the nearby , and were originally stored in the U.S. 
government's . Artifacts were transferred to SCP 
Foundation Site-2461 on - - with permission by the Bowe 
Commission, and have remained in SCP Foundation custody ever 
since that commission's dissolution. 


On - - ,a Global Occult Coalition representative contacted SCP 
Foundation officials, requesting that custody of the SCP-2461 
artifacts be transferred to GOC auspices, citing the "historical and 
cultural significance" of the SCP-2461 artifacts to the GOC. As of 
the writing of this article, no plans have been made for any such 
transfer. 


Addendum: 


The following information is limited to personnel with 999-2461 - 
Gernsback clearance only. 


The following slogans were found scrawled on various 
interior surfaces of SCP-2461-A upon recovery. 


Deutschland Uber Alles! 


Gott Strafe Amerika! Gott Strafe England! Gott 
Strafe Die Vereinten Nationen! 


Two stylized lightning bolts, later identified as 
the sigrunen used as a symbol of the 
Schutzstaffel (SS). 


A crudely drawn symbol of a sword with a 
ribbon wrapped around the blade, and the 
words "Ahnenerbe Deutsches" scrawled 
around the exterior 


SCP-2461-VAV: SCP-2461-VAV1 through VAV4 are the 
cremated remains of four Global Occult Coalition 
operatives (three male, one female) found on board 
SCP-2461-A at the time of impact. At the time of the 
writing of this article, the identities of these operatives 
are unknown. 


Forensic reconstruction indicates that, at the time of 
impact, two of these individuals (VAV3 and VAV4) were 
located just outside the corridor leading to the control 
center on Deck 1, armed with SCP-2461-D and 


SCP-2461-E instances. Two other individuals (VAV1 and 
VAV2) were found at the controls of SCP-2461-A, seated 
at the pilot and copilot's stations. Two SCP-2461-C 
instances (C1 and C2) were also found nearby, each 
killed by a headshot by a laser pistol in the 150 kw 
range. 


The following information is limited to O5- 
level personnel with 999-2461- 
Gernsback clearance only. 


Transcript of SCP-2461-A Cockpit Flight Data Voice 
Recorder. 


Unknown: "Stick this in your pipe and suck it, 
Ratzi scum!" 


Sounds of physical struggle. 


C-1: "Foolish. Did you seriously think that you 
could win this fight? You are a MAN. We have 
become GODS." 


VAV-1: "I'm starting to *strangled grunt* get 
really sick of *shout of pain* your 
grandstanding!" 


Continued sounds of physical struggle. Servos 
whining. 

C-1: "You've lost. Your mere human muscles 
are no match for the power of our steel. When 
you see your home town in flames, when 
you..." 


Sound of gunshot. Sound of two rapid 
gunshots. 


VAV-1:"... it took you long enough." 


VAV-2: "You try running in heels on a UFO, 
Captain." 


VAV-1: "What about Manny and Wee Willy? 
Are they safe?" 


VAV-2: "They broke out at the same time we 
did. They're holding the corridor against the 
enemy." 


VAV-1: "Good. Now let's see if we can turn 
this infernal machine..." 


Extended pause. 
VAV-1: "ScheiBe." 
VAV-2: "You see it?" 


VAV-1: "Computer flight controls. It must be 
making thousands of computations per second 
keeping this thing in the air... and it requires a 
password. Do you know it?" 


VAV-2: "No. Damn. What do we do?" 


VAV-1: "We can't let this thing cross the 
Atlantic. lf this verdammt... monstrosity... gets 
found by the wrong people... our country is 
barely rebuilding itself. We can't let this act of 
sabotage set us back ..." 


VAV-2: "It won't. Give me some time. I'll figure 
out this compu—." 


VAV-1: "Wait one. Manfred, go." 

Extended pause. 

VAV-1: "Then do what you can. Go with God." 
VAV-2: "The fight isn't going well?" 


VAV-1: "Wilhelm is dead. Manfred will..." 


Explosion. Gunfire. 

VAV-1: Shouting. "We are out of time!" 
VAV-2: "Then we go to Plan B." 
VAV-1: "Yes." 


VAV-2: "For what it's worth, Fritz, you weren't 
so bad for a stuck up German ass." 


VAV-1: "| feel the same way, you headstrong 
Ami bitch." 


Recording ends. 


GOC missive sent to SCP Foundation O05 Council on 


To Whom It May Concern, 


The Global Occult Coalition High Command 
has recently received word that the remains of 
GOC Strike Team Alpha are in the custody of 
your organization. It is with the utmost respect 
and gratitude for the care with which you have 
maintained these historical artifacts that the 
Coalition cordially requests that these remains 
and artifacts be returned to the Global Occult 
Coalition. 


Strike Team Alpha was the first Global Occult 
Coalition strike team to be formed in the wake 
of the Second World War. Their exploits 
against the SS Ahnenerbe and the Thule- 
Gesellschaft during the years following the 
dissolution of the Nazi regime were 
instrumental not only in dealing with the occult 
fallout of that war, but in repairing the 
reputation of the German people in the occult 
community. Certainly, complicit guilt in the 


deaths of nine million innocents cannot be 
expunged easily, but their pasts do not in any 
way lessen the courage and sacrifice of 
Commander Hans Fritzl, Lieutenant Wilheim 
Weiss, Sergeant Manfred Schroeder, and 
Special Agent Diana Wu-Frost. 


Certainly, an organization whose early history 
includes a shameful involvement in the 
"McCarthy-Truman UFO Scandal" of 1951 
must understand the value of repentance and 
restitution. 


Yours Sincerely, 


Under-Secretary-General D. C. Al Fine 
United Nations Global Occult Coalition 


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SCP-2462: I'm so tired of fake friends, drama, liars, 
being ignored, and getting hurt 


Item #: SCP-2462 
Object Class: Euclid Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to the restrictive growing 
conditions of Rafflesia arnoldii, Outpost 2462-0 has been 
established at SCP-2462's location of discovery to prevent 
unauthorized access and allow for experimentation. Monetary 
compensation to the citizens of has been authorized to prevent 
the disclosure of SCP-2462's anomalous properties to third parties. 
A 350m perimeter is to be established around SCP-2462 during its 
blooming period, with access denied to all unauthorized individuals, 
save for citizens of who live, work, or regularly visit inside the 
perimeter. 


SCP-2462 is kept at Outpost 2462-0. Four mirrors are to be 
stationed around SCP-2462, and must be cleaned regularly to 
maintain reflectivity. 


Description: SCP-2462 is a genetically unremarkable specimen of 
Rafflesia arnoldii located outside , Indonesia. While blooming, 
SCP-2462 generates a variable number of illusory R. arnoldii 
instances, collectively designated SCP-2462-A, within 250 meters of 
itself. 


SCP-2462-A do not displace any matter or have mass of their own, 
yet are opaque to light and respond realistically to environmental 
stimuli and physical interaction. Computer analysis of photographed 
SCP-2462-A has confirmed that they are not hallucinations. 


The number of SCP-2462-A is variable. In its natural environment, 
SCP-2462 would maintain an average of 30,000 SCP-2462-A1 
under normal circumstances. The following factors are known to 
affect SCP-2462-A production: 


Proximity of other R. arnoldii: Each living specimen within line 

of sight of SCP-2462 results in a ~60% reduction in 

SCP-2462-A's numbers. 

Malnourishment: SCP-2462-A production increases by 

20-50% in periods where SCP-2462 is malnourished. 

¢ Light: When illumination of SCP-2462 drops below levels 
typical of nighttime in its natural environment, SCP-2462-A will 
triple in number, receding when illumination is restored. 

* Damage: When SCP-2462 is damaged, SCP-2462-A will 

cover almost every surface within 250 meters of it. SCP-2462- 

A will recede only when the damage to SCP-2462 is healed. 


Due to the difficulty of locating and transporting R. arnoldii 
instances2, containment by the presentation of other A. arnoldii 
instances is impracticable. 


Recovery: SCP-2462 was identified in 2008, after photographs of 
SCP-2462-A were published on the official tourism website. 
Interviews with citizens of indicate that SCP-2462 has been 
exhibiting anomalous properties since the previous year, with 
SCP-2462-A affecting two neighborhoods on the town's outskirts. 
Turning SCP-2462-A into a tourist attraction had only been 
considered in the months preceding SCP-2462's 2008 bloom. 


Addendum: At the recommendation of Dr. Breitkopf, SCP-2462 was 
surrounded by four mirrors, producing an effectively unlimited 
number of reflections, during a blooming period. SCP-2462-A was 
not generated. SCP-2462 was downgraded to Safe, and 
containment procedures were adjusted accordingly. 


Footnotes 

1. Roughly one per 6.5m2over its whole active radius. 

2.R. arnoldiiexists as a parasite on the roots of 
theTetrastigmagenus, and has not been successfully cultivated in 
captivity. It is not visible to the naked eye outside of its brief annual 
blooming period. Moreover,R. arnoldiiis critically endangered due to 
deforestation — SCP-2462 is the only known member of its species 
within a 36km radius. 


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SCP-2463: An Emperor's Debt 


Item #: SCP-2463 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Each instance of SCP-2463 is 
to be kept in a separate standard containment locker at Site-19. At 
no point should any instance of SCP-2463 come into contact with 
any other instance of SCP-2463. Access to single instances of 
SCP-2463 is restricted to personnel with security clearance of 3 or 
higher, and access to multiple instances is not permitted at this time. 


Any personnel found attempting to remove any number of 
SCP-2463 instances from designated testing rooms are to be 
immediately detained and held for questioning. 


Description: SCP-2463 is a set of six bronze horses, each 
approximately 6 cm tall, and believed to be Ancient Roman in origin. 
Various dating methods have placed the creation of SCP-2463 at 
circa 250 CE. SCP-2463’s anomalous properties begin to manifest 
when instances are exposed to water collected from naturally 
occurring sources!. SCP-2463 instances that are exposed to any 
such water, will begin converting the water into petroleum through 
an unknown process. This conversion takes place at a rate of 
approximately 63 mL per hour. 


If separate instances of SCP-2463 come into physical contact, this 
conversion rate will scale exponentially with the number of 
instances, so that when all six instances are in contact, the 
conversion will occur at a rate of approximately 62,523,502 L per 
hour, allowing large volumes of water to be converted very quickly. 


SCP-2463 was discovered during a raid on a storage facility in ; 
New York, which was believed to be owned by Marshall, Carter and 
Dark LLP. The raid was conducted by Mobile Task Force Mu-3 
(“Highest Bidders”), and resulted in recovery of SCP-2463 as well as 


Addendum: Subjects of equal gender distribution, ages 
ranging from 18 to 59, numerous physical traits 
represented. 


272-h 

Test subject: 1 D-Class (D-272-05) 

Surface: 1 outdoor field, grassy 

Lighting: Early morning sun (appr. 9:00 AM) 

Purpose: To determine if subject can escape by digging. 
Procedure: Object dropped onto subject's shadow. 
Subject then given a shovel and told to dig out the 
object. 

Results: Subject digs for 90 seconds, then falls over 
screaming. Subject expires before medical intervention 
could be administered. Autopsy reveals subject died of a 
"Cerebral hemorrhage; cause indeterminate." Object 
recovered, field repaired. Repeated with D-272-07 and 
08; results identical. 

Conclusions: Subjects held by SCP-272 cannot dig the 
nail out; attempting to do so is invariably fatal. 


272-i 

Test subject: None 

Surface: N/A 

Lighting: N/A 

Purpose: To determine the object's destructibility. 
Procedure: 1 D-Class personnel (D-272-09) is given the 
object and a selection of tools and told to ‘go to town’ in 
an attempt to destroy the object. Test area evacuated. 
Results: Subject selected an angle grinder, set the 
object in a vise and proceeded to bring the grinder upon 
the object. An instant later subject is seen writhing on the 
ground, clutching his temples. Audio recordings from 
inside the room record subject speaking in 
[REDACTED]. 30 seconds later, subject expires. 
Autopsy reveals the cause to be a cerebral hemorrhage. 
Examination of the object reveals some minor damage 
from the grinder. 


SCP-2635 and SCP-1738, along with several documents and items 
currently awaiting cataloging. 


MTF-M3 was discovered during their mission, and as a result, 
several Foundation personnel were killed in the course of duty. 
SCP-2463 was briefly activated during recovery, but was 
successfully contained by remaining MTF-M3 operatives. 


For further information on the recovery of SCP-2463, consult 
Recovery Log-2463. 


Addendum-2463-1: In addition to SCP-2463, MTF-M3 also 
recovered a Marshall, Carter and Dark item listing for the object. 
This document has been designated as Document-—2463-1. 


Addendum-2463-2: Found with Document-2463-1 was a transcript 
of a letter believed to have been translated from ancient Latin, 
written to the Roman Emperor Gallienus2 by an as of yet 
unidentified person. For a transcript of this letter, see below. 


+ Document-2463-2 


To Imperator Publius Licinius Egnatius 
Gallienus Augustus 


We are deeply saddened to learn of the death 
of your great father, and write to you in order 
to settle a pressing matter of business left 
unresolved by the venerable emperor. 


Shortly after his capture at Edessa by 
Shahansha Shapur, your father wrote to Us 
from Bishapur, seeking aid on behalf of The 
Empire. On his request, We have procured a 
number of items that we believe met the needs 
he expressed. 


We will happily pass along these items to you, 
so long as We are paid the price that was 
arranged by your honorable father, that being 
a sum of 60,000,000 Aurei. We are aware that 


the price seems extreme, but so were the 
demands of your father. 


"A force to wipe out the Persian dogs. To 
make barren their lands, and sickly their 
people. A force to destroy every square foot on 
which they have ever walked and to plague 
their kingdom with bloodshed for millennia." 


These were the feats required of us by the 
deific Valerianus, and for this power We must 
ask for equal renumeration. 


Should you decide not to pay, We shall retain 
possession of the items until a time when We 
are payed what We have asked. 


Your loyal servant, D. Mercator. 


Footnotes 

1. Tests have determined that any water collected from natural 
bodies of water (including lakes, rivers, seas, oceans, and 
subterranean springs, etc.) will activate SCP-2463. Water from 
artificial sources, such as canals, or man-made reservoirs, will not 
activate SCP-2463. 

2. Roman Emperor who ruled with his father, Emperor Valerian, 
from 253 to 260 and then alone until his death in 268, at the age of 
50. 


« SCP-2462 | SCP-2463 | SCP-2464 » 


SCP-2464: Suspension 


Item #: SCP-2464 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Restricted access to 
SCP-2464-1 is to be maintained via 5 checkpoint stations 
(designated Area 2464-1 through -5) spaced roughly 5 km apart 
from each other throughout the primary access tunnel. Access into 
Area 2464-5 is only to be granted to individuals with Level 4 
clearance, or the members of authorized exploration/maintenance 
teams. Individuals who gain access past Area-2464-1 are to be 
contained, brought to Site 81 for examination, and subsequently 
administered Class D amnestics or terminated.