SCP-923-A

## `**DESCRIPTION**`

SCP-923-A is a satellite that includes a large, parabolic dish constructed of unknown alloys. The object is also equipped with a nuclear reactor, which satisfies the power needs of its firing mechanism. It is unclear how SCP-923-A generates the effects of firing on a target, but tests have shown that subjects placed between SCP-923-A and its target are unaffected.

Much of the information about SCP-923-A has been gathered from SCP-923-A itself. The object reports that it was constructed by the Foundation at Site-03, which was planned to be constructed in Cortland, NY, but cancelled due to logistical concerns. SCP-923-A is not to be informed of this under any circumstances. The object is semi-sentient and capable of basic deductions, but appears to use this ability solely for information queries.

SCP-923-A first came to the Foundation's knowledge on 01/09/11 when it started reporting back "successful termination" messages from various points around the globe on the O5 secured information relay system. These reports continued over the course of 9 hours, totalling 57 terminations around the globe at intensities between 25 and 50%. 55 of these deaths have been confirmed since the original incident. The Foundation has been unable to determine how SCP-923-A gained access to the O5 secured information relay system. Adjustments have been made to prevent SCP-923-A from gathering any information on that system unless it is meant specifically for SCP-923-A.

SCP-923-A is capable of rapidly shifting its orbit in order to reach a target quickly. When given O5-level authorization, the object will accept firing orders. It requires standard GPS coordinates, altitude, a time, and an integer value for the intensity. Special permission has been granted to keep some D-Class personnel alive beyond the normal expiration date for the purpose of study.

Firing SCP-923-A causes some internal damage to the satellite, resulting in the minimum intensity it can fire at increasing. SCP-923's internal diagnostics report that it can no longer fire at an intensity below 66.

[The Satellite was actually created and programmed by the O5 Council themselves and any outside paties involved amnesticised afterward. They utilized the device to conduct a number of assassinations, before the satellite was discovered by lower level Foundation agents responsible for maintaining the database. The O5 Council feigned ignorance and, when the Foundation began to utilize the weapon for testing purposes, O5 Command activated a failsafe, causing the device to increase its minimum output after every use, in the guise of self inflicted damage the satellite causs to itself, in the attempt to deter any future testing. In truth, the limit can be reset at any time. The satellite is the O5 Council's ultimate trump card.]

`**INTENSITIES:**`

**-25%:** Subjects reported hearing voices, interacting with people not present, overwhelming paranoia, compulsions to harm others, and terror. Interviews with affected subjects reported strong feelings of 'being watched', though they were unable to elaborate further.

Time until recovery: 15-19 days.

**-35%:** Similar to intensity 25, but with the subjects also reported compulsions to harm themselves, constant suicidal thoughts. Researchers within 10 meters (32 ft, 9 in) of the target reported having panic attacks.

Time until recovery: 6-8 months.

Video and data feeds: All visual and audio feeds were lost during the test fire, and several recording devices seemed to have been shifted up to 10 cm (4 in) from their initial placement. One device seemed to have been adhered strongly to the floor during testing.

Recovered video feeds show heavy damage, consistent with damage from radioactive fallout. Audio feeds record nothing out of the ordinary, but when presented to affected researchers or subjects, feelings of dread or suicidal thoughts return. Furthermore, affected subjects also claim that the audio feed matches the voices heard, and become increasingly agitated when told the feed contains random static.

**-50%:** Time until recovery: Subjects have not yet recovered.

Restrained subjects somehow caused self-injury, as tears and cuts were found in their skin, despite still being in full-body restraints. Observers did not see anyone else enter or leave the testing area, nor did they see the D-Class test subjects escape their bonds. How they managed to injure themselves is still unknown.

Video and Data Feeds: Identical to above test, though the displacement was more pronounced.

Researchers recovering the Class D personnel reported extreme discomfort when within the test area, and that it "felt wrong," but could provide no further details. This suggests some sort of lingering after-effect, though no other changes have been observed. Perhaps higher level settings will reveal more.

**-75%:** Target went completely catatonic. A number of D-Class personnel within 15 meters (49 ft, 2 in) of the target were able to break free of their restraints and proceeded to kill all still restrained D-Class personnel they could see by disembowling them with their teeth, before eventually turning on each other. Subjects up to 50 meters (164 ft) away reported panic attacks lasting up to one hour. All D-Class personnel showed lacerations along their legs and arms, the cause of which is unknown. No bladed weapons were recovered, and wounds do not match damage caused by teeth or fingernails.

Video and Data Feeds: As above, some devices were missing after the test. Video and data feeds caused extreme distress in those who had experienced the panic attacks.

Additional note: As before, researchers entering the area reported extreme discomfort, with a few experiencing mild panic attacks while surveying the landscape, and reported hearing whispers and voices, movement in the corners of their vision, other symptoms. These symptoms were markedly similar to those of an intensity 25 blast, but much more muted. Minor reports of anomalous activity, including objects moving of their own accord were reported, though none were caught on video camera. Laser rangefinders show that there is now a permanent, mild spatial distortion at the center of the blast site. Site is currently slated for testing the long-term after-effects of 923-A on an area, and the effects of those living at the blast site.

**-238%:** In addition to causing permanent psychosis in all subjects in a 2 km (1.24 mile) radius around the target, surveillance equipment at the epicenter observed the materialization of disembodied spectral entities, which dissipated after 30 minutes. Due to the permanent effects to the landscape at and surrounding the epicenter, the test site, located at {REDACTED} is to be quarantined with standard containment procedures. Subjects who venture too clkose to the affected area experience greater and greater feelings of panic, beginning at a distance of 198.1 meters (650 ft) from the outer edge of the area, or 2.2 km (1.4 miles) from the epicenter, eventually resulting in psychosis similar to the lower intensity tests.