Since the Foundation began monitoring SCP-1271 in 1972, four 
hundred eighty (480) civilian children from around the world have 
been affected by SCP-1271. Efforts to determine the identities of 
affected civilians began shortly thereafter, and was aided by the 
digitization and computerization of Foundation records and 
databases during the 1980s. Through the use of facial recognition 
software, the Foundation has been able to identify one hundred 
twenty-six (126) of the civilians affected to date. During standard 
correlational analysis of the identified civilians, certain patterns were 
detected relating specifically to the position played by affected 
civilians. For purposes of this analysis, the team that begins the 
game on offense is designated "Red," while the team beginning the 
game on defense is designated "Blue". To date, only 10% of 
recovered civilians have any memory of their experiences with 
SCP-1271. 


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Designation Position Noted 
Correlation/ 
Frequency 
SCP-1271-1 Red team first Develops and 
baseman/first pursues an 
kicker interest in banking, 
leading to an 
executive-level 
position at a major 
international 
banking firm. (30 
total instances, 9 
identified, 7 having 
given trait) 
SCP-1271-2 Red team second Dies before age 
baseman/second 18. (80 total 


SCP-1271-3 


SCP-1271-4 


SCP-1271-5 


SCP-1271-6 


kicker 


Red team third 
baseman /third 
kicker 


Red team roller/ 
fourth kicker 

Red team utility 
outfield/fifth kicker 


Red team left 
outfield/sixth 
kicker 


instances, 11 
identified, 11 
having given trait) 
Pursues interest in 
education; 
becomes a 
college-level 
economics 
professor. (30 total 
instances, 7 
identified, 7 having 
given trait) 

None have yet 
been identified. 
Develops interest 
in aeronautics; 
takes a high- 
ranking job in 
American, 
Russian, or 
Chinese space 
development 
agencies. (30 total 
instances, 10 
identified, 9 having 
given trait) 
Becomes trusted 
adviser to an 
individual in a 
position of 
authority over an 
international body 
of some kind. Lists 
of specific 
individuals and 
qualifying bodies 
included in 
Document 1271- 
Beta. (30 total 
instances, 11 


SCP-1271-7 


SCP-1271-8 


SCP-1271-9 


SCP-1271-10 


SCP-1271-11 


Red team center 
outfield/seventh 
kicker 


Red team right 
outfield/eighth 
kicker 


Blue team first 
baseman /first 
kicker 


identified, 10 
having given trait 
Dies at age 23. 
(30 total instances, 
7 identified, 6 
having given trait) 
Becomes famous 
in the visual arts, 
particularly acting. 
(30 total instances, 
9 identified, 9 
having given trait) 
Develops an 
interest in 
chemistry; 
identified 
instances typically 
take up work in 
pharmacology. 
Several instances 
personally 
responsible for the 
development of 
breakthrough 
drugs for a variety 
of illnesses. (80 
total instances, 15 
identified, 14 
having given trait) 


Blue team second Takes up a career 
baseman/second_ in politics; 


kicker 


Blue team third 


becomes a head 
of state or high- 
ranking politician 
in their nation of 
origin. (30 total 
instances, 11 
identified, 11 
having given trait) 
Becomes addicted 


SCP-1271-12 


SCP-1271-13 


SCP-1271-14 


baseman /third 
kicker 


Blue team roller/ 
fourth kicker 

Blue team left 
outfield/fifth kicker 


Blue team center 
outtfield/sixth 
kicker 


to barbiturates 
before age 25, 
dies before age 
27. (30 total 
instances, 10 
identified, 9 having 
given trait) 

None have yet 
been identified. 
Gains a position of 
leadership; no 
pattern has yet 
been determined 
beyond this. Roles 
can vary from 
corporate 
chairman to 
factory foreman, 
but will involve 
high levels of 
authority. (30 total 
instances, 9 
identified, 9 having 
given trait) 
Develops interest 
in religion; 
becomes an 
authoritative figure 
in a religious 
movement. 
Religions involved 
may vary and 
typically are global 
in reach; however, 
two identified 
instances have led 
cults involved 
[DATA 
EXPUNGED] (30 
total instances, 11 


identified, 11 
having given trait) 
SCP-1271-15 Blue team right | Develops interest 
outfield/seventh | in electronics 
kicker technology; 
becomes known 
as an innovative 
engineer, 
pioneering in 
telecom or internet 
technology. (30 
total instances, 6 
identified, 4 having 
given trait) 
SCP-1271-16 Blue team utility | None have yet 
outfield/eighth been identified. 
kicker 


Addendum 1271-2: Interview Logs 
Interview SCP-1271-11-Gamma 
Interview Log 1271-5: SCP-1271-11-Gamma 


SCP-1271-11-Gamma served as third 
baseman for the Blue team in an 1271-A event 
that transpired in 1981. His image was 
identified using photo recognition and aging 
software in 1994 in a collegiate catalog from 
the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. 
Given his connection to SCP-1271, the 
individual was detained for questioning and 
held for observation for several years. 


Dr. Hicks: Have you ever consumed illegal 
narcotics? 


11-Gamma: Never. Before the... that... 
whatever it was that happened, when | was a 
kid, we lived in a good neighborhood. My mom 
told me about drugs, told me not to try them. 


This was back in the late 70s, you know, that 
stuff was everywhere. But she raised me right. 
And it wasn't always easy. 


Dr. Hicks: Could you elaborate? 


11-Gamma: Well, like | said, that was how she 
raised me. And that was how things were back 
in the day. But things got bad around the time | 
was, um, | think twelve or so? 


Note: Subject 11-Gamma was eleven years of 
age when Event 1271-A-1981 transpired. 


11-Gamma: Yeah, | dunno. My dad, he was 
this real straight-laced guy, right? Factory 
worker, out at the Goodyear plant. Amazing 
guy, hard worker. And then one day, it seems 
like, the cops show up. 


Dr. Hicks: The drug arrest, correct? 


11-Gamma: Yeah. Phenobarbitol. He was fine 
one day, he was in jail the next. They didn't 
have evidence to hold him, so he got out. And 
he was such a fucking prick after that, | swear 
to god. 


Dr. Hicks: Behavior changes? 


11-Gamma: Yeah, he and my mom both. They 
were so in love before, and then suddenly it 
was... Jesus, it was a nightmare. He was 
hitting me, he was hitting her, she wouldn't 
leave, she loved him, he was doing drugs, 
then she was doing drugs. | swear to God, it 
got so bad, he wanted me to start doing drugs. 
Said it would calm me down. Said it would 
keep me from thinking | was better than him. 
Tried to make me take them. That was when | 
left. 


Dr. Hicks: Ran away? 


11-Gamma: Yeah. | tried the guidance 
counselor, it was like she wasn't even there. 
Teachers too. | just booked it, left town. I... 
look, | got out of there. Went a few towns over, 
got into a foster program. It sucked exactly as 
much as you think, but I just stayed in the 
books, y'know? Kept my head down. 


Dr. Hicks: And avoided drugs? 


11-Gamma: It was hard. Everyone was into it 
around me; tried to push it on me, all that shit 
you get in DARE, the peer pressure, violence, 
everything. All the way into college; it seems 
like everyone around me got into it either right 
before or right after | met them, and they all 
wanted to share. It got worse the older | got. | 
graduated a few months ago; | was glad to get 
away from that. 


Dr. Hicks: | understand. 


Note: Approximately three days before 11- 
Gamma's twenty-fifth birthday, Dr. Hicks 
assaulted him and forcibly injected 
phenobarbitol into his system. No orders to do 
so had been given. 11-Gamma developed an 
addiction and was terminated attempting to 
assault a nurse four months later. Dr. Hicks 
claimed temporary insanity; medical tests 
revealed a small brain tumor had developed, 
impairing his judgement. 


Interview SCP-1271-14-Epsilon 
Interview Log 1271-21: SCP-1271-14-Epsilon 


Subject 14-Epsilon was in charge of the 
largest cadre of a cult known as the 


"Brotherhood of the Rubicon" in 
Johannesburg, South Africa. Subject was 
captured in a Foundation raid against their 
safehouse and was identified as an outfielder 
in an SCP-1271-A event in 1989. 


Dr. Graves: How did you come to join the 
Brotherhood? 


14-Epsilon: | was not born to greatness. 
Greatness found me. God found me in the 
back of a field and spoke lies to me. | see truth 
now. | speak truth now. 


Dr. Graves: I'm sorry, I'm afraid | don't— 


14-Epsilon: You think you know what that field 
is. God spoke lies to me. God lies to us all. 
God fears us because we have a new lord. 
She will lead us to his throne. You think you 
know what that field is. | was not born to 
greatness. 


Dr. Graves: Are you suggesting SCP-1271 
compelled or changed you in some way? 


14-Epsilon: God is the least of what lives in 
that field. Those things choose you and send 
you into the world. God spoke lies to me. The 
things in that field chose us, trained us, 
shaped us. We are what they make us. You 
think you know what that field is. 


Dr. Graves: You believe your fate was 
destined? 


14-Epsilon: They speak lies to us until the lies 
become truth. The field showed me the 
Rubicon. The Rubicon will help me kill God. 


Dr. Graves: Did the field tell you to kill God? 


Did it tell you how? 


14-Epsilon: God lives in that field. God is the 
least of what lives in that field. | speak truth 
now. 


Subject 14-Epsilon was deemed an unreliable 
witness due to untreatable paranoid 
schizophrenia and was terminated. 


Interview SCP-1271-13-Theta 


Subject 13-Theta served as a Blue-team left 
outfielder in the first recorded 1271-A event in 
1972. Subject was a member of [REDACTED] 
when facial identification algorithms identified 
him in 2011. Due to his position, several red 
alerts were triggered in Foundation computers 
and Subject 13-Theta was detained. Subject 
13-Theta claimed to have no knowledge of his 
involvement with SCP-1271. Interview heavily 
redacted to prevent disclosure of sensitive 
information. 


Dr. Graves: Do you have any recollection of 
your involvement with SCP-1271? 


13-Theta: Fucking of course not, Graves. | told 
you that yesterday. Do you think | would have 
accepted the job at [REDACTED] if | thought | 
had been recruited in a kickball game when | 
was eleven? Give me a little more credit than 
that. 


Dr. Graves: Of course, si- -of course not. 
However, several influential academics, 
politicians, and scientists have been identified 
as being involved with SCP-1271, almost 
always without their prior knowledge— 


13-Theta: And | know you also identified a 


High Priest of the Church of the Broken God, a 
mid-level executive with Marshall, Carter, and 
Dark Ltd., and two Serpent's Hand cell leaders 
among affected personnel. | used to get these 
reports. So the other [REDACTED] decided 
one of us was in on it too. 


Dr. Graves: You believe this is a conspiracy 
led by other members of [REDACTED]? 


13-Theta: It's not a "conspiracy" when the 
good guys do it, Graves, it's a plan. They 
considered me expendable, and so | was 
expended. Security can say they did their job, 
we all go home happy. Unless there really is 
some brainwashed freak high in [REDACTED] 
who is liable to snap and take us all out. 


Several minutes of conversation redacted due 
to involvement of sensitive containment 
information 


Dr. Graves: How would you respond to the 
following phrase: [Dr. Graves recites the 
Unami chant that marks the end of each 1271- 
A event.] 


13-Theta: | would say you don't... don't know 
what... (trails off) 


Dr. Graves: Sir? Are you with us? 


13-Theta: [Begins mumbling in Unami 
language, falls unconscious] 


Subject 13-Theta remanded to medical wing 
for treatment. While in medical care, subject 
escaped containment, using his knowleage of 
Site 34's authorization codes to leave the 
premises. Subject has not yet been 
recaptured. Unami phrase uttered before 


unconsciousness translated to "but the 
children's footprints are numerous." 


Footnotes 

1. The chant closely resembles the Unami phraseSe-: lah ni 
e-k-a-kwe tali-akhakého-n ni-Sa awé-ni-k, which translates loosely to 
"Over there under the trees, two people were buried." 


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SCP-1272: Slow-Motion Catastrophe 


Item #: SCP-1272 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1272's constituent 
artifacts are to be maintained at a range of no closer than 41 meters, 
and no more distant than 74 kilometers. No two artifacts with a 
collective w-axis deviations of greater than 38 degrees are to 
approach within 8 kilometers of any other topological anomaly. Due 
to the continuing risk of containment breach, all objects are to be 
affixed to their pedestals with permanent restraints upon successful 
containment. Due to risks presently posed by SCP-1272-06, active 
containment efforts are presently suspended. Revised containment 
procedures are pending. 


After a breach of containment protocols on 03/27/1973, 
SCP-1272-01, 02, 03, and 04 remain uncontained. Until such a time 
as containment is re-established, one containment team is to enter 
the anomaly every four months, attempt to reach the containment 
vault door, and attempt to contact previous containment teams to 
advise them to deviate from pre-2003 containment protocols. Before 
approaching the topological singularity, agents assigned to the 
containment team must undergo psychological pre-screening. At 
pre-screening, containment agents should be advised that at 
present topological density, successful containment is expected to 
be completed on March 18, 2394, 423 years from initial entry. 
Present suicidal ideation is nondisqualifying. At agent's request, 
Foundation survivor benefits are to be paid to the designated 
beneficiary immediately upon entry into the containment area. 


At all times, the topological anomaly is to be monitored via closed- 
circuit television by a designated Foundation exit counselor. 
Garments appropriate to all eras of team entry are to be maintained 
on-site. Upon scheduled or unscheduled team exit, debrief is 
mandatory. Debrief subject matter should be restricted to those 


matters necessary to assess psychological suitability to return to 
duty and technical aspects of the anomaly. Inappropriate topics for 
debrief include surviving family members, if any, classified 
information unrelated to the Site 53 anomaly, and Foundation 
matters outside the scope of the team's historical clearance level. 


Counselors should expect readjustment shock. Class C amnestics 
are to be made available upon request. 


Description: SCP-1272-01, 02, 03, and 04 are four identical 
statues, apparently sculpted by Corsican neoclassical revivalist 
Emile Abruzzo in the early-to-mid 1950s. Early photographs of the 
statues depict a child between the ages of 11 and 14, wearing 
unremarkable early-Renaissance garb and carrying a cloth bag. 
Since that time, the statues have exhibited worsening topological 
anomalies, and at the time of containment breach were 
unrecognizable as their original subjects. 


By 1961, while in Foundation custody, the statues' w-axis deviations 
stabilized at 7, 13, 19, and 23 degrees respectively. Though 
unknown at the time, permitting objects with summed w-deviations 
of greater than 38 degrees to approach within 41 meters of a 
topological anomaly results in a topological involution which rapidly 
evolves toward a nongravitational singularity. 


On March 27, 1973, this occurred, resulting in a containment breach 
and SCP-1272-05.