SCP-019-IT

SCP-019-IT, identified by the Italian Branch of the SCP Foundation as "E-15 Chimera", is a highly adaptive species of marine organisms that secret an anomalous neurotoxin capable of destroying entire ecosystems.Entry Page: 019-IT
==Biography==
===Creation===
The Occult Fascist Council created SCP-019-IT at Base 9, dubbing them "E-15 Chimeras". New specimens were shipped to an unidentified base that was run by Director Natti in April 2016. The Director did not explain their purpose to the staff, only that the Dictator wanted an antidote made for the neurotoxin the Chimeras secreted.
After a month, the antidote was still not made and Natti was executed for his failure, being replaced by Alberti and given another month to complete it. Base 9 sent the data regarding the genetic composition of the Chimeras in June, but only the basic information. Eventually, the antidote - called AntiE-15 - was created on June 18, Alberti contacting the Dictator who was very pleased.
An encrypted letter was sent to Alberti by the Dictator, who congratulated the director and dubbed him leader of Operation E-15. He ordered that a shipping container filled with 019-IT would be dumped in the ocean near a populated area. Alberti would then ransom the Italian Republic with payment in exchange for an antidote. If they did not comply, the OFC would release more into a water reservoir. If the SCP Foundation was to discover the specimens, the mission must be canceled immediately. Alberti complied, dumping the shipping container off the coast of Genoa, Italy.
===Discovery===
Later in 2016, large amounts of fish were found dead near the Marina di Sestri in Genoa. The SCP Foundation's Italian Branch sent SSM-II "Legio Atlantidis" to investigate, led by Captain Basilio Aramini. An Oceanus drone deployed by the task force found the shipping container on the seabed with high levels of neurotoxin surrounding it.
A ship was used to extract it and bring it to Site Nettuno, where over one hundred specimens of 019-IT were found. Twenty were taken, while the others were incinerated. Soon after, Aramini requested neurotoxin sensors installed along the coast of the Italian peninsula due to the threat that 019-IT posed to the world's oceans. The S5 Superattendence approved the request, having the SSM-II install these sensors.
===Raid on the OFC===
SSM-IV "Pugnus Ferri" discovered more specimens of 019-IT in an aquarium during a raid on the OFC base that created the antidote. These specimens were in hibernation, rendering them inactive for the time being. An encrypted diary was discovered there, quickly being deciphered by Foundation cryptologists as it was very simple. It detailed creation, refinement, and purpose of 019-IT. An encrypted letter addressed to Director Alberti was found as well, written by the Dictator.
==Anomalous properties==
Specimens of 019-IT differ from the standard sea urchin, in that they have been genetically spliced with yellow gorgonians. Instead of thorns, they possess bumps that secrete a powerful neurotoxin in the surrounding area when threatened. This prompts other specimens to secrete neurotoxin as well. When a specimen reaches a body mass of 40 g (0.08 lb), it reproduces a new specimen.
019-IT can survive in fresh and salt water, and temperatures between -25 °C and 60 °C, as well as pressures up to 705 psi.
==Containment==
One colony of 019-IT is contained at Site Nettuno, inside a structure made for marine organisms. Any pipes connected to it must contain grates with less than 2 cm of width. The water inside must be 78 °C to neutralize the toxin secreted by 019-IT. Every two months, 75 kg of vegetable material is added to the colony for feeding.
==Meta==
===Kills===
*Many fish off the coast of Genoa - Killed by neurotoxin in the water near a shipping container filled with 019-IT.
===Appearances===
*Entry Page: 019-IT
*Espero
==References==
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