Mr. Gunawardena: Well, we did have a—what's the 
phrase—carrot to go with the stick. If they produced five 
hundred scarves, and didn't try to escape or attack a 
manager, we let them go. 

Dr. Corman: Let them go? 

Mr. Gunawardena: Yeah, we take them outside the 
building so they die again, then burn the body. 

Dr. Corman: I, uh, see. 


« SCP-1699 | SCP-1700 | SCP-1701 » 


SCP-1701: In Tents and Purposes 


Item #: SCP-1701 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1701 is contained within a 
Standard Containment Cell equipped with a bulletproof, frosted 
skylight. Personnel are not to enter SCP-1701's cell without vision- 
obscuring eyewear. 


Any new SCP-1701 instances are to be incinerated. 


Description: SCP-1701 is an "E-Z UP" brand pop-up canopy 
capable of autonomous motion and predatory behavior. 


SCP-1701 in its rest state is visually indistinguishable from similar, 
nonanomalous canopies. In this state, SCP-1701 uses 
photosynthetic cells in its "fabric" to sustain itself. 


Occasionally, SCP-1701 will become active, marked by the fabric 
changing color and displaying iridescent green and blue fractal 
patterns. It will begin to rock back and forth slightly, gradually 
increasing in intensity until it tips over. 


If SCP-1701 detects any movement within 5m of itself during an 
active state, SCP-1701's legs will quickly elongate to over 10m in 
length and manifest several joints. These legs will soasm and flail 
violently until they make contact with the triggering object, at which 
point the legs will wrap around it and pull it towards the center. 
Remaining legs will retract, allowing SCP-1701 to fold up and once 
again resemble a nonanomalous canopy. The captured object 
vanishes completely during this process, though SCP-1701 will 
occasionally twitch or emit a low sloshing sound for several hours 
after. 


Following this event, any person having witnessed SCP-1701 


"consume" an object will eventually suffer headaches, irritated eyes, 
and sinus pain for up to 8 hours. The timeframe for these symptoms 
to manifest following viewing of SCP-1701's active state is highly 
variable and known to range between 18 minutes and 9 years, 11 
months. 


After initial symptoms begin, upper and lower eyelashes will 
lengthen and transmute into aluminum before falling out. The 
eyeballs will disengage from the optic nerve and eye socket and 
transmute into cloth and aluminum upon coming in contact with the 
transformed eyelashes, before combining to form two miniature 
SCP-1701 instances. These instances will then attempt to scuttle 
away from the afflicted subject, and will grow to full size in about 2 
hours. 


The affected person will then grow new eyeballs within 10 minutes 
of the loss of the original eyeballs, and usually experiences no 
changes in vision except for occasional visual blackouts when 
viewing nonanomalous canopies, tents, and gazebos. 


SCP-1702: The French Hive 


Item #: SCP-1702 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1702 is contained in a 
sealed, re-purposed hangar at Humanoid Containment Site-06-3 
which has been fitted with reinforced concrete honeycomb 
structures. SCP-1702 is to be provided 500 kg of food and mineral 
supplements daily via automated delivery systems, consisting of 
material as outlined in Document 1702-06. 


Experimentation with SCP-1702 requires prior permission from at 
least two (2) Level 3 Senior Researchers and direct contact with 
SCP-1702-1 may only be performed with direct oversight from Site 
Command. Personnel entering SCP-1702's containment area must 
wear lightly-colored, reinforced biohazard suits with full re-breathing 
equipment and must be quarantined for a minimum of six (6) hours 
after exiting the area. In case of aggression from SCP-1702 or at the 
discretion of operational oversight, SCP-1702's containment area is 
to be flooded with smoke and all personnel must proceed directly to 
the nearest exit. Personnel that fail to report to an exit are effectively 
unrecoverable and will be declared KIA. 


Description: SCP-1702 is a species of apian humanoids consisting 
of a hive with a single fertile queen and several hundred sterile 
workers. SCP-1702 specimens have an appearance analogous to 
normal humans with the notable exception of several prominent 
apian structures, including antennae extending from their heads and 
chitinous skin along their backs and limbs. SCP-1702 also have 
similar internal physiology with the notable addition of a compound 
stomach with a chamber capable of processing organic material and 
raw minerals into a substance resembling human bone that can then 
be regurgitated and used in hive construction and repairs. 


* SCP-1702-1 is the queen, a large fertile female approximately 


2.1 min length and the only member of SCP-1702 capable of 
reproduction, typically laying up to thirty (80) eggs per day. 
Highly intelligent, SCP-1702-1 is capable of communicating 
with personnel in a previously unknown dialect of French and 
has proven highly cooperative as well as being the source of 
most of our knowledge regarding SCP-1702's behavior and 
hive mechanics. 

* SCP-1702-2 are male specimens which are only present 
during the beginning of a mating cycle and have only been 
encountered once while in Foundation containment (See 
Incident 1702-05). SCP-1702-2 appear to be only minimally 
intelligent and did not respond to attempts to communicate by 
Foundation personnel. At the end of the mating cycle, all 
SCP-1702-2 specimens were systematically driven away from 
the hive or killed. 

* SCP-1702-3 are sterile female workers, currently 
approximately three hundred and forty (840) in number, 
responsible for construction and cleaning of the hive's 
physical structure and nurturing young. SCP-1702-3 also tend 
to SCP-1702-1 and are responsible for feeding, cleaning, 
grooming and inducing egg-laying in the queen. SCP-1702-3 
appear to be highly intelligent and capable of complex 
problem solving and logistics but appear to have vestigial 
vocal cords and have not responded to attempts to 
communicate. SCP-1702-3 only have a lifespan of 
approximately five (5) years. 


SCP-1702 was first discovered in the Paris catacombs circa 1944 by 
members of the French resistance during World War II, who were 
able to broker safe passage through SCP-1702's hive in return for 
living German prisoners of war. SCP-1702 was re-discovered in 

19 , after which a Foundation containment team was able to 
convince SCP-1702-1 to relocate to Bio-Containment Site 63, citing 
the effect of urban expansion on its environment and the possibility 
of being discovered. It is not known at this time whether French 
government officials were aware of SCP-1702's existence in the 
intervening time period. 


Addendum 1702-01: Researcher Note (translated from French) 


SCP-1702-1 has proven a challenge to communicate 
with. Aside from its unusual dialect, it is also ina 
constant state of incoherence and delirium consistent 
with intoxication which | suspect to be a side effect of the 
pheromones that it is constantly exposed to. On its own, 
SCP-1702-1 does nothing but wander the hive and must 
be guided by its workers whenever its eggs are needed. 


Despite these issues, SCP-1702-1 has nonetheless 
been a valuable resource and provided important insight 
into itself and its hive. | also believe that it may consider 
me to be a "friend" at this stage, and | may be able to 
leverage that trust. 


Dr. M. Colette 
Senior Researcher 


Addendum 1702-02: Researcher Note (translated from French) 


Despite extensive experimentation, it appears that 
SCP-1702 requires a minimum of human biological 
material to reproduce properly; attempts at limiting 
SCP-1702 to strictly non-human material resulted in the 
birth of unhealthy workers and caused considerable 
distress to the hive as a whole. 


At the insistence of SCP-1702-1 and with Oversight 
approval, SCP-1702 is to be provided a new diet as 
outlined in Document 1702-06, which is to consist of no 
less than 5% human biological material processed from 
[REDACTED] and, only if absolutely necessary, 
terminated Class D personnel. 


Dr. M. Colette 
Senior Researcher 


Addendum 1702-03: Incident Report 1702-05 


On / / , during contact conducted by four (4) personnel including 
Dr. Colette and Dr. , SCP-1702-1 reportedly entered a state of 
lucidity, during which it suddenly pleaded with personnel to be 


rescued from its hive. SCP-1702-3 specimens tending to 
SCP-1702-1 then began to enter an aggressive state, which 
prompted Oversight to terminate proceedings. Dr. and Agent 

were able to escape containment unharmed, but Dr. Colette and 
Agent were unable to escape the containment area and were 
subsequently declared KIA. 


A camera carried by Agent continued to transmit audiovisual 
data for approximately 2 minutes and 17 seconds before being cut 
off. Footage recorded showed SCP-1702-1 apparently being 
attacked and torn apart by SCP-1702-3 specimens while screaming 
in pain. 


Addendum 1702-04: Incident Report 1702-06 


For a period of approximately thirty five (35) days following Incident 
1702-05, SCP-1702 remained highly aggressive and resisted all 
attempts by personnel to enter its hive. After SCP-1702 calmed 
down sufficiently for safe passage, two (2) armed and armored 
personnel were dispatched into SCP-1702's containment area to 
investigate. 


Personnel reported that not only did they locate SCP-1702-1, but the 
queen appeared to be unharmed. Recorded footage indicates that 
while the queen has the exact same appearance, behavior and 
personality, SCP-1702-1 no longer has any memory or recollection 
of events prior to Incident 1702-05. 


Addendum 1702-05: Researcher Note 


Just as in nature, SCP-1702's queen appears to be a 
prisoner of the hive. So long as she is perfect and 
productive, the workers will pamper and protect her, but 
the moment she becomes "damaged", they will turn on 
and replace her. To the best of our knowledge this is not 
the same queen any more, just a replacement crafted to 
the same "perfect ideal" that the hive expects and 
requires. That the tissue sample the containment team 
managed to procure shows a DNA match for Dr. Colette 
only reinforces this theory. 


Dr. 
Senior Researcher 


« SCP-1701 | SCP-1702 | SCP-1703 » 


SCP-1703: Slightly Radioactive Lightbulb 


Item #: SCP-1703 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1703 may be kept in a 
35cm x 35cm x 35cm fiberglass cube with walls at least 8mm thick 
that is padded with a thick layer of black industrial foam on the 
outside. The interior of the cube is to be painted black with an 
opaque paint. The cube may be opened and closed with a metallic 
hinge mechanism. It may be kept locked with a simple combination 
lock and stored in secure storage among other Safe SCPs. X-ray 
analysis may be conducted on the object at any time, as long as it 
remains within the box, and the box is not opened. Experiments 
which involve removing SCP-1703 from its container require 
approval from the Site Director. 


Description: SCP-1703 is similar in appearance to a lit (OW 
incandescent light bulb. It was recovered from the wreckage of 

Cold Springs Fitness Centre following Incident 1703-1. An employee 
of the club that was absent during Incident 1703-1 reported that the 
object was already noted among the staff for being apparently 
impossible to turn off, but this was attributed to faulty wiring rather 
than any anomalous properties. Due to the object being located in a 
high-traffic area, a decision was made to leave it alone until it 
burned out. 


Despite its appearance, SCP-1703 is not a light bulb at all as it 
seems to lack any visible filament. Access to electricity has no 
observable effect on its function. The source of its glow is a walnut- 
shaped core which has been determined to emit small amounts of 
radiation across the whole electromagnetic spectrum, the strongest 
being in the visible light range. SCP-1703 weighs exactly as much 
as an ordinary light bulb of its size without filament. Little else is 
known about it at this time as it is difficult to determine the core's 
features and composition without destructive testing. Site Director's 


note: Attempts to remove the core from inside its hull are expressly 
prohibited at this time. 


SCP-1703's anomalous effect acts on most solid and opaque 
objects illuminated directly by its visible light for at least 3 minutes 
and 17 seconds; materials transparent to visible light seem to be 
immune. Affected objects undergo a 2-week period within which 
they will lose up to 20% of their weight, despite not actually losing 
any mass. Approx. once every six months, SCP-1703's glow rapidly 
intensifies into a brief, intense flash. All objects caught in the flash 
that were previously affected by SCP-1703 appear to become 
inversely affected by gravity — they "fall upwards", accelerating and 
reaching terminal velocity as a regular object of a similar mass 
would in free-fall. Due to being repelled by all gravitational fields, 
such objects eventually leave Earth's atmosphere and the Solar 
System. 


SCP-1703 is completely immune to its own effect. 
Incident 1703-1 - Site Inspection 


Compiled by Agent Fisher, minutes after object 
recovery. 


Cold Springs Fitness Centre is located 3km east of : 

. It is approximately 500m away from the main road, 
surrounded by trees. The privacy of the location as well 
as rumours of unnaturally rapid strength growth 
contributed to a recent surge in its popularity; records 
show that in the last month, the number of active 
subscriptions had increased by 45%. 


Initial readings show trace amounts of gamma radiation; 
the soil appears to be the source. Testing indicates that 
the air is unusually dust-free compared to surrounding 
areas. 


Much of the curbside around the club is disturbed due to 
the uprooting of a large number of trees. The displaced 
plants, in various states of destruction, are either lying in 
the parking lot or floating 20-30 centimetres in the air. 


(_ semi-buoyant objects blown away from the Incident 
Site by wind have to date been recovered and 
catalogued as SCP-1703-0001 through __. Clean-up 
efforts ongoing.) Pavement in the parking lot appears to 
have been torn off in rectangular strips. Areas of 
destruction outside the club are consistent with the 
positions of windows, and SCP-1703's projected 
radiation through those windows from where it was 
originally installed as a light fixture. The destruction 
radius extends to approximately meters from the 
object, although its electromagnetic radiation stays 
visible and coherent over much longer distances. A circle 
can be drawn around the incident location, connecting 
the farthest points of SCP-1703's effect. 


Most of the club's ceiling is missing. Intact beams show 
signs of metal fatigue, suggesting that the ceiling quickly 
"sagged" upwards, and then was torn out. Walls are 
partially destroyed; those that previously had some 
object obscuring them from a direct line of sight with 
SCP-1703 remain intact. Interestingly, while some 
windows have shattered from the physical forces 
following weight reversal of the surrounding architecture, 
they are all present and have not been affected by 
SCP-1703. 


The majority of the club's training equipment is also 
missing. A few devices "hang off" exposed beams and 
support structures that prevent them from "falling" into 
the sky. These are identified as being the most 
significant sources of residual gammaz-radiation in the 
area.