"About The SCP Foundation"

**"Mankind in its present state has been around for a quarter of a million years, yet only a small fraction of that has been of any significance.**

So, what did we do for nearly 250,000 years? We huddled in caves and around small fires, fearful of the things that we didn't understand. It was more than explaining why the sun came up, it was the mystery of enormous birds with heads of men and rocks that came to life. So we called them "gods" and "demons", begged them to spare us, and prayed for salvation.

In time, their numbers dwindled and ours rose. The world began to make more sense when there were fewer things to fear, yet the unexplained can never truly go away, as if the universe demands the absurd and impossible.

**Mankind must not go back to hiding in fear.** No one else will protect us, and we must stand up for ourselves.

While the rest of mankind dwells in the light, we must stand in the darkness to fight it, contain it, and shield it from the eyes of the public, so that others may live in a sane and normal world."

**We secure. We contain. We protect.**

**— The Administrator**

## **MISSION STATEMENT**

Operating clandestine and worldwide, the Foundation operates beyond jurisdiction, empowered and entrusted by every major national government with the task of containing anomalous objects, entities, and phenomena. Many of these anomalies pose a significant threat to global security by threatening either physical or psychological harm. All of them undermine the natural laws that the people of the world implicitly trust in.

The Foundation maintains an extensive database of information regarding anomalies requiring *Special Containment Procedures*, commonly referred to as "SCPs". The primary database contains summaries of such anomalies and emergency procedures for maintaining or re-establishing safe containment in the case of a containment breach or other event.

The Foundation operates to maintain normalcy, so that the worldwide civilian population can live and go on with their daily lives without fear, mistrust, or doubt in their personal beliefs, and to maintain human independence from extraterrestrial, extradimensional, and other extranormal influence.

Our mission is three-fold:

### **Secure**

The Foundation secures anomalies with the goal of preventing them from falling into the hands of civilian or rival agencies, through extensive observation and surveillance and by acting to intercept such anomalies at the earliest opportunity.

### **Contain**

The Foundation contains anomalies with the goal of preventing their influence or effects from spreading, by either relocating, concealing, or dismantling such anomalies or by suppressing or preventing public dissemination of knowledge thereof.

### **Protect**

The Foundation protects humanity from the effects of such anomalies as well as the anomalies themselves until such time that they are either fully understood or new theories of science can be devised based on their properties and behavior. The Foundation may also neutralize or destroy anomalies as an option of last resort, if they are determined to be too dangerous to be contained.

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## OBJECT CLASSES

An Object Class is a crucial element in SCP documentation that indicates the difficulty of containing an anomaly. It helps with identification, research priorities, budgeting, and more. Object Classes are determined by the complexity and purpose of containment.

**Safe**: Easily and safely contained, often because the Foundation understands the anomaly well or it requires specific activation. Safety does not imply no threat.

**Euclid:** Require more resources and have less reliable containment due to unpredictability. Typically applied to autonomous or sapient SCPs.

**Keter:** Exceedingly difficult to contain consistently, with complex containment procedures. Difficulty arises from limited understanding or technological constraints.

**Thaumiel:** Used by the Foundation to contain other SCPs. Highly classified, known only to top personnel.

**Neutralized**: Anomalies that are no longer anomalous, intentionally or accidentally.

**Decommissioned:** Anomalies intentionally stripped of their anomalous properties or destroyed when containment is unfeasible.

**Apollyon**: Anomalies impossible to contain, associated with world-ending threats, requiring a massive response.

**Archon:** Theoretical containment possible but intentionally left uncontained due to consensus reality or adverse effects.

## FOUNDATION TERMINOLOGY

**The Foundation**: A secret organization responsible for containing and researching anomalous or supernatural phenomena.

**Mobile Task Force:** Specialized teams, designated by Greek letters and numbers, deployed to deal with various anomalous threats.

**K-Class Scenario/K-Class Event:** Hypothetical situations with drastic impacts on reality or normality. For example, an XK-Class Event signifies catastrophic destruction.

**O5 Council (O5):** The highest authority in the Foundation, consisting of 12 or 13 members with the power to authorize or veto actions.

**[DATA EXPUNGED]:** Information permanently deleted due to hazards, like memetic hazards. Similar to [REDACTED].

**Extranormal Events**: Brief anomalous events that are too short-lived to be contained.

**D Class:** Expendable Foundation employees used for testing or containment.

**Person of Interest (PoI):** Individuals investigated or observed due to their involvement with the anomalous.

**Anomalous Item/Anomalous Object (AO):** Objects with minor anomalous properties that don't require Special Containment Procedures.

**Director**: The head of a Foundation Facility or Department, often capitalized when used as a title.

**Security Clearance Level:** Specifies the level of information a Foundation employee is authorized to access.

**Nexus:** Actively anomalous locations with permanent communities.

**[REDACTED]**: Information withheld from articles due to clearance levels or need-to-know basis.

**The Administrator**: A mysterious figure who may have founded the Foundation or leads it.

**Facility:** A general term for both Sites and Areas.

**Response Team**: Heavily armed teams dealing with security breaches or hostile anomalies.

**Explained (EX)**: A sub-class of SCP objects debunked or widely understood, no longer requiring containment.

**Risk Class:** Classifies anomalies based on their impact on individuals and recovery difficulty.

**Unexplained Location**: Specific places with minor anomalous phenomena not requiring Special Containment Procedures.

**Groups of Interest (GoI):** Organizations other than the Foundation aware of the anomalous.

**SCiPNET:** The Foundation's intranet and database for communication and SCP files.

**Threat Level:** Assigns color-coded threat levels to anomalies based on their danger if containment is breached.

**Area:** A type of Foundation Facility unknown to the public.

**Unspecified Anomaly (UA):** An anomalous entity not yet placed into containment.

**Agent:** Undercover Foundation field agents, often capitalized when used as a title.

**Department:** Specialized organizations within the Foundation.

**Free Port:** A formally recognized Nexus type, inherently anomalous and known to its inhabitants.

**Locations of Interest (LoI):** Areas with anomalous properties requiring diplomatic approaches to containment.

**Species of Interest (SoI)**: Non-human species with anomalous properties.

**Disruption Class:** Part of the Anomaly Classification System based on an anomaly's potential to disturb the status quo.

**Anomaly/Anomalous:** Terms used for objects studied and contained by the Foundation, defined as unexplained by current science.

**TycheKinesis**: Clinical term for probability manipulation, named for the Greek goddess of fate and fortune, Tyche.

**Ectoentropic**: Entities or objects that produce energy or matter in an unexplained way, apparent violations of the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics.

**Antimemetic**: Antimemes discourage or prevent people from spreading ideas. Investigated and contained by the Antimemetics Division.

**Reality Bending/Reality Warping:** Anomalous ability to alter reality, sometimes referred to as ontokinesis or magic.

**Pattern Screamer:** Consciousnesses embedded within the fabric of reality, brought into existence if perceived. Also known as Pattern Dwellers.

**Mimetic:** Entities capable of anomalous mimicry of other creatures or objects.

**Narrativohazard:** Independent units of narratives (narremes) that collectively destroy stories they are part of.

**Infohazard:** Objects with anomalous effects when referred to or described, often spread through communication.

**Ectomorph:** Clinical term for a ghost, spectre, or spirit, made from ectoplasm.

**Tartarean Resonance Energy (TRE):** Radiation naturally produced by demonic entities, named for Tartarus, a Greek Underworld part.

**Akiva Radiation**: Radiation linked to prayer and divine intervention, measured in centiAkiva.

**Noogenesis**: Clinical term for the formation of a new consciousness.

**Surrealistics:** The scientific study of incomprehensible anomalies, understood through illogical thought and agnostics.

**Extradimensional/Extra-Reality:** Existing in or originating from an alternate reality.

**Semiosphere:** The medium through which information about reality travels before perception or measurement.

**Semiontological Anomaly/Semiohazard:** Anomalies disrupting the semiosphere, creating universal axioms that should not be possible.

**Cognitive Resistance Value:** A measurement of an individual's resistance to mind-affecting anomalies.

**Tartarean-Class Demonic Entity/Tartarean Entity:** Clinical term for a demon.

**Bureaucratohazards:** Semiohazards affecting bureaucratic systems, making entities not guilty despite rule violations.

**Aspect Radiation (ARad):** EVE emissions altering reality, the basis of thaumatology.

**Kinetohazard/Kinetoglyphs:** Anomalous effects occurring during specific gestures and movements.

**Hume:** A unit measuring the strength or amount of reality in an area.

**Elan-Vital Energy (EVE):** Mysterious energy emitted by living beings, used in thaumatology.

**Apex** Tier Pluripotent Entity: Incredibly powerful beings, possibly omnipotent, often clinical terms for gods.

**Tychekinesis:** Clinical term for probability manipulation, named after the Greek goddess Tyche.

**Pataphysics/'Pataphysics:** The scientific study of fictional narratives and their effect on reality.

**Infoallergenic**: An uncommon class of infohazard exhibiting both memetic and antimemetic properties.

**Spectral Entity:** Clinical term for a ghost, spectre, or spirit.

**Paranormal/Paranatural/Preternatural**: Alternative terms for phenomena categorized as anomalous by the Foundation.

**Spectremetry:** The scientific study of spectral entities.

**Noosphere:** The realm of human thought, including dreams, concepts, and ideas.

**Metamorphic/Polymorphic:** Clinical term for shapeshifters, entities altering their form or appearance.

**Bureaucratohazards:** Semiohazards affecting bureaucratic systems, making entities not guilty despite rule violations.

**Way:** An anomalous connection between two locations, enabling rapid travel regardless of distance.