It’s back guys - we can’t escape the cosmic pull of that mysterious and maniacial place
known only as the SCP Foundation.
As we stated in part one of this particular list, a general is nothing without it’s
army - and despite the chaotic capabilities of many of the SCP Foundations most powerful
officials, researchers and scientists - they’d be nothing without the awesome capabilities
of some of it’s most specialized units.
With excrement hits the proverbial fan, which it so often does in the anomalous world of
the SCP Foundation - they call in one of their many Mobile Task Forces to clean up the mess.
So, let’s see who’s who in Part 2.
Hello horror fans - what’s going on, and once again welcome back to the scariest channel
on YouTube, Top 5 Scary Videos.
As per usual, I’ll be your horror host Jack Finch - as today, we curiously take a look
at the Top 5 Mobile Task Forces In The SCP Foundation - Part 2.
Roll the clip.
For the curious amongst you, that clip was from 2018’s Annihilation, directed by Alex
Garland - which is actually a fantastic visual depiction that comes pretty close to the frightening
world of the SCP Foundation - so if you’re a fan that hasn’t seen it, you should definitely
check it out.
Also, if anything like the Shimmer ever happened - they’d definitely be sending in a Mobile
Task Force to try and clean up the mess, so yeah - go figure.
Kicking off at Number 5 - Alpha 9 - (Codename: “Last Hope”)
And with this initial entry, we’re kind of getting two Mobile Task Forces for the
price of one - because as we all know, you can’t reference Alpha-9 without paying your
dues to the Mobile Task Force that came before them - Omega-7 - AKA Pandora’s Box, a unit
that was completely wiped out by the very SCP that formed the basis of it, Able - AKA
SCP-076, an immortal humanoid that can survive the power of a nuclear bomb, and just so happens
to be really good at killing things.
The Foundation decided to form a Mobile Task Force around his capabilities - and soon brought
in SCP-105 to augment their capabilities.
Well, as is the same with many disasters in the SCP Foundation - things went really, really
bad - Able essentially went rogue, and killed pretty much everyone involved.
Omega-7 was disbanded, decommissioned and struck from all records.
But then enter Mobile Task Force Alpha-9 - AKA Last Hope - a recent attempt at a second chance
of blending anomalies with the infrastructure of the Foundation.
As the record states, Alpha-9 is the Reborn Omega-7 - A Mobile Task Force explicitly intended
to train and utilize humanoid SCP Objects in the field, built around the surviving SCP-105
and headed by Dr. Light.
As far as operations go - it seems that so far, so good - and Last Hope have acted exactly
how the Foundation intended - to exploit and harness the all-powerful abilities of anomalous
objects and humanoids to their advantage.
Surely it can’t go wrong a second time, right?
Coming in next at Number 4 - Pi-1 - (Codename: City Slickers)
And in our previous list, we gave a direct nod to Mobile Task Force Epsilon-6 - AKA Village
Idiots, a hands on clean up crew that deals with the consequences of any anomalous events
out in the rural parts of the planet - but when things involve the big city lights of
Planet Earth - they call in Mobile Task Force Pi-1 - AKA - City Slickers - and yeah, in
actual fact they’re pretty much as cool as they sound.
Also, Pi-1 are perhaps one of the few task forces that have been involved in the most
amount of anomalous events - and their track record is something to be admired by the powers
that be in the Foundation.
As the record states, Mobile Task Force Pi-1 specializes in the investigation, containment
and subsequent cleanup of anomalies in densely-populated urban environments, particularly in the New
York metropolitan area - where the vast majority of their wet work occurs.
These guys are essentially stone-cold, chain smoking detectives that thrive in the underbelly
of big city life.
If a black market anomalous deal is about to go down between a Group of Interest, City
Slickers will already be posing as a double-agent.
They were also heavily involved in the containment of SCP-688 - AKA the memetic killer chef’s
knife - and tragically lost a boat load of agents in the process.
Next up at Number 3 - Omega-144 - (Codename: Unknown)
And this entry is an incredibly interesting one - as it’s a mobile task force made up
for the sole purpose of containing the potential XK-Class Extinction Event of SCP-1844 - a
giant, firey pit that potentially serves as a gateway to a corporeal dimension of hellfire
and will spell the end of all life on Earth.
Essentially - it’s Hell - and so who do the Foundation get in to combat Hell?
Priests - of course.
Priests from literally every religion on the planet.
Yeah, I bet you didn’t see this one coming did you?
Omega-144 is literally the holiest group of people in the Foundation - an interfaith task
force that’s sole purpose is to contain the Abrahamic Apocalypse.
Their containment of SCP-1844 is fairly straightforward, and they achieve this by constantly conducting
various religious rituals, with no less than three members of the task force performing
their specific procedures at the same time.
Currently, the Task Force consists of a Benedictine Monk - a Mormon Prophet-President, a Druze
Sheikh, a Carmelite Nun - a Chabad Rabbi - the Queen of the Bobo Ashanti Mansion - a Sufi
Imam - a Mevlevi Dervish - a Samaritan High Priest - yeah, they’re covering a lot of
bases - and in doing so, their combined sheer force of piety is literally holding back the
apocalypse.
That’s teamwork, I guess.
Swinging in Next at Number 2 - Nu-7 - (Codename: Hammer Down)
And a lot of you guys were calling for Hammer Down to appear on this list - and rightly
so, because back in the day when a containment breach got far too outrageously dangerous
to handle - the Foundation would call in Mobile Task Force - Nu-7 - Codename Hammer Down - and
it indicated that they wanted to kill some anomalous entity, really, really, bad.
As the record states, Armed Mobile Task Force Nu-7 is a battalion-strength force consisting
of three company-sized elements of special operations infantry forces, a light armoured
vehicle company, tank platoon, helicopter squadron, a CBRN platoon, combat engineers
- nuclear weapons specialist - plus a multitude of support personnel.
Essentially, it’s the closest the Foundation will get to having an army of their own.
The Task Force is based primarily out of Armed Bio-Containment Area-14 - as is tasked with
the responsibility of responding to incidents that involve a loss of communication with
Major Foundation Facilities - under circumstances where a containment breach, enemy compromise
- or any other catastrophic event is suspected.
They’re the big guns - and they’re the signal in a multitude of SCP Articles that
sh*t just got real - and/or is about to hit the fan - or is hitting the fan - or the fan
is now on fire and melting through reality.
These guys have been tasked with hunting down packs of SCP-939 and containing the sites
of more world-ending anomalous viruses like SCP-610 than anyone would ever want to put
on their resume.
They also work closely with the Horizon Initiative and the Church of the Broken God - and they’re
suspected to play a large part in the coming war of the flesh.
And finally - coming in at Number 1 - Tau-5 (Codenamed: Samsara)
And - more so than with Hammer Down - you guys fervently called for Samsara to make
an appearance on this list, and of course - rightly so, because as our commenter Indra
Servo so aptly put - these guys are essentially the Foundations version of the power rangers,
and what’s cooler than immortal cyborg soldiers made from the cloned corpse of a dead god?
Yeah.
You had me at immortal cyborg soldiers.
As the record states, Mobile Task Force Tau-5 - AKA Samsara - are immortal cyborg clones
created from the flesh of a dead god recovered by the Foundation in 1988.
Tau-5 utilizes esoteric and experimental Foundation weaponry to investigate and contain thaumaturgic,
magical and psionic threats.
Impressed yet?
It’s also important to note that Samsara play a massive role in the Third Law Canon
- which is a Foundation storyline that specifically focuses on the implication of bio-organic
entities.
It is very possible that the dead god that Samsara are created from, is that of Mekhane,
the overarching figure in the Church of the Broken God - which would also be absolutely
awesome.
As some have criticised, Tau-5 *are* incredibly overpowered when compared to the other Mobile
Task Forces in the Foundation.
They can upload their consciousness to machines - infinitely immortal in technology, and then
be reuploaded to another, more powerful cyborg body.
They’re extraordinarily skilled - intelligent to superhuman levels, have anomalously augmented
physical capabilities - and also, they have flamethrowers for hands, if they so desire.
That’s just Mobile Task Force Tau-5.
They’re the best in the business for a reason.
But Samsara also cover some incredibly interesting memetic anomalies - and they’re part in
the Bart Hughes storyline is one that should definitely be discovered by any SCP Foundation
Fan.
Why don’t you take a look?
Well - there we have it horror fans - or Part 2 list for the Top 5 Mobile Task Forces In
The SCP Foundation.
What do you guys think?
Agree?
Disagree?
Think we’ve missed another incredibly interesting entry?
Why don’t you let us know your thoughts down in the comment section below, as well
as any choice picks for a potential part 3.
Before we depart from today’s video - let’s first take a quick look at some of your most
resounding remarks from over the past few days.
FMS AIFV says --
Personal opinion - the best task forces are REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED and
REDACTED.
-- Yeah, yeah.
You’ve got some great choices there FMS, can’t say I disagree with any of them.
I’m probably stick REDACTED at Number 3 though.
But yeah, otherwise that’s a great list.
Well - on that note horror fans - that’s unfortunately all we’ve got time for in
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