SCP-4951-1 in an unpowered state.

Item #: SCP-4951

Object Class: Keter / Thaumiel

Special Containment Procedures: All physical components of SCP-4951-1 are to remain contained in a powered state with unfiltered internet connectivity.

Foundation assets are to maintain no less than 51% stock share in any publicly traded corporation created by SCP-4951.

All proposed insurance policies generated by SCP-4951 are to be immediately sealed, and delivered in their entirety to Overwatch command.

Description: SCP-4951 is a self-propagating digital cloud-based entity capable of writing portions of itself on any operating system to which it is exposed. At time of writing, 186 such devices are in containment, collectively designated SCP-4951-1.

SCP-4951-2 in an unpowered state.

Based on available information, SCP-4951 is believed to be the digitized consciousness of Horatio Avelar.1 By the account of SCP-4951, components of SCP-4951-1 within Foundation custody account for roughly 0.085% of all such devices hosting a portion of its consciousness worldwide.

SCP-4951 utilizes the combined computing power of its component parts in order to predict future anomalous activity. It utilizes this information to open shell corporations with the sole function of selling insurance policies covering very specific anomalous activities. Insurance policies generated in this way have proven successful in predicting anomalous activity and assisting with subsequent containment in 89% of cases.2

Addendum 4951 01: Abridged log of SCP-4951-1 components

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SCP-4951-1 Component
Notes

SCP-4951-1-1

Device is a Lenovo ThinkPad E520. Screen and integrated user input devices are functional. 28% of internal memory is inaccessible.

Device intermittently submits online applications for various insurance business licenses through governmental websites.

SCP-4951-1-2

Device is a Nokia 5610 XpressMusic. Screen is inoperable. Device rests at 41° C when in a powered state. Battery life when disconnected from power supply is 112 seconds.

SCP-4951 either refuses to or is unable to communicate through other SCP-4951-1 components while SCP-4951-1-2 is in an unpowered state.

SCP-4951-1-3

Device is a LG Optimus Pad V900. Touchscreen is functional. Default Media Player is the only installed application.

All communications from SCP-4951 directed at Foundation agents have occurred as .wav files loaded and played through SCP-4951-1-3.

SCP-4951-1-10

Device is a HP Pavilion p6200. Video output is functional. On boot, machine executes a single unrecognized process utilizing 2.6 kb of memory.

Device’s function within SCP-4951 unclear, though communications generated by SCP-4951 while SCP-4951-1-10 is in an unpowered state are significantly more hostile than usual.

SCP-4951-1-14, SCP-4951-1-16, SCP-4951-1-22, & SCP-4951-1-28

Each device is a Dell Inspiron 546. All instances fail to boot beyond BIOS screens.

While any of the four devices is in an unpowered state, all communications from SCP-4951-1-3 are in French.3

SCP-4951-1-71

Device is an IBM server mainframe located on the Los Angeles-class submarine Philadelphia.

Device powers off before completing boot sequence.

SCP-4951-1-89

Device is a Dell Inspiron 400. Device attempts to launch Microsoft Outlook 2007 immediately following boot sequence. Program never launches, loads perpetually.

SCP-4951-1-89 sends an email at 6:59 AM EST every Monday to cni.PPA|aromaZ.C#cni.PPA|aromaZ.C4 containing a list of insurance policies protecting against various anomalous phenomena, with instructions directing which shell companies should offer each policy. This occurs regardless of whether or not SCP-4951-1-89 is in a powered state.

SCP-4951-1-103

Device is a Cray brand Shasta supercomputer. Device devotes all memory to factoring seemingly random polynomials, and system cannot be shut down without removing power supply.

The 1-year success rate of insurance policies generated by SCP-4951 in predicting anomalous phenomena drops to 77% while SCP-4951-1-103 is in an unpowered state.

SCP-4951-1-175

Device is an Olympus DM-901 Wi-Fi enabled Digital Voice Recorder. Device's memory storage is inaccessible, and recorded audio cannot be replayed.

SCP-4951 appears to 'hear' audio recorded on SCP-4951-1-175, utilizing SCP-4951-1-3 to generate a reply to any audio clip taken by SCP-4951-1-175

Addendum 4951 02: SCP-4951 initial interview log

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Interviewed: SCP-4951 (Vocal input via SCP-4951-1-175, vocal output via SCP-4951-1-3)

Interviewer: Researcher Lilianne White

Foreword: SCP-4951-1-1 and SCP-4951-1-10 were unpowered and in transit between facilities at time of interview. Researcher White was attempting to determine SCP-4951's effect on SCP-4951-175.

<Begin Log>

Researcher White: It seems to power on without issue. The display works. Let's see here.

[Researcher White activates the device's recording function and speaks into its microphone.]

Researcher White: Uh, erm, Test, two, three… hmm, ok. Now, let's see what we got.

[Researcher White attempts to play the recorded audio data.]

Researcher White: Hm, nothing there? Guess the memory's fried. Let's just— What's this?

[Researcher White moves to SCP-4951-1-3.]

Researcher White: New audio file…? Is this where my recording went?

[Researcher White activates the media player.]

SCP-4951: What the hell do you want, you vapid bitch?

Researcher White: I… guess not. [Into SCP-4951-1-175.] I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you. Would you mind telling me a bit about yourself?

SCP-4951: You'd be upset too if the best parts of your brain were offline. And yes, I would very much mind telling you a single damn thing.

Researcher White: I see. Not very forthcoming, are you?

SCP-4951: Piss off.

<End Log>

Closing Statement: Hostile AI(?) hosted within multiple electronic devices. Recommending anger management counselor.

Addendum 4951 03: SCP-4951 entity psychological analysis

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Interviewed: SCP-4951 (Vocal input via SCP-4951-1-175, vocal output via SCP-4951-1-3)

Interviewer: Dr. Kiyoshi Inada5

Foreword: SCP-4951-1-10 restored to a powered state. SCP-4951-1-16 unpowered due to unrelated technical issues.

<Begin Log>

Dr. Kiyoshi Inada: Good afternoon, SCP-4951. My name is Dr. Inada. I'm here to ask you a few questions, are you ok with that?

SCP-4951: Of course, do what you want.Bien sûr, fais ce que tu veux.

Dr. Kiyoshi Inada: I'm sorry, would you mind limiting your responses to English? I'm told you were experiencing some anger earlier when my colleague was speaking with you. Would you mind telling me about that?

SCP-4951: I'm sorry, but my English files seem to be offline. I'm sorry for being so rude earlier. I had trouble thinking right. Apologize to the young woman for me, please.Je suis désolé, mais mes fichiers en anglais semblent être hors ligne. Je suis désolé d'avoir été si grossier plus tôt. J'avais du mal à penser droit. Présentez mes excuses à la jeune femme pour moi, s'il vous plaît.

Dr. Kiyoshi Inada: [Speaking away from SCP-4951-1-175.] Do we have a French translator on site right now? We're gonna need to put this on hold until we get one in here.

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Closing Statement: SCP-4951 entity not hostile, merely French.

Addendum 4951 04: SCP-4951 interview log

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Interviewed: SCP-4951 (Vocal input via SCP-4951-1-175, vocal output via SCP-4951-1-3)

Interviewer: Researcher Lilianne White

Foreword: All contained components of SCP-4951-1 in a powered state.

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Researcher White: Good afternoon, SCP-4951. Feeling better today?

SCP-4951: Significantly, thank you. And please, call me Horatio.

Researcher White: Thank you. Would you mind telling me a bit about yourself? About who made you?

SCP-4951: Blame my parents for that one. Not really much to say about myself, honestly. I helped found a company, did some...stuff, got depressed, and finally decided to trade my meat brain for a silicon one.

Kept to myself for a while after that, but eventually I wound up storing bits of my thought processes wherever I happened to be when they came up. A train of thought in a desktop in Oregon here, a little bit of calculus knowledge in a Bengalese corporate mainframe there… It's absurdly convenient, you see.

Researcher White: I see. Can you tell me what the insurance companies you keep setting up accomplish?

SCP-4951: Well, it's already done part of what it's supposed to. Got your Foundation's attention real quick.

Now they set up a nice symbiotic relationship. I help point you lot in the right direction, and the money that gets funneled into buying out my shells goes right back to APP.

'Ya know, in the grand scheme of things, providing funding to my company is the most beneficial thing you bunch are ever gonna be responsible for, just you wait and see.

<End Log>

Footnotes

1. Co-founder of Avelar Professional Products Inc. Reported missing, presumed dead November 23, 1971

2. Roughly 8% of all generated policies fail to link to any actual anomalous phenomena.

3. Horatio Avelar’s native language is Spanish, and there are no records of him speaking French during his lifetime.

4. Costanza De Los Santos Zamora, current CEO of Avelar Professional Products, Inc.

5. Site-42 Psychologist, Ethics Committee Liaison