Alan Stock - D-Class

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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is currently uncontained. Containment of SCP-XXXX is a Class A priority, as mandated by the O5 Council. Existing Foundation technology has been unsuccessful in differentiating SCP-XXXX from existing personnel. Research is ongoing into methods of screening personnel for the presence of SCP-XXXX.

Plans are being devised to lure SCP-XXXX into fake experiments featuring fictional SCPs. MTF operatives and agents will pose as D-Class personnel in order to attempt capture of SCP-XXXX, or prompt "out of character" communication from the subject. It is hoped that these experiments could also shed light on SCP-XXXX's form of mimicry.

Current Precautionary Measures (SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING COUNCIL REVIEW):
Any personnel that suspect the presence of SCP-XXXX are to notify their superiors immediately. Senior staff will advise the correct approach, appropriate to the circumstance. In the absence of senior staff, personnel should treat SCP-XXXX with extreme caution, but attempt to gain any information possible about the subject.

Staff with Level 2 Security Clearance and above are to be informed of the existence of SCP-XXXX in order to increase the chances of detecting it.

D-Class personnel are to report any unusual behaviour in other D-Class personnel, consistent with past encounters with SCP-XXXX (particularly during experiments or expeditions).

If a Research Lead or Mission Commander suspects the presence of SCP-XXXX, they are authorised to alter the parameters of the current experiment/mission at their discretion, to try and apprehend SCP-XXXX. Failing that, they should attempt to observe the subject's behaviour closely or engage in direct communication with it.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an entity which either perfectly imitates human beings, or "possesses" them through unknown means.¹ SCP-XXXX uses this ability to impersonate D-Class personnel within the Foundation. In its reported sightings, SCP-XXXX has taken on many different human guises, with varied appearances, ages, personalities and speech. Although theoretically, given its powers, it could impersonate any human - SCP-XXXX has reportedly stated that it is only interested in (quote) "being a D-Class" (corroborated by its sightings).

SCP-XXXX desires to be exposed, on a personal level, to extremely negative human experiences. These traumas include severe psychological duress, pain and torture, and most of all; death². According to the few cases where SCP-XXXX has communicated "out of character", it derives pleasure or satisfaction in inflicting these experiences upon itself³.

To date it has been confirmed that SCP-XXXX has participated in over ███ Foundation experiments, expeditions and incidents. Most of these have involved exposure in some way to other SCPs. This has occurred at different Foundation Sites and locations worldwide, with SCP-XXXX posing as D-Class personnel in each instance. The actual number of cases is estimated to be much larger, as SCP-XXXX has hinted it has been embedded within the Foundation for a long period of time.

All these cases have led to the "death" of SCP-XXXX, either from the occupational hazards of being D-Class personnel, or via self-termination. However, the term "death" with SCP-XXXX is relative. Certainly its body dies, but its consciousness appears to live on, as it will eventually reappear, inhabiting a new body, with memories intact. SCP-XXXX claims to experience the same emotions and sensations as humans when imitating them. It relishes the experience of dying, especially in -quote- "new and interesting ways". It is unknown if SCP-XXXX has any form when not manifesting as/possessing a human body, or what exactly happens to it after "death"⁴.

It is unclear whether SCP-XXXX is "role-playing" its behaviour as D-Class, or whether it is possessing real people and "piggybacking" on their mind - allowing the host to make the decisions. In reported incidents regarding SCP-XXXX it has acted in a manner consistent with any normal D-Class personnel - expressing intelligence (or lack thereof), personality, fear, obedience/disobedience, etc.

The existence of SCP-XXXX was discovered after a number of cases where it "broke character"; either by speaking to other D-Class personnel or by displaying unusual behaviour. These events also gave some insight into SCP-XXXX's motivations and history.⁵

Due to the difficulty of detecting SCP-XXXX, it is unknown for how long it has been infiltrating the Foundation. Based on communications with SCP-XXXX and its modus operandi, it is speculated that its interest in the Foundation is due to easy exposure to a large variety of hostile SCPs, and the institutional nature of the organisation.

Investigations into SCP-XXXX's previous Foundation incursions and motives are ongoing.

Note from Doctor ███: I'm concerned that SCP-XXXX's activities may reach beyond just "going along for the ride" as a D-Class. Wouldn't an entity like this have a vested interest in sabotaging or manipulating missions in order to place itself in greater danger? We don't know enough about SCP-XXXX's true motivations. What is it really up to?

Update ██/██/████: O5 Council has approved the use of a select number of other SCP's for potential detection and containment of SCP-XXXX. Such experiments will be tightly regulated, please see Document ██████ and contact the current Project Lead for details.

Annendums:
[DATA CORRUPTED - PLEASE CONTACT SYSTEM ADMINSTRATION]⁶

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A Selection of Recent Communications Extracts Regarding SCP-XXXX (Foundation-Wide)
Collated by ███████████ Refer to █████ ██████ for full names and transcripts.

"It told me it pitied me. Not that I was going to die, but that I'd only get to experience dying once." D-32181

"I think now that it could have escaped containment at any time. I think imprisonment to it was a game. Or perhaps… it was learning?" - Doctor █████████

"Can you 100% guarantee me that this thing cannot impersonate any damned one of us?! Of course you can't!" - Site Director █████

"It said something like… the Foundation is a farm. A farm for death, a farm for fear, for terror. It doesn't need to go searching any more. It said we provide." D-1772

"I'm telling you, it was bloody smiling, smiling! Whilst the rest of us were screaming - it was screaming too, sure, but I swear to God, it was enjoying it. That thing scared the shit out of me, even more than that monster we were locked in with." D-19248

"The subject appears to relish unique forms of torture, horror, pain, and death. I believe that is why its activities are so focused around the Foundation." - Researcher ███████

"Get in touch with our contacts at the Chaos Insurgency. I want to know if they've been 'visited' too." - Site Director ███████████

"I think it prefers being a D-Class. It sees them as the cattle sent to slaughter, the guinea pigs, the lab rats. They're the ones who get the worst assignments, the most dangerous, the most deadly, the most terrible. That's all it wants, to experience those emotions, that pain, that death, from that perspective. I don't think it has motivations beyond that." Doctor ███

"Why are we trying to catch SCP-XXXX? Why are we trying to stop it? As far as I can tell, it's done no real harm. In fact, it's a godsend - a resurrecting D-Class. The less we know, the better. It's saving lives, and if the rumours are true, it's the only D-Class that actually likes its job!" Researcher ████████

"I heard things have gotten real bad for D-Class sent to Site ██, poor bastards. It's like a witch hunt over there, the management's paranoid as fuck. Noone there gave a shit about the D-Class in the first place, and now it's even worse…" Agent ███████

"…. and that the subject's grasp of mimicry, and ability to feel human emotions and sensations have been confirmed, we must face a disturbing truth. Every experiment, every exploration, every incident that this Foundation has conducted since it's inception (and possibly before), may have been infiltrated or compromised by this entity, most probably as expendable personnel. This has the potential to be one of the greatest security breaches in Foundation history." O5-██

"…yeah, I've heard that rumour too. Do you really think the Council made a deal with that thing?" MTF Officer █████████████

"Doctor ███'s concerned that it may have deliberately sabotaged expeditions in the past, either to maximise its chances of meeting some fucked up death, or to cause that to others. He thinks it might feed off other people's emotions as well. Anything's possible, he says. Who knows what havok it's caused, right under our noses?" Doctor ████

"… and what if it decides the Foundation isn't meeting its needs? There's any number of GOIs it could infiltrate instead, what then? It probably knows everything - all our dirty secrets. All the shit we swept under the rug, Ethics Committee be damned. 05-██

"I want it terminated. Not contained, terminated." 05-██

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Note from 05-██ - As you can see, things are getting out of hand. I've corrupted the files that you requested.
What do you want to do next?

Footnotes

1. At the time of writing it is unclear which of these applies (potentially both).

2. see below

3. From what can be determined from the evidence available, SCP-XXXX typically remains "in character" as a normal D-Class personnel, with deviations in behaviour being a rare exception.

4. Successfully retrieved dead bodies of SCP-XXXX are physiologically identical to that of a human and degrade after death in exactly the same way. █ SCP-XXXX corpses have been preserved for further testing. Retrieving corpses in the aftermath of an SCP-XXXX sighting is often impossible thanks to the nature of the SCPs involved

5. See Annendums.

6. Corrupted files: Interview Log: D-2915, Interview Log: D-132, Interview Log: D-32102, Indicent Log, Email Log: Internal Network.