The Council expresses its disappointment with the position 
taken by the Ethics Committee in Decision 3320-3. The 
Committee has overstepped its bounds relating to SCP-3320 
on a number of occasions, with the most recent decision 
being the most egregious example. The Committee is 
primarily called upon to evaluate decisions proposed or 
carried out by research staff, and the issue of unsolicited 
recommendations for containment procedures is not within its 
mission parameters. The question of relations with the Global 
Occult Coalition or any other external group is also an 
overreach of the responsibilities of the Committee, as are 
demands to alter information security procedures, which 
remain a RAISA matter. 


The request for the reclassification of SCP-3320-1 is denied, 
as is the request to restore expunged data. 


Given the questions this raises about the soundness of the 
current composition of the Committee and its leadership by 
Dr Singer, the Council is currently deciding on an appropriate 
response. 


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FROM: moc.liamg|71912161#moc.liamg| 
71912161 

TO: gro.pcs.mmochte| 
regnisd#gro.pcs.mmochte|regnisd 

CC: 

SUBJECT: 3320 

SENT: 08/10/17 at 1:30 am 


Obviously, | shouldn't be sending you this. It 
would be grounds for removal from the 
Council, and possibly worse. | don't think that 
would happen, though. The others know that 


it's best to resolve this quietly before things get 
uglier. 


You know that this principled stand is 
pointless. The Council's patience with 
SCP-3320 has long since run out, and they're 
going to move against you. I'm sure you would 
relish the chance to be fired in a blaze of glory, 
but | doubt you bargained on the firing squad 
being a literal one. Some of the others say this 
goes beyond a difference of principles and into 
the realm of treason, and frankly, | can see 
where they're coming from. We all swore the 
same oath to protect the world; which world 
was implied. Nobody expected it needed to be 
spelled out to you. | understand that you grew 
fond of 163 in your previous position, but 
remember what you are and where you came 
from. 


This situation is bad for the Council, bad for 
the Foundation, bad for you, and bad for your 
family. You're not serving the greater good of 
anyone by dying on this hill. We didn't create 
this thing, we didn't launch it, and we aren't 
responsible for where it ends up. 


| can guarantee that if you issue a retraction 
the whole business will be forgotten. We'll 
make sure billions of people can sleep easy 
without having this hanging over their heads, 
give the Foundation a lot of extra resources to 
dedicate to good causes and you can even 
keep your job. 


If you won't listen to me as an Overseer, 
please listen to me as an old friend. 


You need to let this go, David. 


Ethics Committee Decision 3320.4 


[PENDING] 


Footnotes 
1. Approximately 500,000 times the total energy released in 
historical nuclear testing. 


SCP-3321: Edge of the Universe 


Item #: SCP-3321 
Object Class: Euclid Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to its status as a small 
celestial body, SCP-3321 is currently uncontained. It is being 
autonomously monitored by Research Unit-5 at Lunar Area-32. Any 
significant changes to SCP-3321 are to be reported to the Director 
of Research and the Director of Containment at Lunar Area-32. 


Though SCP-3321 is physically uncontained, a joint effort has been 
made between MTF Gamma-5 and Foundation agents embedded in 
various government space agencies to prevent information leaks. 
This disinformation campaign has been, for the most part, 
successful. Web crawlers employed by Gamma-5 are to provide 
around-the-clock surveillance regarding any information that may 
pertain to the existence of SCP-3321. 


Description: SCP-3321 is a spacetime anomaly located 
approximately ~8,000 kilometers above the far side of the lunar 
surface. The anomaly is generally spherical with an average 
recorded diameter of approximately 3.2 kilometers. While initial data 
suggested that SCP-3321 was orbiting the Moon in a manner not 
atypical of other celestial satellites, more recent simulations have 
found SCP-3321 shares a unique co-orbital configuration with the 
Moon about Earth, but is unaffected by the Moon's gravity. 
SCP-3321 is completely eclipsed by the Moon at all times, making it 
undetectable from the Earth's surface. 


SCP-3321 is best described as a wormhole, but its properties are 
not consistent with the various theoretical prerequisites traditionally 
associated with wormholes’. It has a much weaker gravitational field 
than leading theories of relativity suggest is possible, and exhibits 
what can be best described as purely "optical" gravitational lensing2. 
SCP-3321 is very stable, has no electromagnetic field, and emits 


only trace amounts of particle radiation. It is possible to enter 
SCP-3321 from any direction in 3-dimensional space, and can be 
done so without causing damage to spacecraft. While its entrance 
exists in 3-dimensional space, its exit exists in 2-dimensional space. 
The reason for this is currently unknowns. 


Once entered, SCP-3321 leads to SCP-3321-1, an area that is 
believed to be an uncharted location in deep space. Evidence for 
this comes from the low density of visible stellar objects within 
SCP-3321-1. A pervasive nebulous gas (hereafter "cosmic foam") 
has likewise been observed throughout. This "cosmic foam" has 
been found to vary in color, is generally luminous, and is both warm 
and heavy. Its composition is unknown at this time‘. 


Discovery and Identification of SCP-3321 


Addendum 1: Discovery of SCP-3321 
1963-04-08 


SCP-3321 was first discovered on 1963-04-06, 
one day after the successful landing of Luna 4 
on the Moon's surface. Though it was initially 
assumed by Soviet scientists to be an artifact 
of faulty data transmission, a Foundation 
operative embedded in the Luna program saw 
the images, copied them, and presented them 
to Foundation officials. After determining that 
the anomaly could not have been caused by 
the instruments present on the Luna 4 lander, 
the anomaly was given the SCP-3321 
identifier. 


A misdirection campaign was subsequently 
launched to steer public interest away from the 


Luna 4 findings, with major newspapers being 
told that the mission was "not successful" due 
to the lander's "failure to change trajectory 
mid-course". 


Addendum 2: Data collection 
1965-05-09 


Luna 5 successfully launches. Following a 
close flyby, returned imagery and data allows 
Foundation officials to accurately estimate the 
size and orbit of the anomaly. SCP-3321 is 
confirmed to be spherical with a diameter of 
approximately 3.2 kilometers. 


Addendum 3: Preliminary identification as 
wormhole 
1966-04-09 


Based on a data transmission from Luna 10, 
the first usage of the word "wormhole" by 
Foundation personnel to describe SCP-3321 is 
recorded. Data is inconclusive due to several 
unexplained data points. 


Addendum 4: Confirmation of wormhole, 
confirmation of anomality 
1972-03-03 


Data collected by Luna 19 confirms SCP-3321 
to be a wormhole of unknown origin. However, 
measurements taken of its gravitational field 
and radiation output indicate that it does not 
constitute a valid solution to Einstein's field 
equations. SCP-3321 is operating under 
physical rules not presently understood by 
mainstream nor Foundation physicists. 


Addendum 5: Testing placed on hold 
1973-02-27 


Testing has been placed on temporary hold 
due to the technical and financial limitations of 
current Foundation spacecraft. At this time, 
entry, collection, and reentry of SCP-3321 is 
not feasible. As SCP-3321 does not appear to 
present a serious threat to Earth or Foundation 
integrity, testing has been suspended until 
further notice. 


Addendum 6: Testing resumes, remote 
exploration approved 
1985-03-04 


The first expedition into SCP-3321 has been 
approved. Testing has summarily resumed. 


Exploration Logs 


Exploration Log #1: 
1986-11-13 


On Thursday evening of November 13, 1986, 
the first successful entry into SCP-3321-1 was 
conducted. A space probe was sent within 1 
kilometer of the surface of SCP-3321. 
Retrorockets then deployed, allowing the 
probe to approximate the orbit of SCP-3321. A 
tethered camera was then extended into the 
surface of SCP-3321. 


[Begin playback] 


Recorded video begins to play. After a few 
seconds out of focus, SCP-3321 becomes 
visible in the center of the frame. It resembles 
a giant reflective marble with no clear 
boundary between it and the space 


surrounding it. An occasional warped yellow- 
green glow is visible from within SCP-3321. 
The camera continues to go in and out of 
focus as the tether extends closer to the 
surface of the wormhole. 


After several minutes spent approaching 
SCP-3321, the camera makes contact with its 
surface. The video goes black for 
approximately twelve seconds, then snaps 
back into focus. A luminescent yellow-green 
cloud of unknown composition surrounds the 
frame. No stars are visible in the direction of 
travel. A camera attached opposite the main 
camera observes the tether extending from the 
surface of SCP-3321 and bending out of view. 
A small number of stars are visible behind 
SCP-3321—far fewer than are visible in local 
space. 


Sensors attached to the tethered probe 
measure an ambient temperature of 13.6°C 
and no exceptional radioactivity, 
electromagnetism, nor gravity in the local area. 


After approximately one hour spent recording 
the interior of SCP-3321-1 at various zoom 
levels and angles, the tether is retracted 
without complication. Playback ends. 


Following the success of the first venture into 
SCP-3321-1, human trials are suggested. 


Exploration Log #2: 
1988-01-01 


On Friday, January 1, 1988, a second 
expedition into SCP-3321-1 was conducted. 
This mission marks the first human venture 
into SCP-3321-1. 


[Begin playback] 


"Hello, testing, testing, 1... 2... 3... | think 
we're good. This video, along with everything 
recorded by the on-board instrumentation, 
constitutes Exploration Log 2. My name is Dr. 
Peterson, this is Dr. Pond, and this over here 
is Dr. Schmidt. In approximately two hours, 
Pond and | are going to be venturing into 
SCP-3321. The Soviets discovered it back in 
the '60s, but until recently we didn't have the 
space capabilities we needed to make the 
voyage. Because of that, the Foundation 
doesn't know a whole lot about it. We hope to 
change that." 


[Several minutes are spent explaining the 
mission. The video then cuts to the 
astronauts inside their shuttle's detachable 
chamber, about to begin the descent into 
SCP-3321-1.] 


"We are about to descend into SCP-3321-1. 
We will detach from the shuttle’s main body, 
and once our pod breaks through the horizon, 
we will begin dismount procedures. Pond will 
dismount first, followed by myself. We'll then 
collect samples of whatever is on the other 
side, take some pictures, and get the hell out 
of Dodge. Schmiat will be monitoring us 
remotely the whole time." 


[Several minutes pass with minimal 
dialogue.] 


"Alright. We are detaching in 3... 2... 1... 
now." 


[The sound of the astronauts’ pod 
detaching is heard in the background.] 


"We are now approaching SCP-3321. From 
this angle, it looks like a giant bowl with a 
reflective bubble over the top. However, if 
someone was observing it from the other side, 
it would look exactly the same to them as It 
does to us. That's a fact." 


[Several minutes pass.] 


[over the intercom] "You guys are T minus 30 
seconds from reaching the surface." 


"Roger that. We'll see you on the other side." 


[Several seconds pass, and the video feed 
goes completely black. It snaps back into 
focus several seconds later.] 


"Pond, you okay?" 
"| think so. What was that?" 


"| think that was... spacetime flipping inside 
out. Can you hear us Schmidt? Did you catch 
that on video?" 


[over the intercom] "No, everything went black 
and your audio cut out, but you're back online. 
| was starting to get worried. Are you guys able 
to see that cosmic foam the last probe 
recorded?" 


"Umm, yeah. It looks like we're in a big, yellow 
cloud. Does this look like anything to you, 
Pond?" 


"It looks like a cloud, but... heavier, if that 
makes sense. Almost tangible." 


"Yeah, it does. Schmidt, we're ready to 
dismount." 


are directional, so anything not in line of sight with the central orb 
experiences no effects. 


However, long-term exposure produces a significant health hazard. 
As the locket heals damage, it optimizes the body's natural systems. 
Resistance to disease and toxins is increased by 500% compared to 
accepted LD50 or death-rate values after a total of 10 minutes of 
exposure, and 1000% after 15. After 15 minutes of exposure, 
muscular systems begin optimizing, increasing strength and pain 
tolerance by 200-300%. All other systems continue to optimize. 
Class-D personnel exposed to the device for over an hour total 
began mutating into a shapeless mass of tissue. The conversion 
time accelerates with continued exposure to SCP-427. 


The "Flesh Beasts" (so named due to their appearance) created by 
SCP-427 are incredibly aggressive, attacking any and all personnel 
on sight with lethal results. They are highly resistant to most known 
weaponry, but can be disabled with sufficient shock trauma or heat 
in excess of 1100 degrees Celsius (2000 degrees Fahrenheit). 
Intelligence cannot be accurately gauged, but mapping of biological 
enhancement of the brain as a direct relationship with optimization 
of other systems suggests intelligence could exceed levels 
measured in humans when fully transformed. 


SCP-427 is currently being used as a partial replacement for 
SCP-500 pills, as it can cure most anything SCP-500 is able to. All 
"optimizations" imparted by SCP-427 are cumulative. Oversight has 
deemed the side effects an "acceptable risk" but users must 
carefully record their total exposure time as sufficient mutations are 
grounds for termination. 


« SCP-426 | SCP-427 | SCP-428 » 


[The overhead panel of the pod is heard 
unlocking, and the camera is oriented 
upwards to show the hatch slowly open 
skyward. Dr. Pond is then shown 
unfastening her harness, standing up, and 
pulling herself out of the pod. She ascends 
upwards for several seconds, at which 
point her tether becomes taut.] 


"How do things look up there, kid?" 


"Pretty amazing! This cosmic foam looks like it 
extends for miles. | don't see a lot of stars 
either. Actually, in this direction, | don't see 
any stars at all."[She points opposite 
SCP-3321.] 


"I'm coming up." 


[Dr. Peterson unfastens his harness and 
moves towards Dr. Pond. He then orients 
the camera towards SCP-3321. It appears 
disc-like—not spherical—and is noticeably 
smaller.] 


"Our wormhole looks a lot different. You see 
that?" 


"Yeah, it looks like an actual hole now, but it's 
just floating there. I've never seen anything like 
it. |! wonder where we are." 


"| don't know, but I'm guessing we're still in 
outer space." 


"Do you think we could be in an entirely 
different universe?" 


"Possible, but | doubt it. We're alive, and all of 
our equipment is working, so that leads me to 
think we might still be in the same one. It's not 


proof, but it's a start." 


[Dr. Peterson and Dr. Pond proceed to 
collect samples of the cosmic foam and 
chat idly for the next two hours, after which 
they return to their pod. The pod is then 
reeled back into the parent ship's main 
body. This is accomplished without 
incident.]