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Item #: SCP-AAAE

Object Class: Thaumiel

Special Containment Procedures: Due to its geographic isolation, SCP-AAAE requires minimal physical security measures. However, a 20 kilometer perimeter has been established to prevent unauthorized people from making visual contact with SCP-AAAE from the ground. MTF Delta-1 "Tundra Wolves" has been commissioned to maintain this perimeter and, if necessary, censor the results of any scientific, cartographic, or other expeditions which threaten the secrecy of SCP-AAAE.

The vast majority of space-capable national governments and Groups Of Interest are bound by treaty with the Foundation to prevent the public dissemination of information related to SCP-AAAE by their own space agencies and programs, typically through information sharing agreements and anomaly containment assistance. In the event of an information breach by those organizations, or by others not bound by such treaties, MTF Gamma-5 "Red Herrings" will enact disinformation campaigns to frame such leaks as hoaxes.

Space Launch Site-1 (SLS-1) has been constructed within and around SCP-AAAE, for additional on-site security and to effect Project Cocytus operations.

Description: SCP-AAAE is an orbital elevator, consisting of a set of six enormous, ancient carbon nanotube cables which extend into geosynchronous orbit over the southern latitudes of Antarctica, approximately 5 degrees north of the geographic South Pole. These cables are anchored on the surface of the Earth within a hexagonal steel-and-concrete bunker, roughly 50 meters at its maximum width, which extends for several levels belowground. This bunker also contained a variety of defunct industrial equipment of unclear function at the time of discovery, most of which has since been removed by Foundation personnel for analysis and to facilitate Project Cocytus operations.

The cables are attached to a small orbital facility, which acts as their counterweight. Examination of this facility has revealed that its contents are limited to an observation deck and a set of solar panels whose purpose is to supplement the geothermal power generators contained in the lower levels of the ground facility.

Upon discovery, the SCP-AAAE facility had stored several sizeable storage pods, each designed to be anchored to the cables. Two of these pods are larger,² designed to be mounted upon all six cables before being lifted. There are also nine smaller pods³ which may each be mounted on only two cables, allowing for up to three simultaneous launches. Investigation into the possibility of reverse engineering and constructing more of these pods is an SLS-1 research priority.

SCP-AAAE is anomalous in that, given its design, composition, construction, and location, it should not be able to function properly. In presently understood physics, orbital elevators are only practical at or near the equator of a planet, because the rotation of the planet causes a greater centrifugal force to act upon the structure, keeping it taut. Despite being nearly as inefficient as possible,⁴ SCP-AAAE functions flawlessly. Determining why this is possible is likewise an SLS-1 research priority.

Addendum AAAE-1: Discovery

SCP-AAAE was discovered in the year 1902, by the Foundation's Polar Anomaly Survey's fourth large-scale Antarctic expedition. The

Addendum AAAE-2: Project Cocytus

Crit: DrMartens.

10:45 PM <DrMartens> This may sound stupid, but I have an idea. Add an incident log where during the transportation of an unknown entity, the space elevator gets damaged by it, and the Foundation has to repair it.

Item #	SCP-XXXX-1	SCP-XXXX-2
Object Class	Safe	Keter/Thaumiel
Special Containment Procedures	SCP-XXXX-1 is contained within the Safe-Class Anomalous Artifact Vault within Esoteric Containment Site-2. Access is limited to Level 5 personnel, Project Hephaestus personnel, approved Global Occult Coalition (GOC) personnel, or to other Foundation personnel as needed.	SCP-XXXX-2 is physically uncontained at this time. Information suppression of SCP-XXXX-2 is shared between the SCP Foundation and the GOC. Unbeknownst to the GOC, research into effective containment technology for SCP-XXXX-2 is proceeding under the auspices of Project Hephaestus.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a pair of interrelated anomalies that form the basis of Project Hephaestus, a Foundation military contingency program intended to combat and/or contain Large Scale Aggressors (LSAs).⁵

SCP-XXXX-1 is a clockwork device, manufactured under unknown circumstances in the 1st century CE by Mekhanite agents in [TBD]. The device contains several wheels and knobs by which a user may manipulate its internal clockwork mechanisms to "draw" various glyphs of Mekhanite extraction, which it displays via light projection.

SCP-XXXX-2 is an artificial, highly sophisticated humanoid entity, either controlled by, or in communication with, SCP-XXXX-1. Due to its anomalous properties, SCP-XXXX-2 is largely immune to all known forms of technological imaging and detection, causing anomalous data corruption and distortion when exposed to various technological detection methods. In ascending order, SCP-XXXX-2 may be most effectively detected by:

[other stuff]
Optical photography
X-ray imaging
Radar
Biological eyewitnesses

According to eyewitness accounts, SCP-XXXX-2 is of variable form, but generally appears as a tall (estimated 2.5 - 3.5 meters), headless, silver-gray entity with childlike human proportions. Eyewitnesses also agree that SCP-XXXX-2 is possessed of various nonhumanoid appendages. Descriptions of these appendages vary in number, size, shape, distribution, and function. Due to these accounts, SCP-XXXX-2 is believed to change configuration of its own accord.

SCP-XXXX-2 is considered to be a Class-XIII Existential Threat and a Large-Scale Aggressor in its own right. Investigation into SCP-XXXX-2 and combat testing against other LSAs has caused it to display various combat capabilities including:

Sustained supersonic and sub-orbital flight (in "winged" configuration).
Extreme mobility on land and in water (though not of an inherently anomalous nature).
Highly powerful directed energy weaponry (X- and gamma ray lasers have been confirmed, others are suspected).
Extreme resistance to any form of physical, chemical, anomalous, or other damage.
The ability to conjure anti-technological thaumaturgic malifices. This especially complicates containment, as Scranton Reality Anchors and other technology known to moderate anomalous activity have no effect upon SCP-XXXX-2.

Addendum XXXX-1:

Footnotes

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