Item #: SCP-217
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Containment area is to be kept behind two reverse-pressure airlocks. Chemical shower sterilization, full contained-atmosphere haz-mat suits, and 24-hour post-interaction quarantine and testing are mandatory for all personnel entering containment area. Should containment be breached, the blast door for the containment and research area will seal, and chemical agent ZEER-217-11 will be pumped into the air.
Any humans exposed to SCP-217 are to be contained and held for observation. Any items touched by those affected by SCP-217 must be sterilized.
Description: SCP-217 is a virus, incurable by current means, with a rate of infectivity at 100%. It affects all organisms in the
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Some have reported a feeling of “fluttering” or “moving” under the skin, coupled with a persistent “ticking” noise. This noise seems most prominent when SCP-217 infects the shoulders, neck, and head; however, it is audible if recording equipment is pressed against an affected area.
Initial infection of SCP-217 is, as has been already stated, almost undetectable. As the infection advances, subjects will begin to feel sharp, “tearing” pain in areas that are being “converted”. It has been compared to a knife wound or a deep muscle tear, and can persist for hours, or several days, depending on both the subject and the area affected. The new clockwork organs appear to tear and rip at tissue for a short time, before becoming fully integrated and settling into the surrounding tissue, and this is believed to account for the pain.
Areas infected appear to be metal, mainly brass, steel, and iron. Other substances have been reported, appearing to be leather, rubber, glass, wood, and other basic materials. Despite appearances, it is purely organic material, and even carries a subject’s DNA. Organs and tissues affected appear more resilient than normal, carrying the same strength and density as the materials they resemble, instead of normal tissue density. Areas damaged repair over time, but is much slower than standard human
The Technical Escort Unit (TEU) now provides the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to include the Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation with an immediate response capability for chemical and biological warfare material. Its mission is to provide a global response for escorting, packaging, detection, rendering-safe, disposing, sampling, analytics, and remediation missions. This does not only include chemical weapons for which it was originally created, but now incorporates biological weapons, state sponsored laboratories, small independent laboratories and small non-weaponized radioactive materials. Most recently, they have been task organized to assist Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) as a force multiplier; the objective of this is to give the Battle Field Commander instant on the ground intelligence regarding Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) hazards within their Area of Operations (AO). With this new mission with the BCT, the TEU is becoming an expeditionary force.
Trabelsi, H., Dendana, F., Sellami, A., Sellami, H., Cheikhrouhou, F., Neji, S., … Ayadi, A. (2012). Pathogenic
Each Special Operations Force group is assigned two specialized Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBRN) units to perform reconnaissance and decontamination operations. The Special Operations Chemical Response Detachment (CRD) is responsible for conducting chemical reconnaissance in secrecy, ...
...ve material, and detonators. As a result, the bomb casing was destroyed; most of the explosive material burned up, but a case of four spare detonators and the nuclear capsule were recovered undamaged. Since the components were separated, it was impossible for a nuclear detonation to occur. Had these safety measures not been put in place, the situation could very well have been much worse.
Multidervice Tactics, Techniques, and Proceedures for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Protection (FM 3-11.4). (2003).
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Doctor Welton, who was his new doctor and had been seeing him for about two years now said “well I am going to have to evaluate you to get to the real cause of the problem”. Before starting the evaluation John gave doctor Welton all that he had been experiencing up until this point, including the mysteriously painful bump on his knee. After the doctor checked his blood pressure, checked his ears, and throat he did a skin analysis oh John and his knee bump. The doctor said “well John, I believe you have a staph infection”. John asked “what is a staph infection”? Doctor Welton went on to describe it as Staph infection, being a bacteria known medically as Staphylococcus that is present on most human skin. He went on to say that Staph can be activated by minor cuts, abrasions, burns, skin to skin contact with someone who has it, sharing razors, and dirty uniforms of any sort. When he heard dirty uniforms John started to remember that he had forgotten to wash hid football pants for like a week and a half straight and maybe that what caused the staph to to break out how it did. Doctor Walton also explained that staph can become fatal if the bacteria work its way into your joints, bones, heart, or lungs. “The symptoms you told me you were experiencing John” doctor Walton said “are typical of
been previously touched by an infected person, will transmit the disease to the healthy person who
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Witter, R. Z., Martyny, J. W., Mueller, K., Gottschall, B. & Newman, L.S. (2007). Symptoms
Headquarters, Department of the Army (31 August 2007), FM 3-05.132 Army Special Operations Forces Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Operations,
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