SCP Foundation

SCP-4170 image is adapted from a picture in the NASA-JPL Photo Journal, released without a license and free to adapt for non-commercial purposes.

I couldn't figure out a good way to work it into the article, but "DBI" is pronounced "Debby" in casual conversation.

Saw this in the ideas and brainstorming iirc. Really cool how it turned out! Something about personified dark matter is just a massive win for me. +1

This is remarkably well-written.

The technical aspects give us science nerds a lot to look into without being overwhelmed. The sci-fi spices are effectively-placed, and are sophisticated in their restraint: the last sentence of the first paragraph, that the Foundation doesn't regard the mere existence of DBIs themselves as anomalous, the concept of a scientifically-plausible evolution of sapient dark-matter beings, that we are observing "mundane" acts of extraterrestrial intelligence without their knowing, etc. The prose is so polished that it can put the line telling us why the Foundation actually considers this anomalous deep into the description, and not only get away with it, but be a pleasure to get to.

The particular human contact gives this an emotional sweetness which, thanks to the contrast of the technical detail and the originality in the remainder of the article, doesn't feel like it's all the article relies on.

It reminds me of xplkqlkcassia¹ in the best of ways, and may even be better.

Starman, waiting in the sky. He’d like to come to meet us, but he’s scared he’ll blow our minds.

+1

Upvoted, I really liked this one.

If you told me someone wrote a skip about sapient dark matter intelligence in our solar system, I would assume that the tone would be dark.

After reading, I'm genuinely tickled that they seem to be not only benevolent, but utterly innocent and childlike. This skip is damn refreshing. Personally, I'd love a tale focused on the person (child?) that 4170 is speaking with.

I was untruthful when we first met. I told you I was not lonely, and that was a lie]. [Assertion: I had never had a friend until I met you]. [Assertion: Even though your parents are unkind, they somehow managed to create the kindest person in the Solar System].

^That right there. That shit made me tear up. Bravo and +1.

Edit: I'm genuinely curious about the only -1 rating.

I really love how nonplussed the Foundation is regarding sapiemt darkmatter, so much so that it's not even anomalous by their standards.

I wish that this stayed focused on interactions between DMIs, primarily due to how the speech was handled: it's not perfect, but it sufficiently captures the portrayal of an alien intelligence much better than is typically seen, though a large part of this is lost in the assertations, where it veers away from approximated translations as can be understood by humans and into direct dialogue - a weakness I'm willing to overlook only because the technical writing was otherwise sound.

To nitpick, it seems odd that it would use the term 'Higgs field' I would think that it has its own frame of reference for that — not something tied to our naming conventions.

I have tears in my eyes, this was an amazing article and I really want a sequel.

is this reverse 17776

+1 for making me feel emotions

So what makes this Keter? The concentrated neutrino beams it made that could arouse suspicion amongst the scientific community? It's only done it once and the red dot it perceived is mostly likely the CHANT device which isn't working anymore.