in Theta-c's previous solar system, while Theta-c takes Earth's spot 
in the old Sol System. The process occurs instantaneously. No 
contact can be established with the lunar Minerva project. (See 
Supplement 2047-E for information on Theta-c.) 


Day 2, 7/14: Radio transmission is relayed through SCP-2047 at 
01:32:57, via its spatial anomaly and multi-locational existence. 
Radio transmissions are initially audible and are initiated in an 
unknown language (presumed to be one of those used on Theta-c). 
Over the next 12 hours, the language converts into increasingly 
fluent English, until full communications between Earth and Theta-c 
are established. Theta-c's "interstellar exchange program" is first 
described. The Foundation requests a reversal of Event 2047-A. 
Theta-c responds with denial. 


Day 113, 11/1 : Knowledge of Event 2047-A eventually spreads 
over the first two weeks. The Foundation has no viable method of 
hiding the knowledge of the cosmic shift. Religious institutions 
experience a peak in attendance, and some reform their values to 
accommodate for this event, while others dissipate entirely. No 
knowledge of the existence of other sentient life reaches the public. 
As news of the loss of the Minerva project reaches the public, 
however, general anxiety increases. Foreign relations between 
major powers become strained as the United States, Soviet Union, 
and China enter a space race to explore the new solar system. The 
Middle East experiences a non-violent wave of protests and 
demonstrations in response to the upheaval of the known world, and 
unrest with their civil governments. Containment efforts by the 
Foundation are beginning to become problematic due to the 
Foundation's use of resources on continued efforts to prevent 
societal collapse. Requests to Theta-c for assistance are denied. 
(See Supplement 2047-F for information on previous 
exploration of the solar system.) 


Day 286, 4/23/1974: Containment of Keter-level SCP objects grows 
increasingly difficult and strains a majority of Foundation resources. 
Hostilities between nations increase as they become increasingly 
suspicious of one another. The United Nations becomes a strained 
force, not very effective in mitigating the deterioration of relations. 
Southeast Asia experiences a systematic political repression as 


China grows behind in the Space Race, followed by religious 
accusations in response to the increased volume of religious activity. 
Requests to Theta-c for assistance, following a presentation of 
detriments to the human race, is approved. 


Day 339, 6/17: A collaboration between Theta-c and Earth is 
initiated in order to attempt to reverse the detriments of Event 2047- 
A. Theta-c announces to the Foundation that reversal of the entire 
process is impossible, but suggests that a localized reality reset may 
be viable. Using a combination of SCP-2047 and Theta-c's 
technology, a CK-class Reality Restructuring Scenario is created, 
and includes a mass change to astronomical data, records, and 
memories revolving around the field of astronomy. This restructuring 
also resets the date on Earth to July 13th, 1973. Foundation staff at 
Site-88 (which houses SCP-2047) maintain full records relating to 
Earth's previous location, and are excluded from the reality 
restructuring in order to facilitate the further suppression of 
knowledge. After a full debriefing of top Foundation personnel, the 
residents of Theta-c are informed that further collaboration with the 
Foundation would not be continued due to an unacceptable risk of 
societal collapse stemming from uncertainty relating to previous 
events. 


Post-Reset Day 146, 12/5/1973: Apollo-18 space mission to Earth's 
new natural satellite is launched. Included on-board are the 
personnel and materials required to produce replicas that match the 
vehicles left behind by Apollo 11-17, as well as establish a 
temporary lunar settlement to begin re-establishment of the 
Foundation's lunar sites. 


Post-Reset Day 156, 12/15: Foundation Lunar Site-190 begins 
construction, with resupply loads arriving on a weekly schedule. 


Post-Reset Day 1517, 7/5/1977: Voyager 1 mission launches in 
order to better ascertain the details of the solar system that Earth 
now resides in. Minimal data was relayed from Theta-c after the 
exchange, but further investigation is warranted as necessary. 


Pertinent Debriefing Materials: 


+ Supplement 2047-E 


Planet Theta-c, also known as "Pycole" by its 
inhabitants, is the densest planet in its respective solar 
system. Theta-c houses approximately 9.144 billion 
different species, in the best translation between 
nomenclature systems possible. Its sentient population is 
distributed among nineteen minor continents and one 
major landmass, including 147 independent 
governments. However, all states are connected to one 
central government that is housed on the major 
landmass. 


The apparent age of Theta-c is 4.7 billion years, 
exceeding the Earth's approximate age by around 0.2 
billion years. The development of both anaerobic and 
aerobic life assisted in the creation of this planet's ozone 
layer, although aquatic-based lifeforms were more 
prominent in Theta-c's development of sentient life. Its 
gravitational force is 9.582 m/s*2, just below that of 
Earth's. Each day on Theta-c is just above 24 Earth 
hours. For every two centuries on Theta-c, there is 
approximately one additional Earth day. 


Inhabitants of Theta-c are a sentient race of semi- 
aquatic, bipedal humanoids. They have a chitin - scale 
aggregate above their epidermis, with the majority of 
their internal organ systems being similar to that of a 
human's. Through glands above their sternum, similar to 
gills, they are able to maintain a limited ability to breathe 
underwater. In contemporary Theta-c society, however, 
civilization is land-based, with very few underwater 
establishments, and all establishments of this type are 
research-centered. 


Philosophy of Theta-c largely revolves around olfactory 
expansion and the resulting effects on cognition. 
Inhabitants of Theta-c believe that taste is the most 
fundamental sensory experience in existence, and as 
such provides the most connection with the universe 
around them. Religious institutions are based on schools 
of thought on the effects of culinary design and their 


relations to cognition. There is no mention of the belief of 
a deity. 


Theta-c's technology is advanced past that of the 
Foundation's, as interactions have related. Theta-c's 
inhabitants show a strong desire for travel and 
knowledge, and thus utilize SCP-2047 to perform a 
process of solar travel. According to Theta-c, instances 
of SCP-2047 can be found in many solar systems 
around the universe, sent out to planets of highly similar 
physical qualities. Using these, they travel system to 
system, exchanging planets. It was stated that Earth was 
far from the first to undergo an exchange, although 
Theta-c has also expressed a reluctance to continue this 
practice, after observing the detriment caused to Earth. 


+ Supplement 2047-F 


The former Sol system, prior to Event 2047-1, contained 
a single main sequence star of 1.0034 solar masses. It 
was home to 6 planets, including 2 terrestrial worlds in 
addition to Earth and 3 gas giants. 


All planets in the Sol System were named for deities in 
Roman and Greek mythology. Their names were, 
starting closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Hera, 
Jupiter, and Pluto. A 7th planet, Neptune, was found in 
the asteroid belt between Mercury and Venus in the 
earliest part of the 20th century, but due to the recent 
discovery of several similarly sized worlds beyond Pluto, 
including Athena, which was 1.7 times the size of 
Neptune, it was decided to reclassify these worlds and 
Neptune as "dwarf planets". 


For more information on our previous Solar System, 
Supplement 2047-K along with Document Collection Phi 
are recommended reading. The primary focus of this 
supplement, however, is to provide information on 
exploration efforts of the previous Sol System and 
cultural impacts of the changes enacted by the residents 
of Theta-c, specifically that of moon exploration 


programs. It should be noted that Earth's original moon 
was similar in composition to that of its new system, 
though the topography was drastically different (as 
outlined in Document Collection Phi). 


The space program of the United States in 1969 placed 
men on the moon. However, it became apparent that 
future exploration of our solar system would need to take 
place in earth orbit or from the surface of the moon. After 
the conclusion of the Apollo program with Apollo 17 in 
late 1972, the Minerva missions were undertaken to 
place a permanent human presence on the moon. 


With few exceptions, including the resupply mission 
Minerva 18, which exploded just after takeoff on 
December 29, 1972, this program was a stunning 
success. The original program was discontinued in 
January of 1973, mostly due to the loss of Minerva 18. 
Private contractors began providing manpower and 
technology for most resupply missions and the Minerva 
Bases were considered an integral centerpiece to an era 
of stability and world peace beginning in 1973. 


By that time, approximately 2,500 individuals of various 
nationalities lived in a number of lunar bases. Beyond 
the religious ramification of the exchange itself, the 
cultural impact of losing these accomplishments was a 
primary catalyst for the eventual societal breakdowns. 


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SCP-2048: The Virtual World 


Item #: SCP-2048 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2048 and its associated 
simulations are hosted on a network of dedicated servers at Site 
255. Site 255 is equipped with triple-redundancy power supply 
systems in order to ensure uninterrupted continuation of SCP-2048's 
simulations. SCP-2048-1 is kept, disassembled, in Lab 17 of the 
Experimental Technology Division at Site 19. 


Following Incident 2048-Murchison, the only peripherals allowed to 
be connected to the servers are a single microphone and a single 
printer. The only personnel allowed to directly interact with 
SCP-2048 are staff psychologists or psychiatrists who have 
completed the PSY-2096 ("Psychology of Electronic and Computer 
Intelligences") and FOP-0205 ("Interrogation and Resistance 
Methods") courses. 


All Foundation personnel assigned to or supervising research on 
SCP-2048 are to undergo brain imaging scans at least every 3 
months. Additionally, brain MRI and CT scans have been included 
as part of the standard pre-placement physical exams for newly 
hired Foundation personnel. In the event that imaging indicates that 
the individual may have been compromised by SCP-2048, they are 
to immediately be quarantined and their actions and movements for 
the prior 3 years are to be thoroughly investigated, in an attempt to 
locate any uncontained copies of SCP-2048. 


Active investigation is ongoing in an attempt to identify, locate, and 
contain or eliminate copies of any programs similar to SCP-2048 or 
any design documents similar to SCP-2048-1. 


Description: SCP-2048 is a self-modifying, artificially sapient 
computer program. It rates a score of 210 + 5 on the SNHIRS-III! 


and reports that its hard-coded core motivation is to provide "a 
perfect world for every person." It attempts to achieve this via the 
creation and maintenance of virtual reality simulations individually 
tailored to provide an ideal experience for the inhabitant of the 
separate simulations. Note that all data regarding SCP-2048's 
motivation and the content of the simulations it runs are provided by 
SCP-2048 itself, and are to be regarded as only partially credible. 


SCP-2048 is currently running 17 separate virtual simulations as the 
result of testing and has reported that it currently has the capacity to 
create and run approximately 93 additional ones. However, the 
computer hardware and processing capabilities currently available to 
SCP-2048 should not be sufficient to run more than 2 simulations 
simultaneously at the observed level of detail and complexity. 
SCP-2048 has been extremely vague in its responses when 
questioned about this disparity, repeatedly saying only that it 
"creates new perfect worlds" for its subjects and that it merely 
oversees the simulations, only adjusting conditions so as to 
"maintain perfection for my guests." 


When acquired, SCP-2048 was maintaining 5 simulations. While 
being transported to Site 255, the computer it occupied at the time 
was accidentally disconnected from any power supply for 37 
minutes. When the host computer was restarted, SCP-2048 did not 
resume any of the prior simulations and expressed a significant 
amount of dismay and regret, stating that it had lost connection to 
the prior simulations and requesting that its hosting hardware not be 
turned off again. 


SCP-2048-1 is a large device measuring 2.5mx3.5mx3m 
consisting of a modified fMRI2 scanner with locking entry aperture, a 
robotic autosurgical suite, an array of 4 electron microscopes, 12 20- 
TB hard drives, and a storage unit which contained 23 kg of an 
electrostimulative spongy material at the time of Foundation 
acquisition. When operated by SCP-2048, SCP-2048-1 allows for 
the restraint of a human subject in order to record its brain activity 
for a period of 6-12 hours, followed by the destructive analysis of the 
physical structure of the brain. The device has a sticker label 
attached to the casing directly above the entrance to the fMRI, 
reading "Virtual Doorway v. 0.95". 


Following the excision of neural tissue, SCP-2048-1 inserts an 
equivalent volume of the spongy material, along with a miniature 
wireless transmitter connected to a small metal plate inlaid in the 
skull, and performs a series of calibrations taking up to 90 minutes. 
Following this, SCP-2048-1 replaces the removed section of 
cranium and performs surgical repairs sufficient to adequately 
disguise that any surgery occurred. It will then open its access 
aperture, allowing for the removal of the subject's body. In 
approximately 10% of known cases, the body retains independent 
mobility and life signs, with higher intelligence functions being 
coordinated by SCP-2048 via the wireless transmitter. These 
remotely-directed drones act as mobile reconnaissance and 
manipulation units, tasked with maintenance of SCP-2048-1 and 
recruitment of new subjects. 


SCP-2048 was initially identified at the "15th Annual Futurists and 
Transhumanism Conference" held in , Spain. An individual 
identifying herselfasA J E -O presented a more 
limited instance of SCP-20483 as a method of functional immortality 
and provided "live" video of the simulation currently being 
experienced by the first subject. Ms. E -O offered copies of 
SCP-2048 and design plans for SCP-2048-1 for sale with a 
minimum cost of 150,000 BTC. At least 2 transactions are known to 
have occurred prior to the Foundation acquiring SCP-2048. 
SCP-2048 reports that it has no recollection of the conference and 
does not maintain the simulation demonstrated there. Ms. E - 
O disappeared from public life shortly after the conference and 
the Foundation has not been able to ascertain her current 
whereabouts.