For the past three weeks, a small marine conservationist team had been idling off the coast of the
Aralkum desert, studying a particular spot in the Aral sea.
The spot had unusually high radiation readings and there were no other readings like it for
miles on end.
The team decided to investigate the cause of the spike.
They anchored the boat, and put on their hazmat diving suits, before diving into the ocean.
As they swam deeper through the waters, their headlamps illuminated the ocean floor, and
one by one, the members started to make out a giant, human-like shape peering below the
depths.
They got closer, and their monitors were reading higher and higher amounts of radiation.
They had found the source.
The members landed on the giant’s surface and found a main hatch loated on its torso.
They pulled out blowtorches and tried getting into it, but it proved to be too much for
their tools.
After trying for about twenty minutes, the team resurfaced and decided to call their
higher ups to report what they had found.
Less than thirty minutes later, a GRU-P helicoptor flew to the scene and pulled a giant mechanical
humanoid from out of the water.
The team watched as the mechanical colossus was airlifted away and disappeared into the
distance.
Despite demanding answers, the members of the marine
conservationist team never found out what they were a part of that day...
Welcome to SCP Exposed.
Today, we bring you safe-class subject number two four zero six, also known as
the colossus, but before we begin, be sure to leave a like and hit the
notification bell so you don’t miss out on any future SCP cases.
SCP two four zero six is a lifeless mechanical automaton, standing
ninety-three meters, or approximately three hundred five
feet in height, and weighing close to two hundred and ten tons, or
four hundred and twenty thousand pounds.
SCP two four zero six was first discovered on August 7, 1985 in the
Aralkum desert during a scouting mission to study the source of
exceptionally high radiation levels in the area.
It was contained by the secretive Russian GRU-P
division until the fall of the Soviet Union, where it was then
transported to the foundation.
Despite the location of where it was discovered, researchers believe
two four zero six was built somewhere near the Aegean Sea as
the Aegean numeral for the number nine is inscribed on the outer
plating of its torso.
Its body is composed of an alloy made up of copper, zinc, nickel,
lead, and iron.
The mixture gives the colossus its bronze hue.
Testing has concluded the SCP has had no prior sentience, and
requires at least six human operators to function properly.
It is estimated there are close to one
hundred and sixty different levers and valves located within the
colossus’ interior.
Its limbs function via pneumatics,
hydraulics, and clockwork, and are powered by a nuclear reactor
located in the torso.
The SCP’s right arm is equipped with a high pressure nozzle with a
tube connected to a 20,800 liter
tank located on its back.
When the test subject was found, the tank
had already been depleted.
Chemical testing results show traces of
sulfer, pine resin, and calcium phosphide.
The resulting solution is undetermined.
On December 12, 1998, the left arm of the SCP was discovered, located
32 kilometers from its body.
Evidence suggests the arm had been thrown to the area after having
been severed.
It is equipped with what has been described by
Foundation members as a weapon of anomolous manufacture, design, and
capabilities.
While researchers have been unable to determine if
the weapon was ever used prior to two four zero six’s deactivation,
It has been theorized it could cause considerable damage to local
reality, and as such, has not been reattached to the colossus.
Foundation personnel cut through the substantial amount of rust and
oxidation on the colossus, and were able to access the SCP’s main
hatch.
Upon opening and examination of the inside, researchers
discovered the skeletal remains of multiple human bodies within.
Radiocarbon dating revealed that the SCP operators deceased
somewhere around 1200-1000 BCE.
The armor they were found in appeared
to be Mycenaean in origin, and the helmets were designed to completely
cover the head with a green tinted glass visor over the face.
Tubes made of goat intestine connected
from the mouth of the helmet allowed for direct air access.
The inside of the colossus was equipped
with multiple tubes, which researchers suggest were meant for
the operators as a way to stay hydrated and expel waste from
within SCP two four zero six.
Although the test subject is listed as inactive, it could
hypothetically be reactivated through repair, as most of its
physical damage appears to have come from combat.
The head, torso, and left leg show multiple signs of
deep puncture wounds, suggesting researchers to believe it was
attacked by an unidentified anomolous, underwater organism.
Evidence also revealed the SCP’s nuclear-powered reactor core had
melted through the back of its torso, and leaked into the earth,
where it burned eight hundred and twenty meters deep at more than
twenty one hundred degrees farenheit.
It has been hypothesized that the reactor --when intact--
functioned in a similar manner to nuclear fission reactors, leading
researchers to believe the creators of two four zero six were aware of
power technology commonly used in modern technology and attempted to
mimic the process.
Several religious scrolls associated with the old church of
the broken god were also found inside the colossus, located in a
water-tight cylinder in its torso.
Written in an unusual script derived from Mycenaean Greek, it
took Foundation linguists and additional translators ten years to
decipher this unique system of writing.
The first translated scroll reads as follows:
The Colossi were constructed in Her Schema.
The Colossi were constructed to [defend/secure/contain?].
The Enemy: Grand Karcist Ion.
Betrayer of Man.
Destroyer of Progress.
Sorcerer King of Adytum.
A desolate domain, a failed and fallen creation, built with the
[bodies/flesh] of dead gods.
Upon a throne of black ambition, the Enemy plots.
The Enemy is not a priest.
They are a merchant.
And they have sold the
[world/whole/totality].
The Colossi were constructed in Her Schema.
The Colossi were constructed to defend.
The Profane Tools must be uncreated.
Drink deep the silver blood of MEKHANE.
May Her sacrifice not be in vain?
Because of the developments of this translation, researchers are
looking into the possibility of more instances of two four zero
six.
The second scoll translated is a testament of Matriarch Eupraxia,
Legates-Faithful, Servent of Mekahne, ancient precursor to the
church of the broken god.
An exerpt of the translation reads as
follows: I am not a warrior.
But all warriors are dead.
Breaking themselves upon the Enemy’s host.
The Enemy has set their plan into motion.
The Sorcerer King surrounds himself with corpses.
To fight, is to grow his legions.
Egypt retreats from the world.
The Hittites have fallen into chaos.
The Conspirators of Crete5 have sacrificed their own.
The Aegean6 has fallen into barbarism.
To this day, SCP two four zero six is kept within the foundation
walls, still under research.
There have been no recorded incidents
related to the the colossus to this day.