"At the top is a standard high-definition webcam, which is aimed at 
the screen. We have this cable, here, that plugs into the computer 
with USB, or alternately DB-25 or DB-9 and PS/2." Terry winced 
inwardly. You're not talking human to them, Terry. 


"This long cable connects to our Al Cluster, Alexandra. Alexandra 
has a number of pre-programmed personalities available, from 
Rogerian Therapist to Child to Movie Star to Cat. When we set the 
Al personality to use, the Al reads the screen with a combination of 
optical character recognition and heuristic behavior analysis and 
sends back suitable responses via the USB cable. Alexandra can 
also 'forget' an anomaly after the session ends, restoring the Al toa 


like-new condition with each test if necessary, or can remember 
them if that is more advantageous to our research, or to the well- 
being of the anomaly. We predict this will help some of the clinically 
depressed Al we've seen, as well as help us weed out false 
positives and give our human researchers an advance look at the Al 
thanks to logs and recorded video feeds." 


The clapping was a bit more scattered than what ElevenNet 
garnered. Terry shrugged and nodded in the direction of the next 
attraction, which looked out of place in its normalcy compared to the 
technological wonderland around them. He waved a bit wearily at 
the small cubicle farm. Taped to the side facing the farm was a 
crudely hung banner reading "BATTLESTATIONS - GET FUCKED 
SKIPPY". 


"This is where we will be working on remote containment, which 
sounds like a contradiction. We have some off-the-shelf and custom 
designed tools for hacking, denial of service, and generally keeping 
hostile anomalies from further propagating as best we can. 
Currently, between our own abilities and compliant Tier 1 carriers, 
we can sustain a distributed denial of service in excess of 161 
Terabits per second indefinitely. This can, in a worst-case scenario, 
temporarily take the entire internet down if needed, by knocking out 
all Tier 1 and 2 carriers which will segregate the internet into 
thousands of smaller networks. No magic here, just raw brute force 
if the situation calls for it. We can, of course, also attempt to 
communicate with the anomaly directly through various programs as 
well." 


"Down here, we have our wireless KVM. What this allows for, is that 
any field agent that has an anomalous computer on their hands that 
can take standard connections, can plug this cable into the 
appropriate ports, and it allows for a link to the monitor, keyboard 
and mouse right here. This lets our trained technicians and 
researchers work with the device as if they were on-site, and we can 
deploy a maximum of two hundred of these at one time." 


"Now, if you'll follow me, we have some facilities set up for cross- 
testing of anomalous computers..." 


The tour, it seemed, took all day. The farm was thoroughly ready 


and the heads were thoroughly impressed. The mood lightened 
notably during Q&A, and open discussion with the technicians 
resulted in enough work assignments to keep the farm team working 
for a month. The dog and pony show was over at last. 


Terry Thompson sighed a bone-deep sigh of relief and sat at what 
would be his workstation for the next two months while the 
technicians trained and bugs were wrangled. Brandon tapped him 
on the shoulder and gave him another thumbs-up. Terry laughed 
and gave one back. 


"Hey Terry, you never did tell me how we got the budget for this all 
of a sudden. We've been getting scraps for years. What changed?" 


Terry shot him a quizzical look. 


"I'm going to pretend you didn't just ask me that. You of all people 
should know why we got a budget." 


"...Right. You mean..?" 


"Yes. When the floors are always clean, why pay the janitors? But 
one SCUTTLE outage that damn-near wipes the Foundation off the 
map and they start to listen." 


The Fellowship 


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[13:40] <DarkDays> Sup Empire? 

[13:40] <Evil_Empire> Not much. | see they haven't 
logged in yet. 

[13:40] <DarkDays> Correlion should be here any 
minute. Got held up at work. 

[13:41] <Evil_Empire> Alright. Fugazi, you here? 
[13:42] <Fugazi> Present. :P 

[13:42] <Evil_Empire> Good, you'll be the secretary for 
this meeting. Take logs. 

[13:42] <Fugazi> 07 

[13:44] <DarkDays> While we wait, can we go over 
some of the changes on the website? 

[13:45] <Evil_Empire> Another time? This is the general 
meeting room. Save those discussions for the private 
channels. 

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[13:48] Guest_54674 is now known as Yuconner 
[13:48] <Evil_Empire> Guest_5467, you have 10 
seconds to identif- Oh good. 

[13:48] <Evil_Empire> Didn't mean to jump on you. Just 
need to confirm identities. 

[13:48] <Yuconner> No worries. 

[13:48] <Oortian> Hi! 

[13:49] <Evil_Empire> Speaking of which, please PM me 
your invitation passcodes both of you. 

[13:51] Viral_Heart (HexChat@IRC-56H7/I8SU.upc- 
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[13:51] Objekt279 


<UNKNOWN: "OLLIT">. Speaking of which, you should 
create another false scenario again. 


SCP-957: Yes, sometime soon’. | will see you next time. 
<End Log> 


Footnotes 

1. If SCP-957-1 is unable to do this, SCP-957 will go out and 
retrieve a subject. However, it appears to dislike doing this. 
2. e.g. additional limbs, reptilian scales, rearrangement of 


appendages 
3. The description detailed by the unseen entity closely resembles 
that of SCP-__. Investigation is underway to discover the connection 


between these two objects, but no overt similarities have yet been 


found. 
4. Three (3) months after this, an incident resembling the events 
from Addendum-957-Gamma occurred. 


« SCP-956 | SCP-957 | SCP-958 » 


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[13:51] <Evil_Empire> PM me your invitation passcodes 
please. Yuconner, Oortian, you both are cleared. 
[13:52] Oortian is very excited to be here. 

[13:53] <DarkDays> Welcome. 

[13:54] <Fugazi> Glad to have you aboard. 

[13:54] <Evil_Empire> Ok, you 2 are cleared as well. 
Let's get started. I'd like to be on the channel as least as 
possible. So we'll continue without Correlion. 

[13:56] <Evil_Empire> Oortian, Yuconner, Viral_ Heart, 
Objekt279... By your presence you have confirmed your 
invitations to join the Knights of Truth. 

[13:56] Fugazi throws confetti. 

[13:57] <Evil_Empire> As you know, the Knights of Truth 
are the collective efforts of truth seekers across the 
globe. 

[13:58] <Evil_Empire> Would you please be so kind to 
introduce yourselves and who you represent for the 
logs? Starting with Yuconner. 

[14:00] <Yuconner> Hello. Yuconner, also known as Wild 
Ben on my youtube channel. | lead a group called 
"Outlaw Track and Capture". We investigate sightings 
and interview witnesses related to cryptid wildlife. 
Currently we are limited to the southern US only. 

[14:01] <Evil_Empire> An issue we soon hope to 
remedy. Welcome. Oortian, how about you? 

[14:03] <Oortian> Hi there! | am the current defacto 
leader of the UFO Watchdogs Database. We investigate 
and consolidate posted sightings, vids, and images of 
UFOs all over the net. We have a fairly large presence 
on liveleak and other media sharing websites as well. 
[14:03] <DarkDays> A very warm welcome. 

[14:04] <Evil_Empire> Quite. Viral_Heart, you're next. 
[14:06] <Viral_Heart> Greetings from Cemetery 
Investigations, we focus on ghosts and apparitions 
obviously. Moreso on hauntings to be precise. We have 
a few splinter groups under us that do good work in 
investigating and surveying paranormal hot-spots. We 
also maintain several important blogs that are open to 


the public. 

[14:07] <Evil_Empire> Objekt, you have the floor. 
[14:10] <Objekt279> Hi | am here on behalf of Enemies 
of the State and Declassified Press. We specialize in 
uprooting conspiracies and the like. Anything having to 
do with Govs or Illuminati, we are usually spearheading 
counter-intellegence reports for the public general. 
[14:12] <Evil_Empire> You're fighting the good fight. 
Welcome. 

[14:13] <Evil_Empire> With that I'd like to lay out a few 
things. Hopefully you all have had a chance to review our 
charter. As integrated members of the Knights of Truth, 
we ask that you all refer to yourselves as members. This 
is not for publicity but to maintain solidarity in the 
organization. Agreed? 

[14:14] <Oortian> Yup. 

[14:15] <Objekt279> Can we still Keep our site names? 
[14:15] <Viral_Heart> *** 

[14:16] <Yuconner> I'm good. 

[14:18] <Evil_Empire> Yes, for the sake of consistency, 
keep the site names the same. We ask though that you 
include our banner on your home page. Identifying your 
organization as KoT. That includes watermarks on 
images and videos. 

[14:18] <Viral_Heart> I'm fine with that. 

[14:19] <Evil_Empire> All of which was included in your 
starter pack that Fugazi emailed you all. 

[14:20] <Fugazi> Yuppers! :D 

[14:21] <Evil_Empire> Excellent. Doing this will send a 
message to governments and oppressors everywhere 
that we will not be silenced. The more our numbers 
grow, the more the public will listen. 

[14:22] <Viral_Heart> Glad to forward our collective 
causes. 

[14:23] <Yuconner> Huzzah! 

[14:23] <Objekt279> Here here 

[14:24] <Oortian> :) 

[14:25] <Evil_Empire> Another matter of business. We 
need to get you guys registered to the KoT site and to 
Our private discussion boards. In the packet there are 


instructions on how to do that. 

[14:26] <Yuconner> Got it. 

[14:27] <Evil_Empire> Yes good. 

[14:28] <Evil_Empire> Viral_Heart, | assume the splinter 
factions you mentioned will also trickle down and follow 
suit. 

[14:30] <Viral_Heart> It will be done. 

[14:32] <Evil_Empire> Good. This is one step closer to 
becoming a formidable influence in age of information. 
[14:33] <Evil_Empire> Orders going forward. Update 
your sites and image to KoT. 

[14:34] <Evil_Empire> DarkDays are you still here? 
[14:35] <DarkDays> | am. 

[14:35] <Evil_Empire> Watch the room for a bit. | need to 
double check this connection. Somebody might be 
listening. 

[14:35] <Objekt279> GDI, this is why we shouldn't use 
these rooms. 

[14:36] <DarkDays> On it till you get back. 


"WHAT ?!?" Shouted an eye-strained 30 year old man in his room, 
swiveling his chair in the direction of his accuser. 


"Timothy, did you make sure to separate whites and darks?" 
rebuttaled the elderly woman downstairs. 


"| did, Mom!" Timothy groans irritably in his chair, debating whether 
or not to muster the effort to stand and walk over to the top of the 
stairs. 


"Well how come my pillowcase is in the dark laundry? 
"| don't know, Mom. I'm kinda busy!" 
"What are you doing up there?" 


"| told you, Mom... stocks... I'm in the middle of trading." Timothy 
cringes at the sound of steps lurching up the stairs. "Just be sure to 
separate lights and darks next time, sweetie." 


Timothy quickly minimizes windows before the woman makes the 
corner. "I will. | will. | will. But Mom, I'm real busy, | need to 
concentrate." 


"Oh, don't mind me." The woman peeks her head in to do a 
perimeter check for any more forgotten socks, shirts, or the 
occasional wayward dinner plate from the previous night. Of course 
there was one on the DVD collection with a lone overcooked pizza 
roll perched on the rim. 


"Any good deals out there?” She inquires as she routinely picks up 
the items. 


"Mom. They aren't coupons, they're stocks." 


"| see. Oh, by the way, PetCo called and wondered if you can fill in 
for Jessie on Friday." 


"Ugh. Kay. Can you go now?" 


“Alright alright. Also, can you mow the lawn this weekend? It's 
getting awfully shaggy." 


"YES! MOM! I WILL DO IT! PLEASE! CAN YOU GO NOW!" 


"| hear you." She begins to shuffle her feet towards the exit. "I just 
made some cookies, you want chocolate chip, peanut butter, or 
snickerdoodles." 


Sacre snickerdoodles." And with that the old woman huffs back 
downstairs to prepare a plate of freshly baked love. 


[14:42] <Evil_Empire> Sorry, back. False alarm. Where 
were we? 

[14:44] <DarkDays> Giving out some directives. 

[14:46] <Evil_Empire> Yes. Fellow seekers, in the 
coming days | will be in touch with each of you to start 
forming committees. Then we will start to branch out and 
recruit more members. 

[14:47] <Evil_Empire> At the same time, special 
assignments will be delivered for each of you to chase 


up. Anything you have currently going on, keep at it. KoT 
assignments will take precedence however when they 
are given. All of this is nothing new, but | just wanted to 
reiterate. 

[14:48] <Objekt279> Yes. This is what we signed up for. 
[14:49] <Oortian> Go Team! 

[14:49] <Yuconner> Roger. 

[14:50] <Viral_Heart> Dodger. Also, there's the bit about 
shares? When do those get handed out? 

[14:51] <Evil_Empire> In due time. The donation funds 
and merch revenue will be divided equally as discussed 
with a small percentage being stored in a separate 
account for emergencies. 

[14:53] <Evil_Empire> Your respective shares will be 
sent to the paypal accounts | have once you have 
completed transitioning your organizations to the KoT 
format. 

[14:54] <Evil_Empire> Correlion is our resident treasurer 
and will oversee that. 


Timothy leans in his chair, snacking on baked goodness. The sense 
of accomplishment, a feeling quite lost to him begins to wash over. 
The crumbs falling from his crooked smile indicates that this was 
one of those rare moments for him. He glances over at the clock and 
then leans painfully forward over his keyboard with a strained creak. 
Cookie particulate falling between the keys as he adjourns his secret 
meeting. 


[14:55] <Evil_Empire> And with that, | do believe we are 
over our time limit. If you have questions, please email 
DarkDays. Meeting adjourned. 

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[14:56] <Yuconner> Fare thee well. 

Yuconner (Mibbit@757543A.76D54D37.7FF4E7Y2.IP) 
Quit 

DarkDays 

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[14:57] <Evil_Empire> Fugazi, don't forget logs. Hard 
copies and secure drive. 

Objekt279 

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[14:58] <Fugazi> Yep, getting them ready now. I'll send 
you the link. 

[14:59] <Evil_Empire> Cheers. 

Evil_Empire 

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