SCP Foundation

Here's an article written in response to Bright's 1st Challenge. Note that I had the idea behind this article for a while (aborted alien K-Class event), but only today did it actually come together into something workable. This was written in roughly 4 hours.

Also, regarding the object class, I was leaning towards Neutralized, but there's still some anomalies (indestructible skeleton and the cognitohazards) present plus structures with anomalous origins, so I felt Safe would be more applicable in this case. This may be subject to change though.

This is exactly the kind of thing I come to the site for.

I only wonder if you could have somehow left the exact cause of death a puzzle to be pieced together by the reader, but if you had done that I likely wouldn't have gotten it so shrug.

Stellar work. 2019 is off to a great start.

Isn’t this how Makuta Teridax met his demise? Do I sense a Bionicle reference?

Upvoted.

From the Luytenian perspective. I'd say this K-class event was thoroughly completed.

Wow. The image of sapient beings watching something approximating their own anatomy grow to such outrageous proportions as to draw and collide with the planet's moon, the event likely causing a mass extinction of the planet, is phenomenal. And the writing is out of this world good.

I have some issues with this article, specifically with regards to a consistent sense of the level of technology involved, and the physics.
The nearest exoplanets are around 12 light years away. In the containment procedures, it's mentioned that the planet's "atmospheric haze" would hide the surface, but at these kinds of distances, non-anomalous visual resolution of an exoplanet's surface from Earth is impossible. Not only would amateur astronomers not be able to see the surface, no one could. Which means that the Foundation must have initially sent probes to the planet, before the anomaly was found. It might benefit the article to include a description of the Foundation singling out the planet for exploration due to unexpected spectrographic readings, or something similar.
The line "Luyten b is not expected be habitable for the next hundred years, if ever." should be removed; it answers a question that isn't asked. Also, if the planet has a thick atmosphere with detectable nuclear fallout, it's going to be a lot longer than a hundred years.

Otherwise I do enjoy the basic conceit - seeing the now-settled aftermath of a planetary catastrophe, whose cause is as alien as the long dead inhabitants. However, and this is just my personal preference, this article would be a lot more interesting if it were overall more clinical in tone. It would better fit the premise, and the site as a whole, if it read more like a scientific planetary survey.
And to that point, you might consider changing "Luytenians" to a designation like "SCP-3841-1." It would be more congruent with your designating of "SCP-3841-Ω."

No vote.

That's no moon, it's an aborted XK!

Anyway… +1

Were the Evangelion references intentional or am I just reading in to things?

In any case, I enjoyed this article. The imagery is vivid and the mystery behind the incident really gets the imagination going.

+1

No vote as the Evangelion references are a bit too obvious as to border on being derivatve.

Brilliant. Straight-up some crazy-good skip writing, it's super intruiging, and jam-packed with wonderful little details that are just killing me in wanting to know more.

The whole paragraph starting with "Little knowledge exists on Luytenian civilization." adds a great deal to this. It hits so many "What the Fuck" buttons it should be a crime, and does a wonderul job of deepening the mystery/strengthening the uniqueness of the K-scenario. I'm heavily reminded of the comic "Memetic".

Absolutely stellar. Enthusiastic +1.