Lunar Containment Area-13 has been built on the Mare 
Tranquillitatis in order to contain SCP-2716-2. SCP-2716-2 is to be 
held in a standard security locker. Testing requires the approval of 
Site-98's Director. Lunar Task Force Alpha-29 ("Discovery Hunters") 
is to locate and retrieve SCP-2716-2 following its displacement 
events. 


Martian Containment Area-01 has been built on the Amazonis 
Planitia in order to contain SCP-2716-3 and to monitor anomalous 
activity on the planet Mars. A 5m x 2m x 2m containment chamber 
has been built around SCP-2716-3. 


The Foundation shall liaise with NASA and ESA in order to halt 
explorations, manned or unmanned, of the Mare Tranquillitatis and/ 
or the Amazonis Planitia. 


Description: SCP-2716 is a set of three interconnected anomalies. 


SCP-2716-1 is an orange L-807 Type windsock standing at 
approximately 3m tall. SCP-2716-1 constantly rotates as though a 
strong wind is blowing in the direction of SCP-2716-2, even in 
complete absence of wind. This wind's speed appears to be 
between 10 and 12 knots (5.14m/s-6.17m/s). SCP-2716-1 is not 
influenced by either natural and/or artificially produced wind. 
SCP-2716-1 was recovered from a storage area within Southampton 
Airport, located in Hampshire, England on 2015/ / . 


SCP-2716-2 is a metallic statuette bearing vague resemblance to 
the Space Shuttle Discovery, measuring 25cm long, located within 
the Mare Tranquillitatis of the lunar surface. SCP-2716-2 is 
consistently located 45cm above the ground, and constantly points 
towards SCP-2716-3, regardless of its location. Every three weeks, 
SCP-2716-2 will displace from its current location and reappear at a 
random point within the Mare Tranquillitatis. 


SCP-2716-3 is an immobile Equatorial-mounted Keplerian telescope 
located within the Amazonis Planitia of the Martian surface. 
SCP-2716-3 functions similarly to non-anomalous telescopes. 
However, SCP-2716-3 exclusively displays what has been 
subsequently identified as 90482 Orcus, a dwarf planet located 
within the Kuiper belt, discovered in 2004. 


The words "SPACE-TACULAR" are inscribed below each instance 
of SCP-2716. 


Addendum 2716-1: Incident 2716-Alpha. 


On 2017/ / , upon further observation of SCP-2716-1, the words 
"NEED HELP? PRESS HERE" were discovered within the object's 
tube. As per Safety Protocol 34-Sussex, D-6471 was ordered to 
make physical contact with said text. Approximately 25 seconds 
later, a blue humanoid automaton vaguely resembling an Orlan 
space suit (referred to as SCP-2716-A) materialized 2 meters from 
her. The entity subsequently handed D-6471 a transparent orange 
plate containing black and purple text written in Russian, English, 
Italian, Mandarin, Japanese and Spanish (referred to as SCP-2716- 
A-1) before dematerializing. The words "NEED HELP? PRESS 
HERE" were subsequently found on all instances of SCP-2716. 
Physical contact with said text gave identical results. 


Addendum 2716-2: Document 2716-13-SK. 


The following transcript is the English version of the text inscribed on 
SCP-2716-A-1. 


ASTRONAUT SMITH'S SPACE-TACULAR TREASURE 
HUNT! 


SCP-312: Atmospheric Jellyfish 


Item #: SCP-312 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-312 is kept in a large life- 
form containment chamber at Site-19. As it does not require feeding, 
only researchers are permitted access to the chamber. All personnel 
entering the chamber are provided with wide-brimmed hats and 
advised not to look directly upward. 


Description: SCP-312 is an organism composed of very thin tissue 
layers and filled with atmospheric gases at a slightly higher 
temperature than the surrounding air. It typically floats approximately 

meters above the ground, although it will vary this in order to 
maintain its position relative to prey. 


SCP-312 is capable of creating a small lenticular cloud around itself 
by releasing water vapor and manipulating air currents, and uses 
this as camouflage. Within the cloud, SCP-312 is visually similar to a 
large jellyfish, with a cap approximately two and a half (2.5) meters 
in diameter from which trails a tube of tendrils approximately twenty- 
five (25) meters in length. 


SCP-312 preys upon large mammals and shows a strong 
preference for humans. While hunting, SCP-312 will stalk its prey 
from a position directly above, manipulating air currents around it to 
maintain this relative position. Prey can escape by moving at a 
speed upwards of thirty kilometers per hour (30 km/h) or by entering 
a large crowd, which seems to confuse SCP-312 and cause it to 
switch targets. 


SCP-312's core is filled with a large cluster of eyes. The majority of 
the eyes are human in appearance, except for one large, central 
orb. The other eyes are connected to the central one by thin tendrils. 
This core can be observed through the tube of tentacles by prey 


Hello space cadets, you can call me Astronaut Smith, 
and | challenge you to join to the most stellar treasure 
hunt in the whole universe! 


Prepare your spaceships, and get ready to find all the 
hints scattered around the Milky Way, from the amazeng 
[ sic ] panoramas of the planet Earth to the ominous 
Kuiper belt! Who will be the one first to find the 
mysterious treasure at the end of this over-the-moon 
experiense [ sic] ? 


A stylized drawing of the Solar System was present below the text. 
What is believed to be planet Earth was colored in green, while the 
Moon, Mars, the Kuiper belt, Pluto and an area located between 
Pluto and Eris were colored in red. A black rhomboidal object with a 
white question mark was present at the end of the drawing. 


Addendum 2716-3: Notes on current status. 


As of 2017/ / , the time and resources required to reach 
the Kuiper belt, much less locate additional objects 
relating to SCP-2716, are beyond our logistical 
capacities. Keeping in mind the logistical and financial 
challenges faced in locating [REDACTED] in our planet's 
ocean, attempts at discovering and/or recovering 
potential SCP-2716-4s, -5s, -6s or others are indefinitely 
postponed until such time as further information 
regarding SCP-2716 and/or potential locations of further 
anomalies relating to SCP-2716 are discovered. Should 
no further information arise within a year period, and 
the Foundation's technological capacity for efficient deep 
space exploration expand, explorations into the Kuiper 
belt may at that point be authorized. 


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SCP-2717: Fatberg 


Item #: SCP-2717 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: A pair of inline, two-ton, one- 
way pumps constitutes the upstream containment boundary in each 
of the three known feeder pipes (roughly 2m in diameter) on the 
intake side of the designated containment zone. These pumps 
permit ordinary city waste to flow inward, but prevent backflow even 
under severe flood conditions. Each day at 6AM, 10L of propofol 
shall be introduced into each feeder pipe via the injection ports. 


The outlet pipe (roughly 4m in diameter) on the downstream side of 
the designated containment zone empties about 20 MI of yellow- 
green effluent daily into an underground reservoir lined with acetal 
resin. Each day at 6PM, this effluent shall be tested for levels of 
creatinine, ketone bodies, hemoproteins, and bioactivity. Statistically 
significant deviations from baseline shall be reported to the site 
supervisor immediately. Rarely, solids larger than two cubic 
centimeters may be detected in the effluent. These must be 
extracted, identified, catalogued, and incinerated. 


After processing, effluent shall be sterilized via cobalt-60 irradiation, 
and then reintroduced to city infrastructure for treatment as ordinary 
sewage at the downstream boundary of the containment zone. 


Monthly, as many biopsies as is practically possible shall be 
obtained by robotic tool, at 100m intervals starting from the extent of 
SCP-2717 closest to the outlet pipe. Currently, about 10-12 samples 
can be reliably obtained each session, without risking damage to the 
tool. 


Quarterly, the pumps will be stopped for up to 48 hours for 
inspection and maintenance while SCP-2717 is “pruned”. Three 
crews shall be assembled and introduced to the intake piping 


through the positive pressure airlocks located just downstream from 
the pumps. 


Each crew shall consist of two D-class personnel who have been 
rated for high physical exertion, low susceptibility to claustrophobia, 
and who possess at least some close-quarters combat experience. 


Each member of the crew shall be issued the following: 


* One 60cm machete, with a UGPS emitter! concealed in the 
handle 

* One 1m spade 

* One pair of waterproof hip-waders 

* Two pairs of elbow-length gloves 

¢ One activated carbon respirator for nose and mouth, 
containing a miniature two-way radio 

* One soldering torch with piezo ignition 

* One liter tank of propane 

* Four liters water 

¢ Four high-carbohydrate snack bars 

* 6 two-hour fusees 


All metal tools and fasteners shall be of wrought iron, low carbon 
steel, or similar easily-corroded metal. To the extent practical, all 
other equipment shall be made of strongly biodegradable materials, 
e.g. rubber, latex, or leather. Per the Ethics Committee, video 
recording or transmitting equipment shall not be issued to crews. 


The following briefing has been constructed by memetic specialists 
for maximum comprehension and motivation when used with typical 
D-class. One Level-2 researcher shall memorize and deliver this 
briefing verbatim to each crew immediately prior to them entering 
the airlock: 


Have you ever heard of a fatberg? Imagine an iceberg - 
only it’s made out of sewage debris that gets stuck 
together when too many people flush things they aren’t 
supposed to. There is a fatberg lodged in this pipe, and 
until we remove it, the D-class dormitories have no 
plumbing. It’s too big to remove it all in one go, so your 
task is to clear away at least 25 meters of it on this shift — 


that’s about a quarter of a football pitch. Use your bladed 
tools to cut or pry chunks from the piping, and your 
propane torches to burn away bits that are too small or 
too difficult to remove with your tools. About every 5 
meters, where each pipe section joins the next, there is a 
four-character manufacturing code embossed in the 
concrete. You will read each code to us as you uncover it 
so that we can monitor your progress. You will have to 
clear the blockage thoroughly, or you will miss the codes. 
You will not be extracted, nor will further rations will be 
issued to you, until we are satisfied that you have 
completed your task. In return for your effort, you will be 
granted improved rations and special conjugal privileges 
for the next two weeks. 


Crews have historically reported their progress to be easier than 
expected at first - at its exploratory boundary, SCP-2717 tends to 
form rings of dull, warty masses, at most about 8cm thick. The use 
of fusees effectively conceals the color of the fluid that erupts from 
damaged tissue. 


Simple radio communication with the crew is to be maintained until 
Foundation monitors are reasonably assured the crew has 
completed their true task, namely, pruning about 100m of 
SCP-2717. Experience has consistently demonstrated that crews 
underestimate their progress under these conditions, which extends 
the effectiveness of the ruse. 


In fact, there are no "embossed manufacturing codes" to be found. 
As work progresses, and in particular once SCP-2717 eventually 
reacts by the secretion of gastric acid, additional communications 
may be adapted from the current version of the METH. In the event 
the crew fails to survive long enough to prune the prescribed 100m, 
additional crews may be introduced as necessary until the task is 
accomplished. 


Per the Ethics Committee, no detailed records shall be kept of crew 
reports, except to denote progress (in meters), success, or failure. 


Under no circumstances are any crews to be recovered from the 
sewers. Once maintenance is complete, or in any event, after 48 


hours, the pumps shall be restarted. 


Description: SCP-2717 is a complex of living animal tissues that 
have grown to line roughly 4 linear kilometers of sewer pipes 
centered beneath Pumping Station, Amsterdam, NL. Historical 
data places the construction of this section of the sewers to 1887, 
and current estimates based on extant maps place the total biomass 
at approximately 350 metric tons. 


The organic complex is estimated to be at least six years old. Initial 
analysis indicated that the growth consisted of 88% muscle, 5% 
connective, and 1% adipose tissues of porcine origin. Current lines 
of investigation support the theory of unintentional human 
introduction of SCP-2717 to its current environment. 


Since discovery in 2010, SCP-2717 has consistently and steadily 
grown upstream (presumably towards nutrient sources) with almost 
no increase in mass in the downstream direction. 


In the lab, samples have been stabilized and/or grown in a wide 
range of nutrient-rich liquid environments. The cells display quorum 
sensing and self-regulation that is not fully understood. Cell division 
is unusually rapid at low concentrations; however, above a certain 
density threshold, the rate of mitosis appears to adjust in order to 
avoid exceeding the rate of nutrient replenishment. 


Recently, the monthly biopsies have revealed unexplained 
differentiation of tissues, which currently include primitive osseous 
structures, neural fibers, and trace photoreceptor cells. 


Although our ability to take tissue samples is limited to roughly the 
first kilometer from the effluent outlet, it is clear that the degree of 
differentiation markedly increases in the upstream direction. 


Footnotes 

1. Underground GPS utilizes a set of surface receivers to triangulate 
the position of the emitter. 

2. Motivation, Encouragement, and Threat Handbook, 33rd Edition 
3. See also:Vlees Vellen: Metastabiele Proliferatie van Sus scrofa 
Spiercellen in vitro, Van Koot et al, Utrecht University Press, 2008. 


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SCP-2718: What Happens After 


Item #: SCP- 


Object Class: 


Catastrophic abort at DO9E2AD9: HANDLE_NOT_FOUND 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP- is a DAMMERUNG class 
cognitohazard. All personnel, regardless of clearance, are forbidden 
to expose themselves to the Description of this article under any 
circumstances. Do not tamper with this warning without 
DAMMERUNG clearance. Do not discuss the existence of this 
article with any person. No disciplinary action will be necessary, 
provided you close this article now, and clear your browser cache. 


Atypical software measures have been used to mitigate the risk of 
accidental exposure. It is only by an unfortunate coincidence of 
extremely low probability that you have stumbled across this entry at 
all. No disciplinary action will be necessary, provided you close this 
article now, and clear your browser cache. 


Since creation, only the Special Containment Procedures section of 
this record has ever been editable. Due to the clearance of the file’s 
original author, and anomalous database limitations in effect, this 
record can neither be deleted nor effectively redacted. Access 
restrictions cannot be applied to the data in any reliable way. 


Of course, access restrictions can still be enforced. It is now too late 
to close this article. Do not discuss the existence of this article with 
any person. Notify the Help Desk that your workstation has a 
DAMMERUNG contamination. Shut off your monitor, and seek 
immediate amnestic treatment. 


The following conditions shall constitute a breach: