[Expedition log 0: Today we’ve been given orders for yet another expedition into the maze. The director’s given us two primary objectives and one secondary one. We are to find the end of the maze, locate missing foundation members, and (if possible) contain SCP-3803-b. Doubt we’ll be able to find where they take people or the end of the maze anytime soon, but R&D says they’ve got something special in store for us. Still two days until we head off. I hope everything works out.
Expedition log 1: We’ve been provided with two weeks’ rations, standard issue armaments, two researchers, and a new gun from R&D that we’re hoping can take down the minotaur without harming it. No idea how it works yet, but that’s why we have the nerds. I’ve assigned Jones, Carter, Erikson, and Skovgaard to join me. Hopefully, we’ll arrive at the East entrance in the next hour.
Expedition log 2: The gate looks bizarre every time I see it. It looks like it was made to fit a giant through it, but I suppose that’d make sense considering SCP-3803-b. The researchers told us to watch the entrance while they investigate the console a bit more. Don’t know why they try. We’ve never once gotten one of those things to turn on. Luckily, it gives me time to write before we actually head in. here’s hoping we don’t die.
Expedition log 3: We’ve set up camp for the night after walking for 5 hours. Haven’t had any problems so far and one of the researchers who goes by Eliot has been stopping and watching every single instance of SCP-3803-a we pass by while scribbling in his notebook. Turns out he’s nearly a senior researcher on SCP-3803-a and this expedition is his best chance to get promoted. He seems to have a pretty solid handle on their habits despite this being his first time actually in SCP-3803. Hopefully his knowledge comes to good use.
Expedition log 4: We’ve reached the center with no problems. It’s a lot easier when you have a map of the place. Things get harder after this. Not only do we have to avoid the SCP-3803-a-2 models, but also make sure we don’t get lost. That on top of containing SCP-3803-b, will make this one hell of a time. Jones claims he could take on SCP-3803-b alone, but no one believes he could be capable of any feats of strength after the mishap with the water cooler.
Expedition log 5: since radio signals and GPS don’t work down here, the researchers have put into play a two-part place to keep us from getting lost. Eliot’s going to actively track our movements on a paper map so as to keep us oriented. Meanwhile, the other researcher, Triston, will be using quinine and a high energy black light to track our steps. He’s ordered us to paint quinine onto our shoes at the start of each day and flicks the stuff all over the place behind us. It’s sort of weird putting what may as well be strong tonic water on our shoes, but at least the stuff looks nice under black light.
Expedition log 6: while doing his daily robot stalking, Eliot has discovered something odd about SCP-3803-a-2. They seem to have a multipurpose tool of sorts implanted in their left arm. So far, Eliot has recorded SCP-3803-a-2 using this tool to do the following: “unlock” doors in walls, aim at persons in a threatening fashion (assumed to be some sort of gun), and what is believed to be an exchange of data between units. I hate writing all formal, but the site director requires it for logging information. In addition, Erikson is getting really bored. She’s started taking old scrap from past encounters with SCP-3803-a-2 and forming it into various artworks. I may actually put one she made into a penguin playing a saxophone in my office when we get back.
Expedition log 7: This search is getting old. We honestly don’t even know where we’re trying to get to since no one’s seen anything other than walls in this part of the maze. We may, however, be on the trail of the minotaur. We keep running into mangled piles of SCP-3803-a-2 in various parts of the maze. One was even halfway into one of the maze's “doors”. We’re hoping that following this trail of destruction will lead us to it. Eliot so far has no theories on why SCP-3803-b would assault other instances inside SCP-3803, but I’m betting it’s just destroying anything it deems to be a threat, which seems to be nearly everything.
Expedition log 8: well, we’re down to 4 days’ rations now. We woke up this morning to several instances of SCP-3803-a-2 surrounding us. Usually, they ignore us when we’re sleeping, probably thinking us to be dead, but we woke up at the perfectly wrong time today. No one was seriously injured, but a dead instance landed on our supplies and spilled some odd oily liquid onto our food. Eliot and Triston spent a few minutes arguing about what it may be before they decided to put our spoiled rations in bags along with a phial of the stuff for further research. Skovgaard and Jones are getting pretty restless as well, claiming that we should have given up the ghost a day or two ago. We’ve decided to turn back if possible tomorrow.
Expedition log 9: After walking all day without incident, we’ve decided to turn back. Carter, who’s been relatively silent during this whole thing, has decided to take the gun from R&D off her back and shoot at any instances we come across. Apparently, the gun is some kind of bizarre EMP gun that shuts the robots off for an undetermined amount of time. She insists upon smashing their faces in with an emergency ax we brought almost immediately after she shoots them, so we haven’t been able to investigate. She’s promised to leave one intact for research once we get upstairs, but it’s hard for me to trust the lady who’s cradling a 15-pound gun in her arms like a baby.
Expedition log 10: We’ve arrived back on the main level without seeing the minotaur once. Triston and Eliot’s method of tracing our steps has worked wonders. We were able to follow our tracks back a fair distance and simply followed our rudimentary map to get back on the trail whenever a wall cut it off. Carter is still causing mayhem with her gun, but on the bright side, we haven’t had to worry about getting in a fight. Erikson is taking great pleasure in the bounty of scrap she can collect from instances. She’s actually made a crude scale model of SCP-3803-a-2 that she’s going to present to the site director.
Expeditions log 11: We’re nearly back to the gate and luckily too, as we are getting dangerously low on rations. Skovgaard has taken up using SCP-3803-a arms as puppets and is planning on putting on a show with Jones tonight. God help us.
Expedition log 12: We’ve reached the gate and are now on our way back to site-██. We’re bringing back a ton of parts from various instances, including that oily liquid. We actually had some trouble fitting it all in the rover until Jones offered to let our deactivated instance of SCP-3803-a on his lap. I’m personally just glad to not have to deal with any more puppet shows. Now to file a formal log.
Commander’s mission end log.
Mission to SCP-3803 on [redacted], was completed on [redacted].
Mission directives
Find end of SCP-3803: status – failed
Locate missing foundation members: status – failed
Apprehend SCP-3803-b: status – failed
Cargo log:
Staff lost – 0
Rounds expended – 326
“special’ discharge rounds expended - 47
Rations expended/lost – 14 days
Gained materials:
1 intact SCP-3803-a unit
23 SCP-3803 metal sculptures
4 SCP-3803-a arms
1 phial of an unknown liquid derived from SCP-3803-a-2
2 rations tainted with aforementioned liquid.
All formal mission directives have been failed. However, due to the immense amount of research material and information for use in future expeditions, I have decided to dub this mission a partial success.]