SCP-12936

Expedition One - Field Report

Attached is a field report written by the teamleader of Hoplite 1-1 MTF Tau-44, directly after the first expedition. Upon review of the operatives helmet camera footage a number of details within the report appear to be innaccurate, in some cases appearing to have simply never occured. Refer to Addendum 12936-A2 for an analysis of the report by Analyst ██████████.

CLASSIFIED OPERATION
HOPLITE 1.1 AFTER ACTION REPORT 01/03/2021
MTF OPERATIVE APPRENTICE █████
TEAM LEADER HOPLITE 1.1

1.1 Was tasked with investigating a small town somewhere in rural Russia. Up on approaching A.O. 1.1 collided with a local police car, 1.1 was ordered to dismount and eliminate all persons in the vehicle, one person was eliminated and the body was bagged and hidden off the road, a singular vehicle was immobilised and was left behind.

1.1 continued to AO and dismounted approximately 350 meters from check point referenced in the Op briefing. 1.1 was ordered to flank left of the checkpoint and sighted contact in a fortified camp approx 200 meters from checkpoint containing 4 to 8 Russian OREL, 1.1 was ordered to engage the camp. During the firefight or just after 1.1 was engaged by an OREL patrol from the rear. After the firefight Operative █████ was found to be KIA.

A replacement was then deployed and promptly regrouped at the captured camp. 1.1 was then ordered to push up the hill and engage the checkpoint. No casualties were taken. Operative █████ was ordered to move back down the hill to our dismount location to retrieve our SUV however shortly after an OREL patrol engaged the remainder of 1.1 and they were promptly eliminated. Shortly after the firefight, Operative █████ reported that he was knocked unconscious and that our vehicle was missing. Operative █████ was ordered to regroup, then reported contact a few moments later. The remaining 1.1 at the checkpoint were ordered to move to Operative █████’s position.

Operative █████ regrouped safely with 1.1, around this time disembodied groaning was observed. 1.1 was ordered to form diamonds around Operative █████, operating a specialised thermal optic. 1.1 moved north by north west to a hill overseeing the objective town, here Operative █████ observed contact and confirmed it to be an anomalous entity of some kind. No immediate aggressive behaviour was taken towards 1.1. 

Hoplite 1.1 continued into the small town via the main road and observed the vehicles of local police forces that were sent in prior to foundation deployment. Operative █████ at this point sighted three more floating entities above a tree, Approx 10 meters off the ground (REF IMAGE 1) and another contact in the roof of a shed. 1.1 was ordered to engage contacts however, rounds had zero effect on target and was met with what was perceived as sobbing or groaning. 

Red team was ordered to clear buildings whilst blue pulled security. Red team observed furniture on the roof along with writing on the walls and was ordered to divert to the next building, blue team entered the building and Operative Logan observed two entities via thermal optics laying and sitting on the furniture (REF IMAGE 2)

1.1 later encountered contact in the shed in the form of bloodied persons in woodland CRBN uniforms utilising police batons, contacts were eliminated. Whilst regrouping 1.1 encountered another CRBN uniformed person and attempted to eliminate them however rounds on this particular person had zero effect on target. 1.1 actual observed no hostile intent and permitted Operative ██████ to make contact. With zero response the persons was restrained by Operative ██████ (REF IMAGE 3)

1.1 at this time MTF command advised 1.1 of technical failure with foundation equipment and as such 1.1 Actual ordered 1.1 secure asset and exit the AO. Upon attempting to leave 1.1 observed mist that was harmful to persons attempting to move through it (REF IMAGE 3)

1.1 Actual concluded that exfil would not be an option unless the source was secured or eliminated. 1.1 was ordered to pull back to town with CRBN persons and secured him in a commandeered police car. 1.1 later observed a mass of CRBN persons swarming around a single point and 1.1 briefly observed a man at the center of said swarm, they were deemed non hostile and 1.1 continued with tasking however at this time Operatives █████ and ███████ were affected by unknown force and were killed immediately, their bodies were not recoverable. 

1.1 moved further into the town, Operator █████ observed an entity on thermals just above the door to town house (REF IMAGE 4). 1.1 was ordered to breach and search the building upon which 1.1 actual observed a mutilated corpse impaled on a spike on the 2nd floor of townhouse. 1.1 secured object of interest on townhouse desk.

1.1 was ordered to exfil via comendered police car, 1.1 was able to get around the mist and managed to return to the staging area. 

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Expedition One - Field Report Analysis

Attached is an analysis of Addendum 12936-A2 written by Anaylist ██████████. The analysis concludes that all members of Mobile Task Force Tau-44 who were involved with the initial expedition should be immediately given Class A General Retrograde amnestics. This recommendation has since been executed, all members of Hoplite 1-1 have been given Class A amnestics and returned to full service.

Additionally, two items: a book and a wooden cube have been catalogued as sub-entities of SCP-12936 - hereby referred to as SCP-12936-2 (The Book) and SCP-12936-3 (The Cube).

Analysis Report
                 
      Subject: Hoplite 1-1, Expedition One Field Report
      Date: 04/03/2021
      Analyst: Michael ██████████

I have reviewed all available footage, images and reports made available to me. For simplicities sake I will break down Operative Apprentice █████'s report into its paragraphs and analysis each paragraph individually with my conclusions based on what I can accertain from the materials made available to me for analysis. This is rather unorthodox, I know, however the events that transpired are less than normal and as such require a less traditional method of analysis.

Operative Apprentice █████ will hereon be refered to as OA. █████. _{WHAT IS LOST SHALL NOT BE FOUND}

Paragraph One

OA. █████ states that Hoplite 1-1 was tasked with the investigation of a small town in rural Russia and that en route to their first objective they came into contact with local police, this is correct according to all helmet camera footage from the team. However, paragraph two is where events that were written down begin to deviate from the footage captured by Hoplite 1-1. 

Paragraph Two & Three

OA. █████ states that Hoplite 1-1 dismounted near their first objective and began an assault on the encampment located at their first objective, in the process eliminating approximately 8 Russian OREL (Rural Special Police). This is all correct and accurate, however OA. █████'s version of events begin to deviate here.

OA. █████ goes on to state that Operative █████ was found to be killed in action, however, at no point in any of the helmet camera footage was the operative KIA - not even in Operative █████'s own footage. OA. █████ then states that a replacement was deployed to take Operative █████'s place, this again, did not happen. No records of any reinforcements being deployed exist, radio transcripts containing a request for reinforcements do not exist and Operative █████ was not reported to have died at any point.

OA. █████ continues that following the assault, an Operative was sent back to retrieve their insertion vehicle. OA. █████ states that the operative reported being knocked unconcious and upon awakening discovered that their vehicle was nowhere to be found. Reviewing helmet camera footage from the Operative in question, █████, the footage showed the operative reach the location of the SUV and then proceed to stare at the vehicle for exactly five minutes and thirty seven seconds at which point he then audibly states that he was knocked unconcious and cannot see the vehicle despite the vehicle being in clear view of his helmet camera.

Paragraph Four, Five, Six & Seven

OA. █████ states that all members of Hoplite 1-1 began to hear an audible groaning sound that was seemingly disembodied and had no discernable source. Upon reviewing the footage, all members of 1-1 do in fact note the sound however the sound is not audible in the footage.

Disregarding the sound, Hoplite 1-1 then moved into position to overwatch the town. At which point OA. █████ states that a member of his team began to ovserve the town with his specialised thermal optic. The operative reported observing some kind of entity from this location, however his optic was not set to record at the time so I cannot confirm the sighting.

Hoplite 1-1 then moved into the town where they located two local police vehicles that were heavily damaged. The footage confirms this. 

OA. █████ states that the operative operating the thermal optic then observed three entities floating above tree level. At this point the optic was set to record, however upon reviewing the footage nothing can be observed - the camera appears to simply be pointing at an empty sky. Hoplite 1-1 then proceeded to open fire on the perceived entities, apparently to no effect.

From here on the team reports seeing a number of floating entities, the most interesting of which being an entity sitting in a coach floating from the ceiling and another entity in the same room laying down in a bed - also hanging from the ceiling. In the footage the entities described are not present, however the floating furniture is present.

Continuing on from the house, Hoplite 1-1 is observed firing at thin air. Seemingly believing they are in a firefight with a number of "bloodied persons in woodland CRBN uniforms utilising police batons" whom they supposedly eliminated. At no point are any individuals present in the footage beyond that of the team itself and according to reports taken from the Russian OREL, at no point were officers in CBRN gear sent into the event. The only police to have been sent into the event were patrol officers who would have doned typical police uniforms.

Paragraph Eight & Nine

Paragraph eight simply did not happen. At no point did MTF Command contact Hoplite 1-1, and the low lying fog described and pictured in the report was present through the entirety of the footage. However it was only at this point that the team acknowledged the fog, upon walking into the fog the team began to have trouble breathing and felt as though it was poisonous. They then returned back to the town, at which point they walked through more fog but did not appear to take any notice of it.

Upon reaching the town again, they were yet again engaged in a firefight with nothing. OA. █████ states that Operatives █████ and ███████ were affected by an unknown force and were killed immediately. According to the footage both operatives appeared to stop moving at this point but did not seem to be dead. Vitals tracking data confirms this conclusion as well.

Paragraph Ten & Eleven

Hoplite 1-1, excluding Operatives █████ and ███████, continued to what they determined to be the source of the anomaly. The footage shows them observing more entities which are not present in the footage, they then continue into the house and progress through to the second floor. At which point they then continue to a single room at the end of the building. Noticable static and visual distortion begins to effect the footage at this point however a disemboweled man impaled on a spike can be observed behind a desk. On the desk a boom of some kind can be seen, with a cube that appears to be roughly 10cm³ in size.

Attempts to enhance the footage results in further distortion, without higher quality footage I am unable to determine any details on the cube or the book.

At this point in the footage, OA. █████ moves to secure both objects. According to his report he suceeds in doing so, however the footage shows all the operatives in the room drop their weapons and begin to exit the building - at no point is the cube or the book secured. 

Upon exiting the building, Hoplite 1-1 began a zombie like stroll in the direction of their staging area. Upon reaching a distance of roughly 1km from the town, Hoplite 1-1 members began moving at a normal pace back to their staging area.

Conclusions

SCP-12936 is clearly some form of cognitohazard. Severe visual and audio hallucinations were experienced by all members of Hoplite 1-1. What I am less sure about is if it was simply just hallucinations or if it was also some form of reality bending. What makes me question the fact that what they were experiencing was simply hallucinations, was the seemingly gravity defying furniture that was visible in the footage. 

Additionally, without more detailed observations of the book and cube I am unable to determine what their significance is - however it is obvious that they appear to be the center of the event. I would suggest that these be catalogued as sub-entities of SCP-12936.

It is hard for me to conclusively say what SCP-12936 is, I suggest a second expedition into █████, preferably by an MTF such as Eta-10 who are better suited to this specific threat.

Finally, I recommend that all members of Hoplite 1-1 are immediately given Class A amnestics and be returned to duty.