subjects within the radius will attempt to reach the object at once. In 
such incidents, subjects typically cause at least minor injuries to one 
another. 


Investigation into shielding against TMR when touching the object 
was Carried out. It was found that nearly all materials provide a 
sufficient physical barrier as long as they are at least one (1) 
millimetre thick. However, notable exceptions are leather and other 
skin-like materials. No material is currently known to modify the 
effects of physical contact in any way. All tested materials only either 
permit or prevent TMR. No further testing of materials is planned at 
this time. 


Addendum 1072-1: Recent experiments have suggested that the 
original memory of a subject touching the object is somehow stored 
in it. The memory then received in return by the subject appears to 
be a previously stored one. This possibility came to light when a 
subject received memories that included employment by the 
Foundation. These memories were found to be consistent with the 
known history of a previous subject. Further testing has not yet 
revealed any pattern to the stored memory that a subject receives. It 
is also unknown whether a stored memory is erased from the object 
once a subject has received it. 


« SCP-1071 | SCP-1072 | SCP-1073 » 


SCP-1073: Computing Microbes 


Item #: SCP-1073 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: The cavern containing the 
spring of SCP-1073-1 has been sealed, except for a small access 
shaft that terminates in the basement of a nearby Foundation facility. 
A colony of SCP-1073-2 is currently contained in a hermetically 
sealed containment unit in Sector- 's Storage Site- . Any personnel 
with sufficient security clearance are free to converse with 
SCP-1073-2. 

3/9/ : Because of good behavior a small radio transmitter 
broadcasting on the frequency AMhas been set up across from 
1073's containment unit and is to continuously play audio tapes of 
various novels and non-fiction works. 

8/23/ : 1073-2 has taken an interest in history and mathematics; 
pending O5 approval, more of these texts will be added to the 
playlist. 

9/7/  : Approved - 05-3 


Description: SCP-1073-1 is a clear liquid identical in appearance 
and physical properties (conductivity, boiling and freezing point) to 
water with a 0.9 M concentration of H2SOzg (sulfuric acid), from a 
pool inside a cave in the Mountains. Chemical analysis 
reveals that the liquid is actually [DATA EXPUNGED], and shows 
traces of dissolved silicon dioxide and long-chain silanes. 
Investigation into the possible industrial and military applications of 
the chemical are ongoing. 


SCP-1073-2 is a sapient colony of silicon-based microbes with a 
structure similar to that of primitive computers. 1073's structure 
allows it to receive and decipher radio waves, research into military 
applications is ongoing. So far five distinct "species" of SCP-1073-2 
have been observed. "Gatherers", as the name suggests, gather up 
raw materials and irreparably damaged colony members, for use as 


food and in reproduction. "CPUs" perform all the higher functions for 
the colony, including communication and digestion. "MMUs" access 
information from the memory cells (both ROM and RAM) and 
transfer it to the "CPUs". "ROMs" (read only memory) act as the 
colony's DNA, containing all the information required for 
reproduction, communication and certain long term memories. 
"RAMs" (random access memory) contain the colony's short term 
memories. After a variable period of time information is either copied 
from the RAM cells to the ROM cells or deleted. During 1073-2's 
stay with the Foundation the number of ROM cells has increased by 
a factor of 104. 


Testing log: 
Test number: 1073-01 
Subject: SCP-1073-1 and 2 
Test: Freezing 


Result: Subjects were thawed out with minimal damage, 
but described the experience as unpleasant. 


Test number: 1073-02 
Subject: SCP-1073-1 and 2 
Test: Boiling 


Result: When vaporized SCP-1073-1 reacts violently 
with [DATA EXPUNGED], resulting in substantial 
damage to the containment cell and the deaths of three 
(3) Foundation personnel. 


Test number: 1073-03 
Subject: SCP-1073-2, distilled water. 
Test: Habitat change 


Result: Immediately upon introduction to the water 
SCP-1073-2 began to fall apart. Further testing indicates 


that 1073-1 is required to maintain the silicon triple bond 
that is the backbone of SCP-1073-2. 


When in an active state waves are produced from the center of the 
liquid every three (8) to five (5) seconds and travel outward in a 
circular shape. Following the initial recovery in 19 it was believed 
that the waves were meaningless until Dr. , an amateur radio 
operator, found that the small waves (averaging eight (8) cm in 
diameter) and the large waves (averaging sixteen (16) cm in 
diameter) respectively correspond to the dots and dashes of Morse 
code. 


Until his death in 1993 Dr. carried out weekly interviews with 
SCP-1073 using a self-built radio broadcasting set. Below are some 
of the interviews of interest. 


+ Interview Log 1073-2-1 
Communication type: Morse code 
Call and response questioning 
<Begin Log> 


Dr. : One zero seven three two, are you 
able to hear and understand me? 


SCP-1073-2: Yes we can Doctor, can we call 
you Doctor? 


Dr. : If you are able to both hear and 
understand, could you please tell me your 
name? 


SCP-1073-2: We enjoy the title you assigned 
to us. 


Dr. : Are you aware of your current 
surroundings? 


SCP-1073-2: The room we occupy is empty. 
Doctor is behind a wall of glass speaking into 


an electronic device to communicate with us. 
Dr. : Why are you here? 


SCP-1073-2: We do not know, there were so 
many of us, then there was a bright light and 
we found ourselves alone. Bits and pieces of 
the others floated past, we added them to 
ourselves. Now we are many again. 


Dr. : How did you learn this language? 


SCP-1073-2: We heard it through your 
devices, we believe you call them radios, after 
being alone for so long we were happy; we 
were no longer alone. We sent messages 
back, you must not have received them. You 
must not have been advanced enough. So we 
tried this, manipulating our habitat to 
communicate. Now we have found you. 


Dr. : Thank you, that should be all for now. 


SCP-1073-2: Will you be back? We do not 
want to be alone again. 


Dr. : (pause) I'm sure | will. 
<End Log> 


+ Interview Log 1073-2-2 
Interviewed: SCP-1073-2 
Interviewer: Dr. 
Communication type: Morse code 
Call and response questioning 


<Begin Log> 
Dr. : 1073, can you hear me? 


SCP-1073-2: Yes Doctor. 


Dr. : I'd like to ask you some more 
questions. 


SCP-1073-2: That is fine. We like the 
company. 


Dr. : (pause) Yes, first question: You use 
the term "we" to describe yourself, why is that? 


SCP-1073-2: We are not one, like Doctor, we 
are many all working together. 


Dr. : Would you care to explain? 


SCP-1073-2: Some of us hold the information, 
some of us move it, some of us use it. We who 
you are addressing use the information 
brought by those who you are not addressing. 


Dr. : I'm afraid | don't understand, please 
elaborate. 


SCP-1073-2: We are... unable to continue. 


Dr. : Thank you, that will be all for now. 
<End Log> 


+ Interview Log 1073-2-14 
Interviewed: SCP-1073-2 


Interviewer: Dr. , Dr. (mathematician/ 
computer scientist) 


Communication type: Morse code 
Call and response questioning 
<Begin Log> 


Dr. : Hello 1073. 


SCP-1073-2: Hello, Dr. 


Dr. : This is Dr. , he wanted to talk to 
you about your structure. 


SCP-1073-2: Yes, greetings Dr. 


Dr. : Did Dr. give you the tapes | 
requested? 


SCP-1073-2: Yes, you want to know about us 
so you may build things like us. 


Dr. : Erm... yes, how is it that you are 
able to respond to us so quickly? Right now 
we have no way of making cheap but efficient 
memory units. 


SCP-1073-2: Your machines are still using 
tubes and glass when they should be like us. 
Our structure is suited for transferring and 
storing electrical signals. 


Dr. : Would you care to explain how we 
can do that? 


SCP-1073-2: Yes, We will be happy to explain. 


[LOG REDACTED] 

<End Log> 

Addendum: the information gained from these 
interviews was later seeded to various 
companies and government organizations, 
including [REDACTED] and Bell Labs. 


+ Interview Log 1073-2-2577 
Interviewed: SCP-1073-2 
Interviewer: Dr. (Dr. 's replacement) 


Communication type: Computer transmitter 


Dialogue 
<Begin Log> 


Dr. : Hello 1073, this is Dr. , the 
replacement for Dr. 


SCP-1073-2: Where did Dr. go? 


Dr. : (to himself) Jesus, why did they make 
me tell it? (to 1073) He, he died. Do you 
understand what that means? 


SCP-1073-2: That happens in the stories. It 
doesn't happen here. He'll be back. 


Dr. : I'm sorry, but he's gone. They sent 
me here to talk to you, | know | can't replace 
Dr. , but... 


SCP-1073-2: What is this? We do not want 
this, it hurts. 


Dr. : (pause) If there's anything | can do... 


SCP-1073-2: Leave. We want to be alone. We 
are sad. 


<End Log> 


Addendum: SCP-1073-2 refused to communicate with 
any Foundation personnel for three (3) months. 


Notes: 

Is anyone else a little concerned about this thing? Almost 90% of the 
world's computer systems are based off information this thing gave 
us, if it goes rogue... - Dr. 


If it goes rogue we pour water on it. The creature can't survive in 
anything other than pure 1073-1 and we control the source of it. - 
05-3 


« SCP-1072 | SCP-1073 | SCP-1074 » 


SCP-1074: Stendhal's Nightmare 


Item #: SCP-1074 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1074 is to be kept ina 
frame with an opaque cover, in a locked archive room at Site 342. 
No personnel are to view SCP-1074 under any circumstances, with 
the exception of D-class personnel undergoing testing. Any 
photography or video recording of SCP-1074 is to be conducted by 
remote-controlled drone. 


In the event of accidental viewing of SCP-1074, subject is to be 
dosed immediately with Class-A amnestics and removed from the 
area where SCP-1074 is to be stored or tested. The person exposed 
shall report for psychiatric analysis every two days and receive 
additional amnestics as necessary for as long as the onset of 
exposure symptoms can be prevented. 


Description: SCP-1074 is a portrait-sized oil painting on canvas, 
produced by an unidentified artist. When photographed or 
videotaped, the entirety of SCP-1074 appears to be painted a 
uniform shade of gray, with distinctly visible brush strokes. Samples 
removed from SCP-1074 by a remote-controlled drone have been 
identified as an oil-based gray paint of the type commonly available 
in art supply stores in the United States. 


When SCP-1074 is viewed by a human being, the observer 
immediately begins to exhibit physiological symptoms similar to the 
onset of Stendhal syndrome,! including increased heart rate, 
sweating, and vertigo. The individual viewing SCP-1074 will attempt 
to vividly describe the image they are seeing to anyone present, 
frequently describing it as the greatest or most moving work of art 
they have ever seen. Statements from persons so affected describe 
it not as a blank gray canvas, but as a highly detailed painting of an 
inconsistent nature. No two individuals exposed to SCP-1074 have 


described the same painting; recurring themes in subject statements 
describe imagery suggesting human mortality, individual 
insignificance, legal or moral judgment, religious eschatology, and 
[REDACTED]. 


Once viewing SCP-1074, the subject will not willingly turn their gaze 
from it unless physically restrained, and will attempt to convince 
anyone else in their presence to look at it as well. Subjects will 
become rapidly disoriented and detached, attempting to discuss 
philosophical questions raised by the painting, of an increasingly 
esoteric nature as exposure continues. Within 3-5 minutes of first 
exposure, the subject becomes catatonic and ceases responding to 
outside stimuli. No means of reversing this state of catatonia has 
been discovered; the subject will remain stationary and die of natural 
causes within several days unless physically tended to. EEG 
readouts of individuals displaying SCP-1074-related catatonia 
indicate that the subject continues to demonstrate a high level of 
brain activity, commensurate with a person who is awake and fully 
aware of their surroundings. 


If a subject is removed from the vicinity of SCP-1074 prior to the 
onset of catatonia, physical symptoms of exposure abate within 30 
seconds. The psychological effects, however, continue to develop, 
albeit at a slower pace. Such individuals will frequently describe 
every detail of the picture they observed and will report seeing it in 
their dreams, upon closing their eyes or blinking, and in their 
peripheral vision while awake. Confusion, dissociation, and 
catatonia ensue within 5-8 days of first exposure on average; the 
lengthier the exposure to SCP-1074, the less time passes before 
onset of catatonia. 


Class-A amnestics have proven capable of erasing memories of the 
image and restoring the subject to a normal mental state. In all 
observed cases, this is temporary; the subject will begin to report 
memories of the image, and associated mental defects, within seven 
days of receiving amnestics. Subsequent doses of amnestics have a 
gradually diminishing effect; the longest recorded period between 
exposure and catatonia at this time is 6 weeks, 4 days. 


SCP-1074 came to the Foundation's attention on / /20 , following 
reports of an outbreak of mass hysteria at the Gallery in 


[REDACTED]. After the initial cleanup team experienced the effects 
of SCP-1074 firsthand, it was retrieved by drone. Gallery 
management stated that the exhibition of the painting, titled 
"Stendhal's Nightmare", had been arranged indirectly by the artist's 
agent, had been delivered and installed the night before by a staff 
under the agent's direction, and was covered by a veil until it was 
exposed at the opening of the exhibition. All contact information 
provided by the gallery was found to be fraudulent. 


+ Show Interview Log 1074-1 
Interview Log 1074-1: 
Interviewed: D-67583 
Interviewer: Dr. 


Foreword: D-67583, who entered Foundation custody 
after being convicted of the murder of his wife and 
children (a charge he vehemenily denied in court), was 
exposed to SCP-1074 in order to determine his reaction 
and the length of time between first exposure and full 
catatonia. D-67583 was secured in a chair in a room with 
SCP-1074, covered, mounted on one wall while Dr. 
proctored from the other side of a glass window along 
the same wall, from which SCP-1074 could not be 
viewed. A full battery of monitoring instruments were 
connected to D-67583. 


<Begin Log> 


Dr. _: Good afternoon, D-67583. We're 
going to be conducting an experiment today. 
I'm going to show you a painting and | want 
you to describe what you see. Do you 
understand? 


D-67583: Yeah, yeah. Can we get on with 
this? I'm fucking missing lunchtime right now. 


(Dr. presses a button on his console, 


withdrawing the covering and exposing 
SCP-1074 to D-67583. Instruments indicate 
immediate onset of physical symptoms of 
SCP-1074 exposure.) 


Dr. :Whatdo you see? 


D-67583: What the... what the fuck, man? You 
think this is funny? 


Dr. _: 1 assure you | am not laughing. What 
do you see? 


D-67583: What's the fucking idea? Why am | 
in this painting? 


Dr. _: 1 do not know the contents of the 
painting you are viewing. What are you doing? 


D-67583: I'm on my knees... I'm crying? Why 
am | crying? What the fuck...? 


Dr. : Please continue.