SCP Foundation

In Soviet Russia, anomaly contains you.

This is an SCP of firsts for me. First SCP of the new year, first contest entry of the year, first SCP in four months, first exploration log SCP, and first GRU Division "P" SCP.

This is also part 0 of 1. Be sure to check out the sequel: T Minus.

I owe a huge debt to the boys in blue and silver: GreenWolf, Jacob Conwell, Taffeta TyGently, TwistedGears, Roget, and Apoplexic for reading, re-reading, and then re-re-reading it and helping me nail down stuff like tone, pacing, dialogue, and elements of style.

I owe a major debt of gratitude to djkaktus - he actually took the time to speak with me over the phone and help me make this the best it could be.

Many thanks to LurkD, weizhong, and Vezaz for draft review.

See more of my work on my author page!

Good thing this anomaly is contained in Siberia, cause its so cool.

In all seriousness I'm glad to see it posted.

I like the sneakiness of GRU P in essentially reprogramming Stalin's propaganda machine into an antiwar vehicle, and their subsequent use of said anomaly to prevent the Cuban Missile Crisis is a creative bit of tying this into the political climate of the era.

Additionally, the exploration logs are fun, and really amp up the tension to what is, in my opinion, a very satisfying revelation at the end.

+1 ARD. Good show.

This is super fucked up, and I normally think I wouldn't enjoy something like this. But I really do, it's really great. I think it's the entire angle of the pacifist Gru-P or something but this was fucked up good, dude. I hope you win the thing, imo. So far.

Here's another one for the GoIs that should be subordinate to their government, but decide to do things their way. Interesting interpretation of GRU-P, which adds more flavour than being an appendage to the Soviet imperial machine.

Wow, this is already a fave skip for me. Great job, I'm very much looking forward to reading more in this series.

Unsettling, dangerous, out-and-out weird, everything a skip should be. Upvoted primarily for the good exploration logs.

Two questions: Why the references to orichalcum and electrum? And why would the Foundation ever employ people with psionic abilities? I mean, they should be locked up and studied, yeah?

Fantastic. Gruesome. Uncomfortable. Confusing, but that's the nature of it. Great logs, although I find the language used between the squad a TINY bit unconvincing- they were very casual when faced with such an extreme situation.

A well deserved +1

This was phenomenal. The wonderfully ominous SCProcedures immediately reeled me in, and set the tone for the article in the right way. There's a lot to love throughout; psychic MTF force (and the little bits of world-building surrounding psionic warfare), the rouge GRU-P dooming the world trying to save it, the exploration log…

Damn, that exploration log. I do love me some exploration logs. Here, it's expertly crafted. It's the right mix of weird and wrong, and the way you tell it was brilliant.

Very solid. A must read. Enthusiastic +1

I'm afraid the exploration logs kind of lost me, what with all of the members of the task force seeming to psychically communicate using the two involved. The rest of it is good, but I'm afraid the confusing nature of the logs pushes me into a no-vote.