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**Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-8672 is currently employed as part of Site-52’s security detail and, as such, does not require formal containment measures. It is to maintain continuous patrols of Site-52 and its surrounding area and report any abnormalities, deviations, or unauthorized forces approaching the facility to Site Command via radio. When not on active duty, SCP-8672 is to remain within its personal living quarters, located in Site-52's Low-Containment Wing.

As SCP-8672 relies on the functioning of several paratechnological components for its continued existence, maintenance of said components is to be carried out by specialized technicians once every two months. SCP-8672 is to be sedated prior to these procedures to avoid agitation.

SCP-8672 is permitted to freely roam Site-52, excluding areas restricted to personnel with Level 3 security clearance or higher, unless access to such areas is authorized by Site Command. It may also partake in recreational activities with personnel, provided its participation does not disrupt ongoing operations or endanger staff.

A tracking device that also functions as an EMP has been implanted in SCP-8672’s neck and is to be continuously monitored. Should SCP-8672 become hostile, non-compliant, or attempt to leave the Site-52 premises, the EMP is to be activated. SCP-8672 is then to be placed into containment, and its privileges and status as an integrated anomaly will be revoked.

In accordance with Integration Program guidelines, SCP-8672 is to be referred to by its preferred designation (currently “Sentinel”) by Foundation personnel. Use of its SCP designation is restricted to internal documentation only.

**Description:** SCP-8672 is an artificially created draconic entity engineered from genetic material belonging to both the common western dragon (//Draconis ignis//) and the common wyvern (//Draconis ferox//). SCP-8672 was made by the United States Paranatural Warfare Command (PENTAGRAM), with the assistance of Prometheus Laboratories, as part of a clandestine espionage program during the Cold War.[[footnote]]For more information, see //Declassified documentation: SCP-8672/Project Sundown// for more information.[[/footnote]]

SCP-8672 measures approximately 4.7 meters in height, 7 meters in length (from head to tail), and possesses a wingspan of 4.9 meters. Its scales are of a yellowish-gray coloration, and four keratinous protrusions emerge backward from its head. The prominence of scar tissue located on its lower abdomen suggests that it was subject to sterilization procedures.

SCP-8672's body features extensive paratechnological and biological augmentations and modifications, most of which were integrated during or shortly after its initial maturation phase by PENTAGRAM and later replaced by the Foundation over the course of its time in containment. These modifications include, but are not limited to:

* A light, anomalous metallic alloy grafted onto SCP-8672's skeletal structure for enhanced durability. Notably, this metal does not inhibit the biological processes of SCP-8672's bones.
* A multi-spectrum optical sensor functioning as SCP-8672's right eye, allowing it to see through normal, thermal, night, and ultraviolet vision.
* A filtration array capable of processing contaminated or smoke-filled air for extended periods of time.
* Subdermal armor plating composed of a composite material resistant to small, medium, and some large-caliber firearms.
* Retractable carbon-fiber talons enhanced for close-quarters combat.
* An enhanced cellular replication rate, granting SCP-8672 limited regenerative capabilities.
* Self-repairing telomeres.
* Modified adrenal glands that produce a synthetic combat stimulant.

Further information on the paratechnological components integrated into SCP-8672's body is classified on a need-to-know basis.

SCP-8672 displays an above-average level of intelligence, is capable of communicating in five languages,[[footnote]]English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Korean.[[/footnote]] and often engages in conversation on varied topics with personnel. Its personality is described as immature, short-tempered, curious, and amicable toward Foundation personnel, particularly its current handler, Dr. Emilia Turner.

In addition, SCP-8672 expresses patriotic sentiments toward the United States of America and exhibits a distaste for its political and ideological opponents, such as communism and the now-defunct Soviet Union. These views are a direct result of long-term exposure to propaganda by PENTAGRAM during the early developmental periods of SCP-8672's life.

**History:** SCP-8672 was discovered on January 4, 1992, by Foundation operatives in a damaged state and partially buried in the sand after crash-landing in the Mojave Desert, California. Immediately following its discovery, SCP-8672 was transported to Site-52 for further study.

SCP-8672 was initially believed to have been neutralized given the condition in which it was found. However, two days later, on January 6, SCP-8672 awoke in an agitated state within its temporary containment unit and breached containment. This prompted an unavoidable confrontation with Site-52's internal security, resulting in 27 casualties (16 dead, 11 injured), $1.1 million in damages to the site's infrastructure and equipment, and the eventual recontainment of SCP-8672.

As a result of this event, SCP-8672 was provisionally given the Keter classification by Dr. Alexander Dwight, the then-chief of containment of Site-52. However, following the deactivation/dismantling of the majority of its weapon systems by Foundation engineering personnel, SCP-8672's case was reevaluated by the Foundation's Classification Committee, which determined that SCP-8672 no longer possessed the attributes necessary to qualify as a Keter-class anomaly and, as such, downgraded its Object Class to Euclid via majority vote.

Following its reclassification and the completion of repairs at the site, Site-52's administration held a summit to determine who would lead SCP-8672's containment project. They ultimately selected Level 4 researcher Emilia Turner, who already had experience handling aggressive and sapient anomalous entities.

Although Dr. Turner initially objected to this, citing the aforementioned breach and SCP-8672's evident mental instability as her primary concerns, she reluctantly accepted the position following several discussions and reassurances from Site-52's director, John Blake. Despite her initial apprehension, however, Dr. Turner quickly familiarized herself with SCP-8672 and grew to sympathize with its situation.

On May 12, 1992, SCP-8672 awoke in the middle of a feeding session and attacked the personnel assigned to feed it. This incident sparked discussion among Site-52's administration, who debated how to proceed with SCP-8672 given that it had now been involved in a second violent incident. However, a subsequent investigation revealed that the cause had been human error; thus, changes to SCP-8672's containment procedures were deemed unnecessary.

On July 21, 1992, Dr. Turner formally requested that the Ethics Committee allow a psychiatric specialist to evaluate SCP-8672, given the item's worsening mental state following its discovery of the fall of the Soviet Union and its newfound guilt over the events of the previous incident. Following deliberation, the request was approved, and Dr. Elaine Marris was assigned as SCP-8672's mental health specialist. This led to a considerable improvement in SCP-8672's mental condition.

On September 4, 1998, a raid orchestrated by the paranatural terrorist organization known as the Chaos Insurgency took place at Site-52. During this attack, Dr. Turner made the conscious decision to release SCP-8672 from its containment chamber without authorization from Site-52's administration following a brief conversation with the anomaly. SCP-8672 subsequently assisted site security in repelling the Chaos Insurgents. As a result of this action, Dr. Turner was formally reprimanded but retained her position and status as SCP-8672's lead researcher. Furthermore, the incident drew the attention of several high-ranking Foundation personnel.

On January 10, 2010, SCP-8672 was selected to be part of the first batch of anomalies enrolled in the Integration Program, a Foundation initiative designed to incorporate useful, sapient, and low-risk anomalous entities into the Foundation's chain of command.

**Addendum 8672.1:** The following excerpts have been taken from "//Living in the Light//", a documentary series aimed at compiling and explaining the history of the Foundation from its inception to the modern day.

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"//I was replacing a busted conduit near the East Wing when she walked by. Just nodded and said, 'Watch your fingers, sparks bite.' Scared the hell outta me, but then she just sat nearby, watching me quietly like a guard dog. Not going to lie, it was spooky at first but as time went on... I dunno, she kinda made me feel safer, if that makes sense.//"
 
— Technician Charles Nguyen.
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"//Honestly? I was terrified the first time I saw her. You grow up hearing about anomalies ripping people apart at school and in the news, and then a literal dragon just... Nods at you and asks how your thesis is going. She even remembered the title and everything.//"

— Junior Researcher Lian Orozco.
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"//She doesn't talk much to me. But one night, I saw her staring out at the fence. Didn’t move for hours. I asked her what she was looking at. She said, 'Just making sure what’s out there stays out there.' Then she asked if I needed help with the trash.//"

— Janitor Lorraine Mills.
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"//Sentinel's a sore loser. Get this; me and a group of friends were playing poker once, and she wanted to join, so we let her in. Now, don't tell her I said this, but she's bad— she's really, really bad at it, beginner level at best.//

//Now, that usually wouldn't be that big of a deal, but you know how it is. Poker without money on the line just ain't it... But the thing is, it's been three years since then and she still owes me 20 bucks.//"

— Security Officer Omar Hall.
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"//She asked if she could try my chili once. Just sat down with a steaming bowl and said it reminded her of 'something real.' Not sure what that meant, but she left a tip— one of her scales.//"

— Cook Naomi Brown.
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"//Sentinel once asked me about a book I was reading during lunch. A dumb fantasy novel. She ended up borrowing it. Brought it back the next week, dog-eared and full of sticky notes. She had a lot of opinions.//"

— Dr. Lillian Wei.
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"//Do I trust her? Yeah, I do. But people often get the wrong idea when I say that. Trust doesn't mean I think she’s harmless, it means I know what she could do, and I believe she chooses not to.//

//When I first got assigned to her, I thought it was a punishment. I told Blake I wasn’t a dragon tamer, and he laughed like that was a joke, it wasn’t. She scared the hell out of me at first because of what she was capable of, but that changed over time. Our conversations got longer, she started asking questions about politics, history, the news. She asked me once if the Berlin Wall 'felt like a real victory.' I didn’t even know how to answer that. Sometimes she’s like a teenager with a flamethrower, and sometimes she sounds like a 70-year-old soldier.//

//But she listens. She remembers things that matter. She remembers when my dad died. She brought it up a year later, said, ‘Today must be hard for you.’ No one else in the lab did that.//

//So yeah. I trust her. Not blindly. But I trust that when it comes down to it, she’ll choose to do the right thing.//"

— Dr. Emilia Turner.
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"//You want me to talk about myself? Finally, someone asks the right question.//

//Everyone’s got a story, right? A beginning, a middle, a bunch of stuff they don’t want anyone to know, and an ending. Me? I've got lots of military hardware and, well, this place. It’s not exactly home, but… Oh, who am I kidding? It’s as close as I’ll ever get.//

//I mean, sure. The food is stale sometimes, it sucks that I can't actually go more than 10 kilometers from here, and some people here are still scared of me being around them. But they're not all wrong to be cautious. I know what I can do, I know the things I've done. You don’t get a body count like mine and then expect everyone to treat you like a puppy.//

//Sometimes I wonder if I was ever supposed to make it out of that crater. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't, but I did and now I'm here. Doing patrols, making sure no one gets in uninvited, playing poker with some guys who always cheat when they think I'm not looking, arguing with the doc about books.//

//If this place has taught me anything, it’s that finding purpose is a long road paved with awkward small talk and really boring medical checkups. But, hey, I walked through it, one armored talon at a time.//

//Besides, someone’s got to keep the bad guys out. Might as well be me.//"

— Sentinel (SCP-8672)
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