion, standardized testing abandoned. Subject had features of both F11 and F13, resistant at an extremely high level to both tasks and information. |
| F13 |
Subject became comatose - indistinguishable in long term testing from F16. |
| F14 |
Subject became comatose - indistinguishable in long term testing from F16. |
| F15 |
Subject became comatose - indistinguishable in long term testing from F16. |
| F16 |
Subject became comatose but did not expire over three month period when provided life support, brain activity resembles deep sleep. Attempts to lower axis position was unsuccessful; mechanical manipulation of subject to place SCP-3316-1 did not cause SCP-3316 to enter an active state. Subject expired following removal of life support. |
The following positions have compromised containment once previously when used in conjunction with other positions.
| F13 |
Subject displayed extremely high resistance to information, concepts and beliefs presented only while under the effect of this position or other positions along this axis. Subjects who had internalised information on previous levels did not have this information wiped out, or become resistant to it. Only information presented while under the effect of position F13 was resisted. Subject displayed only slight increase increase in resistance over personal baseline to tasks, easily overcome with light coercion. Subjects under the effect of F13 showed significant resistance to cognitohazard exposure and memetic effects. |
| F14 |
Subject displayed total resistance to tasks of any kind, even when beneficial to the subject. Subject was seated at a table and avoided being struck on the hand by a hammer. When ordered to avoid being struck subject resisted this command and was struck, causing minor injury. Testing chamber was set alight and subject attempted to leave it, when ordered instead to leave it, subject remained, testing aborted to avoid injury to Foundation staff volunteer. D-Class subjects resisted commands which would have avoided their termination. Subjects displayed only slight resistance over personal baselines to information, but this was not apparent in all cases. Most subjects appeared to regard being questioned as being tasked with responding and refused to communicate in any way. |
| F15 |
Subject displayed total resistance to information and concepts or beliefs of any kind. The integration of any new information into the subjects consiousness seemed impossible; subject could recall given information but would not believe it, even when presented with physical facts supporting it i.e. if given a glass of water the subject would drink from it freely, but if given a glass of water and told as much "Here is your glass of water." the subject would refuse to percieve the presence of the glass of water. Subject displayed total immunity to the limited cognitohazards authorized for testing and complete immunity against limited memetic effects authorized for testing. |
The original iteration of secure containment procedures for SCP-3316 featured a cognitohazard-secured vault due to the then-known personality altering anomalies associated with the item, prior to the discovery of the above position effects. Following an investigation into the subsequent breach, it appears Project Lead Dr ██ had discovered this effect and then concealed it with the specific intention of using of E13, E12 and F13 to create compliant, cognitohazard resistant accomplices from security staff and agents attached to the project. Dr ██ also used combinations of E13 and E12 and C13, C14, A13 and A14 to create compliant accomplices with a variety of benefical abilities to help breach containment and resist containment teams. It is believed that Dr ██ used the "negative" effects of D13 on himself, encouraging team members and security staff to submit to modification themselves. This breach was resisted and all participants were killed by containment teams.
In order to avoid a repeat incident it was deemed safest to prevent anyone below Site Director level from being able to visually identify the board while also having knowledge of the positions which confer cognitohazard resistance. The Project Lead has knowledge of these position effects and will conduct testing under remote observation by the Site Director. Access to the board without authorization from both Site Director and Project Lead is only by O5- Council.
O5- Authorized modifiction using the F13 position of select MTF team members, agents and Foundation staff has commenced. The modification of above staff to become resistant to cognitohazardous elements is ongoing. Testing has shown that some memetic security agents in use by the Foundation, including cognitohazards, fall under the resistance conferred by position F13. Many security cognitohazards have been updated to bypass this, but numerous "wild" cognitohazards and memetic vectors are still resisted by F13-modified staff.
Modification of staff at this level is to take place soley under the authority of the Project Lead and Site Director in order to prevent repeat misuse or research team knowledge of the F13-F15 positions. Under no circumstances is the Site Director to be present in the testing chamber and must not be modified by SCP-3316 in any way.
Addendum:
Update ███/███/20██
Junior Researcher Andrews was found attempting to test boards stored in the SCP-3316 vault for wooden residue matching the testing vessel under the pretense of depositing further boards, presumably in order to determine which of the boards is SCP-3316.
Containment procedures have been updated to include several duplicate testing vessels made of different varieties of wood, and the robotic arm will spend twenty (20) minutes daily cycling random Chinese Checker Boards in and out of these containment vessels during otherwise idle periods. Following an investigation revealing no links to Groups of Interest and her repeat protestations that she was "black hat testing containment" Junior Researcher Andrews has been issued Class B Amnestics and reassigned.
Update ██/██/20██
Due to research team members' lack of confidentiality regarding the nature of SCP-3316 and general curiosity about the practice of staff members depositing Chinese Checker boards to the research team, it has become a "open secret" that SCP-3316 team members will accept deposited Chinese Checker boards. This has become a form of ritual, superstition, tradition or "initiation" for new staff members to Site ██ to various site staff.
Update ██/██/20██
A full investigation into the information breach leading to the normalization of this practice has been initiated by order of Dr Gimbaali.
Update ██/██/20██
The investigation regarding containment prodecure and information breach has concluded that no information regarding the specific functional nature of SCP-3316 or containment procedure is known by general staff, and therefore no specific security breach has taken place other than general knowledge of the practice of donating Chinese Checker boards. The number of Chinese Checker boards having been deposited is regarded to be beneficial for containment, and these practices will not actively be discouraged. Research Team members responsible for this breach were reprimanded.
Bulletin To All Site ██ Staff Dated ██/██/20██
From: Site Director Stupak
I have been made aware that the donation of Chinese Checker boards to the SCP-3316 Research Team staff has become associated with superstitious rumors. We do not discourage the practice of donation; for reasons which are not being disclosed such boards are appreciated and considered useful.
What is unappreciated is the persistent rumors surrounding this practice. These include:
- Donation of a Chinese Checker board (CCB) improves your chances of promotion.
- Donation of a CCB will earn you a "Get out of jail free card" to avoid demotion.
- Site ██ is reselling the boards for profit to offset the costs of Site ██ operation.
- Site ██ is incinerating the boards to generate electricity.
- Donating more boards than anyone else has will earn you a promotion/inclusion on the SCP-3316 research team.
- Donating CCB's to the SCP-3316 research team is in some way a "loyalty test" for Foundation personnel. You do not risk demotion, transfer or any other consequence by not donating a CCB.
- SCP-3316 is a project which transmutes CCB's into D-Class personnel.
- Site ██ is using the donated CCB's in production of canteen food. Persistance of this rumor is offensive to canteen staff and will not be tolerated.
- The SCP-3316 project is a test of the gullibility of Site ██ staff and/or social experiment.
- The Foundation has captured and contained "God" and learnt that the only way to distract this entity from destroying Site ██ in order to escape is to engage it in an ever increasing number of games of Chinese Checkers.
- The SCP-3316 Research Team has lost an anomalous CCB and are attempting to leverage this mythos to re-locate it.
These rumors are untrue, unhelpful, inconsiderate and ridiculous. Donation of a Chinese Checker board to the SCP-3316 Research team is voluntary and helpful to the Site but does not confer any benefit on donating staff nor does failure to donate incur any penalties.
As of the date of this Bulletin any attempts to submit further Chinese Checker boards with imbedded RFID tags, GPS units, radio beacons, radioactive tracking markers and/or recording/transmission devices will be treated as attempted containment breaches. All such boards have been destroyed. We understand that we enjoy the benefits that come from having some of the most intelligent and inquisitive minds available to mankind but this is not a game, test or passtime and treating it as such is unacceptable. Take up knitting or write some fiction or something.
-Site Director Stupak
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