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[[include :scp-wiki:theme:classic]] [[>]] [[module Rate]] [[/>]] [[=]] > {{**NOTICE: ##blue|This document describes a recently discovered anomaly and is subject to revision.**##}} [[/=]] [[include component:image-block name=protuberancesaboundregolith.jpg| caption=SCP-4829 prior to 9/19/2072, in false color spectroscopy (left) and real color (right). ]] **Item #:** SCP-4829 **Object Class:** Euclid **Special Containment Procedures [##blue|UPDATED 9/20/2072##]:** Standard Class 4 (Nearby Celestial Object) disinformation protocols and image doctoring protocols apply. Containment personnel are to remain in Uranus' orbit and monitor SCP-4829's state. In the event that SCP-4829's containment staff deem neutralization necessary, one instance of [[[SCP-2501|SCP-2501-EX]]] will be immediately delivered to them from orbital storage by MTF Mu-119 ("Red Squadron"). **Description:** SCP-4829 is Uranus' moon Umbriel. SCP-4829 repeatedly generates large, flower-like structures made of ice or rock along its surface; each of these structures measures up to 40 km tall and moves rhythmically for several months before sinking back below the surface. Routine probes determined that beneath the ice lies a gelatinous layer of dissolved hydrocarbons, proteins and enzymes. On 9/19/2072, Foundation astronauts Chad Roland, Vanessa Marquez, and Monica Lorenz descended from Umbriel's orbit in a lander to investigate SCP-4829’s surface. > [The following log is transcribed from Monica Lorenz's bodycam.] > > [**BEGIN LOG**] > (//The camera jolts as the lander touches down on Umbriel's surface.//) > > **Roland:** Mission Control, this is Skywalker. We've landed half a kilometer from one of the structures. > > **Mission Control:** Roger, //Skywalker//, we copy. Excellent job. > > **Roland:** Stepping out. > > (//Roland opens the airlock and climbs onto the ladder.//) > > **Marquez:** Performing thruster diagnostics, stand by. > > (//Roland descends the ladder and steps onto the surface, with Lorenz following on the ladder.//) > > **Roland:** Surface appears- what the fuck?! > > **Lorenz:** Are you alright? > > (//Roland sinks into the regolith up to his knees, and his space suit dissolves. His body balloons and stretches into an ellipsoid shape as his skin becomes translucent white.//) > > **Lorenz:** Oh shit! Vanessa, get us out of here! > > (//Lorenz climbs back into the lander and disconnects Roland's tether, throwing the remaining length out of the lander.//) > > (//Roland sinks further into the surface and bursts, spreading white liquid across several square meters of ice. The liquid is pulled into the surface and the ground shakes.//) > > (//Lorenz closes the lander door.//) > > **Marquez:** Fuck! 3, 2, 1, ignition! > > (//The camera feed shakes as the lander takes off.//) > [**END LOG**] > > **Postscript:** As Lorenz and Marquez returned to orbit, the surface of SCP-4829 cracked along the equator, causing vast amounts of lunar material to fall into the widening chasm. SCP-4829 continued to crack until it fully split into two identical, smaller instances of itself. ##blue|**UPDATE 9/21/2072:**## SCP-4829 is currently thousands of small moons attached to each other in a spherical arrangement, dividing roughly every 13 hours. Orbital data shows SCP-4829's constituent objects to be composed of cytoplasm, surrounded by shells of ice and rock. ##blue|**UPDATE 9/23/2072:**## Individual lunar structures now number beyond 20,000. SCP-4829 remains roughly the same size. ##blue|**UPDATE 10/11/2072:**## SCP-4829’s orbit decays further; causing it to fall into the ε ring (Uranus' brightest ring). The ring material rearranges, sheathing SCP-4829 in a diffuse cloud while a stream of ice particles extends down to connect SCP-4829 with Uranus' atmosphere. Gas from the atmosphere flows up the ice stream, covering SCP-4829 further. ##blue|**UPDATE 11/14/2072:**## SCP-4829 has deformed and is no longer spherical. Sensors indicate a rhythmic, repeating vibration generated by SCP-4829’s core at a rate of 110-120 beats per minute. [[footnoteblock]] [[div class="footer-wikiwalk-nav"]] [[=]] << [[[SCP-4828]]] | SCP-4829 | [[[SCP-4830]]] >> [[/=]] [[/div]]