SuperMalice Collab: SCP-XXXX: "Refuge From the End of the World"
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The irradiated section of SCP-XXXX is to be sealed off. Any personnel or SCP-XXXX-1 instance caught trespassing will be reprimanded. The on site Embassy is to provide housing for personnel stationed there. Bi-annually, a Foundation convoy is to go to SCP-XXXX with food, water, supplies, and a maintenance crew to repair infrastructure.
The inhabitants of SCP-XXXX, SCP-XXXX-1, are to be allowed to freely roam the town. As they prove no threat to Foundation Personnel. One Scranton Reality Anchor is to be placed in the irradiated section of SCP-XXXX to prevent any possible temporal shifts.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a desert oasis in Saudi Arabia with a population of 300 instances of SCP-XXXX-1, 18 Foundation members, and 18 ORIA members. The oasis is smaller compared to other oasis towns, consisting of 15 apartment complexes, a marketplace, Foundation Embassy XXXX, ORIA HQ-9, a general store, and a radio tower, as well as a number of underground bunkers and tunnels. It is bounded by a concrete wall, with a single mechanical entrance controlled by winch.
SCP-XXXX-1 are humans that occupy SCP-XXXX, their anomalous abilities manifest when in contact with radiation. All members of SCP-XXXX-1 are assumed to be immune to radiation sickness or poisoning. SCP-XXXX-1 were first contacted shortly after the discovery of SCP-XXXX, when a joint task force of ORIA and Foundation operatives saw its manifestation during a routine patrol.
Addendum 1: The following is a statement from the Captain of the Joint Foundation-ORIA task Force Charlene Umana.
We were a few miles out in a Humvee when it happened; we were approaching a lake when one of the guys from ORIA. Abdul, wanted a smoke break…We agreed and stopped near an Oasis, though we all thought it was a mirage at the time. I was talking with the Second in Command, uh, Freddy 'Bones' Hasslinger. Discussing logistics and sitting on the hood when there was a blinding white flash! It subsided a minute later and none of us could believe what we saw…I-Instead of an Oasis there was a town, poof! Out of nowhere. I thought I was dying of heatstroke right then and there. The whole team took a swig of water to make sure…Nothing changed of course. So we filed back into the Humvee and rode into the town. It was the weirdest thing, as if it had always been there. I mean, a long highway jutted out of the town that connected to Riyadh. The place was…unsettling at first, they all looked at us like they were expecting us to ride in there. Their clothes were old and ratty. A lot of them had some burn scars and the whole place was hot. Think I should point this out but our radiation meters were going off the charts at this one corner of the town. Our suits were adequate enough to last us hours in there. The people in the town had no radiation sickness, even after we surveyed the town for an hour. I had a word with the mayor and at sunset we left. Another ORIA guy, he goes by 'Goliath', thought it best to take a picture after departing. Just to check that we weren't crazy and still hallucinating. Oh, almost forgot, the mayor wanted you to put reality anchors down, said the place was temporally unstable.
Addendum 2:
Foreword: at 21:00 hours on 4/12/18, the oasis town was attacked by an unidentifiable cult. The joint Task Force was stationed in the town at the time along with both embassies that were established the month prior.
<00:00:00> Seven Humvees are seen approaching on the highway to the town.
<00:00:52> Personnel in the radio tower start pinging the vehicles, they receive no response.
<00:02:31> The vehicles are within one Kilometer of the town, all citizens are issued a lockdown order and a firing line is established by the road.
<00:05:00> Foundation personnel attempt to radio it for the last time, to no avail. The vehicles peel off the road, surrounding the city
<00:05:22> The entrance to the wall is sealed and foundation Artillery fixes coordinates on the vehicles.
<00:05:43> ORIA and the Foundation have received the all clear to open fire
<00:07:10> Two vehicles have been destroyed by artillery. C4 has been placed on the weakest areas of the wall.
<00:08:00> Artillery destroys a third vehicle, CCTV cameras show the C4 being ignited. The four remaining Humvees pile into the breached wall. ORIA snipers stationed on the embassy have thus far killed three cult members exiting their vehicles
<00:08:39> The joint task force is locked in a firefight with Cult members, Freddy ‘Bones’ Hasslinger is shot once. He is dragged to cover by ‘Goliath’.
<00:09:03> Cult members storm a house and drag out two elderly SCP-XXXX-1 instances. Despite heavy suppressive fire, the three remaining cult members escape with the SCP-XXXX-1. Task force members Abdul and Charlene enter a Humvee and chase the escaping cult members.
The Cult members were found three days after the raid nine miles away from SCP-XXXX. The elderly SCP-XXXX instances were found with their throats slit and hanging over a bloodletting bucket. The Cult members were found dead alongside them. Coroners were unable to determine their cause of death.
Addendum 3
Log of confiscated items
Recovered from the Humvee: Seven Blocks of C4, inscribed with a language that Foundation linguists are unable to translate, a ritualistic bloodletting bucket, a total of 300 zipties & mouth gags, and an unsent letter.
Recovered from the corpse of each cult member: An obsidian edge knife, two frag grenades, and an M416
Foreword: On 3/11/18, a citizen requested to be anonymously interviewed by Senior Archivist Jonah Magnus
Magnus: Thank you for coming in, [REDACTED].
[REDACTED]: No need to, I’d be doing a disservice if I kept myself quiet like the others…though I don’t blame them.
Magnus: Quiet about what?
[REDACTED]: The war, good against evil, are you familiar with the Ruby Emperor?
Magnus: Ruby Emperor? Do you mean the Scarlet King? In that case I know very little.
[REDACTED]: The Scarlet King the harbinger of the end, I came to you because I see what the other villagers don’t. This place…this village…with the right materials it can be used as a weapon.
Magnus: Interesting, but would you please elaborate on your time spent during the war.
[REDACTED]: Very well then, I…I lived in Riyadh in an apartment with my parents, wife, and my two year old boy Alva. The day the chains broke, our city erupted into civil war. In the streets there were Children of the Scarlet King in a firefight. They were outnumbered vastly. Sarkics…these flesh worshippers, teamed up with another Pseudo-religion, Church of the…Dismembered God? I dunno, they were obsessed with clockwork. You probably know more about them than me. They fought the good fight and won.
Magnus: Uh-huh, we're familiar with both of the churches, and they are currently staunch enemies…Continue.
[REDACTED]: Of course, a state of emergency was declared worldwide that day. Fighting in Riyadh cooled down and the clockwork religion had control of the city. Flesh guys left shortly after, heard rumors they were holed up in Siberia. A week later, a steel wall popped up around the city instantaneously. It was colossal, reaching up to the skyscrapers. They had to have UV lights installed around the wall to simulate sunlight for the most part. There were always people guarding it on the top. Then, life returned to normal for a while. We never left the city, and every few months a convoy would come to us with food and water. Sometimes with firearms and artillery. It was a few years later, my sons fifth birthday, when the war came to Riyadh. We had just finished the party, I was cleaning up and my wife was tucking Alva into bed when the artillery began. I went on the deck and heard sirens, one of the disciples was at the end of the block. Yelling directions to evacuate. My wife picked up Alva and I woke up my father. My Mother passed the year earlier so it was less of a hassle to get him to the metro. The sky was lighting up with artillery, I had a briefcase of all my necessities tucked under my arm. My dad pointed out a few bombers overhead going past the city walls while we ran. At the end of the block I asked the disciple what was happening and he shrugged his shoulders. Kid was no less then 15, a member of the city guard. We ran to the metro, ducking in while an artillery shell hit my apartment. Once we were in, there were a bunch of Foundation personnel with helmets, guess they were assisting in the evacuation.
Magnus: If you don’t mind me interrupting,
[REDACTED]: Not at all, I was a professor at the research institute and Riyadh, helped with the war effort in such. When we were in the metro, all the male adults were being stopped and checked to see if soldiers were deserting. I can only describe it as chaos, families were separated, I had to stand on my tip toes to see my way to the subway. Me and my family made it to a rail car, I was still standing up. There were others who needed it more, injured soldiers, orphans, I couldn’t bear it. After an hour, we left, it was packed to the brim. The subway rattled as while we chugged away from the tunnels. The whole train was silent for the most part, indistinct chit chat between families. When we resurfaced an hour later, Riyadh was but a speck of flame in the night. We could hear the gunfire throughout the night. When we got the announcement that we were en route to Tel Aviv, a wave of relief swept through the train. Fast forward a few hours, and we filed off the train.
Magnus: What happened after you got to Tel Aviv?
[REDACTED]: We were put in a refugee camp a few miles out, two months later we were put on another train to Turkmenistan with 300 others. We were supposedly selected for some experiment. Due to my previous experience at the institute in Riyadh. Our mission was to find a way to transport refugees to a different time. Apparently the refugee situation was more dire than what I thought. We were strict with choosing the time that we were to emerge. When we dug though ORIA’s files and found the creation of the joint task force, that was the best time to emerge.
Magnus: Thank you [REDACTED], I can’t imagine what you’ve been through, thank you for sharing your story. The Foundation will be abl-
[REDACTED]: Oh, two more thing, for the Turkmenistan experiment, we collaborated with an SCP you’ve catalogued already. I also need access to the off limits area, my work is still there.
Magnus: I’ll look into it Doctor, we will be speaking soon once we recover your notes.
Closing Statement: Following this interview, Jonah Magnus proposed fortifications to SCP-XXXX's such as a Limestone wall, an armory, and an underground bunker. [REDACTED] was permitted access to the cordoned section of SCP-XXXX. This proved useless, as [REDACTED]'s work was found destroyed and unable to be replicated.
Foreword: The level four addendum has been falsified. Dr. Basara, previously referred to as [REDACTED], managed to recovered his research and reported his findings to Archivist Magnus in the following video interview recorded on 4/20/18
Magnus: Alright, we have O5-3 on the line, let's show what we got doc.
Basara: Good morning Overseer, I've noticed that you're taking interest into the conflict I escaped from. What I have here is proposal that can assist the Foundation and the empire. This'll make the town nothing less than a mobile war machine. Instead of a Limestone wall we can replace it with your Foundation Steel, that stuff is durable. Your convoys have been stocking our bunker with enough foodstuffs to last the town fifty years on its own…if rationed carefully. The town will be built in tiers, closest to the wall will be a circle of factories. All will produce armaments rainging from firearms to tanks. The second-most tier will be artillery. The rails will be replaced by mag-lev when we get back, along with more sophisticated artillery. It can go full circle in 5 seconds, and provide range up to 50 miles in both directions.
Magnus: This is where the Foundation comes in, once we find out how to go back to the future, we can test it out. If our test works, we can essentially help in the future conflict. D-class can work in the factories, while MTF…volunteers that are sworn to O5 secrecy. Can man the armory. That is when we get into the top tier, command. Take it away Basara.
Basara: The final tier will be the highest one, a circular structure on the top will act as command, there, strategies will be drawn by our greatest minds. All the while, barracks for soldiers will be in the lower levels of the structure. This place will serve all purposes, if a front line needs reinforcements it'll be easy to provide cover all the while supplementing the soldiers. Of course it'll need to replenish in the past, it can even help shuttle refugees to the past or provide them housing and work at the outer factories. The Children of the Scarlet King are raging total war, why can't we?
O5-3: As much as I'd like to give the go ahead on this project, and end a war before it even starts. I'll need to know you aren't magical con artists squeezing Foundation funding to create a weapon to take over the world. Do you have footage of this conflict?
Magnus: Yes Overseer, its on a cassette tape.
O5-3: Send it in, my approval is pending as of now, dismissed.
[[collapsible show="ACCESSING OVERSEER FILE: Riyadh" hide="- WELCOME OVERSEER"]]
I'm adding an addendum for overseer eyes only, it explains the doctors plan to weaponize the SCP and send it to the future, this can make it thaumiel…possibly
Okay, what I'm thinking of is that this thing didn't quite work. It worked well enough, but one of the Temporal Distortion Engines or what-have-you malfunctioned and exploded. A region of the town is irradiated, and cordoned off — we can combine the info you've got in the interview log with a possible drone surveillance log: have it see human corpses (mother and child etc.) and retrieve a tape or something from a partially collapsed building; it would be titled "12/06/2803 — City centre/[cool name] project" or something, and show scenes of the battle, and the city being shunted back in time.
Also, random thought, what if we had the Foundation think the place was too temporally unstable, and begin plans to shunt it back? That'd be pretty grim, I think, and this definitely isn't a happy piece.
On the other hand, if you wanted it to have a more 'up' ending, we could have the Foundation start to arm the civilians, pile more weapons and supplies in, and then make plans to send the refugee camp back as a weapon, giving the whole thing a more noble and 'fighting against the odds'-type tone. Up to you how you want this to go, really…
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