Item #: SCP-2047
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2047 is to be held in a containment chamber which
utilizes a Faraday mesh in its construction to block incoming or outgoing radio signals.
SCP-2047 is to be monitored for radio communications.
Any radio signals, or changes in the intensity of light sourcing from SCP-2047 are to be
reported immediately to the site director.
MTF Omega-4 "Foreign Exchange Students" is to monitor major astronomical centers and
public communications for claims relating to details of the SCP-2047-1 event or its
effects.
Amnestics are to be administered to any non-Foundation personnel possessing knowledge of anomalous
data in relation to the SCP-2047-1 event.
MTF Omega-4 is also to monitor and contain any spacetime anomalies resulting from event
2047-1, as well as displaced biomass, non-Euclidean intersections of terrain, and transplanted
matter.
Description: SCP-2047 is a hollow iron sphere with a 40 cm diameter, covered in language
originating from Theta-c.
These inscriptions describe the process that occurs in Event 2047-A, as a warning system
for the target planet.
The surface of SCP-2047 has so far proved unnaturally resistant to attempts to open
or cut into the cavity inside.
Scans of SCP-2047's innards only reveal the basic outline for advanced machinery.
Nothing is understood about how SCP-2047 functions or how it is capable in assisting in Event
2047-A, other than to relay a radio signal back to Theta-c.
Event Log 2047-A-1973:
Day 1, 7/13/1973: At 00:01:01, Earth and an exoplanet designated Theta-c undergo an exchange
of spatial position.
Earth is deposited in Theta-c's previous solar system, while Theta-c takes Earth's spot in
the old Sol System.
The process occurs instantaneously.
No contact can be established with the lunar Minerva project.
(See Supplement 2047-E for information on Theta-c.)
Day 2, 7/14: Radio transmission is relayed through SCP-2047 at 01:32:57, via its spatial
anomaly and multi-locational existence.
Radio transmissions are initially audible and are initiated in an unknown language (presumed
to be one of those used on Theta-c).
Over the next 12 hours, the language converts into increasingly fluent English, until full
communications between Earth and Theta-c are established.
Theta-c's "interstellar exchange program" is first described.
The Foundation requests a reversal of Event 2047-A. Theta-c responds with denial.
Day 113, 11/1 : Knowledge of Event 2047-A eventually spreads over the first two weeks.
The Foundation has no viable method of hiding the knowledge of the cosmic shift.
Religious institutions experience a peak in attendance, and some reform their values to
accommodate for this event, while others dissipate entirely.
No knowledge of the existence of other sentient life reaches the public.
As news of the loss of the Minerva project reaches the public, however, general anxiety
increases.
Foreign relations between major powers become strained as the United States, Soviet Union,
and China enter a space race to explore the new solar system.
The Middle East experiences a non-violent wave of protests and demonstrations in response
to the upheaval of the known world, and unrest with their civil governments.
Containment efforts by the Foundation are beginning to become problematic due to the
Foundation's use of resources on continued efforts to prevent societal collapse.
Requests to Theta-c for assistance are denied.
(See Supplement 2047-F for information on previous exploration of the solar system.)
Day 286, 4/23/1974: Containment of Keter-level SCP objects grows increasingly difficult and
strains a majority of Foundation resources.
Hostilities between nations increase as they become increasingly suspicious of one another.
The United Nations becomes a strained force, not very effective in mitigating the deterioration
of relations.
Southeast Asia experiences a systematic political repression as China falls behind in the Space
Race, followed by religious accusations in response to the increased volume of religious
activity.
Requests to Theta-c for assistance, following a presentation of detriments to the human
race, is approved.
Day 339, 6/17: A collaboration between Theta-c and Earth is initiated in order to attempt
to reverse the detriments of Event 2047-A. Theta-c announces to the Foundation that reversal
of the entire process is impossible, but suggests that a localized reality reset may be viable.
Using a combination of SCP-2047 and Theta-c's technology, a CK-class Reality Restructuring
Scenario is created, and includes a mass change to astronomical data, records, and memories
revolving around the field of astronomy.
This restructuring also resets the date on Earth to July 13th, 1973.
Foundation staff at Site-88 (which houses SCP-2047) maintain full records relating to
Earth's previous location, and are excluded from the reality restructuring in order to
facilitate the further suppression of knowledge.
After a full debriefing of top Foundation personnel, the residents of Theta-c are informed
that further collaboration with the Foundation would not be continued due to an unacceptable
risk of societal collapse stemming from uncertainty relating to previous events.
Post-Reset Day 146, 12/5/1973: Apollo-18 space mission to Earth's new natural satellite is
launched.
Included on-board are the personnel and materials required to produce replicas that match the
vehicles left behind by Apollo 11-17, as well as establish a temporary lunar settlement
to begin re-establishment of the Foundation's lunar sites.
Post-Reset Day 156, 12/15: Foundation Lunar Site-190 begins construction, with resupply
loads arriving on a weekly schedule.
Post-Reset Day 1517, 7/5/1977: Voyager 1 mission launches in order to better ascertain the
details of the solar system that Earth now resides in.
Minimal data was relayed from Theta-c after the exchange, but further investigation is
warranted as necessary.
Pertinent Debriefing Materials:
Supplement 2047-E
Planet Theta-c, also known as "Pycole" by its inhabitants, is the densest planet in
its respective solar system.
Theta-c houses approximately 9.144 billion different species, in the best translation
between nomenclature systems possible.
Its sentient population is distributed among nineteen minor continents and one major landmass,
including 147 independent governments.
However, all states are connected to one central government that is housed on the major landmass.
The apparent age of Theta-c is 4.7 billion years, exceeding the Earth's approximate age
by around 0.2 billion years.
The development of both anaerobic and aerobic life assisted in the creation of this planet's
ozone layer, although aquatic-based lifeforms were more prominent in Theta-c's development
of sentient life.
Its gravitational force is 9.582 m/s2, just below that of Earth's.
Each day on Theta-c is just above 24 Earth hours.
For every two centuries on Theta-c, there is approximately one additional Earth day.
Inhabitants of Theta-c are a sentient race of semi-aquatic, bipedal humanoids.
They have a chitin - scale aggregate above their epidermis, with the majority of their
internal organ systems being similar to that of a human's.
Through glands above their sternum, similar to gills, they are able to maintain a limited
ability to breathe underwater.
In contemporary Theta-c society, however, civilization is land-based, with very few
underwater establishments, and all establishments of this type are research-centered.
Philosophy of Theta-c largely revolves around olfactory expansion and the resulting effects
on cognition.
Inhabitants of Theta-c believe that taste is the most fundamental sensory experience
in existence, and as such provides the most connection with the universe around them.
Religious institutions are based on schools of thought on the effects of culinary design
and their relations to cognition.
There is no mention of the belief of a deity.
Theta-c's technology is advanced past that of the Foundation's, as interactions have
related.
Theta-c's inhabitants show a strong desire for travel and knowledge, and thus utilize
SCP-2047 to perform a process of solar travel.
According to Theta-c, instances of SCP-2047 can be found in many solar systems around
the universe, sent out to planets of highly similar physical qualities.
Using these, they travel system to system, exchanging planets.
It was stated that Earth was far from the first to undergo an exchange, although Theta-c
has also expressed a reluctance to continue this practice, after observing the detriment
caused to Earth.
Supplement 2047-F
The former Sol system, prior to Event 2047-1, contained a single main sequence star of 1.0034
solar masses.
It was home to 6 planets, including 2 terrestrial worlds in addition to Earth and 3 gas giants.
All planets in the Sol System were named for deities in Roman and Greek mythology.
Their names were, starting closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Hera, Jupiter,
and Pluto.
A 7th planet, Neptune, was found in the asteroid belt between Mercury and Venus in the earliest
part of the 20th century, but due to the recent discovery of several similarly sized worlds
beyond Pluto, including Athena, which was 1.7 times the size of Neptune, it was decided
to reclassify these worlds and Neptune as "dwarf planets".
For more information on our previous Solar System, Supplement 2047-K along with Document
Collection Phi are recommended reading.
The primary focus of this supplement, however, is to provide information on exploration efforts
of the previous Sol System and cultural impacts of the changes enacted by the residents of
Theta-c, specifically that of moon exploration programs.
It should be noted that Earth's original moon was similar in composition to that of its
new system, though the topography was drastically different (as outlined in Document Collection
Phi).
The space program of the United States in 1969 placed men on the moon.
However, it became apparent that future exploration of our solar system would need to take place
in earth orbit or from the surface of the moon.
After the conclusion of the Apollo program with Apollo 17 in late 1972, the Minerva missions
were undertaken to place a permanent human presence on the moon.
With few exceptions, including the resupply mission Minerva 18, which exploded just after
takeoff on December 29, 1972, this program was a stunning success.
The original program was discontinued in January of 1973, mostly due to the loss of Minerva
18.
Private contractors began providing manpower and technology for most resupply missions
and the Minerva Bases were considered an integral centerpiece to an era of stability and world
peace beginning in 1973.
By that time, approximately 2,500 individuals of various nationalities lived in a number
of lunar bases.
Beyond the religious ramification of the exchange itself, the cultural impact of losing these
accomplishments was a primary catalyst for the eventual societal breakdowns.