Montala

Tale about Foundation Damage Control…those who cover up for Foundation activities, i.e building blown up in battle against CotBG becomes building demolished for renovation into new technology corporation.

Also, look up Digital Divide. Sounds like a good book.

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Item #: SCP-SSSS

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Due to its nature, individuals contaminated with SCP-SSSS-1 are to be kept quarantined within an anechoic chamber equipped with an airlock mechanism, which is also to be anechoic. Attending personnel are to wear soundproofed headphones during all interaction with SCP-SSSS-2 instances, except during testing. No personnel Level 3 or above are to come within ten meters of SCP-SSSS-2's anechoic chamber or airlock. SCP-SSSS-2 instances are to equipped with a vibration-neutralizing collar to prevent noise or speech. The collar is to be removed only during testing in approved predesignated locations. All vocalizations made while the collars are removed are to be documented for further study. See addendum SSSS-1-Alpha for more information.

Should any SCP-SSSS-1 instances be created, all exposed and unprotected personnel are to be quarantined and designated as an SCP-SSSS-2 instance. Areas in which SCP-SSSS-1 are created are designated as temporary quarantine areas. Automated Decibel Creation and Measurement Devices (ADCMDs) are to be deployed until all SCP-SSSS-1 are contained successfully. Used ADCMDs are then placed in temporary containment in a room wired with decibel measuring equipment. Once all readings read 0db, the used ADCMDs are to be destroyed via incineration.

Description: SCP-SSSS is the collective designation for a self-replicating sapient echo, typically measuring ± 15 decibels, and those it affects.

SCP-SSSS-1 is the designation for a free-roaming being or beings composed of soundwaves in a non-solid, non-visible state. SCP-SSSS-1 entities are formed by vocalizations made by SCP-SSSS-2 instances. All attempts at mapping a defined shape for SCP-SSSS-1 have failed, with the most successful being an attempt utilizing modified passive SONAR technology. A partial shape was rendered before the SCP-SSSS-1 instance undergoing observation became aware of the test and raised its decibel output to 185 decibels, damaging the measuring equipment and resulting in █ hospitalizations due to severe damage to the timpanic membranes of those present.

So far, SCP-SSSS-1 instances have demonstrated themselves to be hostile only in the presence of vocalizations made by humanoid entities. Upon provocation via vocalization, SCP-SSSS-1 entities rapidly increase their decibel levels to amplitudes in excess of 170 decibels, causing pain severe enough to cause the subject to lose consciousness.