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Item #: SCP-6XXX

Object Class: Keter | Partially Contained

Special Containment Procedures: A minimum of two modular SCPOrbiter satellites (see Table I: SCPOrbiter-6XXX nonstandard instrumentation) are to be maintained in geosynchronous orbit around celestial bodies on which instances of SCP-6XXX are determined to have occurred. These satellites are each to transmit collected monitoring and diagnostic data packets to Foundation space once every 336 hours (two weeks) in a staggered schedule with co-orbiting satellites, maintaining a maximum of one week between updates from the system as a whole.

Human, non-Foundation travel to systems containing bodies affected by SCP-6XXX is prohibited. Evidence of extraterrestrial travel to those systems is to be monitored for and reported by SCPOrbiter-6XXX satellites as part of regular operations, though to date no such travel has been observed or reported. Non-Foundation telescopic observation and other research regarding affected systems and celestial bodies is to be discouraged and suppressed by Foundation assets within astronomical societies, space agencies, and universities. In the event of independent determination of the existence of SCP-6XXX by a non-Foundation entity, corroborating data are to be seized and copied to Foundation severs, and Class-B amnestics issued.

Due to the varied evidentiary nature and undetermined scale of the SCP-6XXX phenomenon, assessing the proper scope, scale, and resource expenditure to be allocated for its containment presents an ongoing challenge. It is unknown if existing extraterrestrial civilizations are aware of SCP-6XXX or in contact with affected bodies, and insufficient resources presently exist to determine this information and to effectively incorporate it into containment procedures.

Table I: SCPOrbiter-6XXX nonstandard instrumentation
Item Notes
Solar panel array In place of standard RTG[footnote: radioisotope thermoelectric generator] power source due to sufficient energetic output of associated stars, indefinite containment mission duration, and delicate nature of indigenous planetary biospheres.
Minkowski Spacetime Monitor, Type-II (miniaturized) Calibrated for detection of wide-signature FTL travel and exotic physics within 3 AU of SCPOrbiter orbital radius.
Thaumic Communication Gateway transceiver For routine data transmission. Special Containment Procedures outline energy-saving transmission schedule.
Atmospheric Volatile Spectrometer (AVES) Based on non-Foundation designs used in governmental/international planetary orbiters [footnote: for examples search: 'Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN)' in reference database]]. Condensed version of several previously separate instruments used in said orbiters; for monitoring atmospheric composition, weather conditions, and radiation environment.
Shortwave radio

Description: SCP-6XXX is a collection of GH-Class ("Dead Greenhouse") events observed in the archaeological, geological, and/or paleontological records of multiple extrasolar planets and natural satellites, as recorded by autonomous and manned surveys of those objects.