Scientific Department

*Efficient scientific work is the cornerstone of the Foundation's existence and operation. The Scientific Department is responsible for studying all contained and new SCP objects, developing countermeasures for containment breach events and designing various devices and medicinal products to be produced by the Manufacturing Department. Scientific Department employees are recruited from among the best and most promising scientists in various fields. Test Class-D Personnel on your SCP which you were assigned to.*

## Scientific Department

### Ranks

Intern, Trainee Researcher, Junior Researcher, Researcher, Senior Researcher, Head Researcher, Assistant Board Director, Board Director.

## Uniform

ScD Researchers are to wear any clothing of choice but must follow the scientific color code listed below:

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Color Code - Research #01298

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Directors: Full business suit + tie, optional tech glasses - mostly worn during research for [REDACTED], Audio for [REDACTED], etc

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Researchers: Any clothing of choice - Scientific Lab Coat Uniform (SCP Logo, to show identification), Color code: Must wear a collared shirt (optional tie) with color code being:

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Brown, Blue, Vanilla, Pink, Purple, White, Grey, Black, Green, Lime.

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## Duties

### Testing

The primary objective of ScD is to discover, research, and document the anomalous effects that SCP objects have on human test subjects. Tests follow a procedure in which the researcher will request a CD to be escorted into the D-Transfer. The ScD will ask the escort to brief the CD on how they are to act for the duration of the test. Once the brief is over, the ScD will lead the escort and the CD to the SCP containment chamber for that test. The ScD will give the CD basic instructions of how they are to interact with the SCP and the researcher will make observations of any outcomes that occur. At the end of the test, if the CD has not expired, the ScD will order the escort to either terminate the CD or to escort them back to Class-D Containment.

### Cross-Testing

Some testing requires the usage of more than one SCP effect. Researchers may incorporate two or sometimes three different SCPs in a single test to better understand how one SCP's effect interacts with another.

### Technical-Testing

Technical testing is when researchers collaborate with the Technical Department for tests that require the lights to be shut off. This benefits both the researcher and the engineer conducting the technical test. The researcher gets to create and test unique rationales, and the engineer gets to demonstrate a specialty power test that is required for promotions.

### Joint-Testing

Joint tests are experiments that are carried out between a member of the Medical Department and the Scientific Department. A researcher may request the help of an MD to provide a specific type of vial needed for their rationale. Rationales are shared throughout departments, which will encourage creativity and it will expand the way that SCPs are seen, and will bring greater test rationales for both departments. MD get to exceed their combative limit to the ScD’s combative limit, meaning that they aren’t bound to a set number and can be more expandable with what they do in the test.

## Ethics

A required part of testing is that tests must be conducted to answer a predetermined rationale. Scientific personnel must abide by the Code of Ethics when conducting tests and may be asked by a representative of the Ethics Committee what their intended rationale is for the SCP they are testing. If the rationale or the way the test is being performed is deemed unethical at any point in the test, the EC or an Omega-1 has the authority to shut down the test.

## Equipment

ScD staff begin with a keycard that corresponds to their level of access (Level 0-O5). They don't have weapons, but they can buy them from the Equipment Store near the Class-D Containment Cells. They carry a common radio that enables them to communicate with all Foundation personnel.