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Item #: SCP-X

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: The coastline of Antarctica is to be continually patrolled by Foundation personnel under the guise of surveying for unknown Antarctic wildlife. A region within 50 km of the ruins Area-1937 is to be monitored by satellite. Each week, a random selection of Antarctic wildlife is to be dosed with Cmpd C-Γ-Κ. Any lifeforms positively identified as instances of SCP-X-1 are to be incinerated and the population from which the lifeform was selected is to be fully surveyed for further potential instances of SCP-X-1. All humans moving out of Antarctica are to be screened in a similar way using Cmpd C-Γ-Κ. Sightings of dead animals or animal body parts located above the snow or in locations where there were previously no observed dead animal tissue are to be treated as instances of SCP-X-1 and incinerated on sight.

In case of symptoms of SCP-X infection being reported in any living organism outside of Antarctica, quarantine of a region within 50 kilometers of the place where the symptoms were reported is to be established. Incineration and disinfection of all potentially infected tissue or contaminated terrain within the quarantine zone is to be carried out within 6 hours.

Description: SCP-X is a pathogenic microorganism which has been tentatively classified as a bacteria. This organism infects a large set of animals, successfully infecting 56% of tested species in the superclass Tetrapoda, within which it successfully infected 100% of tested species in the class Mammalia. No species outside superclass Tetrapoda have been successfully infected.

Subjects infected by SCP-X have been given the designation SCP-X-1. There are three main stages of infection by SCP-X, each characterized by a set of symptoms exhibited by instances of SCP-X-1 during that stage:

  • Stage 1 Within 16 hours of initial infection. Characterized by confusion, micropsia, and macropsia.
  • Stage 2 Within 25 hours of Stage 1. Characterized by tactile and visual hallucinations relating to the shapes and sizes of objects.
  • Stage 3 Within 36 hours of Stage 2. Characterized by unpredictable teleportation. Instances of SCP-X-1 exhibiting the teleportation symptom are translocated up to 9 km. Instances of SCP-X-1 are teleported in random directions and to a stable surface at whatever location they appear in. Teleportation events can occur within seconds of one another, but the average rate of teleportation events has been observed at one event every 30 hours.

The organism displays both parasitic and saprophytic traits, being able to attain nutrition from both living and dead animal tissue. Additionally, the teleportation symptom can manifest in deceased instances of SCP-X-1.

Examination of the cellular structure of SCP-X reveals an irregularity in the cell interior. At the center of the cell body is [DATA REDACTED] leading to the assumption that this space is most accurately modeled via non-commutative algebraic systems. For more information, contact Dr. ███████████████, in the anomalous mathematics department at Site-111

All known cultures of SCP-X were recovered from [[SCP-2423]] on ██/██/20██. Initial transfer of the organisms placed them in a temporary BSL-4 compliant lab in ████████, ██. After the exact nature of the organism was uncovered and risk of containment breach was evaluated, a permanent containment area, Area-1937, was prepared in Antarctica and all cultures were transported there. [DATA REDACTED] was utilized in the sterilization of any contaminated areas from the temporary lab.

Special permissions to conduct experiments aiming to more fully define the nature of SCP-X were granted to personnel staffing Area-1937. As an unintended result of these experiments, the likelihood of SCP-X breaking containment rapidly increased. In an attempt to avoid containment breach, the on-site nuclear warhead was detonated on ██/██/20██ by order of Dr. ████████, senior researcher at Area-1937.

Cmpd C-Γ-Κ is a chemical developed by researchers stationed at Area-1937 which can be used to identify instances of SCP-X-1. When ingested by an instance of SCP-X-1, Cmpd C-Γ-Κ triggers an often fatal seizure. Individuals not infected by SCP-X are not affected by Cmpd C-Γ-Κ, and pass it through their system without issue.

Addendum: Attached are audio logs from Area-1937. These audio logs were recorded as summaries of conditions at Area-1937 as well as updates on progress of experimentation on SCP-X. Recordings were made once every █ weeks, except for log E, which came █ days early.