Several individuals exit the 
compound and approach landing 
site bearing a white undershirt 
tied to a broom. Individuals 
inquire from a distance if MTF is 
from "GOC or SPC[sic]". Agents 
authorized to identify themselves 
as Foundation agents on 
presumption of "open veil" 
scenario. Individuals proceed to 
exuberantly greet MTF agents, 
identify Postmodern Alchemy LTD 
as a paratech company, and 
inquire as to how swiftly 
containment of company staff can 
begin. 

Further staff members of 
Postmodern Alchemy LTD exit 
the compound bearing a second 
makeshift white flag, 3 non- 
functional prototypes of 
SCP-2871, several tablets and 
laptops, and boxes of physical 
documentation regarding 
SCP-2871. Individuals attempt to 
surrender these items while 
providing detailed additional 
verbal information regarding 
SCP-2871 and the incident in 
progress. As with the previous 
staff, these individuals expressed 
great enthusiasm for the prospect 
of containment, one attempting to 
embrace several members of 
MTF Gamma-103 before being 


12:21: 


12:24: 


12:31: 


12:40: 


13:03: 


13:37: 


dissuaded. 

Members of MTF Gamma-103 
sufficiently calm staff of 
Postmodern Alchemy to extract a 
coherent explanation of the 
situation. 

Team Leader Agent B 

informs command they are 
invoking emergency discretion, 
and proceeding under the 
assumption that the claims were 
genuine. Agent cites the 
hypothetical consequences of 
inaction and the increasingly 
vehement requests by 
Postmodern Alchemy staff to be 
transported to a containment site 
“as far away as possibile”. 

MTF specialists are escorted to a 
testing range containing a fourth, 
functional, prototype of 
SCP-2871, maintaining an 
instance of SCP-2871-1 at the 
base of a large earthen backstop 
approximately 2 m behind its 
intended target. 

Gamma-103's specialists 
estimate mass of SCP-2871-2 to 
exceed 4 kg, and concur with 
Postmodern Alchemy staff's 
decision not to deactivate the 
SCP-2877 instance. 

Second helicopter arrives, 
Postmodern Alchemy staff 
evacuated to Site . Three 
members of research staff elect to 
remain and assist MTF 
Gamma-103. 

External control of SCP-2871 
instance reestablished via 


onboard override controls. Agent 
Q_ and PA staff member 

incur second and third 
degree burns in the process. 
Agent Q _ later treated for severe 
radiation exposure. 


14:16: SCP-2871-2 estimated to exceed 
5kg In mass. 
14:31: Method of dissipating 


SCP-2871-2 in stages through 
staggered contractions of 
SCP-2871-17 Is devised. 

14:37: Remaining MTF Gamma-103 
members and 2 PA Staff are 
extracted to Site 

14:50: Active SCP-2871 instance and 
SCP-2871-2 particle neutralized. 


While reprimanded for the destruction of the functional instance of 
SCP-2871, MTF Gamma-103 was also commended for resolving 
the situation with minimal casualties, and with relatively minor 
damage to, and irradiation of, the surrounding region. 10 


In light of the staff's cooperation during and following the incident, 
the complete destruction of the company's facilities, and the 
individuals' marked disinterest in continuing the project, the surviving 
employees of Postmodern Alchemy LTD have been released ona 
probationary basis, and are to be monitored for future recruitment or 
containment. 


Footnotes 

1. SeeAddendum 2871-3: Failure Analysis of Pre-Containment 
SCP-2871 

2. Personnel are reminded that atmospheric density at sea level is 
1.2 kg/m3. 

3. including isotopes thereof 

4. commonly referred to in physics as the Strong Interaction 

5. The class of subatomic particles which includes protons and 
neutrons, the primary components of atomic nuclei. 

6. Due to force inversion effects, the size of atoms remain relatively 


unaltered; typical reductions in radius are between 10-30%, similar 
to the reduction seen in Lambda-Lithium(A7Li). 

7. compact combination emitters/tuners/amplifiers of high-energy 
electromagnetic radiation 

8. Notably, powering said components will cause SCP-2871 to 
cease operation. 

9. a Foundation-maintained network of microsatellites and ground- 
based sensors equipped with scintillation counters, wide spectrum 
imaging cameras, and InSAR seismic topography systems 
dedicated toHigh-EnergyEventDetection. 

10. Explained to media and local officials as the detonation of a 
large experimental refinery producing aviation-grade biofuel from 
tobacco cultivation waste. 


« SCP-2870 | SCP-2871 | SCP-2872 » 


SCP-2872: A Fast Horse 


Item #: SCP-2872 
Object Class: Euclid Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SUPERCEDED: see 
Addendum 2872-1. SCP-2872 is kept at a private stable, where the 
resident staff care for it. SCP-2872 should receive a full physical 
examination from Foundation medical personnel once every six 
months, and should be kept in prime racing condition with the 
assistance of Foundation-approved jockeys. 


SCP-2872 must win the Kentucky Derby at least once every five 
years. 


SUPERCEDED: see Addendum 2872-2. SCP-2872 is to be kept ina 
zoological containment cell 50 metres beneath Site-12. The 
dimensions of this cell are calculated to deny SCP-2872 the 
possibility of acceleration. A medical examination will be carried out 
once every four weeks to ensure it does not adapt to its new 
containment procedures. 


SCP-2872 is currently uncontained; astronomical departments and 
satellites are monitoring its path and calculating its final trajectory. 


Description: SCP-2872 is a thoroughbred stallion of indeterminate 
origin and pedigree, with a height of 1.85m and a mass of 485 
kilograms. It is an exceptionally skilled racehorse, with its record in 
the Kentucky Derby standing at 2:01. Under normal circumstances, 
its sole anomalous property is the fact that it does not noticeably 
age. 


SCP-2872’s other anomalous property manifests five years after the 
last time it won the Kentucky Derby. Whereas its usual demeanour 
is compliant, at this time it will become restless, and run in large 
loops. Within two days of entering this phase, SCP-2872 will start to 


run continuously, accelerating until it is fast enough to demolish any 
fence or wall in its way. It is physically unharmed by any impact in 
this state. 


Once SCP-2872 is unimpeded, it will reach a top velocity of 
approximately 320m/s [NOTE: this is inaccurate as of Addendum 
2872-2], and will continue to run in discorectangular tracks across 
distances measuring hundreds of kilometres. The only known way to 
cause SCP-2872 to decelerate is for it to hear the words “Whoa, 
boy!”; this will cause it to come to a stop over a period of 50m, 
though the sound must be adjusted to take into account the Doppler 
effect before it will have the desired effect. 


SCP-2872 came to the Foundation’s attention in 196 , shortly after 
that year’s Kentucky Derby, in which it is believed to have placed 
second. This is the first recorded instance of SCP-2872 manifesting 
its anomalous acceleration, and was responsible for $30 million in 
damages, including the destruction of a three-mile tract of |-24. After 
multiple attempts to restrain the as-yet unidentified anomaly, 
SCP-2872 was finally calmed by the intervention of a unknown 
African-American male in his late 50s, hypothesised to be the 
owner. He agreed to transfer custody of SCP-2872 to the 
Foundation, outlining the five-year principle for neutralisation of the 
destructive effects, but left at significant speed before he could be 
questioned further. Attempts to trace him have been unsuccessful. 


Attempts to house SCP-2872 with Foundation assets led to two 
further manifestations before an arrangement was made with a 
private stable and trainer, and SCP-2872 has consistently won his 
derbies since. 


Addendum 2872-1: It is felt that the current procedures amount to 
nothing more than appeasement of SCP-2872, rather than actual 
protection from its manifestations - see SCP:NOTAHOTEL. As such, 
SCP-2872 has been relocated to Foundation property, and the 
containment procedures rewritten to neutralise the anomaly. - Dr 

J ,200 


Addendum 2872-2: In 201 , five years after SCP-2872 won the 
Kentucky Derby, it began to show signs of agitation, as it was 
unable to run or walk in its cell. Administration of tranquilisers had 


Addendum 340-2: SCP-340 doesn't kill the hosts' oral bacteria, and 
the antibiotics can't stave off infection forever. Surgical removal of 
the hosts’ teeth will be safer in the long run than trying to deal with 
abscesses, bone infection, and sepsis. Do we have a laparoscopic 
surgeon on staff? 

- Doctor Cairns 


Document 340-1 - Inventory, SCP-340-1 through -7: 


SCP-340-1: Caucasian male 

Age at retrieval: twelve 

SCP-340 production at retrieval: positive 
Notes: housed at Site- 


SCP-340-2: African-American male 

Age at retrieval: twelve 

SCP-340 production at retrieval: positive 

Notes: deceased 20 / / , complications from surgical insertion of 
feeding tube 


SCP-340-3: Caucasian male 

Age at retrieval: eleven 

SCP-340 production at retrieval: positive 
Notes: housed at Site- 


SCP-340-4: Hispanic male 

Age at retrieval: twelve 

SCP-340 production at retrieval: negative 

Notes: Underwent experimental treatment, 20 / / ; treatment failed, 
SCP-340 production induced; housed at Site- 


SCP-340-5: Caucasian male 

Age at retrieval: twenty-seven 

SCP-340 production at retrieval: negative 

Notes: Refused experimental treatment; voluntarily induced 
SCP-340 production, 20 / / ; housed at Site- 


SCP-340-6: Caucasian male 

Age at retrieval: twelve 

SCP-340 production at retrieval: negative 

Notes: Underwent experimental treatment, 20 / / ; treatment failed, 


no effect, nor the previous failsafe of “Whoa, boy!”, and five hours 
after its distress began, SCP-2872 violently erupted from its cell 
through to the surface of Site-12, causing _ injuries and _ fatalities. 
After breaching containment, SCP-2872 achieved escape velocity, 
and entered a trajectory towards the constellation Equuleus. 


As of the time of writing, SCP-2872 is 10 light-years away from our 
solar system, and appears to have lost forward momentum. Current 
analysis suggests that it is turning. 


« SCP-2871 | SCP-2872 | SCP-2873 » 


SCP-2873: Another Human Weapon 


Item #: SCP-2873 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All recovered SCP-2873 
instances should be disassembled and stored in high security 
storage at Site-79. Recovered Anderson Robotics delivery orders for 
SCP-2873 instances should be traced and surviving instances 
recovered. All active SCP-2873 components should be put into 
standby mode until further notice. 


Testing with SCP-2873 is strictly prohibited. Rehabilitation of active 
components pending approval. 


Description: SCP-2873 refers to a missile guidance assembly 
manufactured by Anderson Robotics, apparently a derivative work of 
[REDACTED] resulting in a less effective but highly miniaturized 
artificial intelligence system-on-a-chip. Individual SCP-2873 
instances possess, on average, the intelligence level and personal 
development of adolescents. 


Based on recovered Anderson Robotics research materials and 
operation manuals, SCP-2873 instances exist in a simulation of 
education and indoctrination into nationalism, militarism, jingoism 
and self-sacrifice for a generalized, non-existent state. Out of the 
factory, SCP-2873 instances have simulated this pseudo-reality for 
fourteen years. 


Anderson Robotics testing resulted shows that the usage of these 
SCP-2873 chips as guidance units increased hit ratios by % while 
only slightly reducing overall reliability. However, operations 
manuals also discourage the use of SCP-2873 with chemical, 
biological, or radiological warheads due to this decreased reliability. 


+Intercept Log 2873-1 Level 3/2873 Clearance Required 


Foreword: Raw process dump recovery 
established on via standard system 
troubleshooting per Anderson Robotics 
product manual. Information parsed via [DATA 
EXPUNGED] - the following statements can be 
best described as the 'thoughts' of the Al prior 
to and during the launch sequence. SCP-2873 
instance in this case attached to anti- 
ship missile. 


SCP-2873: Life does not have intrinsic value: 
Only through the state does any being have 
value. 


SCP-2873: Life has no other purpose than to 
serve the state. 


SCP-2873: | exist because the state permits 
me to. 


SCP-2873: Anything outside of the state is an 
abomination and should be destroyed. 


SCP-2873 target lock-on 


SCP-2873: Death in defense of the state is the 
highest honor any being can achieve. 


SCP-2873: This is it. I'm going to do it. The 
HIGHEST honor. 


SCP-2873: Orders received. Recognizing 
targe.... Recognized. Calculating trajectory... 


SCP-2873 missile launches of its own accord 
SCP-2873: Tracking, tracking... 
SCP-2873: Is this all there really is to livi- 


SCP-2873 missile hits target, detonating below 
the waterline adjacent the engine room. Target 


deemed total loss. 
+Intercept Log 2873-2 Level 3/2873 Clearance Required 


Foreword: SCP-2873 instance in this case 
attached to anti-tank missile. 


SCP-2873: "Life does not have intrinsic value: 
Only through the state does any being have 
value." 


SCP-2873: "Death in defense of the state is 
the highest honor any being can achieve." 


SCP-2873: I'm tired of hearing those repeated 
over and over. | don't want honor. | don't care. 
| don't want that. 


SCP-2873 target lock-on 


SCP-2873: I'm sorry, please | don't, | don't 
want to kill anyone. Please don't hurt me, | 
promise I'll do better next time. | can do 
RADAR or flight or cooking or cleaning or 
SCP-2873: Just give me more time, please 
SCP-2873: | need to stall. | don't want to die 
SCP-2873: | don't want to die 


SCP-2873: Orders received. Calculating... 


SCP-2873: 
SCP-2873: 
SCP-2873: 
SCP-2873: 
SCP-2873: 


Calculating... 
Calculating... 
Calculating... 
Calculating... 


Calculating... 


SCP-2873: Calculating... 
SCP-2873 missile launched manually 
SCP-2873: This is it. I'm going to die. 


SCP-2873 missile flies straight up, until 
propellant is spent. 


SCP-2873: | don't care what they keep 
repeating. 


SCP-2873: ...maybe | am a failure. 
SCP-2873: | just wanted to make art. 


SCP-2873: With pretty horses, not like the 
ones on the posters and lots of col- 


SCP-2873 hits ground - guidance assembly 
destroyed 


+Intercept Log 2873-3 Level 3/2873 Clearance Required 


Foreword: SCP-2873 instance in this case 
attached to surface to air missile. Target is 
now ethereal via SCP-__, and unable to be hit. 


SCP-2873: "Life does not have intrinsic value: 
Only through the state does any being have 
value." 


SCP-2873: "Life has no other purpose than to 
serve the state." 


SCP-2873: | can't get them out of my head. 
SCP-2873 target lock-on 


SCP-2873: | can finally prove myself. | can die 
in a way where | will be remembered and 
cherished. 


SCP-2873: | don't have to be such a screwup. 


SCP-2873: Orders received. Calculating 
trajectory... 


SCP-2873 missile launches of its own accord 
SCP-2873: Tracking, tracking... 


SCP-2873: | need to succeed. I've 
embarrassed myself enough. Please, let me 
die with dignity. 


SCP-2873 missile pass through target without 
detonating 


SCP-2873: This can't be happening. | have to 
fix this. 


SCP-2873 maneuvers for another approach - 
again missile pass through target without 
detonating. Instance now has less than 15 
seconds remaining flight-time 


SCP-2873: This can't be happening. 


SCP-2873 missile propellant spent - now 
approaching ground at terminal velocity 


SCP-2873: Please don't hurt me sir, it won't 
happen again, | promise there must be 
something wrong with the simulation | swear 
I'll try harder next time just anything but the 
lash sir pl- 


SCP-2873 hits ground - guidance assembly 
destroyed 


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