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Item #: SCP-XXXX
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Assigned Site Site Director Research Head Assigned MTF
Area-34 Dr. Ezra Everest Dr. James Yun Epsilon-23 ("Scaffolders")

Threat Level: Red


Manila%20Bay

SCP-XXXX’s optical relay system, transmitting a view of Manila Bay from its current resting spot.



Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is currently uncontained, pending neutralization. A 300-meter trench project, an artificial island and an offshore fish farm have been built to conceal it, members of MTF Epsilon-23 (“Scaffolders”1) routinely accessing the platform, surveying the zone for any changes, and progressing on the trench digging.2 A deep-sea seismometers and several vibration sensors have been attached to the body of SCP-XXXX or placed adjacent to it; were they to detect movement tied to the locomotion of the entity, SCP-XXXX will be considered a Type-Black threat, with the areas of Manila, the island of Luzon and the Japanese prefectures of Okinawa and Kagoshima requiring immediate evacuation.

Under no circumstance are any personnel or other individuals of Japanese descent allowed within a 3-km radius of SCP-XXXX.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a massive biomechanical automaton, with a height of 229 meters, weighing approximately 18,200 tonnes. SCP-XXXX was constructed by the Foundation’s War-Time Production Division in 1944 as part of Project Corregidor and used to break through the paramilitary forces of Imperial Japan in the battles of Peleliu, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf and the Liberation of the Philippines. It was deactivated during the Battle of Manila in February 1945, 19 kilometers from the bay.

SCP-XXXX is composed of approximately 10,000 tonnes of metal, close to 90% taken from battleships taken out of service during the War, the rest taken from the American scrap drive movement. Its body has been fortified through the use of a 3-to-5 layering system, depending on the covered area. The rest of the weight is distributed among a complex-movement hydraulic system, a thaumaturgical compound engine, 1,163 decommissioned anomalies the engine uses as fuel, and a further 483 anomalies and other anomalous components used in its construction.

The anomalous components added to SCP-XXXX give it several upgrades that allowed the Foundation to bring crucial victories over Imperial Japan’s IJAMEA, and historically and currently impedes the entity’s deactivation. The most relevant components are:

  • A Mark-IV thaumaturgy compound engine that distills thaumaturgy-imbued items into a purer essence SCP-XXXX uses as fuel. 1,163 anomalies have been allocated to be destroyed to power the engine; believed the fuel could make SCP-XXXX functional for several thousands of years. This powers all internal components, including a threat proximity detection system, and an optical relay system on the entity’s head.
  • 32 Strength enhancing components that allow SCP-XXXX to exert up to forty times the force it would normally be able to. This also allows the entity to move despite its weight.
  • A Neo-Assyrian era “supercomputer” mechanism able to detect and analyze all living beings within a 1,5 kilometer radius, and can be given and given rudimentary instructions. Able to work regardless of internal or external damage.
  • A double-layered Vapula-Type resistance sigil system that grants enhanced protection to conventional and thaumaturgical attacks.
  • A Vepar-Type resistance sigil system that makes SCP-XXXX’s body unable to be corroded, and a Focalor-Type resistance sigil system that allows SCP-XXXX’s body to be unaffected by pressure changes.
  • Several Berith-Type resistance sigil systems that prevent hexes and curses from dispelling other sigil systems, including these same Berith-Type systems.
  • A biomechanical entity assembled into the “supercomputer” that functions as the automaton’s “brain”, henceforth referred to as SCP-XXXX-1.

SCP-XXXX-1 is the reanimated cadaver of a previous anomaly contained in 1918. The anomaly is capable of transmitting conceptual ideas into the mind of anything it touches, overpowering over any other idea, extremely resilient to most types of interference. It was also able to integrate itself into inanimate objects and act as a primitive ‘mind’, akin to a poltergeist’s possession. These qualities were deemed ideal for usage in Project Corregidor, with the War-Time Production overseeing the anomaly’s death, integration with a control system that allowed them to manipulate the idea to transmit into SCP-XXXX-1, and following integration into SCP-XXXX.

The last concept given to SCP-XXXX-1 by the War-Time Production was to {‘destroy the Japanese Empire’}, order constantly being transmitted to SCP-XXXX. The idea was originally able to be stopped and edited on command, but the control system is believed to have malfunctioned, disabling the Foundation’s control over the entity. Without a way to update its understanding of the directive given, SCP-XXXX-1 has no knowledge of the Empire of Japan’s dissolution in 1947. It is understood that upon any person of Japanese descent entering into SCP-XXXX’s radius, it will activate again. Other parameters might reactivate the entity but have not been tested due to the inherent danger posed.


Addendum SCP-XXXX.1


Decommissioning has been attempted on SCP-XXXX a total of 21 times, with the first one tried in 1972. While not an immediate threat, it has a currently impenetrable directive and the capabilities of destroying the entire territory of Japan, with high-casualty, veil-breaking warfare being the only manner of destroying it. The decommissioning process has further attracted attention as neutralizing the entity would give insight into complex massive thaumaturgical interactions, and allow for future usage of this knowledge.

In 2013, following the failed 21st attempt at decommissioning SCP-XXXX, the committee in charge of its neutralization met to establish a new approach to the anomaly.

Committee Meeting

Date: 2013/05/21

Members:
Everest, Felipe - Area-34 Director, AWD’s3 Director
Yun, James - AWD’s Occult Studies Division Manager - Area-344
Purugganan, Asuncion - AWD’s Branch Director - Site-925
Hokkyōbō - AWD’s Branch Director - Site-506
Ricci, William - Global Occult Coalition Liaison


<extraneous dialogue removed>

Yun: So, who would like to start?

Ricci: <Raises hand> I will. So, as we all know, the cannon failed.7 The runes gave every thaumaturge within a fifty kilometer radius the worst headache of their lives, and it barely tickled the big guy.

Purugganan: This ‘big guy’, as you call it, hit the charge as if it was swatting away a mosquito. The charge is believed to have activated half a mile away from the entity.

Everest: Would the explosion having occurred half a mile away affect anything?

Purugganan: We don’t believe it to be consequential enough. The bullet reaches… 270,000 kilometers per hour, if I’m correct, and affects quite a wide range. Even then, it… It did nothing.

Ricci: I’m quite surprised it reacted. Not a single member of the assembly team was of Japanese descent, nor a single piece to compose it Japanese-made.

Yun: SCP-XXXX seems able to act against threats even if it’s not part of its prime directive. I assume the concept of ‘survival of the self’ is also driven into SCP-XXXX-1.

Ricci: Wish your people had told me that beforehand. Took half a year just to get the right people to cooperate to upgrade the cannon and build the ammunition. The Gormogons will not be happy that their project accomplished absolutely nothing.

Yun: We couldn’t have told you. If we had expected the machine to stop a bomb at Mach 700, we wouldn’t be here having this conversation.

Hokkyōbō: Our superiors aren’t too happy at the amount of money spent here either. I propose we shelve this project for the time being. We’re only wasting our time.

Yun: A true waste of time would be to give up on what we’ve accomplished so far.

Purugganan: Hasn’t this project been shelved… Maybe ten times by now? I agree with mister Hokkyōbō here, it would be better to abandon it, as counterproductive as it sounds.

Ricci: We can’t leave it behind. It’s a danger to the people of Manila — Your people.

Hokkyōbō: Yes we can leave it behind. The machine hasn’t moved since the end of the Pacific Theater. Neither we nor our enemies know how to control it. Meddling with it will only drain us further… And endanger her people.

Purugganan: … You were there when the automaton destroyed Manila, were you not?

Hokkyōbō: I… I would prefer not to dwell on such details, but yes.8

Purugganan: Then-

Everest: Then you must understand how dangerous it is to leave this automaton unchecked.

Hokkyōbō: Oh, mister Everest, please, spare me the lies. Everyone here knows that this never was about stopping the possible destruction of the island of Lezon and Southern Japan. Otherwise, we would have dragged the automaton out into the open, and bombarded it with hydrogen bombs long ago. If it wasn’t a lie, someone else would be doing this job, not us.

Ricci: We couldn’t use nuclear weapons even if we wanted to. The treaty for-

Hokkyōbō: That is not the point and you know it’s not. The point is that we must crack the nut, and not evaporate it, because we need the information about the automaton to be able to replicate it safely, to build better weaponry; safer weaponry. I’ve been here since the first meeting in 1968, and the main objective has not changed since. Don’t try to imply that the safety of the populace was ever the first priority of our project.

<Silence for six seconds>

Yun: We build weapons, Hokkyōbō. Of course, that is our priority, but it isn’t the only one. That being said, if we leave it there, unprotected, then someone will eventually take hold of it.

Hokkyōbō: It’s not unprotected. We built an entire fortress around it so that it would not be.

Yun: It’s… That is true, yes.

Ricci: … We’re defense contractors, so we must care about weaponizing our findings. That’s the whole point of your department. That being said, we don’t really have a plan B here. That explosive should have worked. We built a system of sigils according to Lunden’s9 notes and it deactivated them. By all accounts it should have worked, but it didn’t, so we’re back to square one. You know what that means.

Yun: We need to do more research on what exactly differs from the original design. Or, at least, what differs from the original construct and any we could build ourselves.

Hokkyōbō: … Which does mean we’ll be shelving the project regardless, no?

Yun: Most likely, yes.

Hokkyōbō: I hope it stays that way for good. Nothing good has come from messing with the Umibōzu10, and nothing good will ever come of it.

Ricci: Well, for the sake of this project, something good better come of it. <Pointing at Hokkyōbō> And it would be great if you decide not to talk shit about the project next time we’re here, got it?

Hokkyōbō: Talk about it as it is, and not as we delude ourselves into believing, and I will keep my beak shut. ‘Got it?’

Everest: Are we all done?

<Silence>

Everest: Alright. The meeting is over, then.



Following the meeting, decommissioning of SCP-XXXX was postponed indefinitely, citing monetary and logistical issues. Concealment procedures were kept in place and were established as the definitive containment for the automaton.
Addendum SCP-XXXX.2


Following the death of Felipe Everest, former Director of AWD in 2018, his son and current Director of AWD, Ezra Everest proposed the formation of a new committee for the decommissioning of SCP-XXXX. The committee had its first meeting in 2019 to establish research objectives, with a second meeting the following year to present findings.

Committee Meeting

Date: 2020/03/18

Members:
Everest, Ezra - Area-34 Director, AWD’s Director
Yun, James - AWD’s Occult Studies Division Manager - Area-34
Purugganan, Asuncion - AWD’s Branch Director - Site-92
Hokkyōbō - AWD’s Branch Director - Site-50
Ricci, William - Global Occult Coalition Liaison
Matsushiba, Kano - JAGPATO Liaison


<extraneous dialogue removed>

Yun: With all of us here… Mind if I am the one to start?

Everest: Go ahead.

Yun: Alright. <Shuffling of paper> The last attempt at neutralizing this entity involved the study of the automaton’s schematics to prepare a counter-measure. The problem at that time was that the sigil system had been affected in some way outside of what was outlined on these schematics. We considered several possibilities and finally arrived at one conclusion. Hokkyōbō, if you will?

Hokkyōbō: IJAMEA, at the time, had created a weapon array capable of disrupting electromagnetic radiation through the use of Shinto rituals. The array was destroyed by SCP-XXXX when it stormed Manila. Manila, as we know, was the last battle SCP-XXXX could be controlled by the Foundation. This made us believe that this had messed with the sigil system of SCP-XXXX and the control system in SCP-XXXX-1. The issue with this is that the blueprints for the array were lost when SCP-XXXX destroyed the Manila branch of IJAMEA.

Ricci: That changed a couple years back, no?

Matsushiba: Indeed! While we hadn’t made the connection, we recovered schematics for some sort of radio array from a Touhei Heavy Industries warehouse. We passed the information collected to the Coalition, who then…

Ricci: Who then looked over it, passed it to command, who deferred it to my team for the project. Since the project was frozen, we didn't do much with it past simple tests and the like. After Everest’s passing, we didn’t think the project would ever get anywhere, so we closed up shop and built a couple systems based on their studies and, well, the project did end up being revived.

Matsushiba: Which means you have a working prototype of the array, no?

Ricci: Yes, we do have a working prototype. We don’t know if it’ll work, but that shouldn’t be hard to fix.

Everest: So we have a definite way to take back SCP-XXXX, yes?

Purugganan: Not quite. Even if the array works as intended, we still have SCP-XXXX-1 to worry about.

Ricci: She’s right. Now, that bundle of flesh is the main concern, no?

Yun: Indeed. Now, we tried our best to find information on the anomaly, but… Well, we couldn’t.

Ricci: That thing was an ASCI critter. Caught in the cult proliferation era following World War I, it was just one of the many anomalies they grabbed and put into cells back then. Problem is, there isn’t much info past that. We don’t really know exactly what it is, just what it does… Or what they made it do, technically.

Everest: That should be enough, no? We’re not historians, we’re men of action.

Yun: <Raises hand> I am a historian, actually. And while you’re correct, it would be preferred to know what it is in case our plan fails again. Which it might.

Everest: It might, but it would still be the closest we’ve gotten to neutralizing this entity.

Hokkyōbō: So were the previous tens of times. But we are not here to pick at straws. We’re here to speak of how we’ll deal with the entity. We believe we know how to deal with the interference, and if it’s dealt with, then the projectile we used last time should be enough for the sigils… That does leave SCP-XXXX-1 as the final step, and, well, we do have a solution of sorts.

Purugganan: The solution being…?

Hokkyōbō: We know that the machine built to control it is faulty. Thus, we need to build and implement a new one to replace it. We cannot approach the entity because of the sigil system, and because of the inherent defense system that the concept of ‘self-survival’ is. Without the former, we only need to worry about the latter… And IJAMEA did manage to damage it with technology from the 40s.

Ricci: The automaton is also technology from the 40s, to be fair.

Everest: So how will we detach and re-implement this new machine? You say the IJAMEA did it, yes, but that isn’t really tangible to our efforts. What’s the plan?

Hokkyōbō: We’ll disable the interference, we’ll disable the sigils. Once we’re done with this, we’ll activate the automaton, drive it out of Manila Bay, and into the Luzon Sea. There, we’ll have the machine prepared and we’ll move it into SCP-XXXX-1, and prep it accordingly. Within minutes, we’ll be able to control it.

Purugganan: Two problems, what will we use to drive SCP-XXXX away, and how will we manage to move the machine into SCP-XXXX-1?

Hokkyōbō: We’ve learnt of a type of vessel created by IJAMEA, with inscriptions specialized in speed and resilience. I believe we know of some sigil combinations that might pull something that will allow it to withstand SCP-XXXX’s attacks while driving it away from the Bay.

Yun: And the harder part?

Hokkyōbō: We’re still working on it. Our top plan is a task team of engineers led by me.

Everest: Led by you?

Hokkyōbō: Yes. I don’t want to risk my life, but if it means we finally put an end to this titanic mess of magick and steel, I would be fine with it. That being said, I would rather not do it, so we’ll be looking into better alternatives.

Ricci: Sounds fair to me.

Purugganan: … Is that the solution proposed, then?

Ricci: In simpler terms, yes. We have a decent plan, and we’ll test out the array system. If it works, we’ll proceed with the plan. If it doesn’t, we’ll find some other way to disrupt whatever’s causing the problem. That’s how we’ve been doing things here.

Purugganan: Hasn’t exactly worked as well as one would expect.

Hokkyōbō: This time will be different. I can sense it.

Purugganan: <Chuckle> Oh yeah?

Hokkyōbō: Yes, it will. This is the most certain in our success I’ve been since the end of the war.

Ricci: Well, if you’re really into this one, then you might be right.

Yun: Are we done for the time being, then?

Ricci: Yup. We’ll test the array. If it works, we’ll be having another meeting. Hopefully, it’ll be our last.

Hokkyōbō: Hopefully, yes.

Yun: The meeting is formally over, then.

Following the meeting, the Global Occult Coalition tested the radio array system on a small scale along the artificial island that conceals SCP-XXXX. Within three hours of activation, EVE levels consistent with the thaumaturgical energy of the sigils were detected for the first time, appearing for four minutes before returning to normal. This event wasn’t considered a threat by the entity and was allowed to continue. This test proved the array successful and fueled the building of a greater array alongside all of Manila Bay.


Addendum SCP-XXXX.3


In 2020/12/02, the 22nd decommissioning attempt was carried, with the following assets:
  • Thirty-six radio transmitting stations alongside Manila Bay, the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island, disrupting electromagnetic fields on SCP-XXXX through the use of Shinto rituals embedded into the radio waves sent, with a total of 115 operators and personnel. Kano Matsushiba in charge.
  • A GOC-Foundation orbital cannon above SCP-XXXX, with a dispelling rune charge projectile loaded. William Ricci in charge.
  • A Fushimi-class river gunboat with kotodama inscriptions for speed and resilience, to guide SCP-XXXX out of the Manila Bay area, with a crew of 91. Two Nagara-class light cruisers with similar inscriptions are deployed to assist the gunboat, with a total crew of 684.
  • Special Task Force Dai-8 “Tenjō Tenge”, composed of 7 Tengu, led by captain Hokkyōbō.
  • A total of 7 control systems built according to original schematics, to replace the malfunctioning one on SCP-XXXX-1.
  • A provisional site on the Bataan Peninsula to oversee the mission, and control SCP-XXXX following the plan’s success. James Yun in charge.11

The artificial island and fishing project were removed the week prior, so the plan proceeded as expected at 4:30 AM, time at which the radio array was activated. At 5:21 AM, EVE levels were detected, signaling for the orbital cannon to shoot at SCP-XXXX. The impact reached the automaton at 5:33 AM, the sigil system successfully being powered down.

Following this, the Fushimi-class river gunboat began leading SCP-XXXX away from Manila Bay, towards the Luzon Sea area of the South China Sea. The gunboat was impacted twice during this period but managed to move SCP-XXXX into open waters with relative ease. The two Nagara-class light cruisers joined the move, distracting SCP-XXXX as captain Hokkyōbō flew towards the automaton with the control system in hand.

At 8:02 AM, the control system was replaced. Soon after, SCP-XXXX stopped its movement, and the mission was considered a success. Total casualties were 9, with 8 being personnel from the Fushimi-class gunboat, and captain Hokkyōbō, who plummeted into the sea soon after connecting the new control system.

At 8:04 AM, personnel at the provisional site attempted to regain control of SCP-XXXX, to no avail. An expected outcome, information was quickly sent to all other teams, and another control system was prepared to be installed. However, before this could be realized, a distinct thaumaturgical wave was sent from two of the radio stations on Corregidor Island, reactivating SCP-XXXX’s sigil system. At 8:07 AM, SCP-XXXX’s began moving again, away from Manila and up north, towards the Luzon Strait. Four towers within the radio station, including the previous two, had internal components break, creating a cascading failure that disabled the system.

Despite efforts by the remaining ships, and the orbital cannon preparing and shooting another projectile into the automaton, SCP-XXXX’s ignored and evaded efforts to capture it. For the following four hours, the entity made its way towards the Marianas Trench, losing its signal three hours in, finally disappearing several miles northwest of the Challenger Deep point.

Foul play was determined to be the cause of the incident. An investigation was launched immediately, with the project halting, being officially terminated two days later.


Investigation Report


Following the incident, a total of 1,327 people were interrogated, with 61 detained once it was confirmed that the incident was deliberately caused by members of the project. Among the key members were JAGPATO and Foundation personnel, including the deceased Hokkyōbō and Asuncion Purugganan, the latter having fled, her current location unknown.

It is understood that Hokkyōbō and his team built a control system that allowed him to take sole control of SCP-XXXX-1, with the extra systems prepared being duds. This information was unknown to the control team, the maritime team, and the orbital team. This information was known to key members of the radio team, whose interference allowed the sigil system to be applied to SCP-XXXX again, stopping all attempts to recover control.

Several schematics pertaining to Site-50’s and Site-92’s AWD departments have been deleted from their corresponding databases, indicating their involvement in boycotting the Foundation. A video was found in Hokkyōbō’s personal computer, archived below.

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<Hokkyōbō is seen adjusting the device currently recording him, before stepping back to sit on a bench area across from it. Area has been identified as a pathway in Las Piñas-Parañaque protected coastal area in Metro Manila.>

Hokkyōbō: Good evening, whoever finds this recording. I know it’ll be found, after what I have planned.

And what is the plan? Well, if it hasn’t occurred, then it won’t matter. If it did, you already know. Simple enough logic, no?

<Pauses> So conceited, God. It’s about SCP-XXXX, of course it is. Everyone knows my feelings towards the project. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that I would do something about it. Or maybe it does. I can’t admit I know what you’re thinking. I cannot bother to care either.

<Looks to the side>

I don’t really believe there is more to be said. As it stands, I’m a traitor, and why would anyone listen to one? That being said, this is my last message so I could entertain you with a story. I used to write poetry, during the times where if anyone could, they would.

Many years ago, two high officials brought Japan to its knees. Many suffered, the capital crumbled into ash, and a young crow, an avid blacksmith, avoiding death and displacement, joined the side who promised everything would return to normal. But it didn’t.

Pursued by monsters, the young crow joined the clan who would heal the fractured wounds of the old world. Like the Ashikaga’s words, these were lies. This was when the crow learned that sweet, honeyed words are spoken by big men to trick the rest.

The crow grew old and bitter, and after centuries of swindlers, he learned how to act to their benefit, such that he would never be caught with his back towards them. Time passed; the shogunate fell to the empire, then the empire fell to its own hubris. An emperor-made-God was turned back into an emperor, and the crow, for the first time in years, saw hope. Hope in the shape of a massive construct, a repulsive amalgamation of two corpses, one of steel, the other of flesh, that he saw dismantle battleships and level mountains, flattening the earth, leaving behind only corpses and destruction. It was disgusting, and yet it still was hope.

That day the crow met the Foundation, a clique that promised to fight for the sake of humanity, not for the sake of a head figure, or a senseless doctrine, or patriotism. A group in search of peace, in search of balance. The crow, blinded by conflict, joined them, and soon realized this was not the case.

<Pauses>

In the end, weapon-makers don’t benefit humanity. Weapons are tools of destruction, tools of control. Progress is always borne out of harshness, out of necessity, but progress in order to destroy and control shouldn’t be progress. The crow has seen what weapon-makers do: They defile culture, they defile religion, they defile anything in order to keep their relevancy, in order to accomplish what in their eyes needs to be accomplished. The crow didn’t like what he had accomplished this way, and so he chose to help the Umibōzu return to the seas it belonged to, where it would stay secured, and contained, and protected. Logistically speaking, it should cost too much to get it back from where it’ll go, but the Foundation is anything if not stubborn.

And that’s the story. It’s been two centuries since my last, so it might be unrefined. Did you like it? <Short laugh> If you did, that’s half the battle won. If it made you reconsider anything, even for a split second, then it’s victory. I don’t think it will, but who knows. There’s many who love the sunset of Manila Bay over an ICBM, or the view of the Sakurajima in the morning over an orbital cannon. I wouldn’t accomplish anything if there were not.

<Closes eyes and remains silent for over a minute, before getting up>

Alright, I think that’s enough. I will not be wasting any more of your time. You have better things to do. As do I.

<Moves closer to the recording device, before turning it off>





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