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ARBH-Class Operations Group "Cheesecake"
Commander: SeptemberJackal does not match any existing user name
Security Head: 
Apoplexic
Lead Researcher: 
DrMorris
OPR Specialist: 
Prototype_Toaster
Designated Radio Channel: #teamcheesecake
"World turn into an insect hell? We've got the bug repellent for that."
- Researcher James Pettan
- Karl Heller │ WWS Terrestrial Team Worker
- James Petahn │ Site-136/'Boromine Branch' Head Scientist
- Daniel Daly │ 'America Ahead' Talk Show Host
- Paul Shipherd │ IC "Cheesecake" Member
- Travis Quayle│MTF δ-17 "Metarhizium" Captain
- Michael Simmons │ Site-136/'Boromine Branch' Administrator
— 'Ghenghis', SCP-3XXX, is discovered in Wasco County by Wilson's Wildlife Services.
— WWS discovers the anomalous effects of Genghis. < Critter Profile - 'Genghis'! >
— The WWS loses Genghis and several other animals in Karl Heller's transport accident off of US Route 26, at a turnpike in Maupin.
— Crop shortages in Oregon and California occur.
— Notable increase in locust swarms and crop loss occur in the Americas.
— The world suffers from crop loss due to unusual Australian Plague Locust swarms.
— Unofficial groups form 'locust posses' to get rid of locust swarms.
— Locusts start to eat all types of foliage.
— Governments across the world start to increase research to determine the cause and prevention of these locust swarms.
— The Foundation documents the anomalous locusts. < SCP-LLLL >
— Food supplies are at an all-time low across the world.
— The US Govt. passes the Ration Acts, limiting the amount of food an individual can buy and eat.
— Nearly all consumed food is prepackaged or canned. People start to build industrial greenhouses with little effect.
— France resurrects LUBILOSA.
— The US Govt. creates the Locust Active Removal and Prevention Agency (LARPA for short), with location and staff provided by the company Sotherby-Charleston & Partners.
— Talk host Daniel Daly invites popular scientist James Petahn and to his show 'America Ahead'. Pettan is embarrassed on national TV by Daly and the audience. < The Last of LARPA PT.1 >
— News of a massive testing breach at LUBILOSA HQ occurs.
— Testing at LARPA creates evolved locusts, able to eat meat, and later building materials. A containment breach is raised and LARPA is destroyed. < The Last of LARPA PT. 2 >
— With little to no natural foliage, oxygen levels in the atmosphere drop, as well as massive deaths of locusts everywhere.
— National programs to cook and eat locusts are spread. However, the human population drops sharply, with dead bodies often littering some cities streets. Society is at a near collapse.
— Locusts start to feed on dead corpses and smaller mammals.
— Swarms start to attack humans. People are advised to stay indoors at all times.
— The last O5, O5-7, starts recounting his story from the moon. < Proto's Tale >
— Locusts are publicly known to eat people. Society has collapsed, humanity at its last verges.
— Escaped LARPA test subjects mate with free-roaming locusts, creating locusts that eat nearly everything.
— Locusts are known to break into homes and eat alive any mammals inside.
— The human race, along with other mammal species, go extinct.
- Wilson's Wildlife Solutions
- LARPA (Locust Active Removal and Prevention Agency)
- LUBILOSA (Lutte Biologique contre les Locustes et les Sauteriaux)
- SeptemberJackal - "Tale", Debrief File
- SeptemberJackal-2 - Tale, PT.1
- Prototype Toaster - Tale
- DrMorris - SCP
- Apoplexic - ?
DrMorris speaking (writing?):
Ok guys here's a quick rundown of how I envision the main locust SCP going down. I'm planning to do the thing in iteration form. Here's how the four iterations would go:
- First we find locusts that eat plants and reproduce really fast. Foundation captures some for study and starts exterminating the rest. Other organizations/governments get in on this as well.
- Oh no, now they eat animals. Foundation updates their documentation and continues with extermination efforts.
- Shit, they're eating rocks and metal and stuff as well. The entire world is freaking out. Fortunately they can't eat through certain materials, notably glass(?).
- Shit, they ate through their glass containment cell. Panicking about the inevitable apocalypse. Features audio log.
To-do list:
- Make sure all the iteration links and crosslinks work when I post
- Check reasonable-ness of all the numbers (do they eat too fast/slow?)
- Make sure the different versions match where they should and are properly highlighted
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Item #: SCP-LLLL
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: One small swarm of SCP-LLLL is contained in a standard biological containment cell at Site-121. It is to be fed daily with 500kg of fresh plant matter. Excess instances (past roughly 1500) are to be terminated as necessary. Any instances that escape containment are to be terminated by conventional means, such as fire or insecticide. Any personnel wishing to conduct experiments on SCP-LLLL should contact its current head researcher.
Wild instances of SCP-LLLL should be eradicated immediately and thoroughly, unless otherwise notified. The Foundation is currently cooperating with the government of the United States of America (through the cover of LARPA, see Addendum) to capture, kill, or otherwise contain all wild SCP-LLLL instances, as they have been recognized to pose a significant threat to humanity at large. MTF δ-17 "Metarhizium" is to be notified of any outstanding reports of SCP-LLLL.
Description: SCP-LLLL is a species of insect that physically resembles Chortoicetes terminifera (Australian Plague Locust). However, SCP-LLLL has two anomalous traits of particular note.
First, SCP-LLLL eats at an alarming rate. A single instance is able to consume roughly 100g of matter per second. SCP-LLLL has only been found to eat fresh plant matter.
Second, SCP-LLLL reproduce unusually quickly, and do so asexually. An instance of SCP-LLLL will grow visually larger as it consumes more food, and after a certain size threshold, split into two instances of SCP-LLLL. Both new instances will be fully-formed adults. Each "cloning" takes a significant amount of consumption, currently estimated at 500g of food. However, due to its eating speed, SCP-LLLL swarms grow very quickly.
History: The Foundation was first made aware of the existence of SCP-LLLL when a small swarm of them escaped the captivity of GoI-466 ("Wilson's Wildlife Services") in a transportation accident in Maupin, Oregon, along US Route 26. GoI-466 contacted the Foundation for assistance in containment, and the majority of the SCP-LLLL instances were captured or eliminated. GoI-466 informed the Foundation of the nature of SCP-LLLL, and the few instances that remained uncontained were deemed to pose a significant threat. The uncontained instances of SCP-LLLL spread rapidly across Oregon and into California, prompting the United States of America's government to take action, and leading to the formation of LARPA.
Addendum - LARPA: Due to the nature of SCP-LLLL, the Foundation determined that it would be overly difficult to eliminate wild instances without alerting the general public. Thus, the Foundation contacted the USA government and negotiated the formation of LARPA (Locust Active Removal and Prevention Agency), an official government organization funded and staffed entirely by the Foundation. LARPA serves as a front through which the Foundation can openly take action against wild SCP-LLLL. Site-121, the current containment site of SCP-LLLL, has been designated as LARPA headquarters.
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Item #: SCP-LLLL
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: One small swarm of SCP-LLLL-1 is contained in a standard biological containment cell at Site-121. It is to be fed daily with 500kg of fresh plant matter. Excess instances (past roughly 1500) are to be terminated as necessary. Any instances that escape containment are to be terminated by conventional means, such as fire or insecticide. Any personnel wishing to conduct experiments on SCP-LLLL should contact its current head researcher. Personnel entering SCP-LLLL-1's containment chamber are to wear class-4A or higher protective equipment.
Wild instances of SCP-LLLL should be eradicated immediately and thoroughly, unless otherwise notified. The Foundation is currently cooperating with the government of the United States of America (through the cover of LARPA, see Addendum) to capture, kill, or otherwise contain all wild SCP-LLLL instances, as they have been recognized to pose a significant threat to humanity at large. MTF δ-17 "Metarhizium" is to be notified of any outstanding reports of SCP-LLLL.
Based on previous and projected damage, any uncontrolled population of SCP-LLLL-1 is likely to cause a Class-ARBH event. All Level 3 and higher personnel dealing with SCP-LLLL are to read the ARBH-Class Event Debriefing File.
Description: SCP-LLLL is a species of insect that physically resembles Chortoicetes terminifera (Australian Plague Locust). There are two subspecies of SCP-LLLL, designated SCP-LLLL-0 and SCP-LLLL-1. All instances of SCP-LLLL-1 are currently contained at Site-121, while all wild instances are of subspecies 0. SCP-LLLL has two anomalous traits of particular note.
First, SCP-LLLL eats at an alarming rate. A single instance is able to consume roughly 100g of matter per second. SCP-LLLL-0 has only been found to eat fresh plant matter, while SCP-LLLL-1 can eat fresh plant and animal matter.
Second, SCP-LLLL reproduce unusually quickly, and do so asexually. An instance of SCP-LLLL will grow visually larger as it consumes more food, and after a certain size threshold, split into two instances of SCP-LLLL. Both new instances will be fully-formed adults. Each "cloning" takes a significant amount of consumption, currently estimated at 500g of food. However, due to its eating speed, SCP-LLLL swarms grow very quickly.
History: The Foundation was first made aware of the existence of SCP-LLLL when a small swarm of them escaped the captivity of GoI-466 ("Wilson's Wildlife Services") in a transportation accident in in Maupin, Oregon, along US Route 26. GoI-466 contacted the Foundation for assistance in containment, and the majority of the SCP-LLLL instances were captured or eliminated. GoI-466 informed the Foundation of the nature of SCP-LLLL, and the few instances that remained uncontained were deemed to pose a significant threat. The uncontained instances of SCP-LLLL spread rapidly across Oregon and into California, prompting the United States of America's government to take action, and leading to the formation of LARPA.
SCP-LLLL-1's ability to consume animal matter is currently presumed to be a mutation accidentally induced during experimentation. This development was observed during Incident LLLL-A, during which a researcher entered SCP-LLLL's containment chamber, and was attacked and eaten. No such mutations have been seen in the wild SCP-LLLL, and as such the instances contained at Site-121 and the wild instances are currently considered separate subspecies.
Addendum - LARPA: Due to the nature of SCP-LLLL, the Foundation determined that it would be overly difficult to eliminate wild instances without alerting the general public. Thus, the Foundation contacted the USA government and negotiated the formation of LARPA (Locust Active Removal and Prevention Agency), an official government organization funded and staffed entirely by the Foundation. LARPA serves as a front through which the Foundation can openly take action against wild SCP-LLLL. Site-121, the current containment site of SCP-LLLL-1, has been designated as LARPA headquarters.
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Item #: SCP-LLLL
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: One small swarm of SCP-LLLL-1 is contained in a modified biological containment cell at Provisional Site-136. All exposed surfaces in the containment cell are to be covered in at least 1cm of solid hardened glass. The cell is to be inspected daily, and any damage repaired immediately. At minimum of two identical backup containment cells are to be maintained for use during repairs.
The swarm is to be fed daily with 500kg of fresh plant matter. Excess instances (past roughly 1500) are to be terminated as necessary. Any instances that escape containment are to be terminated by fire. In the case of a partial containment breach at Provisional Site-136, MTF δ-17 is to help re-contain or terminate the escaped instances while the site is being evacuated; if a full containment breach occurs, Provisional Site-136 is to be destroyed via its built-in nuclear warhead. Any personnel wishing to conduct experiments on SCP-LLLL should contact its current head researcher. Personnel entering SCP-LLLL-1's containment chamber are to wear class-12G protective equipment.
Wild instances of SCP-LLLL should be eradicated immediately and thoroughly, unless otherwise notified. The Foundation is currently cooperating with the government of the United States of America (through the cover of LARPA, see Addendum) to capture, kill, or otherwise contain all wild SCP-LLLL instances, as they have been recognized to pose a significant threat to humanity at large. MTF δ-17 "Metarhizium" is to be notified of any outstanding reports of SCP-LLLL.
Based on previous and projected damage, any uncontrolled population of SCP-LLLL-1 is likely to cause a Class-ARBH event. All Level 3 and higher personnel dealing with SCP-LLLL are to read the ARBH-Class Event Debriefing File.
Description: SCP-LLLL is a species of insect that physically resembles Chortoicetes terminifera (Australian Plague Locust). There are two subspecies of SCP-LLLL, designated SCP-LLLL-0 and SCP-LLLL-1. All instances of SCP-LLLL-1 are currently contained at Site-121, while all wild instances are SCP-LLLL-0. SCP-LLLL has two anomalous behavioural traits of particular note.
First, SCP-LLLL eats at an alarming rate. A single instance is able to consume roughly 100g of matter per second. SCP-LLLL-0 has only been found to eat fresh plant matter, while SCP-LLLL-1 can eat almost any matter, with the only known exception being silicon-based glass. SCP-LLLL-1 seems to prefer fresh organic matter over other matter.
Second, SCP-LLLL reproduce unusually quickly, and do so asexually. An instance of SCP-LLLL will grow visually larger as it consumes more food, and after a certain size threshold, split into two instances of SCP-LLLL. Both new instances will be fully-formed adults. Each "cloning" takes a significant amount of consumption, currently estimated at 500g of food (SCP-LLLL-1 can consume non-organic matter but must consume organic matter to reproduce). However, due to its eating speed, SCP-LLLL swarms grow very quickly.
SCP-LLLL-1 has developed a remarkable resistance to chemical-based attacks such as poisons or corrosive substances, likely as a side effect of its ability to consume them. It is completely immune to all conventional chemical attacks, and highly resistant against Foundation-engineered and anomalous substances. Physical force is also unreliable as SCP-LLLL-1 can eat through any weapons used against them (glass-based weapons have not been found to be practical). The most reliable ways to eliminate SCP-LLLL-1 are currently intense heat and radiation.
History: The Foundation was first made aware of the existence of SCP-LLLL when a small swarm of them escaped the captivity of GoI-466 ("Wilson's Wildlife Services") in a transportation accident in in Maupin, Oregon, along US Route 26. GoI-466 contacted the Foundation for assistance in containment, and the majority of the SCP-LLLL instances were captured or eliminated. GoI-466 informed the Foundation of the nature of SCP-LLLL, and the few instances that remained uncontained were deemed to pose a significant threat. The uncontained instances of SCP-LLLL spread rapidly across Oregon and into California, prompting the United States of America's government to take action, and leading to the formation of LARPA.
SCP-LLLL-1's ability to consume animal matter is currently presumed to be a mutation accidentally induced during experimentation. This development was observed during Incident LLLL-A, during which a researcher entered SCP-LLLL's containment chamber, and was attacked and eaten. No such mutations have been seen in the wild SCP-LLLL, and as such the instances contained at Site-121 and the wild instances are currently considered separate subspecies.
SCP-LLLL-1's ability to consume non-organic substances is believed to be a spontaneous mutation. This development was first noticed when the inside of SCP-LLLL-1's containment chamber suffered repeated damage, prompting review of surveillance footage. Videos showed SCP-LLLL-1 seemingly eating at the chamber's walls. This ability, and the inability of SCP-LLLL-1 to consume glass, were confirmed during further testing
Addendum - LARPA: Due to the nature of SCP-LLLL, the Foundation determined that it would be overly difficult to eliminate wild instances without alerting the general public. Thus, the Foundation contacted the USA government and negotiated the formation of LARPA (Locust Active Removal and Prevention Agency), an official government organization funded and staffed entirely by the Foundation. LARPA serves as a front through which the Foundation can openly take action against wild SCP-LLLL. Site-121, the former containment site of SCP-LLLL-1, has been designated as LARPA headquarters. Provisional Site-136, the current containment site of SCP-LLLL-1, is designated "Boromine Branch", and is an official LARPA site.
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Item #: SCP-LLLL
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Currently none. All SCP-LLLL instances in the Foundation's possession have breached containment.
All instances of SCP-LLLL are to be exterminated immediately and thoroughly. Extermination efforts are to focus on SCP-LLLL-1 instances in particular. Personnel attempting to engage with SCP-LLLL-1 are to observe the guidelines listed in Document LLLL-K. The Foundation is currently cooperating with various government agencies and GoIs to ensure the complete destruction of SCP-LLLL.
At the time of writing, SCP-LLLL-1 is the cause of an active ARBH-Class event. See the History section below for further details. All Foundation personnel are to read the ARBH-Class Event Debriefing File.
Description: SCP-LLLL is a species of insect that physically resembles Chortoicetes terminifera (Australian Plague Locust). There are two subspecies of SCP-LLLL, designated SCP-LLLL-0 and SCP-LLLL-1. Both subspecies currently exist outside of Foundation captivity. SCP-LLLL has two anomalous behavioural traits of particular note.
First, SCP-LLLL eats at an alarming rate. A single instance is able to consume roughly 100g of matter per second. SCP-LLLL-0 has only been found to eat fresh plant matter, while SCP-LLLL-1 can eat any form of matter. SCP-LLLL-1 seems to prefer fresh organic matter over other matter.
Second, SCP-LLLL reproduce unusually quickly, and do so asexually. An instance of SCP-LLLL will grow visually larger as it consumes more food, and after a certain size threshold, split into two instances of SCP-LLLL. Both new instances will be fully-formed adults. Each "cloning" takes a significant amount of consumption, currently estimated at 500g of food (SCP-LLLL-1 can consume non-organic matter but must consume organic matter to reproduce). However, due to its eating speed, SCP-LLLL swarms grow very quickly.
SCP-LLLL-1 has developed a remarkable resistance to chemical-based attacks such as poisons or corrosive substances, likely as a side effect of its ability to consume them. It is completely immune to all conventional chemical attacks, and highly resistant against Foundation-engineered and anomalous substances. Physical force is also unreliable as SCP-LLLL-1 can eat through any weapons used against them. The most reliable ways to eliminate SCP-LLLL-1 are currently intense heat and radiation.
History: The Foundation was first made aware of the existence of SCP-LLLL when a small swarm of them escaped the captivity of GoI-466 ("Wilson's Wildlife Services") in a transportation accident in in Maupin, Oregon, along US Route 26. GoI-466 contacted the Foundation for assistance in containment, and the majority of the SCP-LLLL instances were captured or eliminated. GoI-466 informed the Foundation of the nature of SCP-LLLL, and the few instances that remained uncontained were deemed to pose a significant threat. The uncontained instances of SCP-LLLL spread rapidly across Oregon and into California, prompting the United States of America's government to take action, and leading to the formation of LARPA.
SCP-LLLL-1's ability to consume animal matter is currently presumed to be a mutation accidentally induced during experimentation. This development was observed during Incident LLLL-A, during which a researcher entered SCP-LLLL's containment chamber, and was attacked and eaten. No such mutations have been seen in the wild SCP-LLLL, and as such the instances contained at Site-121 and the wild instances are currently considered separate subspecies.
SCP-LLLL-1's ability to consume non-organic substances is believed to be a spontaneous mutation. This development was first noticed when the inside of SCP-LLLL-1's containment chamber suffered repeated damage, prompting review of surveillance footage. Videos showed SCP-LLLL-1 seemingly eating at the chamber's walls. This ability, and the inability of SCP-LLLL-1 to consume glass, were confirmed during further testing.
SCP-LLLL-1's ability to consume glass was discovered on July 25, 2022. This ability is believed to be another spontaneous mutation, similar to its previous one that allowed it to consume non-organic substances. This development was noticed when the SCP-LLLL-1 instances contained at Provisional Site-136 ate through their containment chamber's wall, breaching containment. MTF δ-17 was mobilized, and though the events that follow are currently unclear, they evidently failed to exterminate or recapture the escaped instances. Provisional Site-136's on-site nuclear warhead was manually detonated at 11:33 AM, and successfully destroyed the site.
At 12:15 PM, LARPA received a distress call from Etna, California. The caller claimed that their town was under assault from an unusually aggressive group of locusts, and that several people had been eaten. Foundation agents were deployed immediately. Upon arrival, agents found that all people in the town had already been consumed, and the SCP-LLLL-1 instances had left the area.
At 1:55 PM, the O5 council unanimously voted to declare an active ARBH-class scenario, and initiated emergency protocols.
The current time of writing is 5:43 PM. The Foundation has received reports of SCP-LLLL-1 ranging from Oregon to Colorado. Projections suggest that at their current rate of growth, SCP-LLLL-1 will spread across the entirety of the United States within eighteen hours, and across the entire world within forty-eight hours.
Addendum - LARPA: Due to the nature of SCP-LLLL, the Foundation determined that it would be overly difficult to eliminate wild instances without alerting the general public. Thus, the Foundation contacted the USA government and negotiated the formation of LARPA (Locust Active Removal and Prevention Agency), an official government organization funded and staffed entirely by the Foundation. LARPA serves as a front through which the Foundation can openly take action against wild SCP-LLLL. Site-121, the former containment site of SCP-LLLL-1, has been designated as LARPA headquarters. Provisional Site-136, the former containment site of SCP-LLLL-1, is designated "Boromine Branch", and is an official LARPA site.
Addendum - Audio log:
< BEGIN LOG >
Stephen Chang: John, we need to get to somewhere safer. The locusts are coming. We have an hour left at best.
Johnathan Morris: Not yet. I have to finish updating the article.
Chang: Who are you even writing this for? You've seen what those things can do, John. There won't be anyone left to read this.
Morris: There will be somebody left. There always has been, and there always will be.
Chang: Please, John. Listen to me. Those things eat anything and they're not going to stop until they've eaten everything. There's no way we can fight them. All we can do is run and hide and pray that whatever god watches over our mess of a world has mercy upon us just this once.
Morris: Bullshit. We are the Foundation, humanity's first and final line of defense against what should not exist. I've been doing my job for twenty-seven goddamn years and I've had with alien gods and immortal reptiles and sentient ideas try to kill me, and I'm still standing here today. The Foundation has conquered all that and more. I refuse to believe that we are going to get done in by a bunch of insects. So shut up and watch the cameras. I have work to do.
Chang: (sighs) Okay. Just hurry up.
Morris: Thank you.
(typing)
Morris: Alright. That should do it.
Chang: You're done?
Morris: (exhales) Yeah. Let's pack up and get out of here.
(silence)
Chang: Hey, you know all that stuff you said earlier? About how we're going to come out on top of all of this? Do you really believe that?
Morris: I do.
Chang: How? How can you look at these locusts and say we're going to be fine? Remember incident LLLL-A? Those things can eat an entire person, skin and flesh and bone, in seconds. And now they eat through everything else, John. Everything. How can you possibly believe we're going to win?
Morris: Because I have no other choice. If I stop believing in the Foundation, if I stop believing in humanity, all that I have left is fear. And I refuse to be afraid. Even if the world around me is falling apart, even if I stand at death's door, I will not be afraid. I believe, Stephen, not because I choose to, but because I have to.
Chang: Heh. That's one heck of a reason, isn't it. Well, I think that's everything. Let's get go… Oh no. No no no, this can't be happening.
Morris: Stephen? What's wrong?
Chang: The… the locusts. Oh god, the locusts. They're here.
Morris: You said we had an hour!
Chang: An hour at best. But even then… They shouldn't be this fast. Why are they so fast?
Morris: Okay. Okay, let's calm down and think. Where are the locusts right now? Can we still get to the car?
Chang: No. No, they've already gotten to it. That was our only way out. We're going to die, aren't we? I don't want to die, John. Oh god, I don't want to die like this.
Morris: Shit. Shit, goddammit. Of all the times Lady Luck could have chosen to take a steaming dump on my life… (sighs)
Okay, look at me, Stephen. Remember everything I just told you about not being afraid. If we die here today, I want you to promise me that you will die believing that we will win. Because we will. Even if these locusts eat every last leaf on this godforsaken hellhole of a planet, even if there's nothing left but dirt and rocks, we will win. Promise me that you believe.
Chang: I… I don't know, John. I'm scared. It wasn't supposed to end like this. I don't want it to end like this…
Morris: But here we are. What you want doesn't matter anymore, Stephen. All that matters is what you do.
Chang: But what can we do?
Morris: We still have our weapons. I figure the two of us together are worth 300, maybe 350 of those locusts. If we kill any more than that, it's our victory. Even they murder us and feast on our corpses, we'll have won this battle. Do you think you can do this, Stephen?
Chang: (silence) Yeah. I believe I can.
Morris: That's the spirit. Now come on, those tiny bastards aren't going to torch themselves.
< END LOG >
Heyo! This is what I've got so far for my GOI and tale. If there's anything glaring you can fix it, but just tell me before you rewrite all of my stuff. Good luck team! I'm using the timeline up above, but DrMorris made a very nicely condensed one in his skip overview.
GOI: Wilson's Wildlife Services - initial discovery and containment of SCP-LLLL
TALE: The Last of LARPA; or, the Morality of Insects - things go wrong at Provisional Site-## and the scientists wonder whether they should or shouldn't nuke the site.
ADD: "ARBH-CLASS TRAINING FILE", basically a file made to explain to new Foundation members what in the (insect) hell is an "ARBH-Class" event. (can be found on my doomsday sandbox so I can get the formatting right)
Stuff to do:
- Finish the GOI format
- Make sure GOI data correlates with DrMorris's skip
- Work on the tale
Overview!
Name: Genghis
Species: Chortoicetes terminifera (Australian Plague Locust)
Primary Caretaker: Terrestrial Team, Karl Heller
Diet: Maize, rice, other crops; Genghis appears to prefer corn
Housed: Greenhouse 4 and 5
Creature Features!
'Genghis' is our name for an Australian Locust who's settled down 'ere in good ol' Oregon. Assumedly after Australia, he lived in neighboring Wasco County, where his swarm caused a crop shortage. He was found when our experts determined that Genghis's swarm was growing at an unusually fast rate.
Now, another thing that caught our attention was that Genghis was an Australian Locust! These locusts are only found in Australia and New Zealand and for good reason. Genghis is more adapted to the climates and conditions found down under. We were surprised that he survived, let alone thrived here! Our experts (yes, we've got some) wanted to run some tests, and that's where Genghis's specialities were discovered!
Genghis is able to "replicate" into two locusts! Once Genghis eats enough food, he splits right in two. Genghis and the new locust appear to be visually identical. To tell them apart, we gave Genghis a lil' splotch of tagging paint on his underside which doesn't seem to carry over. You might think Genghis doesn't split that often, but boy does he eat a whole bunch! He especially loves it when Karl brings corn - that's Genghis's favorite, if I didn't tell you already. Genghis doesn't do much besides that, but there are certainly many things that can be done with it.
History!
A locust swarm identified as 'chortoicetes terminifera americanum', circa 2015.
As mentioned earlier, we discovered Genghis and gang in neighboring Wasco County. If you dig a bit deeper, however, you'll find records of the rare 'chortoicetes terminifera americanum': roughly "American Australian Plague Locust", for you non-sciency folk. These records go back several years; the earliest being about 13 years ago - around 2008. Of course back then Genghis wasn't really active, but sightings around the lower west coast seem to collaborate with our predicted movements of Genghis's swarm.
We actually started tracking the new "species" in January 2021, but it wasn't until March that we actually got a chance to see Genghis's swarm in person. No sooner than our contact in Wasco let us know about the swarm, the Terrestrial Team was already driving out that way. When we got there though, his swarm had been sprayed with pesticides; we corralled up a couple of the still-kicking locusts. The transport back was rushed, as we were trying to get as many alive locusts as we could - it would be a real shame if they all died. When we got back to Boring, there was only one alive locust left. Karl Heller was assigned to make sure the locust would be alright, and as you can tell he's doing great!
After we got the little fellow back, Karl asked me if he could name him after his favorite band, which I, Tim Wilson, had no objections to (I do the same myself sometimes). When he started calling the cute guy "Dschinghis Khan", however, I asked if he could shorten it to "Genghis". And that's how Genghis got his name!
Special Needs and Accommodations!
Genghis spends his days in Greenhouse 4 along with a couple of of his fellow locusts, while the rest of his swarm is located in Greenhouse 5. We keep them in good order with plenty to eat: we receive shipments from Dant, full of crops. Karl brings in batches of corn every now and then as well, and by golly - they don't last more than a day!
Now, we don't like messing with an animal's natural habitat. So, we decided that every now and then we'd drive them to a special field in Wasco, where they can roam around as well as still be contained! There's a special mesh fencing around the place, so it's like a large greenhouse! That being said, although, we just don't want Genghis and his swarm getting hurt; we don't want them to destroy our fellow neighbor's crops in Boring, either. So we see our current greenhouse plan as a win-win until we can find a safe habitat for Genghis and crew.
Unfortunately, Genghis's swarm gets a tad bit too big sometimes, so we have to sell them off to scientific corporations for testing. It ain't in our hearts to sell Genghis's buds out like this, but it's what we got to do.
Notes about Ghenghis!
Karl Heller, Genghis's caretaker, is suggesting Greenhouse 6 is given to Genghis's swarm for habitation purposes so we can allow more locusts. The suggestion is pending review.
INCIDENT: On 3/06/2021, Genghis and his swarm escaped containment after Karl Heller's transport van was caught in a multiple car crash on a turnpike in Maupin. Karl was headed to our free-roam containment area in Sarbrick and was carrying Genghis and swarm in a special containment van; the van sustained heavy damage and released their occupants. We have contacted our Supervisors to help re-contain Genghis and swarm. This has been a difficult loss for the terrestrial department, and especially for Karl.
Provisional Site-136/LARPA "Boromine Branch"
Boromine, Nevada - In the Mojave Desert
09/19/2022
"Containment breach in Section 12. All personnel evacuate the West sector. I repeat, containment breach in Section 12. All personnel evacuate the West sector. Over." crackled the intercom.
Researcher Petahn overrode the G4 fire door leading back into Section 12. On the other side stood the captain of the MTF team δ-17, waiting for the researcher. Section 12 could only be described as a hellish inferno; the fires licked and toyed with the walls, drawing dancing shadows like a fiery kaleidoscope.
"What's the status, Captain Quayle?" Petahn asked as he approached the suit-clad MTF member.
"There's fire everywhere. It's helping to contain the instances, but that also means our team can't contain them ourselves." replied Quayle.
"What about the safety team?"
"We've got some of them helping, but most of them are dedicated to the evacuations."
Petahn stopped and turned toward Quayle.
"Look, Quayle. This could possibly exacerbate the status to an ARBH-Class Event. Can we re-contain the instances?"
"At this rate we can indeed, Petahn."
"Thank god. I'm manually aborting PLAN-X."
"I'll keep you updated on the situation. Here. Take these." Quayle took a beat before he unclipped a shortwave radio from his belt, then kneeled down and pulled out a S&W Model 36 from his ankle holster. Pettan received the amenities and tucked them in his belt.
"Thank you. Good luck and godspeed." Quayle disappeared in the rushing glow as Petahn made his way to Section 12's local control room. When he arrived, it was deserted. Filing cabinets were left in a disheveled mess. Obviously whoever had been in there was in a rush to leave. He didn't blame them - meat-eating locusts were no joke. Petahn made his way to small panel with a lever and a keypad; he punched in a number and turned the lever.
"West PLAN-X Outer Door overridden." a distorted voice announced. Petahn was uneasy about the whole situation. PLAN-X was the Boromine Branch's fail-safe device: once a certain amount of instances escaped containment, or if it was manually activated by a senior Site personnel, Boromine would be reduced to a pile of smoldering, radioactive ash. Because it was a fail-safe, the amount of instances that triggered PLAN-X hadn't been disclosed to anyone - save for the O5s, but Petahn highly doubted they would disclose that amount to him. He quickly made his way into the heart of the West Sector to the closer PLAN-X control room.
"May whatever god there is help us all." muttered Petahn.
When Pettan arrived at the control room's antechamber, he found the door open as he had expected. What he had not expected, however, was the dead body on the antechamber floor. It was awkwardly slumped in the corner, the corpse's hand still on an identification card. Petahn cautiously turned over the corpse. What greeted him was the sight of half a face blown off.
"Oh, fucking Chri-", said Petahn, gagging. "Bloody hell. Ugh." The best course of action, Petahn thought, would be to check whose face had gotten so distorted.
"Ph… uhh.. Phi… something?" Petahn asked himself. He tried to wipe the blood off of the card with his soot-stained lab coat. He managed to wipe off enough to reveal the name.
"Phillip Nelson? Vice Administrator Nelson?" he asked himself yet again. The mangled corpse looked nothing like the decently-looking man that was - or had been - Vice Administrator Nelson.
