The Sense of Right Alliance
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Registered Phenomena Code: RPC-492
Object Class: Alpha-White
| Hazard Types:Additional Properties: |  Grouped |
 Electromagnetic Force |
 Memory Alteration |
Containment Protocols:
All known instances of RPC-492 are to be confiscated upon discovery and transferred to low-level containment at Site-067, being stored separately in small low-level anomalous containment vessels. Online listings advertising RPC-492 products are to be monitored by Authority web crawlers and removed where possible. Individuals exposed to RPC-492 manifestations are to receive Class-B amnestics.
Under no circumstances are RPC-492 instances to come into contact with each other without prior approval from two Level-2 researchers.
Description:
RPC-492 is a toyline of action figures produced by Amazing Co. The toyline consists of poorly-manufactured imitations of various popular superheroes, pop-culture figures, and cartoon characters. Packaging identifies the product as "SUPER POWER HERO FIGHTER MEN COLLECTION", with the title of the figurine and description all varying depending on the figure included.
An additional header below the product title includes a large number and a blurb to “Collect All 12!”.
The figurines exhibit numerous design inconsistencies, including:
- Misspelled names.
- Incorrect colour schemes.
- Merged physical characteristics from multiple unrelated superheroes.
- Packaging artwork depicting events or characters not corresponding to the figure contained within.
| Designation | Appearance | Packaging Name |
|---|---|---|
| RPC-492-1 | Blue-and-red caped figure with four arms and a bat-shaped emblem | "Night Super Flying Strongman" |
| RPC-492-2 | Green armoured figure with spider-like appendages | "The Amazing Iron Bug" |
| RPC-492-3 | Black-clad vigilante with a glowing hammer attached to its head | "Thunder Dark Justice Hero" |
| RPC-492-4 | Figure resembling a fusion of several unrelated heroes | "Captain Ultimate Man Person" |
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Each instance has abnormal durability for its material, able to withstand a maximum force of 7800 newtons1 before microscopic fractures begin appearing at the pressure source.
Whenever an action that is considered morally dubious (Any unlawful actions or those considered “immoral” or “evil”) is performed around an RPC-492 instance, the instance will become attracted to the source of said action and will attempt to magnetically attach to the cause of said action, whether it be a person or object. Upon connection to the source, it will be unable to continue said immoral action.
Subjects in possession of an RPC-492 instance begin reporting memories of superhero films, television programs, comics, and merchandise that do not exist. These memories remain internally consistent and are often accompanied by strong emotional attachment.
Examples of such false memories include:
- Recollections of a blockbuster film entitled "Spider-Batman vs. The Incredible Accountant."
- Memories of a seven-season television series featuring "Laser Woman."
- Detailed discussions regarding the cultural impact of the fictional hero "Captain Lightning Shark."
Affected individuals become increasingly hostile when confronted with evidence that these media properties never existed.
When an RPC-492 instance is in the presence of another, the two will exhibit the same anomalous magnetic-like attraction to each other. When psychically connected, the two instances will begin melting into each other and combine into a single figurine combining the traits and appearance of the two previous instances and increasing its durability.
Addendum 492-A: Discovery Log
RPC-492 was discovered on 06/18/2008, recovered from a discount retail warehouse in ███████, China. Employees reported pallets of the toys inside a sealed shipping container lacking any customs documentation.
Security footage revealed the container had appeared overnight in an empty loading bay. No vehicle arrival was recorded.
From both the footage and witness testimonies, warehouse employees had opened the container and begun unpacking and stocking the RPC-492 instances. At approximately 02:13 local time, warehouse security footage recorded a forklift operator leaving a vehicle unattended while its engine remained active. The vehicle subsequently rolled forward and collided with an isolated storage rack.
The impact caused several pallets of merchandise to fall, including the RPC-492 instances. No fatalities or injuries occurred and the warehouse employees were ordered to quickly clean up and collect any salvageable merchandise, with the only items able to be salvaged being the RPC-492 instances.
While moving debris one employee observed RPC-492-3 moving independently across the concrete floor and gathered the attention of his surrounding peers.
The instance had initially been lying approximately 8 ft from the forklift operator and had begun sliding despite no visible decline or external force
A small group of employees subsequently discovered the forklift operator inside a restricted storage area attempting to remove several cartons of merchandise from the warehouse. When confronted, the operator attempted to conceal the cartons and leave the area.
In the commotion, RPC-492-3 came into contact with the forklift operator, adhering to the operator's right ankle. At which point the operator immediately stopped attempting to conceal the cartons.
When questioned about his actions, the forklift operator displayed various excuses for his actions but remained consistent when asked about stopping his escape due to a vague “being unable to”.
The forklift operator was called in by warehouse management as the others were ordered to continue to clean up the area.
The durability of RPC-492 was observed by the employees when their clean-up efforts were finalised, and they discovered an RPC-492 instance trapped beneath the fallen storage rack.
Despite the rack and several loaded pallets resting directly on top of it, the figurine remained structurally intact.
Employees attempted to repackage the instance but discovered the figurine did not match the description of any of the packages, but was a combined amalgamation of multiple different figurines.
The employees, demonstrating sustained interest in the figurine’s structural strength, began placing increasingly heavy objects over several instances, including other storage containers and the employee vehicles. This activity continued until intervention by warehouse management.
By this point, several employees had also begun reporting memories of superhero films and television programs that other employees could not recall. Arguments concerning the existence of these properties escalated into several physical altercations.
The Authority was alerted to RPC-492 as a possible anomalous cognitive event following the emergence of reports concerning violent disputes over ‘fictional superheroes that did not exist’.
Subsequent recovery efforts identified discrepancies between the number of RPC-492 instances initially present at the warehouse and the number recovered. Eight instances were unaccounted for. This total includes instances believed to have been removed from the warehouse prior to Authority intervention, as well as instances involved in unauthorized fusions.
The current whereabouts and status of the eight missing instances remain unknown.
Addendum 492-B: Inventory Recovery
On 05/09/2025, Authority recovery teams successfully secured a complete, unopened set comprising all twelve known variants of RPC-492. This marks the first documented instance in which the entire production series has been recovered intact, allowing for comprehensive comparative analysis of both the figurines and their associated packaging.
Initial examination revealed that the numerous typographical errors and apparent misspellings printed across each package were not random manufacturing defects. When the twelve packages were arranged in numerical order, and the corrupted text was read sequentially, line by line, jumping between packages, the resulting character string formed a valid Machine Identification Code (MIC).
The extracted MIC corresponded to a ██████ TN-2739 █████████ industrial printing system. Analysis of the encoded metadata identified the machine responsible for manufacturing the packaging, including embedded records describing the location and date of production.
At first, this discovery was considered a significant investigative breakthrough, with the expectation that the encoded data would reveal the location of an undocumented Amazing Co. manufacturing facility. However, further analysis produced results inconsistent with known physical reality.
The printer metadata indicated that the packaging and, by extension, the associated RPC-492 figures were manufactured in the year 1639, at a spatial coordinate approximately 15 metres above the surface of Massachusetts Bay.
No evidence exists that industrial printing technology, the identified printing platform, or Amazing Co. itself existed during the seventeenth century. Furthermore, the reported coordinates correspond to open air above a body of water with no recorded structures, either historical or contemporary, capable of housing manufacturing equipment.
Repeated verification of the extracted MIC, including reconstruction using independent decoding methods and redundant software environments, produced identical results. No evidence of corruption, transcription error, or deliberate falsification has been identified.
Current Authority consensus considers the encoded metadata to be either:
- An anomalously genuine manufacturing record generated under presently unknown conditions;
- Evidence that Amazing Co. possesses access to methods of production unconstrained by conventional chronology or spatial locality; or
- An intentional information construct designed to obstruct forensic investigation.
Investigation into Amazing Co.'s historical operations has subsequently been elevated to Priority Level-3, with retrospective review of all previously recovered Amazing Co. related anomalies currently underway in an effort to identify similar manufacturing inconsistencies.