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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Secure Containment Procedures: Every 60 days, every Foundation employee must affirm, in writing or verbally, that they are not Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick. This affirmation may be done via a predesignated email link, or to their immediate superior in person, writing, or over radio communication. Foundation supervisors are required to file the responses of their direct reports having completed this task before the 60th day of each 90-day period.
Access to this containment file must be held behind an affirmation that the user attempting to access this file is not Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick.
External affairs is advised to be certain that any person being processed for intake as new Foundation personnel is not named Edward Carter Hardwick.
Any Foundation personnel claiming to be Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick should be reported to site security for immediate termination. Claims that such an utterance were unintentional, humorous, or in jest are not defenses against this protocol.
In the unlikely event of the manifestation of SCP-XXXX-A, they are not to be engaged and their target should be terminated immediately. If this is not possible, SCP-XXXX-A should be allowed to proceed to their target without resistance.
Description: SCP-XXXX is the identity of Edward Carter Hardwick, born July 7, 1987. Members of the Foundation who are unaware of the nature of SCP-XXXX may, without warning, manifest SCP-XXXX. At such a time, their own identity slowly becomes overwritten with SCP-XXXX. Initial effects include identifying with the name Edward Carter Hardwick, or exhibiting behaviors and mannerisms consistent with Edward Carter Hardwick. If there is no intervention at this point, they will begin to lose memories of their own identity as SCP-XXXX parasitically consumes their psyche. Once this process is complete, SCP-XXXX will cause a memetic response in others around the subject, who will begin to identify the subject as Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick. At this point, thirteen humanoid entities will manifest within a 1 mile radius of the subject, collectively designated SCP-XXXX-A.
SCP-XXXX only impacts Foundation personnel, and will not manifest on any Foundation agent who makes a conscious effort to declare they are not Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick on a regular basis, usually 90 days. SCP-XXXX-A does not impact D-Class Personnel.
Addenda XXXX.1: SCP-XXXX-A
SCP-XXXX-A is a paramilitary group consisting of what appear to be eleven males and two females in modern and advanced tactical gear. SCP-XXXX-A is armed with high explosives, heavy firearms, and numerous anomalous and non-anomalous equipment including:
- (13) SIG Sauer M17 service pistols
- (8) Colt M4A1 Carbine rifles with ACOG optic and vertical forward grip
- (3) Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine guns
- (1) U.S.-spec AT-4 Anti-tank weapon capable of firing repeatedly without reload
- (1) Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle (EBR)
- (7) MM-1 "Minimore" anti-personnel devices
- an apparently unlimited number of M67 grenades
On more than one occasion, SCP-XXXX-A have manifested inside a Foundation Security site. Their only motivation is to kill Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick.
Members of SCP-XXXX-A appear to be as vulnerable to damage as a living human in similar gear would be, but upon death they vanish and instantaneously remanifest nearby fully restocked and with no prior injury. This effect will also occur if they are rendered unconscious, detained and unable to escape, or physically blocked from reaching Edward Carter Hardwick. Their tactical operation will continue until the target is reached, overwhelming their enemies through sheer attrition. Upon the death of Edward Carter Hardwick, SCP-XXXX-A will demanifest.
Addenda XXXX.2: Edward Carter Hardwick
Former credentials of Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick.
Edward Carter Hardwick was, as far as Foundation records indicate, employed by the Covert Operations Division from 2013 to 2019 as an embedded agent in occult paramilitary organization ████████████████ in an attempt to neutralize their operations. During the time of said operation, Hardwick was involved in numerous situations involving the organization's experimentation with infohazardous materials and rituals. (See Field Operations Log 554-FK-101.B)
In late 2019, Hardwick's cover was compromised by a Foundation double agent (Who has since been terminated). Hardwick was confronted by leading members of ████████████████ and, as a last resort, performed an as-yet-unknown memetic modification ritual on himself and his attackers.
Addenda XXXX.3: Security Footage: Interview with Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick
Prior to the creation of the above protocols, a Foundation agent (identity unknown) was affected by SCP-XXXX. This short interview occurred.
Interviewer: Cpt. Greg Reynold, Site-91
Interviewee: Foundation Agent Edward Carter HardwickReynold: State your name. Quickly.
Hardwick: Edward Carter Hardwick.
Reynold: Why are you here?
Hardwick: I work here. I'm a Foundation Agent.
Reynold: What do you remember about your assignment with ████████████████? Quickly, please.
Hardwick: I did what I needed to do to escape.
Reynold: Stop being vague, we don't have time. What did you do? Why is your identity manifesting in other people?
Hardwick: It's not my identity anymore. It's someone else's.
Reynold: I'm not playing games with you, Hardwick! What, you're…you're somewhere else, right? And your identity is floating around, dissociated from you somehow?
Hardwick: Right.
Reynold: Because ████████████████ can't find you if someone else has your identity.
Hardwick: Bingo.
Reynold: And them?
Hardwick: They're trapped in their own short-sighted goals. Too many reality-breaking rituals, and they got stuck in a loop. On the bright side, as long as they keep coming after me, they won't come after anybody else. Threat neutralized. Operation successful, chief. (laughs)
Reynold: But why does it only affect the Foundation? Why does your identity follow us? Why does it keep happening? Is it because someone burned you? You want us to keep getting attacked?
Hardwick: What? No, I thought it was obvious.
Reynold deals a heavy punch to Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick, grabs him by the collar, and slams him into the table.
Reynold: Stop fucking around! Tell me!
Hardwick: (coughs blood) If I did it to anyone else…if my identity went anywhere else…
Reynold: What? What would happen? (He shakes Hardwick as an explosion is heard off-camera.) Tell me!
Hardwick: It would be harder for you to contain it.
Reynold: What?
Hardwick: Secure, contain—
Reynold lets go of Hardwick, and dives through a doorway as SCP-XXXX-A breaches the other side of the room. Foundation Agent Edward Carter Hardwick is fatally struck by a number of bullets and SCP-XXXX-A demanifests.