 Item number SCP-1050 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-1050-1 is to be maintained in a storage facility with interior dimensions of at least 5 meters by 5 meters by 32 meters. The ceiling of the storage facility, specifically the area directly above SCP-1050-1, must be shielded to block radio waves broadcast at an intensity of C- addendum 2. SCP-1050-1 is currently stored at area 179. Occurrences of SCP-1050-2 are to be located upon identification of the corresponding change in SCP-1050-1. These are to be located and confiscated by Foundation agents. SCP-1050-2 is to be stored in secured classified document storage. Instances of SCP-1050-3 must be tracked by monitoring radio telescope telemetry. When an instance of SCP-1050-3 is detected by non-foundation personnel, all records must be confiscated and or destroyed, and affected persons should be administered amnesiacs. Description SCP-1050 consists of one item, SCP-1050-1, and two related phenomena, SCP-1050-2 and SCP-1050-3. SCP-1050-1 was recovered from a secret German research facility in ██, following the conclusion of the Second World War. SCP-1050-2a was recovered from Soviet NKVD archives in ██, SCP-1050-2b was recovered from British Crown Archives in ██, SCP-1050-1's previous origins are unknown. SCP-1050-1 SCP-1050-1 is a large obelisk made of solid obsidian, with approximate dimensions of 1.48m by 1.48m by 30.5m. These measurements correspond with the archaic length measure of the Roman pace, equal to 1.48m, Dr. Von Schmidt. According to obsidian hydration dating of the obelisk, the obelisk itself was carved approximately 48,000 nine ██ years ago. Microscopic scans indicate that it is perfectly shaped at the molecular level, indicating creation requiring technology in advance that it is available at the present. The obelisk is covered by a variety of writing scripts. All apparently contain the same message. And all apparently carved with the exact same precision as the obelisk itself. The surface of the obelisk appears to be subdivided into 81.48m by 1.48m sections, each with a distinct form of writing. Of the 80 sections ██ of them have been filled in. Images of several of the carvings on SCP-1050 are in Addendum 3. Specific announces of the scripts indicate the following, in chronological order by age, except as noted. As yet unidentified scripts bearing no resemblance to any known language or writing style, past or present. What carving dates ranging from 48,000 ██ years ago to ██ years ago, these are presumed to contain the same message as the other scripts. A script of unknown origin, dating to the creation of the obelisk, whose spelling and grammatical structure resembles early forms of ancient Latin, though the alphabet and numeral system are completely different. Yahoo! symbols. SCP-1050-1 has provided the ability for linguists to read the previously indecipherable Yahoo! symbols from ancient China, but the foundation had not released any information related to the Yahoo! symbols to the scholarly linguistic community due to the classified nature of SCP-1050-1. Acadia and Kenea form. Egyptian hieroglyphs. Linear A. SCP-1050-1 has provided the ability for linguists to read the previously indecipherable Linear A from the ancient Minoan culture, but the foundation had not released any information relating to Linear A to the scholarly linguistic community due to the classified nature of SCP-1050-1. Olmec script. SCP-1050-1 has provided the ability for linguists to read the previously indecipherable Olmec script from pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, but the foundation had not released any information relating to Olmec script to the scholarly linguistic community due to the classified nature of SCP-1050-1. Classical Latin. Early medieval Swedish runes. Modern English. Circa 1891. Modern Russian. Circa 1943. The scripts all appear to contain the same message. The following is the English version of the message, as written on SCP-1050-1. What notes provide conjectural annotations by the research team? With the exception of a change in the ruler and date when the message was proclaimed again, the message appears to be identical in all languages on the obelisk. Beware the destroyers. They come by the millions from the realm of darkness, which extends where no stars shine. Conjectured to be interstellar space, possibly intergalactic space. For a thousand generations, they slumber, lying in wait. Great nations rise and flourish. There is peace and prosperity. Then comes the dark times, then they return. They cull and burn, they are warped, and move beyond the pale, bigger than any man. Unnatural bursts. Every nail, claws scale and spur. Every spike and welt on the hand of those heathen brutes is as barbed steel. It is said there is no honed iron hard enough to pierce them through. No time-proof blade that can cut their brutal blood-cared claws. Proceeding description, they are warped, claws, appears in Beowulf. Armies are raised and cut down like grasses before a sight. It is said the armies of Amora and Sodom, each ten thousand strong, were swept away between a single rising and setting sun. Archaic Tiberian Spelling of Sodom and Gomorrah. Heroes come forth and are slaughtered, lightning and fire rain from the sky, and the whole earth trembles. They are as a deluge, a powerful blood that washes away entire mighty nations and empires. Full origin of the blood-miss that appear across most ancient cultures. The people pray for deliverance from the gods. The gods bite the destroyers, but their efforts are in vain. Aeopetos. Ancient Greek Titan, son of Uranus and Gaia, father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Minotius, ancestor of the human race through Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas. Ancient immortal life. He was imprisoned in Tartarus by the Olympians. Osir, Archaic form of Osiris. Ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife, underworld, and the dead. He was killed by Seth and had his body torn into fourteen pieces, which were then scattered through the land. Ehikotl. Pre-Columbian Aztec Wendate, associated with Quetzalcoatl. Su Chang. Deified ancient Chinese general. More commonly known today as Guan Yu. All perished. The destroyers are to the gods, as the gods are to men, and men are to insects. Cold and vast and unsympathetic. The wise flee them. The lucky escape. Bity's score of great vessels were launched to seek refuge from them. Bity's score of great vessels were launched to seek refuge from them. Only those led by Sachiabot. Initial name of the Hindu figure Manu believed to be the first king to rule this earth, having saved mankind from the universal blood. Unaptishim. Survivor of the Blood Myth in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Noa. Archaic spelling of Noah from the Abrahamic Blood Myth. Dukalian, a son of Prometheus in Greek myth. He and his wife Pyra survived the Greek mythical blood by building a chest. Escaped. The dark ones banquished all before them. They have come before since before time began. Now they slumber. They will return. Beware to destroyers. Thirteen, zero five seven, nine three five, eight nine seven. In a Karen extinction event, five hundred and forty-two million years ago, thirteen, zero five seven, nine eight seven, two one two, thirteen, zero eight two, nine three seven, three six seven, end botomian extinction event, five hundred and seventeen million years ago, thirteen, zero eight two, nine eight nine, eight nine eight, thirteen, zero nine seven, nine five one, two nine nine, Dresbachian extinction event, five hundred and two million years ago, thirteen, zero nine eight, zero zero four, two four zero, thirteen, one five four, nine five zero, zero two nine, Ordovician extinction event, four hundred and forty-five million years ago, thirteen, one five four, nine nine seven, eight four one, thirteen, one seven one, nine four three, four eight six, a revicant event, four hundred and twenty-eight million years ago, thirteen, one seven one, nine nine six, three five seven, thirteen, one seven five, nine four seven, one one seven, molda event, four hundred and twenty-four million years ago, thirteen, one seven five, nine nine seven, six eight four, thirteen, one seven nine, nine four two, two eight seven, Laugh event, four hundred and twenty million years ago, thirteen, one seven nine, nine nine zero, one eight zero, thirteen, one eight three, nine four eight, seven eight one, Encelerian extinction event, four hundred and sixteen million years ago, thirteen, one eight three, nine nine nine, zero four eight, thirteen, two three two, nine five two, four seven four, late Devonian extinction event, three hundred and sixty-seven million years ago, thirteen, two three three, zero zero one, three eight eight, thirteen, two eight one, nine five one, four eight one, carboniferous rainforest collapse, three hundred and eighteen million years ago, thirteen, two eight two, zero zero two, three six four, thirteen, three two nine, nine four one, one zero eight, Olsen's extinction event, two hundred and seventy million years ago, thirteen, three two nine, nine nine zero, one five nine, thirteen, three four eight, nine four five, three five zero, Permian Triassic extinction event, two hundred and fifty-one million years ago, thirteen, three four eight, nine nine four, six five four, thirteen, three nine four, nine four two, two three seven, Triassic Jurassic extinction event, two hundred and five million years ago, thirteen, three nine four, nine nine four, six three five, thirteen, four one six, nine five three, six two eight, no arson turnover, one hundred and eighty-three million years ago, thirteen, four one seven, zero zero five, nine two zero, thirteen, four five four, four four zero, one seven four, Triassic Jurassic extinction event, one hundred and forty-five point five million years ago, thirteen, four five four, four nine two, zero three three, thirteen, four eight two, nine four four, three nine eight, Aptian extinction event, one hundred and seventeen million years ago, thirteen, four eight two, nine nine one, six six three, thirteen, five three four, four three three, three three four, Cretaceous tertiary extinction event, sixty-five point five million years ago, dinosaurs go extinct, thirteen, five three four, four eight four, two one eight, thirteen, five six six, zero six nine, one three six, Eocene oligosene extinction event, thirty-three point nine million years ago, thirteen, five six six, one one nine, six five two, thirteen, five eight five, four four six, nine one four, middle myocene disruption, fourteen point five million years ago, thirteen, five eight five, four nine nine, five five five, thirteen, five nine nine, eight nine six, seven zero three, quaternary extinction event, approximately fifty thousand years ago, thirteen, five nine nine, nine four five, six seven nine, possible date range, data expunged by O5 command, proclaimed again by Her Majesty Victoria by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, defender of the faith, impressive India in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred ninety-one. The end of the message is different for each time it is written, varying by which ruler proclaimed again the message, and by altering the date accordingly. Testing has revealed the dates of the carving of different messages to correspond with the approximate dating provided by the different iteration of the message. So far, foundation researchers have identified the following rulers, Legatis Maximus Romulus, 53,500 BCE, original carving, proto-Latin, with alternate alphabet, King Gilgamesh of Uruk, 2,500 BCE, Akkadian cuniform, Bero Cacor, soon as read the third of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, 1800 BCE, Egyptian hieroglyphs, King Midas of Manoa, 8, BCE, Linear A, Caesar Publius alias Trionus Hadriani Augusti, Emperor Hadrian of Rome, 122 CE, Classical Latin, King Eric the Victorious of Sweden, 985 CE, Early Medieval Swedish Runes, Queen Victoria of Great Britain, 1891 CE, Modern English, Premier Joseph Stalin of the Union of Soviet Socials Republics, 1943 CE, Modern Russian, most recent carving. The meaning of the series of numbers appearing in the message is not known for certain. However, if assumed to be standard earth-dears from the date of the Big Bang, then the numbers follow a pattern consistent within four significant figures with the major extinction events in the planche history, followed by a date roughly 50,000 years later. Extensive investigation into prehistoric extinction events has thus far failed to definitively confirm a connection between the events, but has similarly failed to disprove such a connection. SCP-1050-1 also admits SCP-1050-3 from its apex, despite apparently having a composition of solid obsidian. SCP-1050-2 SCP-1050-2 consists of documents with text equivalent to carvings on SCP-1050-1, apparently written by the rulers alleged by SCP-1050-1 to have proclaimed the message. The existence of SCP-1050-2 was discovered when the Russian message, apparently proclaimed by Stalin, mysteriously appeared on SCP-1050-1 overnight, while the obelisk within a Nazi research lab during the Second World War in 1943. SS researchers, discovering the mysteriously added new message, reported the development to their superiors, but no evidence for the origin of the new carving was ever determined by the Nazi research team. SCP-1050-2a, a version of the message written in Stalin's handwriting, was discovered after the war by Foundation operatives. It was located in the archives of the Soviet People's Ministry of Internal Affairs, NKVD, though there is no clear indication whether Stalin ever actually wrote the message. SCP-1050-2v, a handwritten version of the message apparently written by Queen Victoria, was recovered from British archives in 1950, where it had apparently been filed without notice. Apart from the fact that both 2a and 2b match handwriting examples of the respective apparent authors and both seem to have appeared without explanation, no anomalous properties have ever been noted in SCP-1050-2. No further instances of SCP-1050-2 have been uncovered to date. SCP-1050-3 SCP-1050-3 consists of a series of radio messages uncovered at different times by radio telescopes on four continents and in orbit. These messages consist of the following. SCP-1050-3 Cali Key Destrant SCP-131-520-067-324 SCP-131-520-231-714 SCP-131-735-163354 SCP-131-735-330-606 SCP-132-114-132-402 SCP-132-114-273-440 SCP-132-310-742-546 SCP-132-311-106-102 SCP-132-505-700-122 SCP-132-506-047-214 SCP-132-671-063-271 SCP-132-671-232-140 SCP-133-002-357-774 SCP-133-002-520-311 SCP-133-166-775-636 SCP-133-167-134-163 SCP-133-505-463-131 SCP-133-505-627-216 SCP-134-026-556-234 SCP-134-026-714-120 SCP-134-260-240-562 SCP-134-260-405-153 SCP-134-447-340-406 SCP-134-447-501-115 SCP-135-004-066-506 SCP-135-004-236-030 SCP-135-305-137-065 SCP-135-305-277-056 SCP-135-506-335-426 SCP-135-506-475-565 SCP-135-532-471-335 SCP-135-532-634-763 SCP-135-551-527-350 SCP-135-551-675-475 SCP-135-774-357077 SCP-135-774-515-471 SCP-136-131-626-002 SCP-136-131-767-340 SCP-136-376-625-165 SCP-136-376-772-515 SCP-136-553-570-623 SCP-136-553-727-457 SCP-136-655-237-566 SCP-136-655-377-612 SCP-136-774-033-615 SCP-136-774-172-265 SCP-137-111-653-240 SCP-137-112-017-667 SCP-137-412-021-522 SCP-137-112-017-667 SCP-137-412-021-522 SCP-137-412-170-737 SCP-137-660-541-073 SCP-137-660-677-750 SCP-1400-027-376-424 SCP-1400-027-376-424 SCP-1400-027-376-424 SCP-1400-027-376-424 SCP-1400-027-535-524 SCP-1400-223-042-076 SCP-1400-223-202-372 SCP-1400-363-774-534 SCP-1400-364-136-676 SCP-1400-223-223-226 SCP-1400-223-226-512 SCP-1400-712-467-531 SCP-1400-421-224-045-031 SCP-1400-4224-211-214 SCP-1400-421-214-214 SCP-1400-421-363 SCP-1400-421-214-214 SCP-1400-421-363-344-027 SCP-1400-421-363-512-512 SCP-1400-425-560-103 SCP-1400-445-727-420 SCP-1400-420-006-115-615 SCP-1400-420-006-115-615 SCP-1400-420-006-253-121 SCP-1400-420-106-764-076 SCP-1400-420-107-133-305 SCP-1400-420-126-177-555 SCP-1400-420-126-177-555 SCP-1400-420-126-176 SCP-1400-420-126-176 SCP-1400-421-126-342-364 SCP-1400-421-415-372-617 SCP-1400-421-415-530244-342-164-613-755 1-4-2, 1-6-4, 7-5-6, 1-1-0, 1-4-2, 4-5-7, 5-5-2, 2-3-2, 1-4-2, 4-5-7, 7-1-1, 6-5-4, 7-5-2, 4-7-7, 3-7-1, 1-4-2, 7-5-2, 6-4-2, 6-7-4, 1-4-3, 2-4-1, 5-4-1, 1-6-4, 1-4-3, 2-4-1, 7-0-1, 0-1-7, 1-4-3, 3-5-2, 1-3-6, 7-0-6, 1-4-3, 3-5-2, 2-7-7, 1-3-6, 1-4-3, 6-3-1, 5-1-4, 4-3-5, 1-4-3, 6-3-1, 6-6-2, 7-1-3, 1-4-3, 7-5-5, 4-7-3, 4-3-4, 1-4-3, 7-5-5, 6-4-1, 5-4-0, 1-4-4, 1-7-4, 4-7-3, 3-5-6, 1-4-4, 1-7-4, 6-4-0, 6-0-1, 1-4-4, 3-5-1, 2-6-3, 6-1-6, 1-4-4, 3-5-1, 4-2-0, 0-5-7, 1-4-4, 6-5-5, 6-1-0, 0-6-6, 1-4-4, 6-5-5, 7-5-3, 3-7-2, 1-4-5, 0-4-6, 3-4-4, 6-2-0, 1-4-5, 0-4-6, 5-0-7, 3-4-4, 1-4-5, 1-6-0, 2-7-4, 0-0-2, 1-4-5, 1-6-0, 4-4-2, 6-4-3, 1-4-5, 2-4-7, 3-7-2, 1-1-7, 1-4-5, 2-4-7, 5-3-1, 7-1-7. The numbers have been determined to be base 8, octal, representations of the 40 base 10, decimal integers, and the obelisk message, preceded by another 60 integers following a similar pattern. It is hypothesized that these numbers may refer to additional events, not documented in Earth's paleogeological history. The proto-Latin message translates roughly to, beware of the destroyers. SCP-1050-1 emits SCP-1050-3 from its apex. SCP-1050-3 has also been receded from ██ other directions in space, including ██. These are receded as occasional pulses of one to three repetitions of the SCP-1050-3 message, suggesting similar directional broadcasts to those emanating from SCP-1050-1 being transmitted from rotating planets orbiting other stars. Addendum 1 Speculations by the SCP-1050 Research Team ██-19 SCP-1050 appears to be parts of an interstellar early warning system of unknown origin. Before the invention of more modern forms of rapid communication, some societies would light bonfire at the top watchtowers, which would then be observed by the next watchtower, which would then light its own bonfire and so on. By this method, a warning of an invading army could be passed along tens or hundreds of miles an hour, rather than days. It seems to the research team that SCP-1050 may be something similar, which would explain the signal we've designated SCP-1050-3. Similarly, by having the message written on the obelisk in dozens of languages and apparently proclaimed by major political rulers of the time, it would increase the likelihood of societies being forewarned about these destroyers, whomever or whatever they may be. SCP-1050-2 might be a means of spurring the governments of major political powers to action, though due to the fact that this warning has not been visibly taken seriously or even publicly acknowledged, suggests that this has not occurred historically. While it may be attractive to assume such defensive measures as Hadrian's Wall or military build-ups by the Nazis were due to prepare to meet some shadowy preternatural threat, no other historical evidence supports this conclusion. Addendum 2 Note Uncontainment Procedures Since the Foundation came into possession of SCP-1050-1 in 1940, O5 command has twice amended to special containment procedures, initially requiring the blocking of radio signals, 1940, then requiring that radio signals not be blocked, 1960, then requiring that they be blocked, 1980. These changes have resulted not from alterations in SCP-1050-1, but rather from changes in the perceived threat posed by SCP-1050-1's radio transmissions. The rationale behind blocking SCP-1050-1's broadcast of SCP-1050-3 is that it decreases the likelihood of drawing attention to Earth by removing this planet from the theorized early warning network. The rationale behind not blocking the signal is that, if the theory is about the possibility of future extinction events being caused by the invention of destroyers are correct, then this planet has some degree of obligation to warn other planets in danger. At present, the risks of broadcasting the signal are believed to outweigh the benefits. Addendum 3 Select Images of Carvings from SCP-1050 Zoomed in detail of original carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in a proto-Latin language with a previously undiscovered alphabet, dated to 53,005 B.C.E. Carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified script of unknown origin, dated to 24,000 B.C.E. Zoomed in detail of carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified script of unknown origin, dated to 24,000 B.C.E. Carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified script of unknown origin, dated to 13,000 B.C.E. Zoomed in detail of carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified script of unknown origin, dated to 13,000 B.C.E. Carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified script of unknown origin, dated to 9 B.C.E. Zoomed in detail of carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified script of unknown origin, dated to 9 B.C.E. Carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in an Akkadian Kenea form, dated to 2005 B.C.E. Zoomed in detail of carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in an Akkadian Kenea form, dated to 2005 B.C.E. Carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in linear A, dated to 8 B.C.E. Zoomed in detail of carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in linear A, dated to 8 B.C.E. Carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in classical Latin, dated to 122 C.E. Carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified Mesoamerican script, dated to 3 C.E. Zoomed in detail of carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified Mesoamerican script, dated to 3 C.E. Carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified Mesoamerican script, dated to 10 C.E. Zoomed in detail of carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in unidentified Mesoamerican script, dated to 10 C.E. Carving on SCP-1050-1, text is written in modern English, dated to 1891 C.E.