Researcher Mako: (Pauses.) Before? Could 
you elaborate? You've never talked about this 
kind of thing previously. 


3473: (Thins its eyes and more steam hisses 
from its mouth, this time aggressively. 3473 
seems to be irritated, as it pulses with a bright 
glow and ambient temperature in the area 
starts rising.) | have explained many times. 
You seem not to understand even when | 
clearly show. Aren't you human "doctors" 
meant to be smart? 


Researcher Mako: (Seems to be getting 
worried, but tries to maintain composure.) Ah, 
clearly not smart enough. But it's okay, we can 
change the sub- 


3473: No. You just keep asking until | explain. 
One moment. (The glowing pulses and rising 


heat subside and 3473 looks up to the sky for 
a moment, before looking back.) Father says | 
am allowed to speak more truth. 


Researcher Mako: Father? 


3473: Yes. Birth was long ago, far from here. 
Mother died at birth, so | drifted for so very 
long. Was cold and alone, but was also free 
like the birds in the sky. The solar winds 
carried me far, until eventually | was brought 
before Sauel, my father. Mother's dying act 
was to send me to him, and he spoke of her so 
fondly. A love so bright, from so far away. And 
| drifted now at his side, but for a time too 
short. (3473 pauses and seems distressed.) 


Researcher Mako: May | ask what 
happened? 


3473: | cannot remember what it was...but my 
path came undone, and | ended up drifting 
away from father. | was scared. Called out to 
him, to her?, to anyone...but none could help 
me. | drifted to this rock you call "Earth", and 
now I'm trapped here. Father's voice is so 
quiet and distant...| feel alone again...and now 
no longer free. 


Researcher Mako: We're only doing this 
because you're very dangerous to us, and also 
to keep you safe from other people who might 
try and hurt you. 


3473: | know. Father said | should stay with 
you. So | will stay for now. (8473 looks back up 
to the sky, and then back to Researcher 
Mako.) No more questions about past times. 
Have said all | can. 


Researcher Mako: Alright. Thank you for 


sharing this information. I'll ask my colleagues 
if we can allow you a bit more wandering 
space for your troubles. 


3473: That would be nice. 
<End Log> 
Addendum-02: Level 3/3473 Clearance or above required 


Message issued in private to Senior Staff 
and MTF Omega-47 from Dr Kraus 


“Alright, now you've all read the above file at 
face value, let me be honest. Most of you with 
half a brain in the physics department have 
probably figured this out already, but I'll spell it 
out for the rest of you. 


Those bio-hazard suits? They're pretty much 
there for morale of on-site staff and not much 
practical use beyond that. The amount of 
ionizing energy 3473 emits, even in its more 
"agreeable" states or at the so-called “safe 
distance”, is very much unsafe. With enough 
exposure over time (usually a couple of years 
at most,) it becomes lethal. Problem is that the 
damn thing is a social creature and all but 
requires and demands interaction with others. 
If we don't have a nice chat every so often, it 
could melt through the walls, walk down here 
and ask why we are ignoring it. I've thought 
about using D-Class as middle men, but 
honestly the risks involved aren't worth it. 
What if they aggravate it intentionally or act 
smart and try and turn it on us? Most of them 
assume they're going to die anyway, and 
might see this as a means to take some of us 
down with them. 


Controlled and friendly social interaction has 


been shown to have a positive effect on 
reducing the likelihood of Nova Events, as well 
as reducing the chances of it wandering 
beyond containment out of boredom or 
curiosity. And of course, no one wants a 
repeat of WGU. As such, I'd take increased 
rates of cancer, burns and radiation poisoning 
in the staff stationed here over the possibility 
of this thing wandering off into the desert and 
heading towards a populated area. On that 
subject, there's another truth | also want to 
share with you. Currently we have no backup 
plan in place in the event that 3473 decides to 
just walk off and refuse to come back. This is 
not an oversight, it's because none of us have 
any clue how to restrain this thing beyond a 
firm telling off. Its child like mentality plays into 
our hands here, but it's getting smarter all the 
time, and eventually it might figure out that we 
can't actually control it, which would be 
catastrophic. 


And before any of you give me smart 
suggestions about trying to "freeze" or 
"extinguish" this thing, let me remind you that 
it's not a camp-fire; it's a small living star for all 
intents and purposes. If we submerged it in 
liquid nitrogen, it would only give it more fuel to 
burn and grow hotter, not colder, and changing 
the ambient temperature or placing it in a 
vacuum won't stop the nuclear fusion 
happening within it. With all this in mind, for 
the time being, | hope you all understand that 
this is the best possible way. It's not pretty, 
easy or comfortable, we didn't sign up for that, 
did we?” 


-Dr Kraus, head of Site-190 


Footnotes 


1. Time of day, ambient temperature and the composition of what it 
has recently consumed all seem to have an impact, but it is 
generally composed of ultraviolet, gamma and x-ray radiation, 
although alpha and beta particles, other electromagnetic waves and 
free protons are also emitted in smaller amounts. 

2. The full nature of the relationship between SCP-3473 and 
COEWS-179 has not been determined, aside from them both 
referencing the name Sauel. COEWS-179 has not yet delivered any 
messages regarding SCP-3473, either signaled or via satellite, and 
SCP-3473 refuses to speak on the subject. Further research into 
both anomalies is required. 


SCP-3475: Our Shifting Foundations 


Item #: SCP-3475 
Object Class: Thaumiel 


Special Containment Procedures: Copies of this document are to 
be made available to all Foundation personnel. In the event that a 
Foundation employee is unable to perceive or conceptualize some 
or all of the information contained in this document, an alternate 
document is to be provided. 


Containment of SCP-3475 is accomplished through a number of 
discrete initiatives — a summary may be found in Addendum: 
Ongoing Containment of SCP-3475. 


All Foundation personnel not currently affected by SCP-3475, 
regardless of clearance level, must be isolated from its influence 
whenever possible. Foundation personnel are currently forbidden to 
view media created by civilians except in an authorized, clinical 
context. 


Movement of Foundation personnel between Sites must be tightly 
controlled. If travel through a civilian area cannot be avoided, anti- 
cognitohazardous equipment should be utilized to minimize the 
chance of exposure. 


Exposed personnel are to be amnesticized and released into civilian 
areas if possible. 


Further development and expansion of SCP-3475 is currently a top- 
level priority. 


Description: SCP-3475 is the designation given to the cumulative 
result of Foundation efforts in enacting anomalous information 
control and social engineering techniques on the civilian, human 
population of Earth. 


In the containment of numerous anomalous objects, the Foundation 
utilizes hundreds of initiatives involving amnestics, cognitohazards, 
and viral memetic agents. If each of these initiatives can be thought 
of as exerting a force on civilian humanity, SCP-3475 is the sum of 
these forces: a single vector denoting the direction in which human 
thought is being changed. The goal of the SCP-3475 program is 
then to coordinate this effect to best achieve the Foundation's 
principal aims. 


Every new initiative affects, to some extent, every initiative that 
precedes it. The extent of this complexity means that changes to 
one aspect of SCP-3475 can change the whole in unexpected ways. 
Thus, SCP-3475 is prone to the development of unexpected, 
emergent properties and side effects. 


Addressing SCP-3475 as a single whole allows for the greatest 
degree of control over civilian populations and allows side effects to 
be dealt with more easily. The SCP-3475 program currently allows 
civilian humanity to enjoy the greatest possible degree of normalcy 
and stability in spite of anomalous threats. 


The depth and interconnected nature of SCP-3475 have made it 
potentially dangerous for Foundation personnel to be exposed to 
carriers of SCP-3475's constituent memetic agents. Such an 
infection may severely impair their ability to perform, understand, or 
perceive their duties to the Foundation. 


This impairment also poses an issue for the recruitment of 
Foundation personnel from civilian populations. The development of 
a reliable, non-lethal method to remove the influence of SCP-3475 
from an affected person is ongoing. Until this solution is found, 
personnel should exercise great caution when dealing with media 
produced by civilians, which may carry the memetic infection. 


Despite the difficulty of maintaining and working around SCP-3475, 
its overall effect is universally positive. The continued existence of 
worldwide normalcy could not have been achieved without the 
SCP-3475 program and the sacrifices required to maintain it. 


Addendum: Ongoing Containment of SCP-3475 


Over 300 individual containment procedures affect, to some extent, 
the whole of civilian humanity. Thus, containment of SCP-3475 is 
most effectively accomplished by observing civilian reactions to new 
initiatives as closely as possible and dealing with side effects as 
they arise. 


Most recently, the quickening pace and severity of certain threats 
has necessitated a rapid expansion of the SCP-3475 program. A 
summary of methods used to contain the side effects of several 
major initiatives is included below. A full list is available to personnel 
with at least clearance level 4/3475. 


Initiative: Project Gunni 


Side Effects: Canid species prompt an exaggerated positive 
emotional reaction in conditioned civilians, resulting in major 
changes to home and work life in order to spend more time in the 
presence of canids. 


Containment Strategy: Memetic agent AMARANTH NIHIL was 
created to cause a measured disgust response to canids, in order to 
counteract these side effects. Soon after introduction, the most 
common species of canids became increasingly difficult to perceive, 
and as such this issue has been made inconsequential. 


Initiative: Project Niklas 


Side Effects: Although Samothracian refugees possess inherent 
antimemetic qualities, in groups they exert a pronounced perception- 
altering effect on nearby civilians that causes Project Niklas to fail, 
allowing civilians to perceive the holes in space present near 
hospitals and airports. This results in cascading errors in interpreting 
visual stimuli, followed by the onset of blindness. 


Containment Strategy: Memetic agent OCHRE BASALT has been 
created specifically to affect Samothracian refugees, inducing an 
aversion to contact with other refugees. While the former island of 
Samothrace is suspected to be uninhabitable, it is to be monitored to 
ensure no additional refugee constructs emerge. 


Initiative: Project Empty Machine 


Side Effects: The non-existence of symptoms previously associated 
with drowsiness has resulted in large swathes of civilians 
experiencing symptoms of acute sleep deprivation with no apparent 
cause. 


Containment Strategy: Memetic agents VERDANT GLIMPSE and 
FEARFUL HERON have been introduced to encourage and 
normalize the ingestion of stimulants and to streamline certain 
energy-consuming mental processes. Sleep deprivation has since 
declined. 


Initiative: Project Halicarnassus 


Side Effects: Despite the destruction of relevant cultural artifacts, 
approximately 1% of the civilian population still experience dreams 
in which the night sky appears as it did pre-20 . If these experiences 
are shared between individuals and found to be consistent, the 
internal contradiction with Project Halicarnassus results in 
immediate catatonia. 


Containment Strategy: The introduction of memetic agent GREEN 
WORLD has eliminated the recalling of dreams. An infovorous 
construct has rendered imperceptible any information supposing the 
existence of objects outside the solar system. Societal order has 
been restored. 


« SCP-3475: Our Shifting Foundations | A Quiet Night » 


SCP-3477: Will the Real Harold Holt Please Stand 
Up? 


Item #: SCP-3477 
Object Class: Euclid 
Threat Level: Orange © 


Special Containment Procedures: Each instance of SCP-3477 is 
to be contained in a separate Standard Humanoid Anomaly 
Containment Cell modified appropriately for each instance 
located at Site-72. Instances may be informed of the existence of 
other instances, but are not to be allowed contact with each other. 


Each specific instance of SCP-3477 has specialized containment 
procedures relating to its specific properties. For full containment 
details, consult Document-3477 #1. 


Description: SCP-3477 is a collection of anomalous humanoids, 
each claiming to be the 17th Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt 
(henceforth referred to as SCP-3477-0). SCP-3477-0 disappeared 
while swimming in December 1967 and is officially presumed dead. 
There are currently 34 instances of SCP-3477 contained by the 
Foundation. 


While each instance of SCP-3477 displays unique anomalous 
properties, all physically resemble SCP-3477-0 and are genetically 
identical. All individuals claim to be the SCP-3477-0 and, through 
varying methods, to have gained some form of immortality before 
their alleged death, which they faked in order to avoid public 
suspicion. No instance of SCP-3477 has been aware of the 
existence of other SCP-3477 instances unless introduced to each 
other by Foundation operatives. 


All accounts given by SCP-3477 of their lives are identical up until 
the point at which they acquired their anomalous properties. All 


remains within the digestive tract. This effect is not modulated by 
dosage, and takes effect immediately. SCP-449-A is neither 
digested nor externally damaged by its passage through the 
alimentary canal, though when excreted or removed through other 
means, it no longer exhibits anomalous properties. 


The euphoric effects of SCP-449-A cease immediately if any person 
within approximately 1300 kilometers has more SCP-449-A by mass 
within their digestive tract. To date, all individuals SCP-449 
instances have been recovered from had gone to extreme lengths to 
retain the effects of SCP-449-A, including: 


* Killing at least four other users of SCP-449. 

¢ Permanently residing in a boat far away from any population 
centers. 

¢ Undergoing radical gastric surgery to add an additional 
estimated 3 cubic meters to their digestive tract. 


In almost all cases, the SCP-449 users had abandoned activities 
other than producing and consuming SCP-449-A. To date, 83 
instances have been recovered, out of an estimated 100. 


Addendum 449-2: Several SCP-449 instances were accompanied 
by the following note: 


JOY from the factory 


any will let you have JOY 

interferes within 761 miles very unfortunate regrettable 
apologies etc 

happy way for you to be one to feel JOY 

JOY JOY JOY better than JOY 

as much JOY as you like 


how much JOY to have joy how much to have sorrow 
without JOY 


you cooperate you defect you organize you destroy 
you use 
factory only provides 


individuals professed being interested in acquiring immortality at any 
price before their death, and as such attempted to achieve this. At 
this point, the first divergence occurs. Each instance of SCP-3477 
utilizes a different method of acquiring immortality.