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rating: 0+x
Item#: LICH
Level6
Containment Class:
keter
Secondary Class:
none
Disruption Class:
amida
Risk Class:
critical
link to memo
Assigned Site Site Director Research Head Assigned Task Force
Site-17 Dr. Tilda D. Moose Dr. McKenna Larsen MTF Dagaz-1 ("Ketchup Man")

Containment Procedures

pulsar.jpg

SCP-LICH; Note spacetime distortions.

SCP-LICH is currently uncontained.

Foundation efforts currently consist of preventing mainstream astronomers from discovering SCP-LICH, and anomalies related to PSR B1257+12. This effort includes web-crawlers, informants and infiltrators at major astronomical agencies and governmental bodies, and the sanctioned use of memetic agents to discredit discoveries made by amateur astronomers.

Efforts are currently underway to identify communities of SCP-LICH-A (Homo haemovora) and destroy them. All such tactical engagements should be coordinated with MTF Sigma-13 ("Unholy Inquisition").

MTF Dagaz-1 ("Ketchup Man") will be deployed as soon as possible to PSR B1257+12 A.

Description

SCP-LICH is the millisecond pulsar PSR B1257+12, properly named 'Lich' in December 2015 by the International Astronomical Union. Until August 2021, SCP-LICH was located 2,300 light-years from the Solar System, in the constellation of Virgo, and rotated at about 161 times per second.

PSR B1257+12 showed no anomalous traits until July 2021, when astronomers with the European Space Agency detected several unusual radio bursts coming from the pulsar.

This went unnoticed by the Foundation until two weeks following these radio signals, when PSR B1257+12 began rapidly accelerating toward the Solar System. After determining the pulsar was traveling at an anomalously high speed, it was re-classified as SCP-LICH.

SCP-LICH is currently traveling toward the Solar System at ██.█ light-years per day. It is currently projected to cross the heliosphere on September 21, 2021, and is of sufficiently high gravity to displace several astronomical bodies in orbit near Jupiter, potentially causing cataclysmic asteroid impacts.

SCP-LICH is currently accelerating toward the Solar System via a thaumaturgically-generated Alcubierre metric.

Incident Report LICH.A.08032021

Following investigation by MTF Psi-8 ("The Silencers"), the Foundation Investigative Department learned of the unusual July 2021 radio emissions, and further determined these emissions were preceded by thaumaturgical transmissions emanating from Hunyadi Castle, in Hunedoara, Romania.

Due to the castle's connections to local folklore, and appearance in documents recovered from GoI-0432: ("The Hunter's Black Lodge"), MTF Sigma-13 ("Unholy Inquisition") was authorized to raid the Hunyadi Castle.

After-Action Report LICH.03.08062021
Interview Log LICH.01.08082021

Summary of Updated SCP-LICH Information

Creation of SCP-LICH's metric tensor was performed by teleporting haemovore personnel, along with requisite materials, to PSR B1257+12 A, an exoplanet orbiting close to SCP-LICH.

Following consultation with outside containment specialists, Foundation thaumaturgists determined that any attempt to disrupt the thaumaturgical metric will fail, unless directly, physically performed by a sentient creature, presumably a human being.

Haemovore personnel on-site are aware of this limitation, and have introduced a rudimentary defensive mechanism to SCP-LICH, by enabling it to siphon blood from living creatures touched by its light. This effect transforms the siphoned blood into an intangible material, which can then be absorbed by SCP-LICH through solid objects, including thaumaturgically-sealed hazard suits.

Additionally, this effect is not limited to literal, biological blood, but rather any medium which 'carries life through veins,' or in scientific terms, is used by a biological entity to transport oxygen, nutrients and waste products throughout its body, between vital organs. That is, artificial blood substitutes will also be affected by SCP-LICH.

Between the thaumaturgical requirements of destroying the Alcubierre metric, and SCP-LICH's effect, it is estimated that entities capable of halting SCP-LICH's movement number less than 22.

Project Update: MTF Dagaz-1 ("Ketchup Man")

On August 18, 2021, Dr. Larsen presented her proposal for decommissioning SCP-LICH to the Project Heimdall (CPO 83910301) Operations Staff. Project Heimdall had taken point on SCP-LICH at the direction of O5-1.

Following the presentation, Heimdall Operations Staff voted in favor of Dr. Larsen's proposed solution.

Internal Audio Recording Transcript

In Attendance:

  • Heimdall Project Lead: General William Pendergast
  • Site-19 Director: Dr. Jack Bright
  • Site-17 Director: Tilda Moose
  • Research Site-45 Director: Dr. Frederick Carlyle
  • SCP-LICH Project Lead Dr. McKenna Larsen
  • O5-1
  • O5-3
  • O5-12

Note: 23 minutes of non-relevant dialogue have been redacted.

O5-1: Unless there are any further questions, I'm prepared to move forward with voting on Dr. Carlyle's proposal.

Dir. Moose: I want the record to show that I vehemently object to proceeding without Dr. Larsen here to present her proposal, or vote on the matter herself.

Dir. Carlyle: We can't wait any longer Tilda, and STAR-STAKE is ready to deploy immediately. If we don't launch by 0600 hours tomorrow morning, any decommissioning is gonna be catastrophic, and catch the Solar System in a neutron-matter hailstorm. You think these projected asteroid impacts are bad, wait until we have to stop thousands of quarter-sized neutronium masses, each weig—

O5-12: I agree with Dir. Moose's objections. STAR-STAKE is purely experimental, it's not meant to be deployed against a hostile entity at this stage!

Dir. Carlyle: Gen. Pendergast has already said we've solved all the structural integrity issues, and the lance itself is perfectly capable of resisting the the metric tensor's tidal forces!

Gen. Pendergast: Well, I want the record to show that I most certainly did not qualify the tensile strength of any material component used in STAR-STAKE, especially where spacetime distortions we've previously only seen in Star Trek are concerned.

Furor erupts in the meeting chamber.

Dr. Bright: This is nonsense, just call the vote already!

Dir. Moose: Not! Yet!

Furor continues, before O5-1 calls for silence.

O5-1: It appears the matter has been overtaken by events. Dr. Larsen has arrived.

Conference room doors can be heard opening.

Dr. Larsen: Everyone, I'm so sor—

Dir. Moose: Dispense with the apologies, McKenna.

Dr. Bright: Yeah, some of us have to go work on decommissioning proposals that don't involve shooting a giant spear made of mysterious exotic matter at already-anomalous objects.

Dir. Carlyle: Fuck off, SCP-6000 is well-unde—

O5-1 calls for silence again.

O5-1: Dr. Larsen, you have the floor.

Dr. Larsen: I found someone I think can destroy the metric tensor. His name is Kevin Jimenez, and he's already here at Site-17. We can use the haemovora teleportation rituals, and SCP-120 to send Kevin to the anomaly, and he can interrupt the metric tensor.

O5-3: Kevin?

Dir. Moose: Oh my God, you can't be serious.

Dr. Larsen: I already tested it. He doesn't count as having any blood.

Dir. Moose: This is ridiculous, I'm not going to entrust the fate of humanity to a guy with fuc—

Dr. Bright: Sorry, can we get a quick rundown on this Kevin guy?

At this point, Dr. Larsen presents the following SCP file to the Heimdall Operations Staff.

Anomalous Item #4.225-17

Dr. Bright: Jesus, this poor guy doesn't even have a containment class.

Dir. Moose: He's just a fucking guy with ketchup instead of blood! Do you know how many other anomalies we have to process daily? Do you know where our funding goes? 4.225 is just fine where he fucking is!!

Dr. Larsen: 4.225 doesn't have blood.

There is silence.

Dir. Moose: Well, of course he does. It's just mad—

Dr. Larsen: Doesn't count. I just checked.

Dr. Larsen presents the following video file to the Heimdall Operations Staff.

Video Log 4.225-17-LICH.A.02.08102021

O5-12: …. Holy shit, dude.

Gen. Pendergast: I move that we vote to approve Dr. Larsen's proposal.

Operation: Daylight Savings

On 14 August 2021, Anomalous Item #4.225-17 was transported to SCP-LICH-B via thaumaturgical means. Re-classified as MTF Dagaz-1 ("Ketchup Man"), he was also equipped with one thaumaturgically-sealed atmospheric suit, Anomalous Item #4.904-77 (a sword whose blade consists of one temporally-frozen lightning bolt), and Anomalous Item #4.341-17, a thaumaturgical device designed by haemovorae scientists, apparently built to provide Earthlike gravity within SCP-LICH-B's considerably smaller mass, informally called a 'gravity-hook' by haemovorae subjects.

Video Log - OPERATION: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS