Containment Class:
esoteric
Secondary Class:
Apollyon
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-6000 is currently uncontained and the measures of containment are not yet available. Containment possibilities preventing the spread of the area affected by and contaminated by SCP-6000-1 and SCP-6000-2 are currently being researched at Provisional Site 6000. Research is currently focused on using non-permeable materials to create a possible separation between soil in SCP-6000 and everything outside of it.
Description: SCP-6000 is currently an area approximately 2km in diameter inside Salonga national park in the Democratic republic of congo, Africa. Within this area nature has seemingly taken back the land completely. Areas inside of SCP-6000 experience accelerated plant growth of the local Flora and more fruitful environments for local fauna. Areas only experiencing this accelerated plant growth and the thriving fauna are designated SCP-6000-1.
After an as of yet unknown amount of time SCP-6000-1 transforms over into SCP-6000-2. This designates an area with accelerated plant growth and extranormally thriving fauna like SCP-6000-1 in which technology does not seem to function. Technology being designated electrical appliances whether they are directly powered or indirectly powered. Directly powered meaning a closed circuit as in with the use of batteries or generators and indirectly powered meaning anything plugged into the electrical grid of a city.
Discovery: SCP-6000 was discovered after multiple reports of people getting stuck around the same spot within the Salonga national park. After 5 breakdowns of cars carrying tourists in roughly the same spot a foundation field agent, Elisabeth Mwange, working within the national park made a report to the foundation of a possible anomaly within the area.
After the accounts from field agent Mwange were taken up to be investigated, Research task force RTF-Zeta-6 “Safari” was deployed to the area.
The following is transcribed from a physical report written by Researcher Safi while in the anomalous zone now designated SCP-6000-1 and SCP-6000-2. In the report it was still referred to as Salonga-α-1 and Salonga-α-2. This naming convention was specifically kept for the transcription of the manually written report. Further in this document Salonga-α-1 and Salonga-α-2 will be referred to as SCP-6000-1 and SCP-6000-2 respectively.
Report of mission Salonga-α:
Salonga-α-1:
This is a report written manually by lead researcher Safi with RTF-Zeta-6 “Safari”.
Exact times can not be provided due to multiple simultaneous equipment failures within the anomalous zone of Salong-α-1. All times in the following document are approximations.
After entering the anomalous zone Salonga-α-2 at 8:27 (this is the only exact time we have, as all crew members with analog watches had them stop at the exact same time.) multiple simultaneous equipment failures happened within the team.
These equipment failures went unnoticed for 30 minutes. This happened as none of the equipment that would normally alert on a transmission failure alerted on said transmission failures.
This happened for the following list of equipment:
- Audio transmission and communication equipment
- Video transmission and communication equipment
- Watches
- PDAs and Phones
- Emergency alert systems
The team, after discovering the equipment failure, voted on the issue of whether we needed to keep going or turn back and immediately send out an emergency broadcast to command. The team decided against turning back, coming to the conclusion that if connection has truly been lost, the foundation will send a team out to meet us and that now we’re here we may as well write some of the things we find down. (At least we took pens, pencils and paper.)
Upon entering the anomalous zone Salonga-α-1, the area looked overgrown, more than it should logically be even if completely left alone. This area started approximately 800m before the area designated as Salonga-α-2 (the area where the tourist car breakdowns seemed to happen.) which meant the area encompassed slightly more space than initially stated at the mission, which could easily be a general discrepancy
The location the breakdowns supposedly happened in was at the epicenter of the first 800m radius of accelerated plant growth, pertaining to an area with a radius of 100m. The equipment failures for our team happened at a radius of 300m from the epicenter of the area.
The big change compared to the report leads me to believe there is a possibility the area may be expanding. At this point in time we hope this is not the case and there was an error in the reported area the anomalous zone Salonga-α-2 encompasses at this time. Samples of the plant life have been taken in the areas of Salonga-α-1 and Salonga-α-2.
At noon the research team finished gathering their many samples of the plant life. As the research team organized the samples they had gathered, a small group of Sitatunga antelope came into view. The odd thing, as noted by the RTF-Zeta-6 resident Biologist Dr. E.F. Lachapelle, the antelope did not seem frightened of our presence. They were not turned away by us being in the area and even came up to us. We took this as a sign that if we were to find an animal more dangerous in this area we would be in grave danger and decided this would be the right moment to trek back to our entrance into the anomalous zone.
If this is indeed spreading, if this area is indeed growing, we can only pray it does not reach anything more essential to the survival of our species than somewhere in the middle of a national park.
Expedition results 27/01/2020
The second expedition of Zeta-6 into the anomalous zone of SCP-6000-1 and SCP-6000-2 ended up showing the same results as the first expedition into the anomalous zone.
The official logs of this expedition have led to the determination of the definitive borders of the anomalous zones within SCP-6000.
As of 27/01/2020 the anomalous zone SCP-6000-1 pertains to a roughly circular area with a diameter of about 2km.
As of 27/01/2020 the anomalous zone SCP-6000-2 pertains to a roughly circular area with a diameter of about 600m.
As of 27/01/2020 SCP-6000 covers a total area of approximately 3.14 km2
Addendum 05/06/2020:
Tests on the plant matter collected from both SCP-6000-1 and SCP-6000-2 have been conducted. The results have been added to the SCP-6000 file. Tests have also been done on some tissue samples of the members of Zeta-6 and lead researcher Safi. The results show that the plant growth can transfer through plants planted in the same soil. Concluding that it’s not the plants themselves causing this anomalous effect. On the recommendation of Dr.Dubois, employees within Provisional Site 6000 will be switched out every 2-3 months (depending on the circumstances) to prevent adverse effects from being within the SCP-6000-1 anomalous zone. Three shifts of people will be planned.
Addendum 26/01/2021:
The threat of this anomaly and it’s seeming expansion over the year since it’s discovery has prompted it’s containment research and the prevention of it’s spread has been given the highest priority.
As of 26/01/2021 the anomalous zone SCP-6000-1 pertains to a roughly circular area with a diameter of about 3km.
As of 26/01/2021 the anomalous zone SCP-6000-2 pertains to a roughly circular area with a diameter of about 1km.
As of 26/01/2021 SCP-6000 covers a total area of approximately 7.07 km2
To: C. Nsenga
From: 05-██
CC: 05-council [group]
Subject: salong-α (SCP-6000)
Dear Dr. Nsenga,
I would like to inform you that besides the official classification of Salonga-α as SCP-6000 (subclassifications SCP-6000-1 and SCP-6000-2), all permissions have been worked out and approved for the construction of Provisional Site 6000.
Because of the anomalous nature of this particular SCP there will be more manpower allocated to build a structurally safe Site within the SCP-6000-1 zone.
It is true that if this gets out of just a national park and gets more in the way of society it will at the very least cause a major disruption of life as we know it.
We are glad you brought this issue to our attention.
Further correspondence about necessities to contain SCP-6000 may be sent to the group I have cc’d in this e-mail. Please note that frivolous use of this group e-mail will be reason enough for you being moved off of this assignment. Responses will come from whichever of us has the time at the moment to answer.
- 05-██
To: 05-council [group]
From: C. Nsenga
Subject: SCP-6000
Dear Sir/Madam,
I first want to thank you for the trust instilled in me, at this time. I have received the permissions for the construction of Provisional-Site-6000 and construction is set to start at the beginning of next month. (01/05/2020)
I also request the relocation of Site-74, at least 400km away from the epicenter of SCP-6000. This to make sure there won’t be an incident in the near future of SCP-6000 taking out a Site.
The members of RTF-Zeta-6 have undergone Amnestic treatment not long after their first mission into SCP-6000, this to prevent the dissemination of information to those under equipped to work on this project.
Regards,
Dr. C. Nsenga (Site-Director Site-74)
To: C. Nsenga
From: 05-██
Subject: Re: SCP-6000
Why would Zeta-6 not be changed to a SRTF? (I know they officially don’t exist yet, but give them some archery training and there you go. Stationary Research Task Force.)
They already know what is going on there, they have encountered it. Why would you want to get them off of this issue?
That makes very little sense to me, but as it’s already been done I hope you sent them on a well-deserved vacation.
From all the logs Researcher Safi seems to be the one who very quickly figured things out. If this is some kind of power move it’s not very amusing.
Anyways, the relocation of Site-74 seems reasonable enough and we’ve granted you that one as well.
-05-██
To: 05-council [group]
From: C. Nsenga
Subject: Re: Re: SCP-6000
Dear Sir/Madam,
I assure you it was not any kind of move to grab power. Zeta-6 has been dismissed for a month and then is set to return, as scheduled, to Site-87. Researcher Safi has been promoted within Site-74. The amestic treatment was due to the level of clearance that would be needed to know about SCP-6000.
The Established cover story is that a hostile anti-memetic entity attacked them in the Salonga national park and it was terminated in the ensuing struggle. An easy story to explain in a situation where amnestics are used. It explains the lack of a memory and they’re not going to question it.
Dr. C.Nsenga (Site-Director Site-74)
To: C.Nsenga
From: 05-██
Subject: Re: Re: Re: SCP-6000
Dear Dr. Nsenga,
I will not question the morality of using clearance level or the lack thereof of the person making a discovery to take them completely off of a project they technically initiated. I must tell you I have forwarded this to the Ethics committee, they’re not going to do anything as per usual. However, it’s worth it that they know this is going on.
At the same time, they would have found this situation anyways. Be more careful in the future.
05-██
To: C. Nsenga
From: F.Safi
Subject: Information request
Dear Dr. Nsenga,
I write this e-mail to announce that I have submitted an information request which you will likely be involved in the process of. It is an information request pertaining to 26/01/2020. In the SCIPNET database that date and my name come up as classified and I feel like whatever happened may be something I will have to know. I remember there is something to remember, just not exactly what there is to remember.
I thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.
Kind regards,
F. Safi (Senior researcher, Site-74)
To: 05-council [group]
From: C. Nsenga
Subject: allocation of funds and research
Dear Sir/Madam,
As testing has come underway at Provisional-Site-6000, I would like to request something important. We would like to request more funds be allocated to the research on the containment of SCP-6000. The area of SCP-6000-2 has grown by 1km in diameter over the last year. We do not know what is accelerating this expansion and/or the expansion of the zone.
Dr. C.Nsenga (Site-Director Site-74)
To: C.Nsenga
From: 05-██
Subject: Re:allocation of funds and research
We have redirected more funds and manpower to the research of the possible containment options for SCP-6000.
05-██
Related Documents:
AUDIO LOG
DATE: 26/01/2020
/NOTE: / Audio cuts off 14 minutes after initialization. It picks up again 5 hours later, audio equipment being turned on again by Researcher Safi
[BEGIN LOG]
08:13 : Researcher Safi from RTF-Zeta-6 explains the purpose of the mission. Which is the initial research of the reports turned over to the foundation.
08:20 : Researcher Safi declares they are getting a visual on the area reported to cause the breakdowns.
08:26: Researcher Safi mentions the accelerated plant growth in the area as they enter the boundary into the area affected by the anomaly.
08:27: Researcher Safi continues detailing the surroundings when the Audio feed to foundation operatives in Site-74 cuts out suddenly.
[END LOG]
AUDIO LOG
DATE: 26/01/2020
/NOTE: / Continuation of the previous Audio feed by Researcher Safi after the Audio feed was cut out.
[BEGIN LOG]
13:20 : Audio feed resumes. Researcher Safi mentions the unintended disconnection of the audio feed.
13:21 : Researcher Safi requests an interview to explain everything they have seen. Mentioning the electronic failure happening seamlessly. Noting the team did not notice it had happened for at least 30 minutes.
13:22 Researcher Safi mentions the reason they found out is because they found something important which should be discussed more privately.
13:30: After communication between high command and Site-74 RTF-Zeta-6 is dismissed and researcher Safi is summoned to Site-74.
[END LOG]
INTERVIEW LOG
Interviewed: Researcher N. Safi. (Lead researcher during Research Mission Salonga-α ‘initial contact’)
Interviewers: Dr. E.F.C. Dubois (Senior Researcher in Site-74.)& Dr.C. Nsenga (Site director of Site-74)
Foreword: Interview conducted by Dr. Dubois & Dr.Nsenga upon the request of Researcher Safi upon the conclusion of mission Salonga-α. Interview granted and conducted at the nearby Site-74.
<Begin Log>
<26/01/2020 15:23>
Dr. Dubois: Welcome, Researcher Safi. This interview will be recorded as per protocol. You put in a request for this interview after the conclusion of your recent mission with Zeta-6. Dr. Nsenga is sitting in on his own request. Is that agreeable
Researcher Safi: Yes, that is agreeable. I requested the interview to report on what we found on the mission.
Dr. Dubois: Yes, indeed. I am glad you reported back and it wasn't an abandonment of your duties… sorry.
Researcher Safi: I apologize for the termination of the audio transmission during the mission. It was cut off as soon as we entered the anomalous zone, well, when we entered far enough. It didn’t give any indication it had turned off, like all the other equipment.
Dr.Dubois: I apologize, all other equipment?
Researcher Safi: Yes. We only noticed when we were in the anomalous zone and one of the guards checked his watch which was stuck at 8:27. He asked the others to check their watches, all of them were stuck at the same time.
Dr.Dubois: Interesting. What else was noted after this point?
Researcher Safi: Everything looked overgrown, this area was ahead of all surrounding areas in plant growth. This couldn’t be documented, sadly. The cameras weren’t working either. It was also only the analog watches that displayed a time, digital watches were completely fried while in the anomalous zone.
Dr.Dubois: What are you saying exactly?
Researcher Safi: This could be something big. We were still outside of the anomalous zone’s radius as reported, both on the -1 and -2 zones when their effects could be experienced, meaning it may be expanding. However, we’re not sure about that yet. We wrote everything we found manually, as soon as we figured none of the recording equipment or other equipment for documentation was functional.
Dr.Dubois: We’ll be awaiting the report on your findings then.
Dr.Nsenga: How dangerous do you presume this is?
Researcher Safi: Well, if it stays in the area it has now it’s minimal. The danger is contained by itself and the tourist routes can just be diverted. However, as it seems to be growing, this could be catastrophic.
Dr.Nsenga: We’ll need to send in another research expedition after the report. Just to be sure that what you found is consistent.
Researcher Safi: I understand. The handwritten report I have provided details what we have found within the anomalous zone. This can truly be something dangerous. I urge you to look into this, if it’s spreading like I think it is, it can cause major damage if it reaches anything more vital to our existence than the middle of nowhere within a national park.
Dr. Dubois: We will look into it. Rest assured the foundation’s mission to protect humanity is still in full effect.
Researcher Safi: There are enough examples of people like me not being taken seriously enough when we do warn the people like you.
Dr.Nsenga: I understand it may seem this way. I promise you, we will pick this up immediately.
Researcher Safi: I hope you do.
<End Log>
<26/01/2020 16:02>
Closing Statement:** Researcher Safi’s pleas for immediate action were taken to heart and a second research team was dispatched the following day. On the orders of Dr. Nsenga, Researcher Safi and the members of RTF-Zeta-6 will be subjected to amnestic treatment.
Salonga-α-1:
This is a report written manually by lead researcher Safi with RTF-Zeta-6 “Safari”.
Exact times can not be provided due to multiple simultaneous equipment failures within the anomalous zone of Salong-α-1. All times in the following document are approximations.
After entering the anomalous zone Salonga-α-2 at 8:27 (this is the only exact time we have, as all crew members with Analog watches had them stop at the exact same time.) multiple simultaneous equipment failures happened within the team.
These equipment failures went unnoticed for 30 minutes. This happened as none of the equipment that would normally alert on a transmission failure alerted on said transmission failures.
This happened for the following list of equipment:
Audio transmission and communication equipment
Video transmission and communication equipment
Watches
PDAs and Phones
Emergency alert systems
The team, after discovering the equipment failure, voted on the issue of whether we needed to keep going or turn back and immediately send out an emergency broadcast to command. The team decided against turning back, coming to the conclusion that if connection has truly been lost, the foundation will send a team out to meet them and that now we’re here we may as well write some of the things we find down. (At least we took pens, pencils and paper.)
Upon entering the anomalous zone Salonga-α-1, the area looked overgrown, more than it should logically be even if completely left alone. This area started approximately 800m before the area designated as Salonga-α-2 (the area where the tourist car breakdowns seemed to happen.) which meant the area encompassed slightly more space than initially stated at the mission, which could easily be a general discrepancy
The location the breakdowns supposedly happened in was at the epicenter of the first 800m radius of accelerated plant growth, pertaining to an area with a radius of 100m. The equipment failures for our team happened at a radius of 300m from the epicenter of the area.
The big change compared to the report leads me to believe there is a possibility the area may be expanding. At this point in time we hope this is not the case and there was an error in the reported area the anomalous zone Salonga-α-2 encompasses at this time. Samples of the plant life have been taken in the areas of Salonga-α-1 and Salonga-α-2.
At noon the research team finished gathering their many samples of the plant life. As the research team organized the samples they had gathered, a small group of Sitatunga antelope came into view. The odd thing, as noted by the RTF-Zeta-6 resident Biologist Dr. E.F. Lachapelle, the antelope did not seem frightened of our presence. They were not turned away by us being in the area and even came up to us. We took this as a sign that if we were to find an animal more dangerous in this area we would be in grave danger and decided this would be the right moment to trek back to our entrance into the anomalous zone.
If this is indeed spreading, if this area is indeed growing. We can only pray it does not reach past anything more essential to the survival of our species than somewhere in the middle of a national park.
Research on plant matter after the initial missions into the SCP-6000-1 and SCP-6000-2 anomalous zones was lead by Dr. E.F.C. Dubois.
| Microscopy SCP-6000 |
|
| Subject |
Plant matter brought back from the anomalous zone ‘Salonga-α-1’ |
| Protocol |
Microscopic examination of the plant matter found in the ‘Salonga-α-1’ anomalous zone. General cellular structure and larger structures. |
| Results |
Plant life seems to display no anomalous nature on the cellular- or structural levels. Stomata on leaves are of normal composition. |
| Cultivation Tests |
|
| Subject |
Plant matter brought back from the anomalous zone ‘Salonga-α-1’ |
| Protocol |
Attempt to cultivate the plant matter of anomalous zone ‘Salonga-α-1’ within a laboratory setting. |
| Results |
While a cutivation test of this nature would takes weeks with normal plant matter, the plants were fully rooted into the ground, growing and blooming within 24 hours of being provided with soil from the ‘Salonga-α-1’ anomalous zone. |
| Cultivation tests (non-anomalous soil) |
|
| Subject |
Plant matter brought back from the anomalous zone ‘Salonga-α-1’ |
| Protocol |
Attempt to cultivate the plant matter of anomalous zone ‘Salonga-α-1’ within a laboratory setting after completely cleaning the matter from soil from the anomalous zone. Cultivation will be attempted in general potting soil. |
| Results |
Plant growth slowed compared to the previous cultivation tests. Plant growth is still accelerated compared to non-anomalous plant matter. At the start of the test growth was comparable to normal, however within 72 hours the plant matter ended up in the same state as that of the previous test was after 24 hours. Plants planted in soil taken from the pot that took 72 hours to grow shortened their growth time to 24 hours as when the anomalous soil is used, meaning something in the plants can transfer to the soil. Which is the source of the anomaly. |
| Soil analysis |
|
| Subject |
Soil brought back from the anomalous zone ‘Salonga-α-1’ |
| Protocol |
Comparative analysis of the mineral and other composition of the soil found within the anomalous zone, normal soil from elsewhere in the country and general potting soil. |
| Results |
Minimal difference in mineral composition between non-anomalous soil from elsewhere in the country and the anomalous zone. Potting soil has more nutrients and a more balanced Mineral content for allowing plant growth, which was expected. |
| Analysis of human tissue samples |
|
| Subject |
Human tissue and blood samples taken from the research team that entered the anomalous zone. |
| Protocol |
Testing the tissue collected from the members of RTF-Zeta-6 and Researcher Safi. |
| Results |
Tissue samples show accelerated ageing at a slight rate. Due to the short time the people have spent in the anomalous zone there likely is no permanent effect beside the age of the individual having increased by the amount of time they’ve spent in the anomalous zone multiplied by 6. Blood samples do not show any difference from the norm, likely due to the time that has passed since the expedition happened. Tissue samples show no anomalous effect on normal plantlife when placed in proximity. |
Conclusion
I believe I have found where the anomaly resides that transforms nature into SCP-6000. It’s in the water. The water diffuses through the soil at a slow rate, making the anomaly diffuse and spread. It diffuses through the air through the water vapor always present. This is how it affects the people who go into the area. It can diffuse from the plants to the soil to affect other plants. Now we only have to find a way to stop the spread. To prevent the rapid aging of people within Provisional Site 6000 becoming a problem I recommend changing out researchers every 2-3 months as this would only age a person about a year. (people can be switched in and out to prevent having to reintroduce new people to the research every 2-3 months.)
— Dr. E.F.C. Dubois
To: 05-council [group]
From: 05-██
Subject: Consequences
Dearest Colleagues of the 05-council,
I do hope all of you understand the implications of the existence of SCP-6000 in its current state. As it is now, it may pose very little direct threat, but as it grows (and it has shown to do so over the past year.) the threat only continues to get greater and greater.
As researcher Safi so eloquently put it in the first documentation of this anomaly: ‘We can only pray it does not reach anything more essential to the survival of our species than somewhere in the middle of a national park.’
If this expansion continues, we all know what will happen.
It will reach population centers and while the news is physically preserving itself and keeping itself hidden, as no one can put it out on the internet within the reach of SCP-6000-2, if people travel they will figure out something is going on. We’ll have another XK on our hands and this may be one of the more permanent ones.
If it reaches a nuclear power plant, a meltdown will surely follow.
If it reaches one of our containment-Sites or containment-areas, something will get out that will end the world before this thing does it itself.
If it reaches… let’s hope we never get to that point and we find a reliable way to contain this before it gets to this point.
The consequences of this anomaly being uncontained are dire, which is why I hope you will agree with me that even though we know what they did to Zeta-6 and Safi, we have to allow them to find the solution.
We can’t win in this situation.
Kind Regards,
05-██
P.S. We can make the right decision regarding director Nsenga after containment has been achieved.
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