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Item Number SCP-1859 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures Current research objectives regarding SCP-1859 revolve around cataloging the anomaly's endemic life and preventing their escape into the surrounding ecosystem. To this end... All known access points are to be sealed and continually monitored by closed-circuit television. Exploration of the walls of the surrounding chamber for undiscovered access points is ongoing.
Newly discovered tunnels are to be thoroughly examined and mapped prior to being permanently sealed. Personnel entering the cavern are to wear full hazardous materials gear and a radiation monitor. and are limited to no more than 30 minutes of exposure. Exposure time may be extended for D-class personnel. Due to the high flux of ionizing radiation within the red zone,
Expeditions within it are limited to no more than five hours of subjective time. Furthermore, entry into the Red Zone by non-D-Class personnel is prohibited. As electronic components are easily damaged by the radiation produced in the red zone, a fleet of specialized mechanically powered vehicles, dubbed Zip Racers by on-site staff, are maintained for the purpose of quick transportation to and from an expedition because of the primary anomalous effect of SCP-1859
The monitoring station must be equipped with three separate chronometers. Chronometer A measures the passage of subjective time at the station. Chronometer B tracks external time. calculated based on measurements of the anomalous properties of SCP-1859. Chronometer C tracks time on the surface, at the top of the primary access shaft with a direct feed to the monitoring station. Any discrepancies between chronometers B and C must be noted immediately.
SCP-1859 is a temporal anomaly in the center of a massive underground cavern, roughly 238 kilometers in diameter. The chamber is located in... Several kilometers below the surface. Time passes more quickly with proximity to the epicenter. It is currently unknown how the chamber is able to remain stable despite its size.
or why the chamber is cooler than the surrounding mantle. However, it is presumed that this is related to the anomaly in some way. SCP-1859 is divided into three concentric areas, as measured from the center. These are known as the Green Zone, extending 25 kilometers in diameter from the center, the Red Zone, which extends from 25 to 131 kilometers, and the White Zone.
which extends between 131 and 238 kilometers. A monitoring and observation station has been established at the base of the primary access shaft, at the outer edge of the white zone. Initial observations of SCP-1859 noted unusually high levels of ionizing radiation, with both wavelengths and flux decreasing with distance from the epicenter. The innermost green area is a region in which flux and frequency of radiation are such that life can be sustained.
The red zone is where the radiation is blue-shifted to potentially dangerous frequencies, and the flux is high enough that lethal exposure is guaranteed. Radiation in the outermost white zone, though more energetic, is sufficiently diffused that radiation poisoning can be treated, so long as exposure is limited. When initially discovered, the entirety of SCP-1859 was sterile.
due to the effects of ionizing radiation, as verified by Expeditions 1 and 2. Following Expedition 3, from which D-2388 did not return, A sudden decrease in oxygen levels within the chamber was observed, before levels stabilized. Expeditions 6 through 8 found a coating of slime on the chamber floor, which increased in mass as time went on.
This slime, along with other life seen in future observations, descended from the gut flora of D2388, based on recovered samples. Drops in radiation flux were noted after Expedition 8. This was related to the emergence of photosynthetic organisms, which used the resonant radiation of the chamber as an energy source. Expedition 10 discovered primitive flora and fauna had evolved throughout the Green Zone. By Expedition 15, a vast ecosystem had developed around the epicenter of the anomaly.
On January 9, 2024, observers in the monitoring station saw signs of fauna and flora native to the green zone within the white zone. Despite the lethal radiation in the intervening red zone, excursions of native fauna have continued to increase in frequency. In addition to the new ecosystem, Expedition 15 found evidence of primitive tools within the green zone, specifically
crude hammers or clubs. The life forms that produced these tools had not yet been directly encountered. However, this suggests a sapient entity has evolved within the ecosystem of SCP-1859. New expeditions were scheduled over the following days to search for signs of an emerging civilization. Expeditions 16 through 25 found little change in the design of new fan tools.
suggesting that the population producing them has remained stagnant. Expedition 26 discovered that the tools were fashioned accidentally by the vines of a carnivorous plant. Study of this organism determined its procedure was dictated by pure instinct and not the result of sapient problem solving. Despite this false alarm, Guidelines were established to handle the advent of sapient life within SCP-1859.
March 9th, 2024. treat new intelligent life forms within SCP-1859 as new friends or as potential threats. If they are deemed a threat, isn't it wiser to use any means to destroy the Green Zone ecosystem immediately, rather than sit idly by, as the danger becomes more and more imminent? Time is ticking while we think things over. Let's hope that it won't be too late when we finally come to a decision.
Report on the Natural History and Ecology of SCP-1859 Dr. Felicia O'Grady July 16, 2024 Prior to discovery of SCP-1859 and Expedition 3, it was impossible for life to maintain any kind of foothold inside what is now called the Green Zone. Two methods existed for bacteria to pass through the red zone, via air and via ground. Neither proved viable. Living things were simply not able to survive exposure to the radiation.
Though rare, airborne bacteria exists within the chamber. Air currents allow these bacteria to pass through the red zone where the radiation inevitably kills them. The remains settle on the cavern floor and denature through a combination of... oxidation and further exposure to ionizing radiation. Over time, this produced the organic deposits we now find throughout the chamber. Endolithic bacteria have also been found within...
primarily in the outer regions of the white zone. Because they reproduce slowly, these bacteria are not able to survive extended exposure to the radiation closer to the center of SCP-1859. The reasons for D2388 remaining within what was, at the time, the Black Zone are still unknown and are likely to remain a mystery. His quick transition through the red zone via ZipRacer allowed the bacteria living on and within his body to survive.
The bacteria fed on the remains of D-2388 until a few made the transition to the organic deposits. Their descendants spread through the entirety of the Black Zone until, by the time of Expedition Number 6, they had managed to produce... an extensive biofilm. The initial development of photosynthesis within the primitive biofilm is a matter of speculation.
Photosynthetic molecules from recovered samples consistently denature when brought through the red zone preventing researchers from determining their biochemical origins. Because the oxygen levels within the chamber stabilized fairly quickly, it is believed that this had occurred early on, during the initial spread of life.
The emergence of true plant analogues found during later expeditions warranted renaming the center region the Green Zone. The possible ecological consequences of this happening at a later time are beyond the scope of this summary. The unusual physics within SCP-1859 require that all photosynthesis depends on the radiation produced in the center of the phenomenon.
Therefore, the first flora proved to be ridges extending from the biofilm, each with its own unique ecosystem that depended on the primary radiation frequencies found in that region. The most successful colonies ultimately spread through the biofilm producing concentric rings centering around the radiation source. The competition between concentric colonies had two ultimate effects. The first... was the development of autonomous fauna.
the earliest of which were slow-moving extensions of an outer colony that ate the ridges closer in and provided a gap through which radiation could pass, in addition to providing the parent colony with organic matter. The ancestors of the current native fauna were likely a reproductive adaptation that caused the extensions to bud off and find a new area in which to settle, similar in function to a plasmodial slime mold.
Since that initial adaptation the fauna have developed into multiple complex forms that have few, if any, morphological similarities to their plant-like ancestors. Many have even lost their photosynthetic capability. The second effect was the current distribution of flora within the green zone. Though little is known of the biochemical pathways that allow photosynthesis in the native flora, it is clear that there is a lower limit to the radiation frequencies that can be...
absorbed. This has been determined to be As indicated by the innermost ring of plants and its distance from the center of the chamber, the energy absorbed by the flora is transformed into chemical energy and is ultimately re-emitted as black body radiation. Due to the blue shift produced by the temporal effects of SCP-1859, the black body radiation eventually becomes energetic enough that it can be absorbed via the same biochemical pathway by other plants growing farther out.
The process is ultimately analogous to a step-down transformer with the flora playing an active part in its execution. The step-down transformer ecology is believed to be what allows some native fauna to pass through the red zone relatively unharmed, as ionizing radiation is weakest near the chamber's surface. Though some of these life forms have been seen to adapt their behavior, the scattering of photons from farther in still kills many of them.
Many have wondered what it is like to walk through the green zone. Interviews from multiple expeditions have shed light, so to speak, on what one would experience. i will attempt to express our findings here as you enter the wilderness within the green zone you will notice a faint red light between the leaves of the plants the plants themselves would be dark
Going deeper, you will see that faint glow remains unchanged, though the shapes of the leaves might be different. The red light is caused by the infrared radiation produced by the inner plants. Blue shifted into visibility. You will never find its source, no matter how far in you go. Turning around to leave, you will see nothing but darkness. Should you have a flashlight in hand and turn it on you will see an impossibly sharp image The light that you produce is blue shifted as it travels
until it connects with the plants that live there. It is then reflected back to you with very high resolution. Sadly, The human eye is not equipped to resolve much of the detail that is there. What is interesting is that some of that light, because it's so energetic by the time it reaches its destination, will pass through the plant and reflect off of layers that are still farther out. And so, hidden within the detail of one layer will be a faint echo of others still farther out.
Now, point the flashlight back in. You will see what can perhaps be one of the saddest and inspiring sights you've ever witnessed. The wall of plants in front of you. will wilt from the visible radiation produced by your flashlight. Deeper in, you will see the red plants that had teased you earlier also wilt away.
even more quickly than those directly next to you. Several layers will eventually be exposed, each whiter than the last. When you get to a shade about the same as what you see coming from the flashlight, The plants there will begin to grow on top of each other, attempting to absorb every last bit of light that you've produced for a short time.
you will have become a bringer of new life within the green zone. When you finally turn your flashlight off though, be aware that you will have also taken the source of that life away forever. All of these things have made me envy the D-Class personnel who actually see this firsthand. We don't envy them enough to allow ourselves to die of radiation sickness just for the experience, but... Still enough to sigh wistfully at the wonders we will never see.
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