The Spatial Displacement Device
Item: |
Spatial Displacement Device |
Size: |
1x1x1 (meters) |
Living: |
No |
Sentient: |
No |
Location: |
Base Four |
Potential/Current Hazards: |
Possible hazard if used incorrectly/without correct supervision |
Required Wear/Weaponry: |
None |
Reported Anomaly: |
Mind-affecting and matter manipulation |
Usage
The object is to be used for sabotage and small-scale stealth attacks under Protocol 4768325-B. As of Incident 4766928, any and all testing is to be done at least thirty (30) kilometers away from any populated non-target areas.
All testing is to be done following approval from at least two (2) ALPHA level personnel, and under close supervision of three (3) personnel trained in emergency object containment protocols if testing is to fail. Access to documentation of the object is only to be given to BETA level personnel or higher that are assigned to the object for research.
Updated as of Incident 4766928.
Object is deemed suitable for deployment and use by any Chaos Insurgency team after approval from one (1) alpha personnel and the current commander of the team. Any and all attempts to use the object prior to aforementioned approval are to be met with lethal force. If the SCP Foundation is to attempt a raid to retrieve the item, Base Four is to be put on complete lockdown and all assault personnel present at the facility are to be alerted of immediate Kill On Sight protocol for any non-Insurgency personnel attempting to enter.
In the event of a containment breach all Heavy Strike Teams stationed at the object's current facility are to protect the object at all costs. All Research staff are to be evacuated immediately. The object is not to be activated during this time and any attempts made to activate the object are to be met with lethal force. If any person/object is to successfully activate the object all strike teams at the facility are to evacuate immediately and return one hour after the object's activation. If located, the object/person responsible is to be immediately executed/destroyed.
Report
The device is currently stored in High Security Storage Wing 372-█ of the Base Four. All personnel at the facility are rotated weekly; any and all attempts to activate the object are to be met with lethal force. The object is enclosed in a 2x2x3 meter chamber with a secondary, attached room with one-way glass for observation. The object's chamber is fitted with fourteen (14) motion sensors to stop unwanted usage of the object.
The object appears to be a 1x1x1 meter cube, consisting entirely of steel. The object weighs 78.5 kilograms, 1% of the approximate weight of a normal 1x1x1 meter steel cube. The cube has a red button, 5 centimeters in diameter, attached to one side. The button is labeled "Initiate." All attempts to remove the button have been met with failure.
The item's anomalous properties manifest when any human presses the button. Upon pressing the button, the human in question, herein referred to as the subject, disappears. Video surveillance during the disappearance reveals the subject to be in one frame, and gone in the next. Despite not being visible or tangible in any way to others, subjects report to be standing where they were before coming in contact with the cube, completely immobile.
Shortly after disappearing, subjects are, in theory, given total control of all matter within their immediate memory, which, in most cases, restricts them to what is in the room at the moment. Subjects are able to move objects, raise or lower the temperature of objects or of the room itself, or rearrange the particles of anything within their memory. Depending on the level of intelligence of the subject, they are able to maintain relative control for three to ten seconds before their grip on matter begins to loosen. When this happens, any attempts by the subject to alter its environment either fail, resulting in unintended damage to everything within the immediate vicinity, or succeed, but have unintended consequences, usually resulting in damage to everything in the immediate vicinity. Subjects slowly regain visibility and tangibility after five to forty minutes, at the cost of some memory loss. The severity of the memory loss depends on the complexity of the tasks performed while using the object.
Any humans with knowledge of the cube that remain within one (1) kilometer of it eventually develop a desire to press the button on the face of the cube. Tests show this can be prevented indefinitely by the person in question without the aid of others, though separation from the cube after prolonged exposure to this effect can cause depression, insomnia, and fits of psychotic rage, though these side effects are rare.
Test 1a
Test: Subject is put in testing chamber with a 2x2x2 centimeter iron cube, and is told to press the button on the face of the object. After pressing, the subject is told to hold the cube stationary in mid-air for as long as possible.
Result: Subject successfully holds the cube in mid-air for nine seconds before the cube begins to rotate, increasing in speed at a rate of approximately 10 meters per second per second. Subject is instructed to continue holding the cube up. After about seven minutes, the cube is ripped apart, the shards being thrown outward by centrifugal force, shattering the one-way glass and killing Dr. ██████, ██████████████, and ██████████, and causing a total of $█████ of damage to the two rooms, including the equipment that was destroyed. Subject has no memory of the iron cube spinning.
Test 1b
Test: Subject is put in reinforced testing chamber and is remotely monitored and instructed. Inside of the testing chamber is the device and one 2x2x2 centimeter solid diamond cube. The subject is instructed to press the button on the object. After pressing, the subject is instructed to hold the cube in mid-air for as long as possible.
Result: Subject successfully holds the cube in mid-air for three seconds before the cube begins to melt, despite sustaining its previous temperature. Subject is instructed to attempt to hold the remains stationary. After two more seconds, the room itself, and all matter inside the room also begin to melt, despite steadily dropping in temperature. The subject is instructed to halt his attempts. The testing chamber, along with the rooms around it and their contents, continue melting, and evacuation of the facility is called for. The entire facility continues to melt and subsequently drop in temperature for the next thirty minutes, after which the entire facility has been reduced to its base materials, destroying █ items and causing a total of $████████ of damage with ██ casualties. Search of the facility reveals no sign of the test subject.
Notes: I'm pretty sure testing this thing isn't worth it if all we're trying to do is levitate objects with it and it's causing this much damage. I'm requesting testing be put on hold indefinitely for this object. -Dr. ███████
Request denied. Testing will continue as planned. -ALPHA "Andromeda"
Test 2
Test: Subject is placed in remotely monitored temporary testing facility █████-██ with installed speakers for in the █████ desert. The subject is given the object and 1 liter of water and instructed to press the button on the face of the object. After pressing the button the subject is instructed to freeze the water. After freezing the subject is instructed to unfreeze the water.
Result: Subject successfully freezes and unfreezes the water. Fifteen minutes later subject regained visibility and tangibility without consequence.
Notes: Shortly after regaining tangibility and visibility, the subject drank the water. Fifteen minutes later, while being transported to another facility, the subject violently combusted, killing █ assault personnel and destroying the armored car the subject was kept in.
Test 3
Test: Subject is once again placed in temporary testing facility █████-██ behind one-way glass, allowing the subject to view a secondary testing chamber with 100 test subjects. The subject is given the object and is instructed to execute all other test subjects.
Result: Subject successfully kills 49 test subjects via crushing before accidentally creating a large, black, viscous mass releasing several [REDACTED], which kill all test subjects excluding the one in use of the object before attempting to remove the object from the testing chamber. 15 guards enter the chamber and attempt to contain the [REDACTED], and are able to successfully dismember 3 of the [REDACTED] before being decapitated, at which point Heavy Strike Team Foxtrot-64 was called in. Foxtrot-64 successfully destroyed the last of the [REDACTED] and containing the black mass. After rematerializing the subject has no memory of the past year.
Test 4
Test: Subject is placed in temporary testing facility █████-██ with one armed guard. The subject is instructed to press the button on the face of the cube, after which he must stop the guard's bullet. The guard is then instructed to shoot at a target mounted to the wall.
Result: Subject successfully stops the bullet after two attempts, after which the bullet explodes with a force estimated to equal a 500 megaton nuclear bomb. The blast destroyed the entire facility along with $███████ of property damage to a city within the blast radius. After rematerializing, the subject has no recollection of the past seven years.
Notes: Those affected in the city were properly compensated after the experiment.
Object was found on December ██, 19██ in front of Gate A of Base Four, with the following documents attached:
Enjoy our little gift. Use it wisely.
-Nobody
Object Transport Log 1458
Date: █/█/19██
Previous Location: Site-78
New Location: Site-██
Task Force Performing Transport: Mobile Task Force Beta-7
Transportation Notes: Do not press the button on the face of the object.
Reason for Transportation: Object class upgrade from Safe to Euclid
Object Recovery Log 1458
Date: █/█/19██
Location: █████ ███, Antarctica
Description: Object recovered by Mobile Task Force Beta-7 after numerous seismic anomalies were detected from its location. Testing at its temporary containment cell in Site-78 revealed that the object has potent matter-altering abilities, with the possibility of [REDACTED].