Mission Abstract: To gain access to a Foundation Site (Site-81) and attempt to retrieve information from the Foundation server therein, and establish a forward camp there.

Assigned Task Force: Mobile Task Force Epsilon-13 "Manifest Destiny" (16 members)

Additional Information: The following is a transcript of audio and video recordings captured by MTF E-13. The sixteen-man recovery team, led by Agents Juno and Roy, were given instructions to commandeer functional vehicles within SCP-2935 and reach Site-81. Extraneous or non-pertinent dialogue has been removed. For full records, please contact the Site-81 administration.

[BEGIN LOG]

Extraneous dialogue removed. Team locates several vehicles and begins to move south towards Site-81. Main roadways are navigable due to few vehicles being on them at the time of the aforementioned total death of all lifeforms within SCP-2935. Several fires are visible from the highway, including three downed jetliners. Examination of crash sites show a recurring theme: all inhabitants seemed to lose consciousness at the same time. As a result of this, there are also few vehicle-on-vehicle collisions, as most of the vehicles stopped simultaneously.

Upon reaching Bloomington, MTF E-13 split into two separate teams, one (led by Agent Roy) which would move directly to Site-81, and another (led by Agent Juno) which would attempt to access the off-site "deep storage" server bank. For the purposes of this log, Agent Juno's team's logs are omitted. Information gathered from their excursion can be found in Addendum 2935.3.

Agent Roy's team approaches Site-81 main access point beneath the Lake Monroe reservoir dam. Access elevator is confirmed as operational, and the team descends to the entry level.

Olmann: Roy.

Roy: Yeah?

Olmann: I was wondering, I know you guys were on assignment, but I think I was on-site on the 19th.

Roy: I was thinking the same thing. I was on-site that day too.

Olmann: You think we're in here?

Roy: We'll find out soon enough. I spent the entire night in the weapons lab with Faust and Morocco. It's right inside.

Daniels: You guys hear that?

Indigo: Hear what?

Daniels: Exactly. Shouldn't we be hearing a breach alarm?

Roy: Not necessarily. Breach alarms are automated, but only if any of the containment cells trigger it. Otherwise, they have to be executed manually.

Keller: Somebody had to have gotten to the office, to start the emergency broadcast.

Roy: It was an automated response. If I had to wager, it was probably triggered by vital monitors going flat.

Indigo: Vital monitors can trip the emergency response?

Roy: Not any one by itself. But a lot of them could.

Olmann: Here we are.

Team departs elevator. Primary access gate of Site-81 is visible. All lights continue to function. Lockdown status is visually confirmed.

Roy: Keller, get that door open. Careful, everyone.

Agent Keller interfaces with access console. Lockdown status is rescinded, and the main gate opens. Team moves through check-in area.

Ali: Coast is clear.

Roy: Alright boys. Let's check the front offices first. Head right.

Team enters Site-81 front offices.

Indigo: We've got bodies over here.

Roy: Yeah, we should expect a lot of that. Anybody recognize them?

Daniels: I mean, they're really dehydrated… but that's Desiree Clark, and Max Westminster. John Cabin over there… This one is Elisa Watson. They're all staffed at 81.

Olmann: And probably working that day, too.

Roy: Anybody know what time they mark off their calendars in the office?

Straight: Not until first shift shows up. 8AM local?

Roy: Makes sense. Last check off is April 19th. Keller, patch into the system again and try to find out what triggered the emergency broadcast. Olmann, you and Indigo go check the break room over there. See if… I don't know.

Ali: Boss?

Roy: Sorry. Shit. I wasn't expecting this… not like this, anyway. I thought it would be messier. Breaches usually are, but this is…

Daniels: Clean. I mean, they're pretty obviously corpses, but they're clean. No blood, slight post-mortem excretions, but it's all dried up at this point. Think it was a disease?

Roy: Let's get some samples. Swab surfaces, use Indigo's kit to check for microbes. Juno's boys found a house without a trace of them, and command wants to know if that's consistent.

Indigo: Be careful not to contaminate any surfaces you're collecting from. Keep your suits on, don't deglove, etcetera.

Roy: Right. Let's move, radio in if you find anything.

Olmann: Will do.

Agents Olmann and Indigo move to break room. Several other corpses are discovered during examination of the area. Agent Keller interfaces again with the Site-81 control system. Agents Ali, Straight, and Daniels leave front office to collect samples from nearby cafeteria.

Keller: Got it.

Roy: What's it say?

Keller: Looks like the system was triggered at… 0400 hours, during a routine vitals check. Apparently there was a malfunction, or rather, the system thought there was a malfunction. All of the vitals transmitters had stopped responding since the last check.

Roy: That doesn't throw up a breach alarm?

Keller: No, I don't think so. It would probably ping maintenance first, and then system command, and then… site command? If nobody responded, it would probably trigger a message to 17, and if that went ignored… maybe Overwatch Command. After those all timed out, it dropped into the automated failsafe, locked down the site, and began broadcasting for help. Then it waited.

Roy: Waited for what?

Keller: A response from another site. Or literally anybody on staff. I think even Level 1s can rescind timeout lockdowns. Hypothetical, though, I've never seen it used like that.

Roy: So nobody came calling.

Keller: Nobody but us, a couple days later.

Roy: (Pauses) What about the AIADs? Alexandra is patched into this site, isn't she? Maybe they're still here.

Keller: Good point. (Pauses while interacting with terminal) There we go. "Alexandra.aic is currently running." That's good. I'll wake her up. (Pauses again) Alexandra, can you hear me? (No response) Alexandra, this is James Keller. Are you awake?

Roy: Try the text interface.

Keller: (Interfaces with terminal again) Nothing. It says the program is still running, but no response at all. I'll try… (pauses) huh. Nothing from Thorn either. They've all gone quiet.

Roy: That's odd. Will us being here wake the other sites up since we rescinded 81's lockdown?

Keller: Assuming they're all in the same lockdown as this one, maybe? No doubt some of them have protocols that require somebody to be on-site to break a lockdown. I know Site-27 does, but they've got a pretty substantial Keter wing. Of course, we could get to Overwatch and unlock them that way, I know they can remotely rescind security measures at all the sites.

Roy: Do you know where Overwatch is?

Keller: No, do you?

Roy: No.

Olmann: Hey Boss, we… we're, uh—

Roy: Where are you, Olmann?

Indigo: We're in the weapons lab.

Roy: Ah.

Olmann: We can just collect samples, and lock up after—

Roy: No, I want to see it. We'll be right there.

Agents Roy and Keller move to Site-81 weapons lab. Agents Olmann and Indigo stand just inside the door.

Roy: Let's have a look.

Indigo: Boss, we—

Roy: It's not me in there. I'm me. You think I'm worried about what happens inside of an anomaly? We've all seen all kinds of crazy shit, places that messed with your head or whatever. Seeing my own corpse isn't going to ruin my day.

Team enters weapons lab. Agents Morocco and Faust are laying near a lab bench. The corpse of Dr. Rodgers is collapsed near the door to the firing range. Room is otherwise empty, though covered in dust.

Roy: Where is it?

Agent Olmann leads Team to the door to the firing range. Inside the range is empty, except for a single corpse at the far end of the room laying on the floor.

Indigo: We've collected samples, and I had a chance to look at a few under a scope. 100% cell death in every single one. We'll have to get these back to Bio in order to do a more thorough investigation, but I've never seen anything like it.

Roy: Yeah we will.

Agent Roy pauses over the corpse of Agent Roy. He reaches down and turns the corpse over, revealing the firearm that Agent Roy had been testing.

Indigo: They're… obviously not rotten, or anything. You can barely even smell them. None of the biological processes that break down a body after death seem to have kicked in, because… well, somewhere along the line there stopped being biological processes. They're just dried out now.

Roy: I see that. (Pauses) I remember this. I was only testing this for a little while. They'll be able to find it on security footage, nail down what time this all happened. See if it's consistent with… everything else.

Olmann: Right.

Roy: OK, so. We should probably check on our senior staff. I think Dr. Aktus likes to get to bed by nine, so he'll probably be in his quarters.

Straight: We're already there. He's gone. The rest of them are, too. Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Love, Dr. Karston. Dr. Mann was out in the hall, I think he was in town for that seminar on the 19th. They're just like the rest of them. Totally undisturbed, otherwise.

Roy: Saves us that trip, I guess. Keller, get into that terminal, see if we can access the containment wings. I want to make sure there's nothing in there that… I mean, nothing that can get out, I guess.

Keller: Can do.

Agent Keller moves to a nearby terminal. Agent Indigo collects samples from the corpse of Agent Roy. Elsewhere, Agents Straight, Ali and Daniels examine the corpses of the Site-81 senior staff, collecting samples as necessary and taking artifacts for local observation.

Ali: You guys get the feeling we're getting mind-wiped after we get back from this?

Daniels: Why?

Ali: This has to be a huge breach of informational security, right? I mean, hell, I could go look in Aktus' sock drawer and tell you whether he prefers boxers or briefs. Who knows what else we could get into, accidentally or otherwise.

Roy: Senior staff doesn't have as much functional knowledge of the skips at their site, believe it or not. The important stuff is locked down on the network, and the really important stuff is kept on vinyl somewhere. Regardless, you don't need to go snooping through his journal or anything. (Pauses) Actually, I take that back. If you come across a journal, pick it up. Wouldn't hurt.

Ali: Amnestics hurt.

Straight: You won't know either way.

Keller: I'm in, Boss. Looks like… everything should be clear, though we'll have to access a handful manually, I can't open them up from here. Should be pretty straight forward. And…

Roy: Yeah?

Keller: Sort of… I'm not sure what I'm looking at. It's an encrypted security warning, but it wasn't triggered automatically. Somebody would've had to put it here.

Roy: When was it posted?

Keller: About three days ago. So definitely after our projected date. Could very well be a glitch or something, but…

Roy: But?

Keller: It's not likely. These kind of things don't just show up. Too many failsafes, the system won't throw up an encrypted message unless it's absolutely necessary.

Roy: Or somebody put it there.

Keller: (Pauses. Video and audio recording equipment cuts out briefly.)

Roy: Right?

Keller: Right.

Roy: Log it, transmit it back to Juno's team. Have them relay it local-side. See what they can make of it.

Keller: Sure. (Pauses) Just received a message from them. Looks like they've finished up. Says they're going to roll our way here in a bit.

Roy: Alright. Let's head downstairs, then. See what the skips have been up to.

Team assembles outside of staff dormitories. Team moves to lower-level access elevator. Team arrives at first containment level.

Roy: Wits about you, boys.

Olmann: I feel like somebody is watching us.

Daniels: I feel it too. Doesn't feel right.

Straight: There's something else in here.

Roy: It's just the seven of us. Get your heads straight. Let's move.

Team begins to check safe class containment cells.

Indigo: SCP-2151. That big fleshy thing.

Roy: Get that door open.

Agents open the door.

Straight: There. In the corner.

Olmann: Is it moving? It looks like it's moving.

Roy: It's just the fucking light. Look. It's all dried out.

Agent Indigo examines SCP-2151-1A.

Indigo: Yeah, this one is gone. Check that chamber, the rings should be in there.

Daniels: They're in here. They're all tarnished, though. This one is rusted through.

Roy: Bag em. Let's move on. What's next?

Keller: That displacement chamber is at the end of the hall, we could check that next. The ghost girl is in there.

Roy: Let's see.

Straight: Wait, this cell is lit up too. Doesn't have a designation tag on it.

Ali: Fuck, can you smell that? Is it coming from this room?

Daniels: Smells like death. God, that's strong.

Roy: Can you get that door open, Keller?

Keller: Hang on… Err, it's acting up. I think it's jammed. Probably a malfunction.

Daniels: Open the window, it's not jammed—

Ali: (Opens window) Oh fuck, that one's decomposed.

Straight: Christ alive, you're right. Why is it so much different? Who is that?

Ali: They've got on a jacket, hang on… Oh, man. Keller, that's you.

Keller: You're sure?

Ali: Agent number 1703, yeah. The name badge is, uh… covered… but you can see the ID number on the other sleeve, see? The fuck happened to you?

Keller: I'm… actually not sure. I definitely wasn't on-site on the 19th or 20th.

Straight: That's really weird.

Roy: (Pauses) We'll come back to it. Let's keep going.

Team moves down to SCP-2996's containment cell.

Straight: Isn't this that skip that—

Daniels: Yep.

Straight: Did they ever get that resolved?

Daniels: No, not as far as I know.

Agent Straight opens the chamber door.

Indigo: Fuck.

Roy: Is the displacement chamber still functional?

Keller: Looks like it.

Ali: So what's that all over the inside of the chamber?

Indigo: If I had to guess, I'd say that's the ghost girl.

Daniels: Did she explode?

Indigo: Maybe had an adverse reaction to dying twice.

Roy: Can we get the chamber open?

Keller: I'd advise against it. Our suits aren't rated for whatever is in there. You should see the monstrosities they have to wear when they go in to clean this thing.

Roy: Fair enough. Let's keep looking.

Team continues to check containment cells, all with similar results. All biological anomalous entities are confirmed to have perished, while non-biological artifacts or entities had become inert. This continues for an additional hour.

Indigo: Something just occurred to me, Boss.

Roy: Yeah?

Indigo: Did you get that memo a few months ago? About them moving that skip to 19?

Roy: The lizard? Yeah, I was assigned to that job.

Indigo: It passed through 81 on the way there?

Roy: It did. Was only here a few days.

Ali: Wait, what lizard?

Indigo: Which days?

Roy: (Pauses) Downstairs. Come on.

Team moves to lowest containment level. Agent Keller rescinds lockdown status on containment wing. Most cells are rated for Euclid and Keter-class entities, but are empty.

Olmann: They moved the lizard here, and didn't tell site staff?

Roy: Only essential personnel. Staff tends to get nervous.

Straight: Wonder why.

Roy: Quiet. It'd be just around this corner— there.

Team faces a containment cell. Green indicator light is lit, indicating that the containment cell is active.

Roy: Get the door, Keller.

Ali: Hey Boss, hang on. If we open that door, and it's still… you know. The way it usually is, then—

Roy: We're fucked. I know. (Motions to Keller)

Agent Keller opens security door. Team enters containment cell. Within the cell is a large steel container. A tank of acid sits above the tank, as do several other containment-oriented machines.

Roy: There's a door over here.

Straight: Roy, we—

Agent Roy opens the door to the container.

Indigo: I—

Ali: How?

Daniels: Is—

The corpse of SCP-682 is visible within the chamber. Entity displays no signs of life.

Straight: That's impossible. That's fucking impossible. There's no way.

Agent Indigo approaches the corpse and proceeds to examine it. After a short time, he steps back.

Indigo: Yeah. It's dead.

Team remains silent for a moment. Agent Ali runs his hands across his head.

Roy: You know, I'm suddenly feeling weird about this place too, boys. Let's get top-side.

Indigo: Do you want me to collect some samples?

Roy: It can wait.

Team returns to the surface. Little is discussed on the way. Team rendezvous with Agent Juno's acquisition team. Both teams dispatch automated drones to the SCP-2935 access site with collected artifacts and information for local analysis.

[END LOG]