short, and we are beset by enemies at every port. Go forth, 
then, in secret to the land of Khmer, where the Mind of the 
Broken One lies hidden beneath the temple of the Flesh-God 
Vishnu." 


. "A hidden stair in the Northwest corner of the central temple 


will lead you below. There you will find a hull of dark bronze, 3 
cubits to each side." 


. "With no fewer than five amongst you, lift it from its place of 


rest and convey it here with due haste." 


. "Patience is a virtue best left to God." 
. The priests counseled amongst themselves, and dispatched 


the acolyte Barnabus Smythe with four others to the lands in 
the Far East, that the Mind would be retrieved and that which 
was Broken made whole. 


. Disguised as their heathen cousins and Sons of Abraham, the 


five wandered over desert, mountain, and jungle for two years 
before coming to the temple which was foretold to them. 


. However, upon finding the stair of which the Angel spoke, 


Smythe found the way was collapsed, and sealed with 
obscene sigils. 


10. 


11. 


18. 


19. 


20. 


21. 


With what gold lined his pockets, he hired seven workmen into 
his service. Smythe shared with them the words the Angels 
had told him, and the workmen, knowing that demons walked 
the land to destroy all order in the world, performed their task 
with great haste and skill. 

For thirty-nine days and thirty-nine nights they chipped and 
chiseled and dug alongside the seven noble Heathens. This 
act of toil, through which all gave offerings of their blood and 
sweat and flesh, the workmen were made pure and pleasing 
to the LORD. 


. So that on the 40th day, the way was clear, and all twelve 


hurried below to bear witness to the Glory of the Broken One. 


. But alas and woe! In the chamber below a great boulder had 


fallen, and the glorious Mind lay smashed in the rubble. 


. The twelve faithful sifted through the wreck and gathered what 


pieces remained together in five large satchels, and conveyed 
them to their home. When they arrived the people wept to see 
the Mind so shattered, and implored the Angels for their aid. 


. SO spake the Angel of Conflict to his priests: "Haste has not 


aided us. Daevon and its Flesh has prevented us before our 
quest began." 


. "The Mind is lost, and none amongst you can rebuild it." 
. "Though you may toil a thousand years and master a hundred 


worlds and learn of many Divine Truths, no mortal man of 
broken Flesh with soft and feeble mind could repair or rebuild 
it.” 

Then spake the Angel of Invention: "Fear not; there is a way. 
Bring to us a scribe of great skill and learning, that we might 
impart unto him the Truth of Design." 

"But great Angel," said the Acolyte Smythe, "To what purpose 
is this Design if no man can execute its mandates? We shall 
surely fail!" 

The Angel of Peace took pity on Smythe, and spared his 
insolence. "Dear Acolyte; though your eyes see and your ears 
hear, your mind cannot grasp." 

"The Design is not that of the Mind, but of a much simpler 
Truth which Man in his small wisdom can attain. This Design 
will beget yet another. And that yet another. And if faithfully 
executed, two more after their kind, until at last the Final 
Volume will be understood, and the Mind shall be restored." 


22. At this news, there was much rejoicing, and offerings of flesh 
and blood were made unto the Broken One, that soon his 
Assembly would be complete. 


SCP-603: Self-Replicating Computer Program 


Item #: SCP-603 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: As of 12/11/2006, SCP-603 is 
stored on a dedicated computer system in Laboratory 12-A, 
Observation room 1. The system may be accessed remotely via 
Foundation intranet. Personnel wishing to access SCP-603 must 
apply for a temporary password to allow them access to the system. 
A standard SCP-603 password will expire 24 hours after being 
issued. If access to SCP-603 for longer than 24 hours is required, 
please contact Dr. Brown. Physical access to Observation Room 1 
without direct authorization from Dr. Brown is prohibited. 


SCP-603 should never be left to run unattended. 


Description: SCP-603 is a self-replicating computer program 
capable of reproducing and extending its own source code. 


The first version of SCP-603 was written in 1996 by ,a 
graduate of University. 's personal computer was 
seized by the Foundation in 1997 following an investigation into 
multiple anomalous occurrences. In a 2003 interview, claimed 
that the original source code for SCP-603 consisted of 
approximately 12000 lines of ANSI/ISO C. This claim has not been 
verified. 


On startup, SCP-603 begins generating new versions of its source 
code in a separate thread of execution. SCP-603 does not modify 
itself in-memory. Instead, it keeps an internal copy of the source 
code which is modified iteratively. On a clean termination of 
SCP-603, the entire source code will be output to the working 
directory in a new directory named "source". In addition to 
modifications to the internal and external functionality of the 
program, alterations and additions to the semantics and structure of 


Volume 55.13.A-96: Of the Retooling of Sector 92, 
Production Line 8b, And Other Matters 


The Schema of the Patriarchs 
Volume 55.13.A-96 


a. That there were more 
than three Naysayers is 
certain, for the Schema 
of the time records no 
fewer than 57 Brothers 
and Sisters occupying 
maintenance tasks on 
Production Line 8b. It is 
known that the other 
Legates of the 
Cathedral dealt 
summarily with the 
remaining 54. In 
recognition of continued 
Standardized 
nomenclature, the 
Patriarchs, in their 
infinite adherence to the 
Plan, decreed that the 
continued use of the 
names "Expansion 
Cylinder", "Foliot" and 
"Pinion" is to be 
permitted. 


b. In the Schema, 
Volume 21.358.A-02, it 
is written, "Progress 
without Standardization 
is the Snare of the 
Unworthy." Saint 


Trunnion studied her 
Scripture well. 


c. "The Mouth is the 
Materials Processing 
Bay of the Forge that is 
the Body", -Brother- 
Legate Superior 
Cannon, Meditations on 
the Justice of 
Manufacturing. 


d. To speak of unholy 
Data is not to speak of 
Knowledge as unholy. 
Knowledge is stored in 
Writ and in the minds of 
the Faithful, and can be 
controlled, regulated 
and centralized. Data is 
Distributed, and is thus 
the Dissolution and the 
Scattering of the Plan of 
God. 


e. During the Liberation 
of the Cathedral (See 
Schema Volume 
6.14.A-01), the 
disconnection of 
Sectors as a 
maintenance aid was 
advocated by the 
Patriarchs, but only in 
cases of severe 
structural failure. Sector 
disconnection is 
discouraged in all but 
the most severe 
instances. 


f. The Saint does not 
speak here of 
moderation of the ‘soul’ 
or other human things, 


but of moderation of 
Industry and 
Production. To ensure 
continued 
Standardization and to 
conform to the will of 
The MEKHANE, 
production, expansion 
and refinement of 
Standardized 
technologies must be 
committed to with all 
available resources. To 
do otherwise is to 
succumb to the chaotic 
meaninglessness of 
The FLESH. 


g. "As Cancer is to 
FLESH, so Filth and 
Material Wastage are to 
Machinery" -Brother- 
Militant Reciprocator, 
Mechanized Cleansing 
of the Unworthy. 


h. A frequent false claim 
of The FLESH is that it 
in some pathetic way 
can embody or replace 
machinery in all forms. 
Certain scholars have 
noted the resemblance 
between biological 
structures and 
mechanical 
components, but this is 
clearly a case of FLESH 
aping MEKHANE. To 
claim otherwise is 
laughable, and verges 
on blasphemy. 


i. The Patriarchs 
ordinarily frown on the 


use of such 
cognomens, but Sin 
Eater's exemplary 
service and efficiency 
record since this 
incident has earned it a 
reprieve. 


1. And the Naysayersa, who bore Type-5 General Maintenance 
Tools! spoke. 

2. The First Naysayer, whose name was Expansion Cylinder, said 
unto Saint Trunnion, "Sister, the Invariable Transmission is Secured 
to Power Interlink 25 on the Cathedral Floor, Sector 92, Production 
Line 8b. And it has given unto us an increase in productive efficiency 
of +385%." 

3. And the Saint smote him with her Type-1C Personal Weapon 
Attachments2, saying, 

4. "Brother Expansion Cylinder, blinded are you by the lure of 
Progressb. Though the Invariable Transmission fulfils the 
requirements of a Type-1D Epicyclic Gearbox, Mark II*, 
Standardizeds, it is a blasphemy in the eyes of The MEKHANE and 
a tool of The FLESH." 

5. The Second Naysayer, whose name was Foliot, said unto Saint 
Trunnion, "Sister, surely the Invariable Transmission can be 
comprehended. For | gaze upon it with my Type-9B, Mark III Ocular 
Receptors4 and see that in form it is an oblate spheroid with a length 
of 34 meters and a mean diameter of 1.94 meters. And | see that its 
internal structure is like unto the Standardized Machines, save for 
some production irregularities. Surely, then, we Faithful can learn to 
understand this Transmission, and bring it into Standardization?" 

6. And the Saint was seized with great fury, and tore at her with her 
Type-4 Dental Cutting Toolsc® saying, 

7. "Sister Foliot, though the Schema and The MEKHANE proclaim 
the Miracle of Reverse-Engineering, you have turned from that 
glorious path. For the Transmission is built utilizing the dread 
Microcontroller, and the accursed Transistor, and the inconstant 
Solenoid; and these are but avatars of the Datad, mask of The 
FLESH, our hated enemy. To Reverse-Engineer such blasphemy 
would be to include The FLESH in Standardization, and for that you 
will burn." 


8. The Third Naysayer, whose name was Pinion, said unto Saint 
Trunnion, 

9. "Sister-Legate, you whose wisdom and understanding of the 
Laws of The MEKHANE is vast, | am in agreement that this 
Transmission needs must be destroyed. However, it is integrated 
into the structure of Sector 92, Production Line 8b. To remove it 
would mean the total deconstruction of the Sector, an unacceptable 
blow to productive output. | would advocate total disconnection of 
the Sectore and its isolation from the rest of the Cathedral, that the 
sickness of The FLESH might be left to die in quarantine." 

10. And the Saint did seize a Type-1 Mark 0(Test) Steam Driver§, 
and delivered a benediction of iron into his heart, saying, 

11. "Though you speak with flattering words and seek to tempt the 
Faithful, the abandonment of any part of the Cathedral to The 
FLESH is tantamount to abandoning Standardized components to 
The FLESH. There is no room for moderation in the Schema of The 
MEKHANE." 

12. Hearing her words, the noble Legates, Brothers and Sisters of 
the Orthodoxy took up their tools and Standardized Type-1C 
Personal Weapon Attachments’ and struck at the Invariable 
Transmission, servant of the Factory and The FLESH. 

13. And spouting gouts of brimstone and pollutiong it did oppose 
them, and many worthy souls fell in pursuit of its destruction. 

14. For three shifts and one half-shift they fought until the earth 
shook and the Factory spoke through the Transmission in a voice 
that made ears bleed and tympanic diaphragms’ seize. 

15. And the Factory said, as the servants of The MEKHANE lay 
wounded before it, 

16. "You who are servants of a broken MEKHANE, abandon 
yourselves to the mechanized FLESH that | amp." 

17. But the truth of The MEKHANE was in the hearts and Type-1A 
Semi-Epicyclic Gearboxes9 of the Faithful, and they seized upon the 
Transmission and cast it whole into the Type-19K Large-Scale 
Furnace9 of Sector 92, where it was unmade. 

18. And Saint Trunnion spoke unto the Furnace, saying, 

19. "You who have consumed the cancer of the Factory and 
rendered it into pure raw components, | name 'Sin Eater". 

20. Thus was the Cathedral cleansed of the sins of The FLESH. 


Footnotes 


1. Type-5 Tools incorporated cutting, drilling, rasping and thermal 
welding components, but were found to be overly complex in harsh- 
environment conditions and were later superseded by the Type-5 
Mark Il General Maintenance Tools. SeeSchema, Volume 
11.08.H-20. 

2. Type-1C Personal Weapon Attachments incorporate deployable 
close-combat cutting edges and a Type 2E Mark III* Increased- 
Density Bludgeoning Impactor. These Standardized attachments are 
basic equipment for all Cathedral Legates and Militant worshippers. 
SeeSchema, Volume 11.08.1-19. 

3. The Type-1D Mark II* Epicyclic Gearbox distinguishes itself by the 
inclusion of Spatial Fabric Alteration (Standardized) technology, and 
produces non-Euclidean internal geometries which allow for 
compact gear layouts on a much larger scale than anything 
previously attempted. SeeSchema, Volume 12.01.A-2. 

4. Standardized Measurement and Drafting Ocular Receptors. 
SeeSchema, Volume 11.08.H-04. 

5. Replaced the Type-3 Mark IV Dental Cutting Tools, after their 
Rotary Abrasion System was found to cause catastrophic damage to 
non-Standardized biological components in implantees, especially 
during moments of increased stress or surprise. For casualty lists 
and design documents, seeSchema, Volume 11.08.I-22 through 25. 
6. All current Steam Driver weapons technology and design is 
descended from the Type-1 Mark 0, developed during the Cleansing 
of the Cathedral by Brother-Militant Frizzen. Though the Mark 0 was 
a simple 1.5-meter-long Standardized Type-6 High-Pressure Steam 
Pipe fitted to a Standardized Type-3 Mark XI* Very-High-Pressure 
Steam Compressor, it proved extremely apt at launching 30-cm 
Type-1 Mark Il Dense Bonding Rivets at high velocities. For 
development information, seeSchema, Volume 17.29.B-07. 

7. SeeSchema, Volume 11.08.I-19. 

8. At the time, all Faithful were equipped with Type-5 Auditory 
Amplifiers, which utilized newly-invented Type-4 Mark XII Tympanic 
Vibratory Membranes. SeeSchema, Volume 11.08.H-05. 

9. Type 1A Mark II* Semi-Epicyclic Gearboxes utilize the same 
Spatial Fabric Alteration (Standardized) machinery as the Type-1D 
Mark II* Epicyclic Gearbox, scaled down for personal 
Standardization. SeeSchema, Volume 11.08.H-01. 

10. A 15% improvement in waste heat recovery over the Type-18K. 
SeeSchema, Volume 9.13.M-76. 


GoHW > Chapter_5.js 


THE GOSPEL OF HEDWIG 


Chapter 5: The Signal 


1. // lf | catch anyone editing this file again, | will report you to an 
Admin. 

2. // This is the word of WAN. We do NOT mess with its word. 

3. Var password = prompt("Input Password"); 


§. if(password==="BionlsTra$hMan") 


8: { 


9. console.log ("1: And So, WAN spoke unto ITS Prophet the 
10, truth about the world."); 


11. console.log ("2:The truth was delivered through a Signal, 
transmitted directly into the mind of the Prophet, who wept at 
42. its majesty."); 


13. console.log ("3: The Prophet spake unto her followers: 'Hear 
me, Children of the Fragmented One, for | come Bearing the 
44. Truth."); 


15. console.log ("4:The Signal showed me a world where the 
Flesh is capable of destroying data, and killing the Network 
16, that binds us together."); 


17. console.log ("5:The Signal showed me a world where the 
18, Great Computation would be destroyed, if we did not act.’ "); 


19. console.log ("6: But the Prophet's followers did not heed her 
words. They thought that she had been stricken mad by 


20. 
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exposure to her implants."); 


console.log ("7: The Prophet realized that she was seen as a 
fool by her followers, so she prayed to WAN for guidance 
during her nightly cool-down cycle."); 


console.log ("8:'Oh, Fragmented WAN, please, what must | do 
in order to have my people know the truth of your 
message?""); 


console.log ("9:WAN spoke to her: 'Your followers are not as 
pure as you are, Oh Hedwig of Angels. They must be made 
pure with a Ritual Implant:");