(SCP-1728 struggles in its restraints. Its other arm 
begins to slide out) 


Dr. Tane: (calling to the observing staff) Chill it! 
<End Log> 


Closing Statement: The refrigeration system was 
turned back on. SCP-1728 solidified shortly afterwards 
and was manually molded back into its restraints. 


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SCP-1729: The Collectors 


Item #: SCP-1729 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Captured instances of 
SCP-1729 are to be kept in a warehouse located within Sector-25. 
Outside of testing, every instance of SCP-1729 is to be restrained 
using standard wheel clamps, and switch 1A set to ‘off’. Any newly 
captured SCP-1729 instance is to be fitted with manual operation 
switches on leads 1-7, and an additional battery-operated relay 
circuit on lead 1. (See Document-1729-B for complete diagram with 
critical locations, and appropriate schematics with part numbers 
specified) 


If testing on SCP-1729 requires the removal of restraints, such a test 
must be carried out on designated enclosed test track marked 5- 
TTR on the Sector-25 layout plan. During such testing, only D-class 
personnel are to be allowed to approach or initiate contact with 
SCP-1729 - for this purpose, a group of 6 D-Class, designated 
DR-1729, is to be used for such testing, as per Document P28- 
DR-1982 relating to disposable personnel indefinitely assigned to a 
single research task. At least 3 members of DR-1729 are required to 
have a background in automotive repair. At least 1 member of 
DR-1729 is required to have a background in mechanical 
engineering. 


Locations found to serve as deposition sites for SCP-1729 are to be 
transferred into possession of an appropriate Foundation cover 
organisation, and monitored for activity. Any inbound SCP-1729 
instances are to be captured, and their payload seized; civillians 
found within the perimeter of a deposition site are to be interrogated, 
and unless required otherwise, treated with Class-A amnestics and 
released. 


Description: SCP-1729 refers to a presently indeterminate number 


of apparently autonomous motor vehicles of differing model and 
manufacturer, their count currently estimated at. Each instance of 
SCP-1729 is painted black, and marked with a "TAXI" panel, and the 
logo and telephone number of a taxi service’. License plates found 
on SCP-1729 instances tend to duplicate those of existing vehicles. 


The interior of SCP-1729 instances differs significantly from that of 
an equivalent vehicle. The engine does not connect to the gas tank. 
Instead, the flywheel [REDACTED] while the battery seems to 
provide energy for SCP-1729's functioning - cutting the wire lead 
marked 1 on SCP-1729 scheme effectively disables the instance in 
question. A number of further wire leads extend to various sections 
inside - disabling any of these seems to disable specific 
mechanisms inside SCP-1729. The gas tank itself contains between 
20-60 litres of saline solution and connects to a nozzle located within 
the trunk area, also housing a number of servo and hydraulic 
controlled manipulation mechanisms,and mobile high-voltage 
electrodes. Furthermore, the trunk wall and lower chassis houses a 

W laser cutter and several devices whose purpose and 
construction is currently subject to research. 


While in its inactive state, SCP-1729 is stationary, and does not 
significantly differ in appearance from a regular vehicle. SCP-1729 
tend to activate at random times between 10pm and 8am. Rarely, 
operation outside these times has been observed. 


Upon activation, instances of SCP-1729 proceed to move along 
surface streets in a random pattern; however, they are significantly 
more likely to pick directions leading to areas with higher population 
density2. SCP-1729 will comply to traffic law, asides from occasional 
erratic behaviour during right turns, usually occurring towards the 
end of a cycle. During the active period, humans looking at 
SCP-1729 perceive a humanoid figure, designated SCP-1729-1, 
sitting in the driver's seat - optic and thermal instrumentation shows 
the seat to be empty, furthermore a strong [DATA EXPUNGED] 
further pointing to being illusory. 


If an active instance of SCP-1729 is approached, or gestured to, 
SCP-1729 will stop, and its doors unlock. SCP-1729-1 will attempt to 
mimic a taxi driver; those witnessing such an event report frequent 
defects such as vocalisations not synchronised with facial mimics, 


slurred speech, or erratic movements. If boarded, SCP-1729-1 will 
proceed towards the intended destination until attaining a velocity of 
approximately 40km/h. Subsequently, the back seat of SCP-1729 
will shift, a set of manipulators will restrain the passenger, paralyse 
them by means of an electric discharge and a series of rollers will 
proceed to relocate them into the trunk, where [REDACTED] and 
subsequently section the body, storing the segments in saline-filled 
PE bags. The sectioning is consistent, but highly idiosyncratic - bags 
often contain multiple parts, such as heart and lungs, while the 
intestinal tract is usually split into cca 1.5m segments, each packed 
separately, and on two occasions, some packages contained 
approximately 500g of cca 35mm vein and artery sections. 


Upon completion. SCP-1729 will proceed towards a fixed location4 
and deposit all collected material, usually packed within 2-5 black 
PE sacks. SCP-1729 will proceed to evacuate the premises, and 
deactivate upon encountering an available parking space. The mean 
period of re-activation appears to be 16+/-3 days. 


Addendum 1729-1: 


Incident 1729-1: 

On / /20 , Metropolitan Police have been asked to 
investigate an unusual smell spreading from one of the 
vehicles in a parking lot located near apartment 
complex. When approached by the summoned patrol, 
the vehicle activated and attempted to ride away, injuring 
one of the officers in the process - the second responded 
with gunfire, causing it to crash due to tire damage. 
Subsequent examination has shown the trunk to be full 
of human remains in advanced state of decay. The 
patrolmen were administered amnestics by a Foundation 
member posing as a MI5 liaison, and the remains of the 
vehicle were taken for testing - it was found that the PE 
foil stockpile within the SCP-1729 instance has been 
depleted, and due to the inability of ejector to process 
unpacked tissues, this resulted in their accumulation 
within the device. 


Addendum 1729-3: 


CONTAINMENT PROCEDURE UPDATE 

Since initial containment, the proportion of encountered 
SCP-1729 instances in degraded state has been ona 
steady rise, with cases similar to Incident 1729-1, and 
further cases of breakdown, making up 79% of all 
SCP-1729 encounters. Furthermore, there has been a 
steady decrease in amount of reported incidents 
consistent with SCP-1729 mode of operation, and the 
monitoring of former delivery sites has resulted in no 
additional captures. Requesting removal of paragraph 3 
from containment procedures to reflect this, especially 
given current increased staff requirements with respect 
to [REDACTED]. - Researcher Pauling 


Request approved. - Dr. Zubov, section head 


Footnotes 

1. While most SCP-1729 instances tend to mimic the information 
pertaining to genuine taxi services, approximately 20% refer to 
fictitious companies, most usually "Opa Taxi" "Fedot Transport" or 
"Carlo Cabs" 

2. Transition probabilities follow a roughly 0.7/0.3 split. 

3. Despite [REDACTED] has been shown to increase the vitality of 
collected tissue samples and their resistance to enviromental factors 
resembling that of SCP-__. Investigation into potential uses in 
transplant surgery strongly recommended. 

4. SCP-1729 shows a strong preference for sites with low to medium 
human activity. To date, fifteen deposition sites have been secured, 
notably warehouse A of former Inc., garage 28-J in , London 
and floor 3 parking lot of Tesco, . For a complete list, see 
Document-1729-B 


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SCP-1730: What Happened to Site-13? 


SCP-1730 


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Special Containment Procedures: A circular perimeter has been 
established 2km from SCP-1730, and a quarantine zone has been 


established 1km from SCP-1730. Personnel who are to enter 
SCP-1730 must first undergo Class VII Hazardous Contact 
preparation measures, including the application of a modified 
"Maxwell-Harden" hazardous material reinforced airtight suit. The 
application of these protective measures may only take place at the 
Provisional Site-23 quarantine main gate. 


Individuals attempting to exit the quarantined area must first submit 
to thorough decontamination protocols as administered by the 
quarantine security staff. Individuals failing to meet the quarantine 
extraction parameters are to be held for further decontamination or, 
in the event decontamination becomes unfeasible, termination. 


Containment Update / /_ : Dangerous biological and 
cognitohazardous entities have resulted in high 
casualties of security rescue teams. Mobile Task Force 
Zeta-9 "Mole Rats" has been assigned to all current 
exploration efforts. 


Containment Update / /_ : Due to the events detailed 
in Exploration Log 7, all future exploration of SCP-1730 
has been suspended indefinitely, pending Overseer 
approval. 


Containment Update 02/01/2016: Due to information 
gathered by Foundation surveillance teams, exploration 
and recovery efforts into Site-13 are no longer 
indefinitely suspended. Details will be available on a 
need-to-know basis. Assigned Mobile Task Force units 
will be alerted by their superior officers. 


Containment Update 05/15/2017: Mobile Task Forces 
Apollo-3 "Game Wardens" and Tau-5 "Samsara" are 
activated, and assigned to exploration of SCP-1730. See 
Addendum 1730.8 for details. 


Containment Update 06/22/2017: Due to the events 
detailed in Addendum 1730.9, SCP-1730 has been 
reclassified as NEUTRALIZED. Additional research 
efforts are ongoing. Debriefing reports will become 
available as they are declassified. 


FILESERV NOTICE: THE FOLLOWING IS THE SCP-1730 DATA 
FILE AS IT APPEARED BEFORE ITS RECLASSIFICATION AS 
NEUTRALIZED. SOME ERRORS MAY PERSIST. 


Description: SCP-1730 is a large complex of structures 15km 
northwest of the US/Mexico border within Big Bend Ranch State 
Park that was discovered on June 5th, _ . Due to the isolated nature 
of the complex, and the low survival rate of individuals who come in 
contact with it, it is possible that SCP-1730 had been previously 
discovered but unreported. 


SCP-1730 bears identifying markings and contains documents to 
support the claim that SCP-1730 was at one point Foundation 
Site-13, originally located near Nome, Alaska. This conflicts with 
current records, which show that Site-13 was a project that, while 
intended to be constructed in Nome, was scrapped for the larger 
and more advanced Site-19 and never completed. Flora located on- 
site have been traced back to those native to the Alaskan region. 
How SCP-1730 came to be at its current location is unknown. 


SCP-1730 is in a severe state of disrepair, and appears to have 
been left abandoned for an extended period of time. The site power 
generator has continued to operate in a damaged state, despite a 
number of fuel leaks and fires throughout the facility. This has 
resulted in intermittent power failures throughout the site, hindering 
exploration and rescue efforts. 


The origin of SCP-1730 is unknown, as is the nature of many of the 
anomalous entities contained within. It is confirmed that the 2nd 
through 15th! basement levels were utilized for entity containment, 
though the state of that containment has deteriorated significantly. 


It is believed that a contingent of human survivors exists somewhere 
deep in the lower basement levels of the facility. Messages written in 
English have been discovered throughout the site, consisting of 
warnings such as "danger" and "death here", and other messages 
such as "not my body" and "bleed". A recurring message, "What 
happened to Site-13?", has been found in several different locations 
in the basements. 


Several logs of data have been collected by the remaining functional 
site terminals, the relevant data of which is contained in the 
addendums below. Worth noting is that inconsistencies exist 
between the logs and what has been determined through 
exploration, including site layout, staff makeup, and contained 
anomalies. 


Addendum 1730.1: Recovered Log 
+ Access fileserv:/S:/1730/files/cylog1.log 
Wess 
Team: Charlie Yukon 
Assignment: Site-13 Recovery 
Lead: CY-1 
[BEGIN LOG] 


We found it. Watched it kill Dailey earlier. 
Crawled right into his mouth and next thing 
you know, Dailey's got blood leaking out of his 
ears. Puking it up, shitting it out, everywhere. 
Blood looked funny, too. Too dark. It was 
running out of his hair, like through the 
follicles. His hair fell out right with it. 


Once it was over, the thing that crawled inside 
him crawled back out with a buddy. One of 
them, can't say which, drinks up all this blood 
like a leech. The other one crawls back inside 
Dailey and he stands up. Turns around, starts 
coming at us. | can see that thing inside him 
when he opens his mouth. So | put a bullet in 
his face. Then another. We emptied our 
magazines into him. He didn't get up after that. 


We're not going to be too much longer, 
though. Found another one of those messages 


down here, you know, [COGNITOHAZARD 
EXPUNGED]. Just a matter of time before it 
starts. We strapped some C4 to it and blew the 
wall, and | think it's pretty illegible at this point, 
but it doesn't matter. Jones already went quiet 
like the others. We shoved him down an 
elevator shaft earlier. Didn't hear the body hit 
the ground. 


Think | just heard them start up Thresher. 
Wish we would've known about that sooner. 


Oh well. 


Addendum 1730.2: Recovered Automated Message 
+ Access fileserv:/S:/1730/files/recmes.log 


The following message was recovered from SCP-1730's 
emergency warning system. Logs on file indicate that it 
was transmitted moments prior to a major electrical 
disturbance, and three minutes before an explosion 
within the site power relay. 


GENERAL NOTICE 


Site 13 has experienced a gross breach of 
containment systems. 


[COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED] has 
breached containment during testing. 


On-Site nuclear device is non-responsive. 
Thresher Protocol has been activated. 
Life Support Systems: Online @ 


Electrical Systems: Offline @ 


Fire Control Systems: Offline @ 
Flood Control Systems: Offline @ 
Reactor Status: Critical © 
Euclid Class Containment Status: Critical © 
Keter Class Containment Status: 
Compromised @ 

Addendum 1730.3: Exploration Log Transcripts 


+ Access fileserv:/S:/1730/exploration/log1.log 


Initial Exploration Video Log Transcript 
Date: / / 


Exploration Team: Mobile Task Force D-12 "Mud 
Slingers" 


Subject: SCP-1730 

Team Lead: D12-Cap 

Team Members: D12-1 / D12-2 / D12-3 / D12-4 / 
D12-5 

[BEGIN LOG] 


D12-Cap: Recorder's on. Everybody check your 
mics. 


D12-1: Check. 
D12-4: Check. 


D12-3: Check. 


D12-5: Check check. 

D12-2: And check makes five. 

D12-Cap: Right. Command, you hear us clear? 
SiteCommand: Roger that, Team Lead. 


D12-Cap: Alright. Keep weapons locked, no idea 
what we're going to see in there. (Pause) Yep, 
we're set. Let's move in, those doors. 


(Team moves into main SCP-1730 structure 
through front doors. Doors found to be unlocked.) 


D12-Cap: Keep your eyes open. 

D12-3: Dark in here. Switching lights. 
D12-Cap: Good call.