Imaging indicated irregular buildups of charge within the 
implants within SCP-2970's brain, prosthetic eye, and 
several other replaced organs indicative of possible non- 
functionality. After significant study, it was decided that 
invasive surgery would be attempted, featuring the use 
of electric impulses in an attempt to "restart" inactive 
implants in the brain and eye. 


Due to SCP-2970's inability to fall unconscious, epidural 
anesthetic was utilized, and SCP-2970 was securely 
bound to the operating table. 


<Begin Log at 00:00:00> 


00:50:45 - Having completed initial 
preparations, Dr. Johnson commences 
surgery. 


01:20:11 - Imaging indicates that electric 
impulses may be effective in restoring full 
functionality to SCP-2970's eye. SCP-2970 is 
compliant. 


02:00:36 - Imaging indicates that functionality 
has been restored to SCP-2970's eye. At 
once, the front of the eye begins to glow, 
gradually brightening until it is able to project 
an image on the ceiling. The procedure is 
ordered to pause. SCP-2970 begins to protest, 
but is apparently unable to cease the 


projection. 


Projection shows, from SCP-2970's point of 
view, a rocky desert slope. It is midday, and no 
other people can be seen from SCP-2970's 
vantage. SCP-2970 seems to be kneeling or 
otherwise prone on the surface of the desert. 


Four previously-unseen figures approach 
SCP-2970. They appear to be males clad in 
bronze or golden plate armor atypical of that 
common in the supposed era. The recording 
possesses no audio, but it can be seen that 
they exchange words with SCP-2970. 


SCP-2970 turns away from them and begins 
walking in a straight line. After nearly half an 
hour, clay or rudimentary brick buildings are 
seen on the horizon, likely from a small village. 
SCP-2970 stops at least three kilometers away 
from the buildings and sits down on the 
ground. 


SCP-2970 slowly raises its prosthetic hand 
into view. SCP-2970 flexes the hand, which 
begins to glow white. SCP-2970 obscures the 
village from view behind its transparent hand, 
and the image of the village through the hand 
becomes gradually distorted. 


When SCP-2970 removes its hand, the 
buildings are gone. In the operating room, 
SCP-2970 appears distressed. Imaging shows 
no change in activity in brain implants, 
indicating that this memory may have been 
available previously to SCP-2970. 


The projection cuts to elsewhere. SCP-2970 is 
walking past a row of kneeling men and 
women in a similar desert setting. The 
viewpoint approaches a man, and SCP-2970 


grabs him by the arm with its prosthetic hand, 
lifting him to eye level. 


SCP-2970 looks away. When he looks back, 
the man is not seen, and held in SCP-2970's 
artificial hand is the arm, severed, absent of 
any apparent damage or bleeding. The stump 
is sealed with skin. 


SCP-2970 looks down the line of people. None 
move or flinch at SCP-2970's actions. As the 
viewpoint approaches another man, the 
recording ends. 


03:25:01 - Surgery is ordered to continue, with 
work on the brain commencing. Dr. Acosta, 
present for the operation, asks for the 
remainder to be postponed following a 
psychiatric reevaluation. Dr. Johnson elects to 
continue the surgery. 


06:49:01 - Surgery deemed successful in 
restoring brain functionality. An impulse to the 
eye prompts it to start projecting again. 
SCP-2970 laughs, and whispers "we did it" 
under its breath. 


In this recording, SCP-2970 seems to be 
standing atop a mountain. It turns slowly in 
place. The surrounding landscape is dotted 
with massive handprints, several hundred 
meters in length. Scattered groups of people, 
five or six each, are seen fleeing from 
SCP-2970's position. 


After several minutes, SCP-2970 embarks 
down the mountain. In the operating room, 
Foundation personnel successfully identify this 
desert region as the Tabernas Desert in the 
province of Almeria, Spain. 


SCP-2970 comes upon the entrance to a cave 
embedded in the side of the mountain. It 
enters the cave and walks down the passage, 
illuminated by an unseen white light. 


A long mass in the cave is identified as a 
gargantuan human body. Its skin is black and 
reflective. Size is estimated at 15 meters long, 
with a single leg's diameter being 
approximately the height of SCP-2970. It is 
apparent that the cave is only slightly larger 
than the body itself. SCP-2970 approaches the 
head. 


The head of the creature is misshapen, with 
eyes significantly further apart than typical 
human proportions. In the place of the mouth 
is what appears to be a third nostril, which 
leaks black bile onto the cavern floor. The face 
does not move as SCP-2970 appears to speak 
to it. SCP-2970 kneels, and the recording 
ends. 


07:20:59 - Dr. Johnson elects to cease the 
operation, pending analysis of information 
received. 


<End Log at 07:20:59> 
Show Incident 2970-2 


Incident 2970-2: 

Following the surgery, containment procedures are 
reconsidered, given the apparent untruthfulness of 
SCP-2970 to personnel. At approximately midnight and 
while pending reassignment, SCP-2970 is seen deviating 
from its recovery schedule by standing up in its room and 
pacing in circles. 


<Begin Log> 


SCP-2970 is observed walking around its 
room. Several times, it stops to feel the walls. 
After several minutes of this behavior, it looks 
directly at the hidden surveillance camera in a 
corner of the ceiling. 


SCP-2970's artificial hand begins to produce 
white light. It approaches the containment 
door, and the camera feed is intermittently 
disrupted by static. A security force assembles 
outside the door and prepares to charge in. 


Upon opening the door, the security force find 
the room empty. SCP-2970 is observed by 
security feeds to be outside the containment 
cell and sprinting towards the gate to the 
Euclid containment wing. SCP-2970 appears 
to have familiarity with the layout of Site-30. 


SCP-2970 encounters a security team as it 
runs to the exit. It ignores the team and runs 
by, knocking a member to the side, inflicting 
severe burns by an unknown mechanism. All 
bullets fired at SCP-2970 are deflected shortly 
before impact and collide with surrounding 
objects. 


Site-30 loses both primary and backup 
generator capabilities. SCP-2970 is able to 
operate unobserved, and apparently charges 
through the security gate. No personnel are 
killed, but four are inflicted with intense burns. 


SCP-2970 exits the Site and is observed to 
begin running south towards the projected 
location of the second observed recording in 
Almeria, Spain. All attempts to intercept 
SCP-2970 with search teams fail due to the 
lack of illumination, as all light sources in 
Site-30 have been rendered inoperable. 


<End Log> 


Following this incident, SCP-2970 has been upgraded to 
Keter, with recontainment a level 1 priority. MTF Tau-5 
"Samsara" has been selected to lead recontainment 
efforts due to their skill in using paratechnological 
equipment, which may be resistant to SCP-2970's 
effects, and their demonstrated aptitude in dealing with 
anomalous groups related to SCP-2970 (see Operation 
AZURE PEREGRINE). 


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Operation AZURE PEREGRINE 


Mobile Task Force Command, Site-01 


This document is classified 4/AZURE PEREGRINE. 
Unauthorized access is to be reported to RAISA 
immediately. 


01/07/16 


From: Commanding Officer, MTF Tau-5 “Samsara” 
To: Operations Director, O5 Command 

Subject: Combat After Action Report, Operation AZURE 
PEREGRINE 


1. Code Name: Operation AZURE PEREGRINE 
2. Dates of Operation: 01/06/16, 0200 hours — 0700 hours 


3. Location: Date Orchard Compound (Grid 29RPQ ) in the 
vicinity of Marrakesh Morocco (750 m north of the N9 highway). 


4. Task Organization: 
T. Organization: 


MTF Tau-5 “Samsara” Captain Hughes, Sarah 

HQ Squad Staff Sergeant Chen, Arthur 
Rifle Squad Sergeant Ghazi, Nazgul 
Weapons Squad Sergeant Campos, Juan 
Samsara Squad Sergeant lrantu 


2. Paratech Deployment: 


The four SAMSARA program troopers of Samsara squad were 


equipped, in addition to the core implant suite (build 4.31 Mod 2) 
and their standard tactical loadout, with the following mission- 
specific prototypes: 


1. Counter-Thaumaturgical Warding Implant (Mk. V Mod 0), 
consisting of a subcutaneously implanted superconducting wire 
mesh with full body coverage, micro-etched with a Gen IV warding 
grid (Key of Solomon derivation). This system is designed to absorb 
or deflect a broad-spectrum of hostile thaumaturgical malefices as 
well as non-corporeal attacks by paranormal entities. 


2. Argus-Ill Situational Awareness System, consisting of two sensor 
modules attached to the LBE (200g each), a xeno-tissue graft to the 
brain stem (derived from genetically engineered precognitive 
Rhesus Macaques) and a micro-controller installed into the core 
implant suite that interfaces these systems. This system should 
provide 360° parasensory awareness within a 30 ms temporal 
range. 


3. Hellgate Point Defense System, consisting of a back-mounted 
unit (6.4 kg) containing a demonic integrated microsummoner, a 
compact demon particle accelerator, an electromagnetic focusing 
array and a high density superconducting capacitor loop. This 
system uses data from the Argus-lll system to generate miniature 
short-lived wormhole bridges to tartarean phase-space. The 
resulting collision deforms and destabilizes projectiles, greatly 
magnifying the effectiveness of conventional body armor. This 
system can intercept four rounds per second, and is powered for 
400 interceptions. As interceptions are accompanied by a burst of 
gamma radiation, operators should take care to avoid fratricidal and 
collateral damage. 


4. Spelleater Rounds (Mk VII), these rounds (chambered in match 
grade 7.62x51mm and 12.7x99mm BMG) are composed of 
Beryllium-Bronze jacketed cores inscribed with a Gen IV fractal 
integrated warding glyph/banishment grid and blessed by ordained 
clerics. These rounds will penetrate most known personal defensive 
charms and workings (in excess of 60 mm depth) and generate 
wider wound channels (~43% wider compared to conventional 
munitions) when tested on thaumaturgically derived paranormal 
entities and constructs. 12.7mm BMG Spelleater ammunition was 


also issued to the sniper team. 


5. Banishment Grenades, these grenades (chambered in 40x53mm 
SR) use a high-explosive charge to generate a compression wave 
harmonic resonance keyed to the musica mundana, disrupting the 
physical vessels of non-native paranormal entities manifesting in our 
universe. 


5. Intelligence: 


Following up information gained during interrogation of SCP-2970 
on 01/04/16, a location of interest was identified in the vicinity of 
Marrakesh Morocco (at Grid ). Further investigation 
uncovered that the present structure (built ca. 1340) was 
constructed over ruins of unknown origin. The current structure's 
owner, Ahmed al Marrakesh, was found to be a thaumaturgic 
practitioner. 


Mobile Task Force Sigma-3 ("Bibliographers") 
informants uncovered plans by al Marrakesh for a thaumaturgic 
ritual (codenamed ARGENT ICON), intended to summon a divinity- 
class entity into a physical vessel. Field agents assigned to the case 
determined that the intelligence was credible and were able to 
collect a probable date and location for the event. O5 command 
found this intelligence to be actionable. 


The compound consists of one main structure (Building A) and three 
smaller outbuildings (Buildings B through D) surrounded by a 3 
meter tall stone wall. A main gate is situated on the east wall, with a 
secondary gate on the southwest corner. Building A is a three story 
13th century house consisting of two wings on the north and south 
linked by covered arcades and mezzanines to the east and west, 
surrounding an open central courtyard. 


6. Mission: MTF Tau-5 “Samsara” conducts a cordon and search of 
the site at Grid to prevent ARGENT ICON and to locate and 
destroy or seize all anomalous persons and objects in the target 
area. 


7. Concept of Operations: 


SCP-356: Autointerrogation 


Item #: SCP-356 
Object Class: Neutralized 


Special Containment Procedures: The remains of SCP-356 are to 
be kept continuously frozen in Long Term Biological Storage Unit 
73A at Site-23. Staff are advised that SCP-356 has been a person of 
interest to the governments of the United States, the Russian 
Federation, and the Republic of Azerbaijan since 1986. As such, 
liaisons to the Foundation serving with these nations or affiliated 
entities are to be kept unaware of SCP-356's containment in 1986 
and death in 1987. 


Update: Except for approved research purposes, no electronic 
devices capable of receiving telephone calls are to be brought within 
10 m of SCP-356. 


Description: SCP-356 is a deceased 62-year-old male human of 
Eurasian descent, measuring 1.76 m tall and weighing 81.5 kg. 
When SCP-356 is within approximately 3 m of any device capable of 
receiving a telephone call (such as traditional land-based 
telephones, cellular phones, or computer terminals with software 
enabling telephony), that device will begin receiving a constant 
stream of calls. Left unanswered, these calls will continue for an 
indefinite period, only ceasing when answered, and resuming once 
the speaker hangs up. In all observed cases, attempts to track the 
source of telephone calls related to the presence of SCP-356 have 
all identified the device receiving the calls itself as the origination 
point. 


When telephone calls prompted by the presence of SCP-356 are 
answered, an unknown entity (SCP-356-A) speaking in a voice 
exactly matching that of SCP-356 will answer. Left to speak on its 
own, SCP-356-A will talk about general information regarding 
SCP-356, mostly focused on work history and professional 


Supporting local assets are to be deployed near the target location, 
under the cover of routine movement and to standby to establish an 
outer cordon. Local artillery assets are to emplace at Grid 

(SBF 1) and standby for fire missions. A field team from Area-28 is to 
be standing by in Marrakesh. MTF Tau-5 is to be staged at Ben 
Guerir Air Base. SAMSARA personnel are to establish pre-mission 
backups and verify checkscan. 


Commencing no later than 0215, concurrent with establishment of 
the outer cordon by local forces, HQ, Rifle and Weapons squads are 
to deploy (via "Black Owl" rotary wing aircraft) to LZ Charlie (Grid 

). HQ squad is to establish COC and communications. Rifle 
and Weapons squads are to clear the compound perimeter by fire 
and maneuver. After securing the two gates in the compound wall, 
Rifle squad is to establish the inner cordon, Weapons squad is to 
establish a support by fire position (SBF 2) on Building B with good 
coverage of egress points for building A. 


Once security and support elements are in place Samsara squad is 
to deploy via fast rope for vertical insertion onto the upper story 
mezzanine of Building A and conduct a search of Building A. 


Black Owl 4 is to remain on station near Building 3 and provide 
overwatch. 


All elements are to operate under blackout, utilizing night vision, and 
rotary assets are to operate under acoustic stealth until the security 
cordon is established and Samsara Squad is successfully inserted. 
Moonrise is at 0357. 


Samsara squad is to complete search operations and establish 
security in Building A. In the event that the commander determines 
that Samsara squad is unsuccessful at its task, she is to calla 
destruction mission by local artillery assets on Building A (Grid 

). Samsara squad is to be considered highly expendable 
under this contingency. 


Once the site is secure, MTF T-5 is to be relieved by Area-28 field 
operatives. 


8. Execution: