The Beacon of the Ravenous Galaxy
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Item #: SCP-XXXX
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Rendering of SCP-XXXX1

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept within a standard containment chamber lined with a copper mesh to act as a Faraday structure within the chamber, located on floor 6 of Site 617. The chamber is to be vacated 20 minutes prior to the projected activation of SCP-XXXX. The chamber is to be inspected once weekly by D-class personnel, to verify the integrity of the Faraday structure within the chamber. If an outgoing signal is detected from SCP-XXXX's chamber, Site Director Amelix is to be notified immediately. Protocol Malus-Navis-2 will be activated in the instance of a containment breach.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a transmitter beacon of unknown origin. It stands 330cm tall, 110cm wide, and is constructed of an unidentified metallic alloy. The structure of SCP-XXXX is a large conical base, with four upright columns and a series of toroids around the exterior circumference of these columns. Each column is topped with a luminescent red conical structure, of currently unknown purpose. The central assembly contains an energy emitter, which projects a beam of pure photonic energy into a sphere just below the uppermost toroid, which is not connected by any identifiable means to the base of SCP-XXXX. This upper toroid is linked to the base of SCP-XXXX, and will remain in its appropriate position above the base, regardless of any external influence. Additionally, testing has revealed that SCP-XXXX cannot be damaged by conventional means.

SCP-XXXX itself cannot be photographed by any known means, and as a result, a 3D-model rendering of this SCP has been attached to this document.

SCP-XXXX was first noticed by the Foundation on ██/08/19██, as a result of its sudden activation and subsequent vaporization of Lake ███████, located in ████████ Provincial Park, in Ontario, Canada. Vaporization of this lake was noted by the Planetary Monitoring Satellite Chain, designation IRIS.2 IRIS-3, positioned over North America, detected a massive spike in temperature, followed by a visual discrepancy with its internal data. This was reported to IRIS Operations Control, at Site 11. Mobile Task Force Theta-9 ("Snowbirds") was dispatched to investigate the anomaly, resulting in retrieval and containment of SCP-XXXX.

Testing has revealed that this sphere is the source of the transmissions from SCP-XXXX, the nature of which has yet to be decoded by Foundation personnel at this time. However, it has been identified that the transmissions are within the radio frequency spectrum, accompanied by an extremely confined carrier signal of modulated gamma radiation.

SCP-XXXX activates itself, with no measurable external influence, every 126 minutes. The significance of this amount of time is unknown. While active, the beacon broadcasts a signal towards the quasar ULAS J1342+0928, henceforth designated SCP-XXXX-2. During this process, XXXX's surface heats to 3000°C, which is cast off as waste heat. If XXXX's containment chamber is open at any time during this process, all sentient beings within 400m of SCP-XXXX itself will be immediately disassembled at the molecular level, leaving zero remains.

Each transmission from SCP-XXXX is broadcast in a narrow band directly to SCP-XXXX-2, which shows a visible response when observed with the electron telescope located at Site 617. The transmission itself is anomalous, as SCP-XXXX-2 is located 1.234x1023 kilometers from the Earth3, with an observable response occurring approximately 17 minutes after completion of transmission.