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Registered Phenomena Code: 923
Object Class: Alpha-Yellow
| Hazard Types:Additional Properties: |
 Aggression |
 Ballistic |
 Climatological |
 Geological |
 Grouped |
 Invisibility |
 Psychotronic |
 Sapient |
 Sentient |
 Transmutation |
 Bio-Hazard |
 Contact |
 Corrosive |
 Electromagnetic Force |
 Explosive |
 Extreme Temperature |
 Radiation |
 Toxic |
 Destabilization |
 Extra-Dimensional |
 Gravitational |
 Teleportation |
 Temporal |
 Auditory |
 Emotional |
 Ideological |
 Info-Hazard |
 Memory Alteration |
 Mind-Control |
 Mind-Regression |
 Sensory |
 Visual |
 Animated |
 Aquatic |
 Ecological |
 Extra-Terrestrial |
 Immeasurable |
 Incorporeal |
 Mechanical |
 Microscopic |
 Organic |
 Regenerative |
 Titanic |
 Tychokinetic |
 Replicating |
 Newtonian |
 Ontological |
 Divine |
 Hallucinogen |
 High Velocity |
 Proto-Mechanical |
 Proto-Newtonian |
 Proto-Sapient |
Containment Protocols: The disassembled parts of RPC-923 are to be kept inside 3 separate storage containers within Site-079. These containers are to be sealed behind a reinforced steel door and require level 3 security clearance to be opened.
Medicinal treatment for the residual effects of RPC-923-1 exposure is considered unreliable, and only taken to treat lingering psychological damage post-exposure. Surgery is authorized only to prevent death during the reversion of RPC-923-1 affected individuals, either due to consumed inedible matter or unsustainable changes as the person’s physiognomy reverts back to normalcy.
Any and all testing performed with RPC-923 is to be performed inside a pre-approved hermetically sealed chamber featuring an airlock to allow for the filtration of RPC-923-1 from any humanoid testing subjects. Any nearby personnel that are not the subject of an experiment are to wear sealed chemical suits, including CSD during testing.
Description: RPC-923 is a portable humidifier able to alter the physical properties of matter. Mechanical analysis shows that the anomaly should not be able to operate, being made from pieces of scrap, with some parts appearing entirely arbitrary and without a clear purpose. The main components of RPC-923 include the following:
- An operator panel which contains labeled on and off buttons.
- A control panel, featuring the internal components of RPC-923-1.
- Four aluminum, five-liter gas tanks; three labeled “water,” one labeled “hydrogen.”
- Four quick disconnect ports connecting to an air filter regulator lubricator.
- An exhaust vent from which RPC-923-1 exits.
When RPC-923 is activated, RPC-923-1 will be produced, and any affected item or person will manifest exaggerated properties based on its general perception to others. Appearance, size, shape, and psychology are typically altered. A rudimentary understanding of this process exists, with the unconscious thoughts and emotions of people within a one mile radius acting as a basis for these changes.
RPC-923-1 is an aerosol compound produced by RPC-923. Samples of RPC-923-1 are not chemically consistent with existing physics. When hydrogen and water are mixed within the auxiliary chamber, a stable form of hydronium is produced. When RPC-923-1 then comes into contact with non-anomalous particles, it integrates itself with the item or person’s atomic structure, imposing noospheric alterations to it. RPC-923-1 itself is unstable and its decay is nonlethal—typically only bonding to the surface of an object.
The effects of RPC-923-1 last between 14-20 days with minimal exposure and 80-125 days of total exposure before the item or person reverts to their original state.
Discovery: RPC-923 was found within an isolated cabin in West Virginia. An unnatural density of trees was reported to block multiple civilian footpaths along the Appalachian Mountains. Initial agents reported large hedge walls of oaks, encircling a kilometer in radius. MST Charlie-9 "Countryside Hypocrites" aerial dispatch was sent to survey the area.
Upon contact, the cabin containing RPC-923 was in disarray, enveloped in a large cloud of fog. Several minor anomalies were recovered from acquisition, including several appliances that functioned despite lacking a power source. RPC-923 was found within the attic.
MST agents returning from RPC-923’s recovery were affected by the presence of RPC-923-1. Psychologically developing an overtly stern and serious demeanor, along with an affinity for black suits, ties, and sunglasses. Affected agents refused to disclose any relevant information on acquisition to anyone not considered a “superior.” Majority of personnel were detained and quarantined for a 28 day period.
Testing and Incident logs
Subject: Electric pencil sharpener from the Site-079 southwest office space
Summary: Pencil sharpener was enveloped by RPC-923-1 for thirty minutes. Item operated at a decelerated, near functionless pace, taking an entire hour to trim one cm from a standard #2 pencil. After four hours, the sharpener stopped working. Upon further inspection of the sharpener’s internal parts it was found that the motor’s stator windings had broken apart due to excessive heat generated from a current overload.
Closing Statement: Multiple Site-079 staff were interviewed, with most commonly joking it was “the world's slowest pencil sharpener.”
Subject: Xbox 360 game console from the Site-079 break room.
Summary: The console was exposed to RPC-923-1 for twenty minutes. Junior researcher James Wayne attempted to play the game Halo 3. Researcher Wayne reported faster loading times than normal along with altered level design and gameplay. These changes were described as making the game more fun than he had remembered.
Researcher Matthew Edwards attempted to play the game after hearing these claims but upon touching a controller the console experienced an overheat failure and shut down. Dr. Edwards walked away from the console as Jean Macintyre reapproached to inspect it. Once Jean passed Dr. Edwards, the console began operating again.
Closing statements: About half of staff reported having no opinions on the Xbox 360, whilst the other half either had very positive or very negative thoughts of the console.
Researcher’s note: It appears that RPC-923 has trouble reconciling contradictory popular thoughts, at least when no greater majority opinion can be derived. Further inquiries into recreating mid-affect alterations is suggested.
Subject: CSD-1204 John Osborne
Summary: Subject was instructed to turn on RPC-923 and stay patiently within the room for one hour. Once the hour had expired the subject was then instructed to turn off RPC-923 and enter into the airlock which had been opened. For the following week CSD-1204 was extensively monitored.
CSD-1204 became extremely crude towards others. Additionally the subject had several physical developments such as a shrinkage in muscle mass, growth of thick calluses all around the subject's body, a green pigmentation to his skin, a long crooked nose, and the growth of long sharp nails from his fingers. These effects lasted for 49 days before retracting over the course of four days.
Closing Statement: Subject almost universally reported by personnel and other CSD as being extremely rude and obnoxious, with some fellow CSD referring to him as "the goblin".
Addendum 1: Due to the use of human testing subjects, RPC-923 was moved to an older humanoid testing chamber. An incident occurred involving the leakage of RPC-923-1 from the chamber during initial testing. Three staff around the chamber ended up becoming exposed to RPC-923-1. Investigation found that a series of tiny holes had developed along the chamber walls which allowed for RPC-923-1 to breach containment. It is theorized that this occurred due to both staff and CSDs' opinion of the walls within Site-079 being of subpar quality which caused RPC-923-1 to manifest these holes.
Below is a recorded list of persons affected by RPC-923-1
Name: Jean Macintyre
Occupation: Technician
Description: RPC-923-1’s effect on Jean Macintyre resulted in his body developing an invisible field undetectable to human eyes and the ability to walk through solid matter. Although security records show Jean entering the site for work, not a single personnel attested to seeing him for 18 days. Thermal recordings from security cameras show that he attended to his work duties even whilst under the effects of RPC-923-1.
Closing statements: When staff were interviewed about their thoughts on Jean Macintyre, most regarded him as a reliable service technician but like a ghost, sneaking around to work sites without notice along with being anti-social. The total duration of Jean’s effects lasted 19 days.
Name: Alex Kochak
Occupation: Security Officer
Description: Alex Kochak physically experienced a 150% increase in muscle mass, a 50% increase in bone density, gained an additional 6 inches in height, enhanced metabolism, reaction speed, and developed an extreme tolerance to pain. These effects lasted for 18 days. Although unintentional, the effects from RPC-923-1 aided Kolchak in stopping a GARD raid on Site-079. During the raid, Kochak suffered 26 gunshot wounds and 11 lacerations; his enhanced body was able to completely heal from these wounds after 3 days.
Closing statements: All staff universally gave positive strong thoughts towards Alex Kochak, describing him as an unstoppable wall of muscle mass and that when not at work he’s at the gym or on a run.
Name: Matthew Edwards
Occupation: Head Researcher for RPC-923
Description: Due to Matthew Edwards' proximity relative to other persons in the testing chamber observatory, he was affected most by RPC-923-1. This contact resulted in Dr. Edwards losing 20% of his body mass along with developing several mental conditions such as Asperger's, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. The majority of Dr. Edwards' time whilst affected by RPC-923-1 was spent by him inside his lab, documenting and studying RPC-923. This excessive dedication also resulted in Dr. Edwards consuming little food whilst at Site-079, requiring staff intervention in order to coerce him into eating. It was later found out that Dr. Edwards had exposed himself to more of RPC-923-1, causing his effects to sustain themselves for a longer period of time. 25 days into his affliction he had come down with an influenza infection. Due to how weakened his body had become, he was forced to undergo medical treatment for several days. 8 days after entering the medical bay the effects of RPC-923-1 had dissipated along with Dr. Edward's influenza.
Closing statements: Personnel interviewed generally gave a slightly positive or neutral opinion towards Matthew Edwards. Due to confusion as to how Dr. Edwards manifested his symptoms, a second round of interviews were conducted using a lie detector. It was found that most staff had lied about their opinions on Dr. Edwards and that most did not share a positive view of the doctor, usually complaining about his anti-social nature and obsession with his work. All interviews have been kept redacted for sake of authority staff privacy.
Addendum 2: Following the breach of RPC-923-1, effort was made to replace the test chamber walls with new advanced reinforced material; although costly, the new walls should provide the best possible protection to personnel. Testing found these walls to not be negatively affected by RPC-923-1.
Although a large amount of attention was given to the replacing of Site-079’s humanoid testing chamber, these new walls are nearly identical to the old ones. However, due to people’s perceptions of these new walls as expensive and premium, the effects of RPC-923-1 no longer cause any problems for testing. All that needs to be done to maintain this is for janitor duties around the chamber to be kept at the increased schedule set following the containment breach incident with RPC-923-1.
Once Matthew Edwards was cleared to continue research on RPC-923, an experiment was theorized with the goal to have a human conscious make contact with the infoplane.
Cross referencing RPC-923-1 with our understanding of memotics, I've come to the conclusion that RPC-923-1 must act as both a sort of memotic feeder and memotic singularity.
Objects affected by RPC-923-1 duplicate any memotic vectors related to the subject and then flood those vectors into the physical world; however, it works opposite to that of Lethium. Whereas Lethium’s bonds remove memotics from a subject, RPC-923-1’s bonding adds them. The extremity of RPC-923-1’s effects must be due to the intense flow of memotics into the physical plane. In a way it's similar to the intense ΔP we see in underwater pipe leaks. The decay of RPC-923-1 particles must result in either a connection between the infoplane and reality dissolving or some sort of repulsive effect towards the absorbed memotic vectors.
I have begun to wonder if, since RPC-923-1 allows for memotic vectors to leave the infoplane, the opposite would be possible: for memotic grounds to enter into the infoplane. Since we know the mind acts as our memotic ground and RPC-923-1 weakens the walls between planes, would flooding the brain with RPC-923-1 allow for it to enter into the infoplane? Of course such an experiment is extremely dangerous as it could easily result in death from solvation within the infoplane or even for someone to become tangled up in the chaos and turn out worse than before. As of now I am looking for suitable test subjects for such a procedure, and I already have a few ideas.
-Dr. Edwards
