Research is being conducted on the 
composition of the sampled cosmic foam. 
Possible explanations for the lack of stellar 
objects opposite the mouth of SCP-3321 are 
also being considered. 


Exploration Log #3: 
1992-07-04 


Nearly five years after the previous voyage, a 
solo expedition was conducted into 
SCP-3321-1. Dr. Samantha Pond was 
selected for the mission due to her familiarity 
with the SCP-3321 project and her eagerness 
to revisit SCP-3321-1. As nearly six months of 
audio data was transmitted over the course of 
the expedition, only the most significant 
commentary is included below. 


[Begin audio playback] 


Recording start. My name is Dr. Samantha 
Pond. | have been part of the SCP-3321 
research team for approximately six years, and 
was part of the team that made the first 
voyage into SCP-3321-1 in 1988. Something 
about that first expedition made me want to 
come back here, so | stayed with the team. 
Five years later, here | am, going back in. 


For this voyage, | am equipped with six 
months of supplies and will be untethered. The 
first three months of the mission will be spent 
traveling as deep as possible into the "far side 
of the cosmic foam—the side without stars. | 
will be collecting samples of the foam every 
seven days. My shuttle—affectionately named 
Luna X—is equipped with three high-powered 
telescopes, tons of thermometers and 
spectrometers, and enough juice to keep it all 
running the entire time I'm out here. Images 
will be sent back to headquarters every twelve 
hours. 


" 


Wish me luck. 


[..] 


Hello, Sam here. | just breached the mouth of 
SCP-3321 and am now in SCP-3321-1. It's 
just as | remember it. | know | should probably 
be nervous, but there's just something ethereal 
about this place. It feels like I'm at the edge of 
the universe. 


[...] 


Sam here. I'm about two weeks in, and | just 
collected my third set of samples from this 
cosmic foam. Maybe it's my imagination, but 
even though the consistency is the same, the 
color of this sample seems slightly bolder than 
the last. I'm not sure if that's due to there being 
a greater density foam in this part of 
SCP-3321-1, or if it's actually made up of 
something different. I'll continue to collect 
samples and run whatever analysis on it | can. 


[..] 


Hello world. It's been a month, and | just 


collected my fifth batch of cosmic foam. 
There's definitely something going on here. 
The farther | travel, the more the color of the 
foam changes. There has also been a marked 
increase in ambient temperature. It definitely 
feels like I'm heading towards something. I'm 
just not sure what. 


[...] 


It's been seven weeks, and | just realized that 
I'm traveling faster than | should be. The 
thrusters aren't on, but the distance between 
myself and the mouth of SCP-3321 is much 
larger than was projected for this point in time. 
I'll keep you updated. 


[...] 


Sam here. I'm currently nine weeks in, and for 
reasons unknown, my shuttle has been 
gaining speed. It looks like this has been 
occurring at an exponential rate for at least 
several weeks now, if not longer. | am about to 
flip this shuttle around, but wanted to check in 
first. If | don't turn around now, | may not have 
enough supplies to make it home. 
Retrorockets firing in T minus 3... 2... 1... 


[The faint hum of retrorockets firing is 
heard.] 


It looks like that worked. It'll take a couple days 
for a complete reversal of trajectory, but I'm 
looking forward to getting home. If my math is 
correct—anad it is—I should be able to make it 
home just in time for Christmas assuming 
nothing else happens. 


In other news, the cosmic foam is orange now, 
and it is much heavier than before. | can 


physically feel it push against me when | 
interact with it outside of the shuttle. The 
ambient temperature out here is also nearly 
three times greater than what was measured 
nine weeks ago. For some reason, it doesn't 
feel all that magical anymore either. It just 
feels... imposing. 


[...] 


The ship's not bloody slowing down! It's been 
a week since | turned on the retrorockets, and 
even though | initially noticed a decrease in 
velocity, | am still moving away from 

SCP-3321. I'm turning up the thrusters in 
hopes that I'll be able to push through 
whatever is pulling me away, but if that doesn't 
work, I'll be stuck out here. 


[..] 


Hello world. You last heard from me... two 
days ago. I'm out of fuel and I'm still being 
sucked away from SCP-3321. 


! can still measure my distance from the 
wormhole—sort of—but the error margin 
returned by the on-board instrumentation 
keeps increasing. All | know is | keep moving 
faster and faster. That imposing feeling | 
mentioned before has turned into an utter, 
absolute dread. I'm... I'm going to die here. 


| feel sick. Sam out. 


[...] 


Hello world. I'm sixteen weeks out. I'm still 
collecting samples of this cosmic foam; 
probably out of habit now more than anything 
else. It's a dark, desaturated orange now, 


almost gray. It's not less luminescent, but it's... 
dark. | can't really explain it. | don't even know 
if you're receiving these images and 
transmissions anymore. | guess it doesn't 
matter, but at least it gives me something to 
do. 


Also, the on-board magnetometer started 
picking something up in front of my ship. Hell 
knows what the significance of that is. 


[...] 


Do you remember how, a few months back, | 
described SCP-3321-1 as seeming like it was 
at the edge of the universe, so far away from 
everything else? Well... what if it actually is? 
What if SCP-3321-1 is the edge of the 
universe? What if all those theories about the 
universe being boundless are wrong, and I'm 
traveling towards the barrier between 
everything and nothing? What will | find there? 


| was also thinking... why does SCP-3321 
exist in the first place? Its orbit makes no 
sense, and it is perfectly concealed behind the 
Moon. For all we know, it could have been 
there since the dawn of humanity, but was 
impossible to see until only a couple decades 
ago. Either it appeared on its own—perfectly 
positioned—or someone else put it there for us 
to find. Why? And why now? 


[...] 


Everything is red. | just woke up and 
everything is red. It's been... twenty-two 
weeks now, | think. I've been sleeping a lot 
lately, but today | woke up and everything was 
red. The ambient temperature is about... 
double what it was two weeks ago, the 


magnetometer is freaking out, and everything 
is red. 


Wait a minute. | think | see something. It looks 
like this red foam just cuts off, and there's 
something on the other side. It looks kind of 
like... it looks like... oh my God. 


[THE REMAINDER OF THIS AUDIO 
TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REDACTED] 


Final Image Transmission by Luna X 


Figure 3: Final image transmission by Luna X. 
Received on 1992-12-27. 


Additional Addenda 


Addendum 7: Retrorocket failure analysis 
1993-12-18 


Following a thorough investigation into the 
data returned by Luna X after its attempted 
trajectory reversal on 1992-09-05, it has been 
concluded that the retrorockets installed on 
Luna X were operating as intended. 


"We don't know why Dr. Pond continued to 
drift away from the mouth of SCP-3321 after 
her reverse thrusters activated, but we do 
know one thing: the shuttle was operating 
exactly how it was supposed to."—Dr. 
Schmidt 


Addendum 8: Analysis of relative velocity 


during Luna X expedition 
1995-01-23 


A new paper on the Luna X's unexpected 
velocity is published internally by Foundation 
scientists. Spectroscopic analysis of 
SCP-3321 over the course of the voyage 
indicates the speed increase may not have 
been caused locally nor externally. Instead, a 
significant redshift over the course of the 
expedition was identified, suggesting that the 
perceived increase in speed may have been 
caused by a rapid outward expansion of 
spacetime within SCP-3321-1, not an active 
force. 


However, the data does not agree with the 
metric expansion of space measured in the 
locally observable universe. The authors 
conclude that it is likely that "some well- 
regarded opinions of universe cosmology are, 
at the very least, inaccurate". 


Addendum 9: Analysis of cosmic foam 
1998-09-21 


Though the physical samples collected during 
the Luna X expedition were never retrieved, a 
partial image of the cosmic foam's composition 
has been established via the preliminary GC- 
MS data gathered aboard the Luna X. Traces 
of hydrogen, helium, and lithium were directly 
observed, and a large amount of seemingly 
impossible results were likewise encountered. 


The authors of the analysis note that while 
some of the compounds may be "impossible to 
synthesize here and now, it is possible they 
would have been stable in the early universe". 
In the spirit of Dr. Samantha Pond's late 
reverie, they also acknowledge that "if the 


universe is neither boundless nor infinite, it is 
conceivable that some of these compounds 
could likewise be stable at the cusp of its 
expansion, where conditions are not dissimilar 
to the core of the early universe." 


The authors also concede that this is "highly 
improbable". 


Addendum 10: Reclassification to Keter 
2008-09-29 


Due to recent developments by various private 
space agencies and the increased likelihood of 
SCP-3321 being privately observed, 

SCP-3321 has been reclassified from Euclid to 
Keter. MTF Gamma-5 has been notified. This 
change is effective immediately. 


Addendum 11: Latent transmission by Dr. 
Samantha Pond 
2017-12-24 


Three days before the 25th anniversary of Dr. 
Samantha Pond's final transmission, 
Foundation satellites picked up another audio 
signal believed to be from the Luna X. The 
cause of this delay is unknown. The full 
transcript is as follows: 


Someone else is out here—no, everyone is. 
It's so loud, and they're all crying. | shouldn't 
have come. 


. He wanted to show us, but why did 
you have to send me? 


"We have decided it is in the best interest of 
the Foundation that, frankly, nobody knows 


about that." —O5-11 


Footnotes 

1. e.g. General relativity and its alternatives. 

2. i.e. Lensing is evident despite the weak gravitational field. 

3. Various 4-dimensional and 5-dimensional hypercone models have 
been proposed. 

4. GC-MS analysis has since found traces of hydrogen, helium and 
lithium. See Addendum 9. 


SCP-428: The Crowd 


Item #: SCP-428 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-428 is to be contained in a 
five (5) meter x five (5) meter x five (5) meter cell. The containment 
walls are to be electrified with 30,000 volts. Entrance to the cell is 
via a corridor airlock and access to SCP-428 is restricted to Level-3 
researchers and below, while escorted by two armed guards. 
Personnel are to keep two (2) meters minimum away from SCP-428 
at all times. When not under research, two armed guards are to be 
on duty at all times. 


Due to SCP-428's effects, all D-class personnel are to be screened 
for low IQs and skills that are deemed non-threatening to 
Foundation security or potential escape attempts (See Addendum 
428-A). A single D-Class personnel due for termination is to be 
offered once per month to keep SCP-428 satisfied, however this will 
result in the need for an increase in containment space or for a 
solution to keep SCP-428 neutralised in the future. 


Description: SCP-428 is, in appearance, a crowd of huddled 
human beings. As of 20/12/ it consists of fourteen (14) people. 
While huddled in a circle, SCP-428 is to be considered in a 
‘dormant state. In this state, the crowd moves with a gentle sway 
and can be heard audibly mumbling. Upon further inspection, the 
biological internals (organs, bones, muscles and fluids, leaving only 
the skin) have been removed from each individual and replaced with 
an unidentified material that attaches to a central amorphous mass 
in the middle of the crowd via lengths of flesh similar to umbilical 
cords. 


The crowd will not move away from this mass unless a person 
comes within two (2) meters of the central mass. At this point, the 
crowd will move into its ‘hostile’ state. The ‘people’ of SCP-428 


SCP-3322: Sister Cities 


Item #: SCP-3322 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: One Foundation operative is 
embedded in both SCP-3322-A and SCP-3322-B at all times (given 
the designation Operative A/B while on station). Fluency in Spanish 
and familiarity with the cultural practices and lifestyle of Patagonia is 
required for Operative A, and fluency in Mongolian language and 
knowledge of Mongolian lifestyle and culture is likewise required for 
Operative B. In order to minimise the effects of SCP-3322, both 
these operatives should be selected for similarity in family 
background, personal history, personality, and interests. They are 
required to be physically and psychologically healthy and to have 
been unaffected by an anomaly for the last 3 months. As the number 
of Spanish-speaking staff available to the Foundation is much larger 
than the number of Mongolian speakers, it is advisable to initially 
recruit for the Mongolian B position and subsequently find a suitable 
match for the A position. 


These operatives are inserted in the guise of regional government 
officials and have the task of collecting demographic data on 
SCP-3322, observing its population, and facilitating the experiments 
of the SCP-3322 research team. The town government and 
population of SCP-3322 are generally cooperative with this position, 
which is based out of an office in the town hall of SCP-3322-A and 
B. Operative A/B is also tasked with conducting a formal annual 
census. They are to reside on-site for the duration of their 
assignment. A house at [REDACTED] has been attached to their 
position, which they are free to use as they wish outside of working 
hours. Visitors from outside of SCP-3322 are forbidden. Operatives 
are advised to maintain cordial, professional relations with the local 
population, and keep a record of all their interactions. The formation 
of close personal relationships with the inhabitants is discouraged, 


unless a proposal demonstrating their research value is submitted 
and approved. 


SCP-3322-A and SCP-3322-B are each monitored by two 
observation posts (OP-1-A/B and OP-2-A/B) on the north-south 
highway passing through SCP-3322-A and SCP-3322-B, ata 
distance of 500m outside the boundary of SCP-3322. They are to be 
manned by 3 staff members each, with the cover of local police. 
Profile matching of these staff members between A and B sites, as 
with Operative A/B, is beneficial but not a requirement. All traffic 
approaching or passing through SCP-3322 is to be logged, but 
should not be interfered with outside of exceptional circumstances. 


All communication relating to SCP-3322 should be passed to the 
SCP-3322 research team currently based at Site in Buenos Aires. 
Staff in SCP-3322-A are not to contact staff in SCP-3322-B and vice 
versa except in emergency situations, a detailed list of which can be 
found in Protocol 3322-Omega. An emergency hotline is present 
between OP-1-A and OP-1-B for this purpose. 


Publicly available information (particularly maps and satellite data) 
relating to SCP-3322-A and SCP-3322-B is to be altered to remove 
similarities without arousing suspicion in civilians who visit or who 
have a familiarity with either location.