The Prometheus Virus
rating: 0+x
Item#: xxxx
Level3
Containment Class:
keter
Secondary Class:
none
Disruption Class:
amida
Risk Class:
critical

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX can be contained by quarantining infected individuals within the confines of Site-55. Any personnel showing signs of SCP-XXXX infection is to be placed into containment at Site-55's Keter-class holding cells to maintain containment. Anyone who is found to be infected with SCP-XXXX is designated as SCP-XXXX-A.

All SCP-XXXX-A instances are to be held in containment cells in a sealed section of the facility equipped with hidden doors, retractable connection tubes, and constantly maintained poison gas surrounding the section.

If any SCP-XXXX-A breach containment, they are to be immediately terminated. To avoid the spread of SCP-XXXX among the population, no human contact with SCP-XXXX-A is allowed. If instances of SCP-XXXX-A are found outside of containment, Procedure 128-Epimetheus is to be put into effect immediately.

All personnel assigned to SCP-XXXX are to be routinely monitored for SCP-XXXX specific genetic markers. When access must be granted to the containment, all subjects are to be moved to their respective quarters via robotic assistance

In the event of a containment breach, detonation of the on-site nuclear device is to be immediately carried out.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a Memetic Virus that is estimated to be present in 3% of the human population of Earth. SCP-XXXX remains dormant in the host's DNA until exposed to unknown external stimuli, however it has been shown to activate when on exposure to SCP-XXXX-B1.

If triggered in a human host, the full effects of SCP-XXXX will occur within an hour. Following this period the subject begins to lose the capability of speaking any language. As the effects progress, the subjects slowly become more animalistic, losing any recognizable human intelligence. When exposed to SCP-XXXX-B subjects begin to experience an extreme regression in mental capacity. The resultant regressed state can be compared to the sapience of most members of the Hominoidea family (apes)2.

Exposing a healthy individual to an instance of SCP-XXXX-A, regardless of whether or not the subject has the matching genetic markers, will cause the individual to become infected. It is currently unknown how individuals outside of Site-55 can become infected, however, the Foundation believes that there are environmental effects mimicking the effects of SCP-XXXX-B.

Experiments have shown that application of high level amnestics can undo the effects of SCP-XXXX, but only if administered within the first hour of initial infection. There have been no reported cases of successfully reversing the effects of SCP-XXXX after the onset of symptoms.

Discovery: SCP-XXXX was discovered in the course of experimentation with the compound SCP-XXXX-B during its initial testing at site-██. By the time the full effects of SCP-XXXX were realized, it had already spread enough to cause a full sector containment breach. Sector-██ was immediately quarantined to prevent further spread of SCP-XXXX.