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BY ORDER OF JOINT O5-COUNCIL AND ETHICS COMMITTEE LEGISLATION
Level 4 and 5 Researchers only. Unauthorized access is forbidden.
The O5-Council is split on the designation with a vote of 3 in favor of the designation, 3 opposed, and 7 of whom abstained from the vote. The document below is considered tentative.
Item #: SCP-####
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: As of now, SCP-#### cannot be contained. Its sheer scope makes containment with any viable or practical means infeasible. Currently, research into largescale Scranton Reality Anchors is underway to correct Earth’s differing Hume level to the norm of the rest of the universe.
Description: SCP-#### is an anomalous phenomenon localized on planet Earth through unknown means. SCP-#### manipulates Earth's localized Hume levels1 to be inconsistent with that of the rest of the universe. The Hume levels of Earth and the space surrounding Earth are much lower than every other non-Earth location measured by the Foundation to date. In layman's terms, this means that anomalous phenomena can manifest on Earth much easier than anywhere else in the known universe.
HISTORY OF DESIGNATION
After considerable funding and efforts, the Foundation combined faster than light travel with Thaumic Transportation Gate technology into a prototype probe dubbed the "Lewis and Clark" (LAC) in a massive Foundation project dubbed Universum Destinatao. The goal of the probe was to identify unknown extra-terrestrial life and anomalies for documentation so subsequent containment procedures could be developed.
| LAC PROBE HARDWARE | HARDWARE CAPABILITIES |
|---|---|
| Quantum Computer | A computer serving as the probe's artificial intelligence that makes use of the quantum states of subatomic particles to store vast amounts of information, allow extremely difficult/time-consuming calculations of many kinds to be solved virtually instantly, navigate, problem solve, and control all other aspects of the probe. |
| Thaumic Transportation Gate technology | A device using automated thaumaturgic rituals to bend space to open a portal to virtually anywhere in the universe. Also allows instantaneous transmissions of signals between the probe and the Foundation by allowing signals to pass through portals. |
| Faster than light travel capabilities | Similar to the technology used in SCP-2669, allowing close to and greater than light level speeds (although speeds greater than the speed of light aren't typically utilized by LAC probes) |
| Chemical Analysis instrumentation | Utilizing advanced, miniaturized nuclear magnetic resonance techniques which allows accurate identification of distinct atomic nuclei (useful for identifying potential indications of life) |
| Four highly sensitive long-range cameras | Allowing constant 360° video and photography capable of a high-quality field of view at distances of 450 nanometers up to a width of 400 kilometers and maximum zoom of 2500 kilometers. Capable of viewing and recording in all spectrums of light. |
| Six highly sensitive audio recorders | Capable of detecting sounds as quiet as the random motion of air molecules at 300 Kelvin up to distances of 30 kilometers |
| Long distance radio/x-ray panel | Allowing deep space communication with both the Foundation and potential extra-terrestrial life. Also allows detection of gravitational forces. |
| Hull composed of SCP-143, SCP-148, hafnium, nitrogen, and carbon | Providing ample protection against extremely high-temperature levels, blunt force trauma, piercing, explosives, corrosive materials, and potential anomalous attacks/influences |
| Hydrogen fuel cells and solar cells | Allowing constant, uninterrupted power to the probe to be able to travel and document virtually indefinitely (outside of repairs and returns to Earth) |
| Kant counter | A device capable of calculating localized Hume levels |
The LAC probe2 was designed to be able to travel to exoplanets3 instantaneously through the Thaumic Transportation Gate, slow to around .97c (to give time for light-based information to still reach the probe), and then to survey the entire surface of the planet (including land, oceans, reachable subterranean systems, and atmosphere). The near light level speeds of a LAC probe allows it to accurately cover, document, and calculate the entirety of an Earth-size planet in around 30 seconds with larger planets (like gas giants) taking up to 5 minutes4. Probes were designed with an integral algorithm allowing them to be able to use currently known exoplanets as a starting point to explore and document and then find more unknown to the Foundation beyond the confines of what can be observed on Earth and theoretically continue outward indefinitely.
All probes are launched and controlled by the Foundation Exobiology Department. The first launch was deemed a success and 49 more LAC descendant probes were built but extreme technical and funding demands halted the production. Eventually, the O5-Council authorized the use of SCP-038 to allow continuous, time and cost-effective production of LAC probes. Through the use of the Foundation's fleet of LAC probes5, coupled with taking advantage of off-Earth time dilation at individually different rates for each probe depending on distance from Earth, the Foundation has been able to record roughly 1% all exoplanets in the observable universe per year.
Only [REDACTED NUMBER] exoplanets have been found so far to contain any life at all with most of these containing only simple, Earth-like bacteria forms of life. Most extra-terrestrial masses observed have been barren rock/ice or an inert gas giant. Planets that do contain complex, multicellular life have taken LAC probes considerably longer to survey with times varying on the complexity of the planet's life forms, the number of species, if the planet contains sentient life, and if anomalies exist on the planet. Multiple planets with sentient life with varying technological, artistic, linguistic, mathematical, etc. capabilities have been found but, surprisingly, only a handful of extra-terrestrial/universal/dimensional anomalies of any kind outside of Earth have been found thus far.
Currently, roughly 29% of all exoplanets have been observed and documented by the Foundation with this number climbing every year. Alarmingly, thus far the universe is exceptionally barren of most anomalous activity with virtually all anomalous activity being localized on Earth. It will still be several decades before anything concrete can be stated, but the current trend points toward Earth having an incredibly high and improbable amount of anomalies compared to the rest of the universe. Roughly 95% of all known anomalies are localized on Earth.
On top of these findings, every observed location so far in the universe has had a consistent, unchanging Hume level of 860 with the exception of Earth6. The average level of 100 Humes, previously believed to be the universal average, is now known to be only Earth's average due to SCP-####. The Hume level climbs slightly by a level of roughly 7 Humes per every 1 AU7 away from Earth until the universal average of 860 is reached.
It is noted the remaining unexplored exoplanets may entirely defraud these correlations.
