Item #: SCP-1477
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1477 is currently contained in a high-security vault
at Sector-25 with Level 4 access.
Following Incident 1477-01 testing with SCP-1477 has been suspended.
Archived Test Procedures 1477-01
Experimentation with SCP-1477 should take place in an adequately ventilated test chamber,
lined with 10cm thick lead plating.
The power cable and any other electrical equipment should be replaced after each use to prevent
degradation.
Personnel should wear radiological safety equipment at all times during testing; SCP-1477
is to be operated remotely and personnel should not be present in the test chamber while SCP-1477
is in operation.
Description: SCP-1477 is a child's electric oven with simplified temperature controls
and a non-functional hob.
The object bears the logo of defunct toy manufacturer Girard Toys and internal components date from
1980, though no such product appears in the company's records and production by Girard
assets had ceased by this date.
When activated SCP-1477 emits significant gamma and beta radiation.
Matter placed within SCP-1477 while it is activated undergoes spontaneous nuclear transmutation,
converting into a lighter element - its atomic number is reduced by an amount equivalent
to SCP-1477's current temperature setting per hour.
When recovered SCP-1477 was set to '3' - settings 1-5 appear on the instrumentation, though
setting '5' appears to possess no anomalous characteristics, instead causing SCP-1477
to act as a conventional oven with a temperature of 180°C.
SCP-1477 has been determined to operate by transferring via unknown means proton-neutron
pairs from within SCP-1477 to matter surrounding the object, which is transmuted into a heavier
element.
In experimentation SCP-1477 transmitted subatomic particles between 3m and 10m from their original
location; this distance inversely correlates with the object's temperature setting.
Given that higher settings result in a greater number of particles transferred but no observed
increase in electrical draw, this may suggest the range of transferral positively correlates
with energy input.
After initial experimentation it was deemed necessary to implement a strong ventilation
system in the test chamber, as transmutation of the surrounding atmosphere leads to markedly
elevated levels of helium, neon and mildly radioactive fluorine and sodium, together
on higher settings with formation of magnesium, which presents a fire risk, especially paired
with the highly ionised materials generated by SCP-1477.
SCP-1477's own components appear proof against this effect - during experimentation parts
from SCP-1477 were swapped with those of a regular oven (designated SCP-1477-1), which
was similarly tested to determine at what point it began to demonstrate SCP-1477's anomalous
effects.
The result was that SCP-1477 continued to operate as previously observed - albeit with
the rapid degradation of the foreign components - until all internal components had been moved
over to SCP-1477-1.
SCP-1477-1 demonstrated no anomalous effects until the transfer of the final component
- one of the non-functional hob heating elements - whereupon it demonstrated all effects previously
associated with SCP-1477.
However, testing of SCP-1477-1 at Setting 4 resulted in the rapid transmutation of the
oven's aluminum structural elements into chlorine gas, presenting a further hazard to researchers.
All components have at time of writing been returned to SCP-1477's original exterior.
Recovery Log SCP-1477
SCP-1477 was recovered from a surburban residence in north Hampshire, England after Foundation
personnel were notified of a major radiological hazard.
In addition to the radiation produced by the object, large portions of the surrounding
house had been converted into radioisotopes of heavy metals, causing an intense fire.
SCP-1477 was found, largely undamaged, in what had been a first storey bedroom.
The only survivor, Mrs Katherine N██████ , aged 38, died 2 days later in Foundation
custody and was unable to provide clear insight into SCP-1477's origins.
Human skeletal remains composed primarily of titanium (presumably having decayed from
vanadium-46) were found in proximity to SCP-1477: dental records were matched to Alfie N██████
(aged 9).
On recovery traces of mercury and platinum were found in SCP-1477's interior, together
with a thin sheet of lithium bearing writing in what tests revealed to be a compound of
sulfur.
Much of the text was illegible with the exception of the following fragment, which appears to
be an excerpt from the alchemical Ripley Scroll:
"In the sea without lees [ILLEGIBLE] eating his wings variable and maketh himself yet
full stable.
When all his feathers be from him gone he standeth still here as a stone [ILLEGIBLE]
And all so the stone to quicken the dead"
Incident Report 1477-01
On 03/04/2012 use of SCP-1477 was approved to generate a quantity of elemental gallium
for use in the containment of SCP-████.
The approved procedure required continuous use of SCP-1477 at its lowest setting to reduce
the atomic number of samples of arsenic.
The first sample was converted through germanium to gallium correctly and the second sample
inserted.
During this period it appears that an area of the lead plating in SCP-1477's containment
area was converted to bismuth and subsequently polonium; previous testing at higher temperature
settings had failed to produce this effect as the radius of SCP-1477's effect was insufficient
to reach the walls of the test chamber.
At 2 hours 15 minutes into the experiment, a significant mass of the plating was converted
into astatine and explosively vaporised, causing 12 casualties including 3 fatalities.
Agents B██████ and P█████ subsequently retrieved SCP-1477 from the containment
unit and removed it from the facility by force.
The object was recovered 7 hours later when the Foundation vehicle used was located on
the A3 near Guildford; both agents had been immobilised by radiation poisoning and subsequently
expired.
Interrogation of Agent B██████ before his death revealed both men to have
been in the employ of the CI, having hoped to obtain SCP-1477 and utilise its properties
for financial gain.
Whether this is linked to the rumoured decline in effectiveness of the anomalous object known
as the 'Staff of Hermes' remains unknown.
It is believed that Agent P█████ deliberately orchestrated the experiment which
led to Incident 1477-01, and all personnel involved in the formulation and approval of
this experiment remain under investigation to determine any further links to the group.
SCP-1477 appears to have sustained damage during the incident and its instrumentation
no longer reliably corresponds to the change in atomic number effected - this loss of predictability
militates against further experimentation with SCP-1477.