Item: SCP-2277 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Foundation front companies 
have been established to work in cooperation with Cisco Systems, 
IBM, Microsoft, Intel, HP, and Dell, as well as other major 
networking vendors for the purpose of containing all future instances 
of SCP-2277. IP addresses linked to SCP-2277 are to be 
monitored! and if practicable, re-assigned to a Foundation network 
at Sites-11, 442, and/or 19. Confirmed instances of SCP-2277 are to 
be blocked and/or removed from media-sharing sites as soon as 
possible. 


Individuals affected by SCP-2277 are to be given amnestics if 
practicable. Otherwise, all attempts are to be made to reinforce the 
mythic and/or pseudo-historical nature of any persons, places, or 
nation-states known simply as 
"Andronica"/"Andronika"/"Andronike"2. A number of "conspiracy 
theory" websites are to be maintained by undercover Foundation 
personnel, providing multiple conflicting versions of the "Andronica" 
tale at all times. These individuals are to be recruited from civilian 
populations and not allowed contact with any Foundation personnel 
involved in SCP-2277. 


Description: SCP-2277 is an unknown user or autonomous 
program of unknown origin which regularly engages in spamming or 
harassing phone calls to individuals using pre-recorded voices and 
unusual bursts of noise. In more recent years, SCP-2277 has begun 
to spam voice-over-IP services such as , Ventrilo, Mumble, 

, and Skype. SCP-2277 records these harassing calls and 
uploads audio with accompanying video to various sites, such as 
Youtube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion, under the guise of popular 
"Ventrilo Harassments" or "Soundboard Prank Calls". These videos 
are labeled as SCP-2277-A. 


The videos often feature victims becoming enraged at the persistent 
verbal abuse and spam, and involves the interspersing humorous 
images and video clips to designate certain speakers. The uploader 
is frequently represented by an 8-bit animated image of Carl Sagan 
as he appeared in the 1980 series "Cosmos". Any further relation to 
Dr. Sagan and/or "Cosmos" is unknown or else nonexistent. 
SCP-2277-A's anomalous effects are apparently triggered by the 
bursts of noise interspersed in its harassment videos. Attempts to 
decode the noise have variably revealed them to be fragments of 
apparently mundane conversation between unknown persons, or 
otherwise background noise from an unidentified public area, with 
individuals speaking a variety of languages. 


Individuals exposed to SCP-2277-A gradually develop a persistent 
delusion involving a fictitious individual, faction, or nation going 
variably by the names "Andronika"/"Andronike"/"Andronica"3. 
Depending on the individual, lack of universal knowledge of 
"Andronika" will lead to increased scrutiny of recent historical record 
and the perpetuation of certain conspiracy theories involving the 
destruction of "Andronika" and the suppression of any and all 
information relating to it/them. Persistent details on "Andronika" 
include: 


¢ Astrong matriarchal society and/or strong emphasis on a 
female leadership 

* Heavy emphasis on ancient Greek/Roman history and 

philosophy, primarily military history, with a direct emphasis 

and references frequently made to the writings and persons of 

Thucydides, Gaius Julius Caesar, Polybius, Xenophon, 

[REDACTED], and rarely, Theodore Ayrault Dodge. 

A strong emphasis on sex among military units as a means of 

cohesion and morale, examples citing the Sacred Band of 

Thebes4 

* A belief in a need for a system of eugenics variably involving a 

system of forced sterilization (or in certain instances, 

genocide) based along an unknown stratification uniformly 

known as "hiero-geneto-social" or "GS" for short. The basis of 

this system of classification is never elaborated upon. 

A belief that the end of the world is imminent if these eugenics 

programs are not instituted. 


¢ A belief that a secretive para-governmental society is 
intentionally sabotaging attempts at trans-national 
reconciliation, or the formation of a singular global authority, 
known variously as "The Technics", "Eaters", "Khanates", and 
"Pleistoanarchs" ((Note: See Addendum)) 


Three classes of SCP-2277-A identification have been established 
among affected individuals. 


Classifications 


A: In which "Andronika" is referred to as a tall, 
Caucasian woman with red hair and bright eyes 
(variously described as green, gray, or gold), often 
depicted with large breasts and wide hips. In these 
instances, "Andronika" is described as a former slave 
who escapes captivity using sex and her wit to deceive 
and trick oppressive male figures, while steadily 
gathering a cult-like following of individuals devoted to 
her. She is described as being highly sexual, often 
engaging her followers in sex, as well as being afflicted 
by a number of psychological ailments, descriptions of 
which match Tourette's Syndrome, Fregoli delusion, and 
schizoaffective disorder or possibly hypomania. 


In the "A" version of events, Andronika is described as 
uniting varying peoples in the Balkan region of Europe, 
between 1890 and 1895, before somehow managing to 
usurp large portions of the Ottoman Empire in the Levant 
and Armenia, and establishing a "Queendom" based 
upon the principles listed above. Her story ends with a 
secretive coalition of European powers who apparently 
have her killed and begin to systematically hunt and kill 
her followers, before dismembering the states into 
tributaries and/or smaller states based upon national/ 
religious lines. 


Believers of this version of SCP-2277 often attribute the 
Middle-Eastern front of World War | and the Armenian 
Genocide by the Ottoman Turks to be cover-stories to 
hide the anti-"Andronikan" coalition. 


B: In which "Andronika" is referred to a large centralized 
nation centered in Bosnia circa the mid-1800s. In this 
version of events, the nation-state of "Andronika" 
emerges as a confederation of wealthy nobles and 
merchants seeking independence from a fictitious entity 
known as the "Kingdom and Duchies of Germania 
Comata", encompassing portions of Austro-Hungary, 
Germany, and Bulgaria. "Andronika" is described as 
engaging in a lengthy campaign of crushing military 
victories, uniting Germany and Italy before becoming 
overextended and collapsing due to the "destabilizing 
efforts" of "foreign agents" variably described as English, 
American, Russian, and "Wendish"». 


Believers of this version of SCP-2277 often attribute the 
unification and formations of the modern states of Italy 
and Germany to be the result of Andronikan conquests. 
It is also said that the rise of nationalistic violence during 
this time is associated with the aforementioned "foreign 
agents" attempts at destabilizing Andronika. 


C: In which "Andronika" is referred to a polyglot of 
eastern European bourgeoisie and guilds centered 
largely in northern Greece, Austria, and Romania who 
are brought together by an unknown group of women. 
None of the women are referred to as "Andronika", nor 
described in any further detail. At some point between 
1899 and 1920, the "Andronika" faction emerges as a 
multi-national warband (described in-text as a modern- 
day Varangian Guard) with a long-term goal of 
manipulating regional politics to better accommodate the 
rise of a centralized "Andronikan" state. 


Any potential corollary with actual history disappears 
around 1934, as the "Andronikans" emerge in this telling 
as a significant geo-political force. By 1937, they become 
engaged in a war with Nazi Germany in which the 
Andronikans appear to be victorious. Descriptions of 
female Andronikans at this point begin to describe the 
women as having super-human abilities, including being 


freeze- and fire-proof, bullet-resistant, and favoring 
melee combat with anachronous large shields and short 
spears made of an unknown metal described as 
"gleaming red-gold". An occupation of Germany begins, 
in which the Andronikans fail to integrate the German 
people, leading to a large-scale revolt in which other 
world powers are brought in to stop an Andronikan 
genocide. 


"C" affected individuals tend to be fewer in number and 
less likely to insist upon the veracity of the story, possibly 
due to the higher level of deviancy from historical 
records. 


A small number ( %) of individuals affected by SCP-2277-A, 
regardless of which classification they are bound to, begin to display 
symptoms roughly analogous to those described as afflicting the 
person "Andronika" depicted in series "A" of SCP-2277-A 
classifications. 


Efforts to stop the effects of SCP-2277-A have been largely 
unsuccessful, as the use of amnestics has had an only temporary 
effect in suppressing memory of "Andronika". Repeated 
administration of amnestics was found to be necessary to remove 
memory of SCP-2277-A for a period of - 25 years. However, due 
to risk of auto-immune and/or neurological disorder as a result, 
frequent use of amnestics has been banned and new containment 
procedures initiated to minimize the potential impact of pre-existing 
affected individuals. 


Addendum: As Foundation containment procedures were 
implemented, certain individuals affected by SCP-2277 began to 
become aware of efforts made by Foundation front companies to 
mitigate SCP-2277's spread. A DDoS (distributed denial of service) 
was launched upon mis-information websites maintained by 
Foundation fronts. A fresh source of SCP-2277-A was found being 
distributed as a pornographic video. Audio is consistent with prior 
instances of SCP-2277-A. 


Interviews with affected individuals of SCP-2277 have indicated an 
apparent awareness by SCP-2277 of Foundation efforts to contain 


it. Stories involving "Andronika" have been updated to incriminate an 
ersatz-Foundation known as the "Society for the Consolidation of 
Power" as being involved in each iteration of Andronika's downfall. 
Information posted by affected individuals on forums and websites 
have increasingly contained details regarding this "Society" and its 
activities, as well as its secretive "Council of Thirteen" engaging in 
secretive activity to infiltrate world governments for the express 
purpose of suppressing knowledge of "Andronika" and perpetuating 
a supposed "GS"-based system. Many of the details regarding the 
Society's hierarchical structure have been found to be similar to that 
used by the SCP Foundation. 


As of / /2014, no sensitive information has been "leaked", although 
the websites in question have been taken down and the affected 
individuals involved have been detained by Foundation personnel 
until such time as a makeshift solution can be found to mitigate the 
potential risk of exposure of Foundation personnel or assets working 
on SCP-2277. Despite the absence of any information relating to the 
Foundation's containment of anomalous items/[REDACTED], 
SCP-2277 has been upgraded to Keter and all measures should be 
taken to prevent further "leak" of information relating to the fictitious 
"Society for the Consolidation of Power". 


Footnotes 

1. Due to the nature of SCP-2277 and its apparent use of "spoofing" 
or otherwise hijacking networks, IP addresses linked to SCP-2277 
are not to be immediately disconnected from their internet service 
providers. 

2. Exceptions with regards to historical individuals of Greek/Roman 
ancestry bearing the name "Andronicus"/"Andronikos" or their 
female equivalents. Any unconfirmed references to an Andronicus/ 
Andronikos in modern and/or recent literature is to be suppressed 
until confirmation with primary source material is made. 

3. The most common spelling used has been "Andronika" and will 
be used in this document for brevity 

4. Note: "Andronikan" military forces are depicted as largely female, 
implying a strong emphasis on homosexual relations, although 
reference to integrated male units have been found. 

5. "Wend" is a Medieval-era term referring to Slavic peoples living in 
Germanic areas 


Item description: Mountain Dew: Hot Pink - Clear plastic bottle, 
label in English. Carbonated liquid within a brilliant pink color, and 
proved to be edible, tasting very sweet and tart. Mild sugar high 
ensued. Flavor identified to be a mix of pomegranate and sour 


apple. 


Money entered: 500 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: <Unknown> - Small plastic box containing 
apparatus similar to heroin kit with small vial of clear liquid, label in 
unknown language. Found alternative researcher to use it. After 
injection, subject reported the strong taste of mint, and they smelled 
constantly of peppermint for the next several hours, apparently 
coming from sweat and body oils. Subject reported nausea after the 
first hour or so of this, due to the constant smell and taste. 


Money entered: 500 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: <Unknown> - USB-capable device similar to a 
flash drive, packaging marked only with a bar code. When plugged 
into a computer, the computer ran at twice normal speed and 
refused to react to mouse or keyboard movement, and appeared to 
be running several instances of the program Minesweeper at once. 
Object kept for potential testing with mechanical SCPs. 


Money entered: 500 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: <Unknown> - Milk chocolate replica of human 
male sexual organ, approximately six and a half inches from base to 
head, in foil wrapping with unknown language resembling Korean on 
label. Hollow, filled with liquid white chocolate. Reported to be 
delicious but a little too sweet. 


Notes - More than half of the male staff avoided contact with the 
thing like it was made out of explosives. It is funny that majority of 
staff here would prefer to have a picnic with SCP-682 than touching 
a fucking penis-shaped candy. 


Money entered: 167 yen 
SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 


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SCP-2278: Und ruhig flieBt der Rhein 


Item #: SCP-2278 
Object Class: Euclid 
Special Containment Procedures: 


In situ. containment of SCP-2278 has been approved as of 
21/6/1996. All standard regulations pertaining to the Genius Loci 
protocol apply. Remote monitoring of the containment perimeter is to 
follow the protocol guidelines for low threat anomalies. 


Direct inspection of the cave's soundproofing is to be conducted 
twice a year; maintenance access to the underground chamber 
where SCP-2278-A resides requires standard diving equipment, a 
5 g ingot of fine gold and active sound-canceling headphones. 


Communication efforts to skew popular representation of the local 
legends towards their less threatening versions are to be made and 
periodically evaluated. 


Description: 


SCP-2278 is a cognitohazardous sound pattern originating from a 
cave at 50° 08’ 22" N, 7° 43’ 44” E near the town of Sankt 
Goarshausen in Germany. The place had been known for centuries 
as the location of a peculiar echo, but only attracted wide attention 
from the early 19th century onwards. Cognitohazardous effects are 
not tied to the original source of the sound and recordings are 
equally hazardous. However, testing has shown filtering out the 
6-8 kHz band renders both direct exposure and _ recordings 
innocuous, which indicates the cognitohazard is most likely tied to a 
pattern of harmonics in that band. 


¢ Maintenance log (audio excerpt) - 


SCP-2278/15-8-1996-ML-1 


The following excerpt was recorded during the first scheduled 
maintenance of the containment perimeter. It is representative 
of current SCP-2278 activity. Cognitohazardous harmonics in 
the 6-8 kHz band have been scrubbed, making it safe to listen 
to.