join an 
experimental 
program to 
combine the 
consciousness of 
multitudes of 
humans into a 
singular entity. In 
2024, a fully 
mature human 
believed to 
possess a mind 
composed of the 
transferred 
consciousness of 
approximately 
134,000 people is 
created by these 
beings. This 
human is then 
confined to a cell, 
left with only 
automatically- 
dispensed 
supplies of food 
and water, and 
sealed off from all 
outside contact. All 
other humans are 
systematically 
exterminated by 
the end of 2024. 
An undiscovered) Research is 
protist unidentified ongoing into 
in the observed | possible 


timeline anomalous causes 
(designated behind the 
Nephroisospora | increased 

araneae by prevalence of N. 


Foundation araneae and/or 


researchers) the nature of its 


undergoes a function as a 
geometric pathogen. 
increase in 


population due to 
what is presumed 
to be a recently- 
developed 
adaptation 
allowing it to 
survive in almost 
all aqueous 
environments. N. 
araneae proves 
adept at moving 
into and surviving 
in human nervous 
tissue, initiating a 
disorder similar to 
toxoplasmosis that 
causes humans to 
develop 
monomaniacal 
fondness for 
Phoneutria 
nigriventer 
(Brazilian 
wandering spider). 
By 2028, almost 
85% of the human 
population has 
been infected, and 
most of society's 
resources are 
reordered towards 
the preservation 
and breeding of P. 
nigriventer. 
Uninfected 
individuals are 


XZ 


detained and in 
most cases 
interred in P. 
nigriventer 
breeding facilities 
in an attempt to 
provide additional 
food sources for 
the specimens. 
Due to the singular 
worldwide focus 
on production and 
maintenance of 
spider populations, 
crop failures and 
infrastructure 
degradation 
become systemic, 
and global famine 
results in the 
death of 
approximately 6 
billion persons in 


the 2030s. 

Earth has been | Further 
completely investigation 
depopulated. authorized under 
Large facilities XN SHEPHERD. 
have been Re-evaluation of 


constructed in the preferred option 
center of all sites pending. 
of former major 

cities capable of 

enabling 

instantaneous 

travel over an 

immense distance 

to a point 

determined by 
post-observation 


analysis to be 
somewhere in the 
vicinity of the 
Hydra 
Supercluster. 
Subsequent 
observers were 
authorized to enter 
these facilities, 
and were 
apparently 
transported to an 
Earth-analogous 
biome planet with 
a functioning 
human civilization. 
In each case, 
observers 
transported to this 
location were 
immediately 
detected by 
residents of this 
planet. While 
residents chose to 
forgo any 
communication 
with observers, 
each observer was 
subsequently 
escorted through 
selected locations 
of the society 
encountered on 
this planet, 
encompassing 
large public works 
projects, 
monuments, 
museums, and 


other culturally 
significant 
locations. The 
human civilization 
encountered in the 
Hydra 
Supercluster is 
apparently 
advanced by 
modern standards, 
and lacking in 
many of the most 
commonly 
identified factors 
negatively 
affecting extant 
societies. This 
civilization has 
persisted past the 
range of 
observation thus 
far, indicating 
Ongoing survival. 


« SCP-2002 | SCP-2003 | SCP-2004 » 


SCP-2004: Personal Data Assistants of the Gods 


Item #: SCP-2004 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2004 is contained at 
Armed Reliquary Containment Area-02. Standard memetic 
countermeasures have proven insufficient in the past; therefore, 
SCP-2004 is to be handled utilizing Containment Procedure-2004 
"Blind Lead the Blind." See ARC A-02 Clearance-04 Procedures 
manual for more information. Any individuals affected by SCP-2004 
(hereby dubbed SCP-2004-1) are to be handled in the same 
manner. 


Description: SCP-2004 is a set of five hand-held personal data 
assistants of unknown, possibly extraterrestrial origin. Since 
acquisition, all but one have become inert and no longer function. 
SCP-2004 is composed of an unknown material whose molecular 
structure matches nothing on the Foundation's expanded periodic 
table of elements, flexible like plastic yet resistant to extreme 
temperatures and physical damage. Each device is transparent 
green with smooth edges, with no apparent power source or input/ 
output ports. SCP-2004 activates when it makes physical contact 
with an active bioelectric field, projecting a three-dimensional 
holographic document. 


The image projected from SCP-2004 is black text on a white 
background, written in a pictographic language (L-2004). It appears 
to be based on stylized astronomical constellations and molecular 
chemical bonds, using patterns of dots, circles and slashes to create 
increasingly complex sentence structures. Reading or hearing 
L-2004 produces a memetic anomaly, making translation efforts 
extremely hazardous. As such, only four percent of the document 
has been translated (see below). 


Early symptoms of L-2004's memetic infection are not immediate, 


and may progress for several days before being recognized. 
Affected subjects, SCP-2004-1, demonstrate increased anxiety and 
irritability, obsessive behavior, paranoia, and hostility. Instances 
begin to lose their sense of self, or become convinced they are 
someone else, insisting that their previous life is a carefully designed 
falsehood. After a period of six to eight days, the language centers 
of SCP-2004-1's brain are re-programmed, with symptoms similar to 
agnosia and aphasia. They lose the ability to comprehend or 
understand any language, written or verbal, save for L-2004. By the 
end of the second stage they become fluent in both the written and 
verbal forms of L-2004, and have been observed conversing with 
other instances of SCP-2004-1. 


After fourteen days, affected subjects exhibit a complete shift in 
mental faculties and personality. Preliminary tests indicate an 
increase in cognitive function and heightened states of awareness 
and intelligence. Hostile to non-affected humans, they actively try to 
escape containment and work together to spread the anomaly, 
particularly to those that individual SCP-2004-1 instances once felt 
close to. They also demonstrate an unprecedented amount of 
technical skill. In at least three incidents, using otherwise mundane 
materials, separate instances of SCP-2004-1 have manufactured 
artifacts that are either anomalous, or so far beyond the 
Foundation's current scientific knowledge as to appear so. 


Artifact Number Designation Analysis 
1-001 EMP Device SCP-2004-1-07 
surreptitiously 


acquired a silver 
pocketwatch from Dr. 
T and modified it, 
using materials 
removed froma 
containment cell 
observation camera 
and the electronic lock 
keypad. When 
exposed to a strong 
magnetic field (such 
as that produced by 


1-002 


|-003 


Energized lon-Gas 
Weapon 


Communications 
Device 


an MRI), 1-001 created 
an electromagnetic 
pulse. SCP-2004-1-07 
attempted to escape 
in the ensuing 
confusion, and was 
fatally injured by 
security forces. 

As part of Experiment 
T022, SCP-2004-1-15 
was provided with a 
variety of nonspecific 
materials to test its 
technical abilities. 
After forty-five minutes 
of uninterrupted work, 
Level 4 Supervisors 
decided to halt the 
experiment and 
confiscated the 
device. When tested 
under safe conditions 
|-002 fired a 1-cm ball 
of ionized plasma, 
measured at 10,000 
kelvin. The device 
developed a fatal heat 
build-up during 
testing, destroying its 
internal mechanisms. 
Il-003 was constructed 
by several instances 
of SCP-2004-1, 
building its 
components 
separately to avoid 
notice. The device 
pirated the intercom 
and internal data 
network systems of 


Area-02, introducing 
subliminal samples of 
L-2004 into the facility. 
Level 4 Supervisor 
Stephen Sinclair has 
been posthumously 
awarded the 
Foundation Medal of 
Valor for activating the 
facility's sarin gas 
countermeasures, 
destroying 

instances of 
SCP-2004-1 who were 
attempting to utilize 
Keter-level SCPs also 
housed in Area-02. 


Currently there is no method of treating SCP-2004-1 once they have 
entered the second "aphasia" stage. Use of Class-A amnesiacs 
during the preliminary infection period (one to three days following 
exposure) has only had a 60% success rate in removing its effects. 
Infection is positive in 100% of exposed cases. 


A partial, non-memetic translation of SCP-2004's display is provided 
below. 


HHH Class: Wise ##### is Invincible. 


HHHHH: Species #####-001 is ##### be confined ##### 
homeworld. Any ##### of #####-001 are ##### be 
removed from ##### colonies ##### the ##### and 
returned ##### homeworld pending application of ##### 
Level 4 Indoctrination. Level 5 Indoctrinated are ##### 
be granted self-containment authority. Level 5 
HHHHH-001 ##### designated Secure ##### Foundation. 


HHHHH: Species #####-001 is an adaptive ##### life- 
form known within the ##### as an #####-Level Threat. 
In no less than ##### instances, Species #####-001 has 
caused ##### spontaneous anomalous ##### 


breakdowns, leading ##### 15 class ##### extinction 
HHH#HH#. It is the judgement of the ##### Committee, with 
the approval of the #####, that Species #####-001 be 
contained on ##### homeworld until such time that 
##### processes have achieved ##### as described 
###H# the Articles of #####. Species #####-001 is 
H##### aggressive, hostile and ##### claim its #####, 
and the peoples throughout the ##### cannot be 
subjected to such a threat. Under no circumstances is 
Species #####-001 ##### be exposed ##### Language 
#####, which could result in a catastrophic Indoctrination 
failure and re-emergence of their ##### identity and 
anomalous #####. 


+ O5 Security Clearance Required 


O5 Addendum: Some have questioned the 
necessity of "baiting the hook" this way, 
considering the potential consequences. | 
remind each of you that a catastrophic 
reshuffling of reality would occur if the gestalt 
"disbelieves" itself out of existence. Even a 
handful of Level 04's made aware, however 
indirectly, of L-2004 is enough to preserve it. 
The anomalous manifestations, these 
"monsters from the id," are the result, but as 
long as the Foundation stands resolute 
prospective losses remain within acceptable 
levels. 


The Gentlemen have expressed some 
concern, however. The growing amount of 
Keter-level manifestations is troubling. The 
indoctrinated may be subconsciously straining 
against the cage. All of us must redouble our 
efforts. Everything is at risk, but transcendence 
is the reward. 


Secure humanity. 
Contain the gestalt. 
Protect reality. 


We are so close. 


« SCP-2003 | SCP-2004 | SCP-2005 » 


SCP-2005: Predicting the Past 


Item #: SCP-2005 
Object Class: Zeno (Medium Containment Difficulty/Low Threat) 


Special Containment Procedures: Contained SCP-2005 instances 
are to be contained in individual Faraday-insulated electronics/ 
vehicle lockers (depending on appropriate size) in Site-65 and 
restrained with straps attached to the top, bottom, and rear wall of 
the locker to prevent motion. Earth's orbit is to be monitored for 
possible additional instances of SCP-2005; following recovery, data 
regarding the probe is to be concealed via AESIR protocol, and 
researchers are to disable and/or remove any transmission 
equipment present in the instance during initial experimentation if 
possible. 


Description: SCP-2005 is a series of probes of extraterrestrial 
origin, designated SCP-2005-A to SCP-2005-E. These devices differ 
radically in external design, but their internal systems, transmission 
parameters, and other features indicate a common origin. 


SCP-2005 instances record audiovisual and other data and transmit 
it via radio to what is believed to be their point of departure, which 
researchers hypothesize to be on or orbiting a planet or other body 
in the Teegarden's Star system, located approximately 12.5 light- 
years from the Earth's sun. (See Document 2005-B, Astronomical 
Data.) The Foundation has disabled or removed the transmission 
devices from contained SCP-2005 instances when possible. In 
1992, a request was made for funding to attempt to replicate 
SCP-2005-A's coating for Foundation use; this request was denied 
by the site director, as the substance cannot under any 
circumstances [REDACTED]. 


SCP-2005-A is a teardrop-shaped probe measuring 1.4 meters in 
diameter and coated in an layer of pale-green polymer. A sample 
removed during analysis was demonstrated to be highly resistant to 


temperature changes, kinetic impact, chemical corrosion, and other 
forms of damage. 


The outer coating is capable of being retracted in numerous places 
along the body, allowing for the use of a large central camera. The 
narrow section opens to allow material to be absorbed into the 
aperture, where it is analyzed and apparently disintegrated. 


SCP-2005-A was recovered from an art gallery by Her Majesty's 
Fellowship for the Study of Curiosities and Phantasmagoria in 
Marseilles in 1897, where it had been modified and installed as part 
of an upcoming salon des refusés exhibition, following reports of 
involvement from the "Nous Avons Conclu Une Entente” art 
collective. 


In 1986, advancements in computer science since initial 
containment allowed Foundation researchers to begin the process of 
reverse-engineering SCP-2005-A's storage drives. Although 
information not recorded in human languages has still not been 
deciphered, the majority of information recorded on Earth is printed 
materials, with a roughly equal ratio of fiction and nonfiction sources, 
notably a large collection of works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. 


The following is a transcription of the initial containment document 
created by the ASCI for SCP-2005-B. Original audio recorded 1939. 


Description. SCP-2005-B is disguised as a zeppelin. It 
measures about six feet at its longest point. Its outer 
facade is made of copper, a fabric that looks like canvas 
but seems to be some sort of exotic nylon, and asbestos. 
Now looking inside, however, we find large torn scraps of 
the invulnerable plastic similar to the coating of 
SCP-2005, which is now called SCP-2005-A to match 
this new arrival. It seems to have shed its skin at some 
point. The balloon section of the craft is filled with 
machinery; the guts of the thing are similar to 2005-A's, 
and equally beyond human advancement. On the 
outside, a system of gears and levers protrudes from the 
bottom which appear to control a series of mechanical 
arms, but on closer examination, the arms seem to be 


powered through electricity, or a completely exotic power 
system. The purpose of the gears is unknown. 


The mechanical appendages extending downward from 
the machine include mechanical hands wearing gloves 
made of white plastic, a secondary microphone, and 
what looks like other recording equipment, scissors, a 
comb, and a mop. When deploying the mop, it holds the 
mop's handle with an extended grasping tool in a manner 
that somewhat emulates human use. When it is indoors 
and a human enters visual proximity, 2005-B deploys its 
mop and carries out cleaning behavior until the human 
exits the room or faces away from the machine. 2005-B 
can also provide haircuts on request, but it is totally 
incompetent at the task and collects the scraps of hair. 


2005-B was discovered in Boston in May of 1939, two 
years after initial tracking of a "fast-moving cigar-shaped 
aerial object" began in the vicinity of Nantes in France. 
Eyewitness reports indicate that it flew at varying 
altitudes at speeds of up to thirty miles per hour, 
sometimes darting around like a bird, and entered 
buildings to literally consume books and other printed 
media by pulling them up into itself. Foundation 
containment agents managed to trap it in a reinforced 
reading room. 


Dictated by Doctor Stephen Bester.