Screw this. I can’t do this anymore. I don’t even know what to believe in anymore. I’m out. Do what ya’lls want with this information.
Prior to GoI-4403 Intervention: Competent German Leadership under █████ █████████ results in the Germans securing the Middle-Eastern oil fields right after taking over Continental Europe. This allowed them to supply both themselves and their Japanese allies. Furthermore, since the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was not violated, the Germans were able to focus their efforts on the Western Front.
German Scientists in conjunction with Unit 731 of Imperial Japan devises a blight that was covertly released into the Soviet Union, causing massive starvation which destabilized the country and forces the nation to agree to export oil to Axis Forces in exchange for desperately needed grain. Axis forces do not declare war on America due to Germany greatly discouraging Japan from invading the U.S.-Held territory of the Philippines.
German Intelligence agencies covertly fund certain interest groups during the 1940 presidential election, leading to Franklin Delano Roosevelt losing against Charles Lindbergh, who ran on an Anti-War, 'America First' platform. A covert treaty is held between Nazi Germany and the U.S., guaranteeing America from not becoming an active belligerent given 1) American Overseas territories will be untouched by axis forces 2) Human rights violations will not be committed against British Civilians and POWs should Britain be defeated and 3) Axis forces will not engage in hostilities against the American Merchant Navy Crew.
Britain falls to Nazi Germany in 1952 after an intense bombing campaign carried out by warplanes utilizing newly developed jet engines, despite U.S. material aid. Joint invasion of Russia by Japanese and German forces take place during Spring of 1957. The Soviet Union falls in 7 months due to advances in vehicle technology that allows Axis forces to operate in cold temperatures and years of blight and social unrest plaguing the nation.
Imperial Japan, taking inspiration from Nazi Germany's master race theory and the Final Solution, takes part in similar policies based under the Yamato Race Theory to 'purge' Korea, Manchuria, and other Southeast Asian nations of the 'lesser races' to populate the land with Japanese Colonists. In 1955, Imperial Japan begins to ransack and massacre major cities in foreign territories with methodologies analogous to events in Nanjing Massacre (1937). Nazi Germany lays claim to most of French and British held overseas territories by 1962.
Silent Crusade Historians confirm that no statistically significant Jewish Populations remained in Continental Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa by 1970. It is estimated nearly 17 million people of Jewish descent perished during the years 1939 ~ 1970. Furthermore, estimates state that anywhere between 350 and 423 million Chinese and 4 to 7 million Koreans perished at the hands of the imperial Japanese, with more than 40 million women from conquered territories experiencing rape and/or sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese by the end of the war.
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Footnote 11 of the Document SCP-4403: Astute readers of this file may be wondering how it was possible that the Silent Crusade was responsible for the Union ultimately achieving victory over the Confederacy. After all, SCP-4403 was (supposedly) created by Harriet Tubman during our ‘standard’ time-line where the Union was victorious in the first place. Amazingly, this does not lend itself to a causality loop but rather proves what Foundation paraphysicians have suspected for a long time: the equality of spatial and temporal dimensions.
To illustrate with an example, a person inhabiting our 4-dimensional world can move freely in all three of its spatial dimensions: up, down, left, right, forwards, backwards. In the 4th dimension in which we have denoted ‘time’, however, we are more or less limited to forward movement. By extension, our whole system of causality under the classical school of thought is bound to this unidirectional nature of time. If A happens before B, A can affect B, but never the other way around.
However, this old view of causality breaks down when we apply a modern view of space and time. Albert Einstein was the first to insinuate that space and time are one and the same, even going as far as to referring to them as a singular term: spacetime. Despite his profound genius, even Einstein could not explain let alone prove why causality only ‘flowed’ in one direction. With space, you can stand to either the left or right of a person and shoot them; the bullet does not care if it travels left or right. If time should be indistinguishable to space, why is it that you can’t have a person struck dead by a bullet that left the gun a millisecond afterwards?
Well, turns out, you can: and SCP-4403 is proof of that. The fact that the Silent Crusade helped the Union win makes perfect sense if we assume causality can work against the standard flow of time.
I have dedicated my entire 41 year long career to studying this subject, 28 of which was under the Foundation, so believe me when I say this: the existence of SCP-4403 will redefine not only how we view time-based anomalies, it will elucidate a great deal about the fundamental laws of physics. I urge the Overseer Council to allow our department to push the boundaries of our knowledge regarding this subject, so that our findings may benefit the Foundation and humanity at large.
Advaitha Singh, level 4 researcher, Department Head of Foundation Paraphysics Team at Site 199
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To: ███ █. ███████, O5-9
From: RAISA Director Cade Whittaker
Subject: Approval for Further Investigation:
When you’ve been working in a profession for 30 years, I’d say that you’re allowed to act on a hunch or two from time to time. For us working in RAISA, we learn to recognize patterns and develop a gut feeling when we see something deviate from a pattern – or find a pattern where we shouldn’t.
The documents Dr. Marness recovered from GoI-4403 were… interesting to say the least, especially the parts that described the hierarchical nature of GoI-4403. I’ve read the mission reports too, watched the body cam footage from Mu-32 agents. How the Silent Crusade members reacted and organized themselves were…. uncanny.
I’ll get straight to the point. The way the Foundation’s clearance levels are organized is eerily similar to that of GoI-4403. Furthermore, the tactics they used to defend SCP-4403 are straight out of our MTF training handbooks. I know this sounds like a plot of a clichéd 80’s sci-fi film, but I think there’s a very real possibility that these GoI-4403 members may be current or future Foundation personnel.
I highly recommend bringing this up to your overseer buddies next meeting and at suggest at least allocating some resources for a basic investigation. Enough to grab some DNA samples from the Silent Crusade members we bagged during that raid and run cross-checks with our current people and maybe our future recruits.
Look, I know that I’m not asking you of the easiest favor in the world here, I know so far this is all based on a hunch, not any solid evidence. But I’m doing this just to cover the Foundation’s ass. I know the Overseers hate waste of resources but I got a feeling that we just might be on the verge of a major finding if we are allowed to go down this rabbit hole.
I usually don’t ask much of you. Just this once friend, for old time’s sake?
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To: RAISA Director Cade Whittaker
From: ███ █. ███████, O5-9
Subject: Approval for Further Investigation:
Approved. From what I’ve seen, this whole investigation should take two weeks, tops.
In the meantime, don’t be going around holding any other ‘independent investigations’ into this matter. Contacting me directly is a huge breach of protocol as it is. If the others that are not so sympathetic find out, they may be inclined to relieve you of your duties. Just looking out for you, friend.
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A Petition to the O5 Council:
As of currently, there are two major arguments on why SCP-4403 ought to be rendered inert instead of being actively utilized by The Foundation. The first is the age-old platitude that the Foundation's mission is to only interfere in the realm of the anomalous. This argument is disingenuous because it blithely assumes that the realm of the anomalous and the realm of the mundane are discrete from one another, when in reality, they share the world that we live in. It is because that these two realms overlap, normalcy comes under attack by the anomalous, and it is our duty to preserve that normalcy as members of the SCP Foundation.
But then the question inevitably arises: what is the fundamental difference between disruption to normalcy caused by, lets say, an omnicidal lizard and a genocidal regime? The answer is, there is none. Therefore, if we have a moral duty to prevent wanton loss of life and unnecessary destruction at the hands of the anomalous, then we cannot shirk at giving the same treatment to disasters caused by more worldly causes.
The other, more substantial argument is the prudent concern that meddling with the past can create unforeseen negative consequences. However, this unfair misconception is grounded in a mistaken belief that there is a fundamental difference between space and time. According to decades of research, space and time are one and the same. The Discovery of SCP-4403 has proven this to be true, as explained further by Dr. Singh in SCP-4403’s documentation. Any fears or preconceptions of irreversibly changing the future is grounded in a mistaken belief that time is somehow discrete from time. We would be better suited to leaving this belief behind in the 20th century.
Furthermore, the Foundation has extensive knowledge on causality itself, thanks to research done on several anomalies we have at hand. Using our knowledge, we can prevent some of humanity's greatest tragedies it has inflicted on itself. With the resources available to the Foundation, the possibilities are endless. Our methodology will be much more refined than the Silent Crusade - I daresay it will be akin to comparing a surgeon's scalpel to a sharpened rock club.
I implore the Overseer Council to take into consideration the latest developments and findings in this field and make a decision that isn't based on past prejudices and fears, but rather one based on rationality, recent scientific findings, and what is best for humanity.
Site 199 Director Joseph Goddard, Level 4 Clearance.
Whoever you are, I know that you might be surprised to find data that was supposedly expunged by the O5 Council stapled behind the actual containment papers. You see, the one downside of Protocol Iron Sheaf is the fact that if someone with clearance decides to make modifications to the documents, those will stay there until someone with the same clearance decides to do a parity check and decides to undo those changes in person.
But first, don't you think it's strange how despite the fact that you are one of the trusted few allowed access to this document, pieces of information are still expunged by 'The order of the O5 Council'?
Let me make this clear. Because of Protocol Iron Sheaf, No other versions of this Containment Procedure exist. As powerful as the Overseer Council may be, they are still subject to this protocol - meaning that they can't just enter some level 5 credential in a terminal somewhere and gain access to the expunged information.
So why would the Overseers go through the trouble of expunging the records, even to themselves, save for the few that they thought were absolutely essential?
As influential the Silent Crusade was in influencing historical events, the resources available to them paled in comparison to what the Foundation had to offer. After SCP-4403-1 was recovered, there was a great fracas among the upper echelon of the Foundation on what the best course of action was.
There was much talk of using SCP-4403 in conjunction with the other resources that the Foundation had at its disposal - both mundane and anomalous - to basically carry on what the Silent Crusade was doing, albeit under careful scrutiny of our organization. If a tiny organization could limit the damage done to the world in a major global conflict such as WWII by such an immense amount, imagine what the Foundation could do - or so the argument went.
Of course, the old guard, like O5-1, wanted to lock SCP-4403-1 up and forget about it just like the other hundreds of safe class objects we had.
What they didn't count on was that between the time that they had first came to power and now, how most people thought the way the Foundation ought to be run had Changed. Dramatically. You see, to a substantial number of us, working for the Foundation was more than just taking anomalies and sticking them inside boxes, oh no. As cheesy and idealistic as this may sound, for some, to work for the Foundation was to make a positive difference in this world. To these new faces, SCP-4403 presented an unprecedented opportunity. For others, SCP-4403 presented a chance to atone for horrible deeds that they had committed in the name of the greater good.
The resulting furor over the difference was nothing like the Foundation had ever seen before.
Motions suggested to the O5 Council at the meeting prior to SCP-4403-1's containment:
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Motion: Establish official contact with The Silent Crusade (GoI-4403) for sharing of data, mutual collaboration, and prevention of unnecessary bloodshed.
Motioned By: Sargent Barry Choi, Mu-32 Member, 197 others.##
Result of O5 vote: 5 Yea 8 Nay
Motions suggested to the O5 Council at the meeting after SCP-4403-1's containment:
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Motion: Utilize SCP-4403 in order to continue to prevent past humanitarian disasters in recent history.
Motioned By: RAISA Director Cade Whittaker, Research Head Dr. Advaitha Singh, 19 others.
Result of O5 vote: 4 Yea 9 Nay
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Motion: Utilize SCP-4403 in conjunction with Foundation resources and knowledge in order to completely prevent the rise of Nazi Germany and the subsequent global conflict of World War II.
Motioned By: Ethics Committee Chair David Wiesenthal, 33 others.
Result of O5 vote: 5 Yea 8 Nay
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Motion: Utilize SCP-4403 to prevent the containment breach event of SCP-████ on ██/██/1999, causing destruction to 80% of Site-177 and loss of ████ personnel. Upon further investigation, cuts to Site-117's budget had delayed construction of a tertiary failsafe for SCP-████'s containment. Investigation shows that had the failsafe been in place, the damages done on ██/██/1999 would have been greatly mitigated.
Motioned By: MTF Iota-10 Head Olga Dostov, Site 119 Director Joseph Goddard, Site 117 Director Chenyan Shang, 323 others.
Result of O5 vote: 11 Yea 2 Nay
OVERRIDDEN BY VETO FROM O5-1
"As tempting as it may be, I will not set such a dangerous precedent" -O5-1
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Motion: Acquire an answer from that 'stubborn old fart O5-1' on what they have to gain from stubbornly clinging on to nonsensical tradition that flies in the face of good sense and recent scientific findings.
Motioned By: O5-9, O5-13, MTF Iota-10 Head Olga Dostov, Ethics Committee Chair David Wiesenthal, Site 117 Director Chenyan Shang, Research Head Dr. Advaitha Singh, 391 others.
Result of O5 vote: 3 Yea 10 Nay
Result: O5-9 and O5-13 censured. MTF Iota-10 Head Olga Dostov reassigned as member of Foundation Intelligence Council. Ethics Committee Chair David Wiesenthal and Director Chenyan Shang censured and given a pay cut. Dr. Advaitha Singh demoted to Level 3 [Researcher].
'Any further discussion of what to do with SCP-4403-1 is over. The current containment procedures will remain in place'. - Official Statement from the O5 Council.
While you may have chuckled at the idea of several prominent members of the Foundation calling O5-1 a 'stubborn old fart', to the aforementioned old guard, the fact that so many under their chain of command had such incompatible views on what to do with these anomalies was a wakeup call.
Herein lies the problem. Most Foundation Personnel were recruited for being brilliant thinkers and innovators in their field. Forming a gathering of such thinkers, and then telling them to not think and obey blindly, in hindsight, was foolish.
And the funny thing is, prior to the debacle that was the last motion of the meeting, those that did voice dissent still followed protocol and followed their orders to the letter. Doling out punishments for violating orders and protocol is one thing. Actually doling out harsh punishments for daring to question authority was something that was never done before in the history of the Foundation. Ironically, O5-1 did set a dangerous precedent.
It only took one disillusioned individual and a few more that were willing to turn a blind eye for SCP-4403-1 to go missing.
That’s not all of it. A few days after the meeting, the investigation instigated by RAISA Director Whittaker came to its conclusion. We know nothing of its results because as soon as the findings were submitted to the O5 Council, it was immediately expunged from all records and all personnel that were aware of the investigation were amnesticized. I saw this coming and secured myself a vial of Class-X mnestics.
If you have two brain cells to rub together, you should know what the results of the investigation probably were.
Someone had to remember. Someone had to tell the truth. I paid the price in intracranial hemorrhaging, but now the truth is out there.
Well, it has been a pleasure serving with all of you. But I cannot, with a good conscience, fool myself into believing that I am making a real difference working for the Foundation.
What happened with SCP-4403 was a huge wake up call for these people. They now had doubts. They weren't working for an organization that sought to do the most good, but instead for an organization who cared about maintaining control. The fact that the Foundation spent millions in funding and dwindling human resources to keep up the farce of containing an anomalous item that no longer existed in their possession was the final nail in the coffin for those that knew the truth.
We were content to send others to die in the dark, and die in the dark ourselves - because the world would live on in the light because of it.
I tacked these pages onto the back of this document sheaf on 08/21/1983. On average, I wager a unique person with the clearance to view this document visits this particular location once every 50 days or so. The fact that this is still around for you to read should be proof enough of the wavering loyalty of many among our ranks to the Foundation.
But know this, while I may have betrayed the Foundation by writing this, I still serve the idea the Foundation stood for, and hopefully will stand for in the future.
So. With this knowledge, what will you do?
I’ve killed for the Foundation. I’ve seen my friends and men get ripped to shreds to defend the Foundation. All this time, I thought we were fighting for something bigger than ourselves, and that any sacrifice was necessary. I was a damn fool. I’m out. –B.C.
Will you rip these unsanctioned addenda off the back of the containment file and report a major security breach as protocol demands?
Will you decide that whoever comes after you has the right to know what happened to SCP-4403-1 and just leave this here?
Will you leave the Foundation and look for other ways to serve humanity?
I chose what I thought would be the best for the world moving forward, and I made that choice by weighing the facts and coming to my own conclusions, instead of blindly following orders from a bureaucrat who, to me, was clearly out of touch.
Many of my colleagues chose to stay, believing that as years pass and people die, there will come a time when those with their hearts in the right place will rise to positions of authority in the organization. Just as many chose to defect.
Regardless, we shall die in the darkness so that the world can live in light. The battlefields in which we fight and die may differ, but our goals remain the same.
I see one now. A dilapidated tram car, just like the one I used to ride in Mumbai with my mother before she passed away from tuberculosis. Right across the street, in the old railyard.
Funny though, I don’t remember seeing anything there in the last 3 decades I’ve worked here.
- Former Level 3 Researcher Advaitha Singh
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