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D-65203 gestures to the D-Class identification badge pinned to his jumpsuit. |
Dr. Andrews: I see. Do you work for Jack Proton, then? |
D-65203: Golly, sir! I sure do! I'm part of his Junior Action Squad! |
Dr. Andrews: And what is it that you do for him? |
D-65203: I'm on a super-secret mission right now! I'm not sure I'm even supposed to tell you. I better check with him first. Is there a hyper-phone in the next room? |
Dr. Andrews: Where do you believe you are at this moment, Billy? |
D-65203 looks around the interview room, including out a window overlooking the Site 73 parking lot. |
D-65203: Gee, sir, I'm no architect. But judging from the view out the window, this has to be Space Station Delta! |
D-65203 points at a 1989 Buick Le Sabre, owned by Dr. Graham. |
D-65203: Say, is that Admiral Jove's flagship docked out there? Please say you'll let me get his autograph! |
Dr. Andrews: We'll see. |
<End Log, 12:41 PM> |
Interview Log 232-2 |
Test Subject: D-11503 (Caucasian male, 47 years old) |
Franchise Exposure: Six episodes of The Jack Proton Hour radio program, encompassing the two-part stories Marooned on Mars, The Prince of Neptune, and A Pioneer's Homecoming. |
<Begin Log, ██/██/20██, 3:42 PM> |
Dr. Andrews: Good afternoon. |
D-11503 begins to speak in a monotone "robot voice" without natural inflection. |
D-11503: Greetings, humanoid. |
Dr. Andrews: Would you please identify yourself for the record? |
D-11503: I am D-Bot, unit model 11503 at your service.1 |
Dr. Andrews: You're a robot, you say? You look very lifelike. |
D-11503: I was programmed to appease humanoid sensibilities. |
Dr. Andrews: And how old are you? |
D-11503: I was activated at the Advanced Robotics Facility in Old New Hampshire on Earth, on January 12th 2592. |
Dr. Andrews: What is your purpose? |
D-11503: I am a fully modular service robot. My purpose is to assist Major John Patrick Proton of the Galactic Police Department in the apprehension of dangerous criminals. |
Dr. Andrews: When you say you're fully modular, what does that entail? |
D-11503: My body has been designed to make use of a wide variety of customizable limbs. I may remove my factory-installed appendages at will and replace them with those designed for specific purposes. |
Dr. Andrews: Could you please demonstrate now by removing your left arm? |
D-11503: Affirmative. |
D-11503 grabs his left arm at the shoulder with his right hand and attempts, unsuccessfully, to remove it by unscrewing it from its socket. |
D-11503: I seem to be experiencing a malfunction. Please refer to my operating manual for information on how to resolve this difficulty. |
Dr. Andrews: Never mind, D-Bot. Are you capable of solving logic problems? |
D-11503: I am programmed to answer any and all queries directed to me. |
Dr. Andrews: A man has been sentenced to death. The morning of his execution, the executioner tells the condemned man he is to be either hanged or drowned, and tells the man to ask him one yes or no question, which he is compelled to answer truthfully. If the answer to the question is "yes", then the man will be hanged. If the answer is "no", then the man will be drowned. The man asks "Are you going to drown me?" Will the man be hanged, or will be he drowned? |
D-11503 is silent for 38 seconds. |
Dr. Andrews: D-Bot? |
D-11503: Error. Error. |
Dr. Andrews: I beg your pardon? |
D-11503: If answer = no then result = drowning. But no = incorrect if result = drowning. Therefore drowning = impossible, result = hanging. Hanging = impossible if answer = no. Error. Error. Does not compute. System overload! System overload! Consult operator's manual for… |
D-11503 slumps over and ceases responding to outside stimuli. |
<End Log, 3:49 PM> |
Interview Log 232-3 |
Test Subject: D-67539 (Caucasian female, 26 years old) |
Franchise Exposure: One short story collection (Starship Days), one unauthorized fan-fiction short story (Major Sarah) |
Foreword: None of the official Jack Proton stories feature female characters as protagonists or action-oriented supporting characters. Prior to Interview 232-3, all experiments with female test subjects had resulted in the subject developing the personality of a damsel-in-distress or innocent-bystander persona. Major Sarah, an unauthorized piece of short fiction published in 1972 by the fanzine Junior Action Squad, which details the experience of the first woman to join the Galactic Police Department and her subsequent forbidden love affair with Jack Proton, was introduced in order to determine whether third-party fiction set in the Jack Proton universe would have an impact on the results of exposure. |
<Begin Log, ██/██/20██, 10:38 AM> |
Dr. Andrews: Good morning. |
D-67539: Sir! Good morning, sir! |
D-69539 rises to her feet and salutes. Dr. Andrews returns the salute. |
Dr. Andrews: As you were. Please state your name for the record. |
D-67539: Sir, Lieutenant First Class Samantha Marie van Saturnburgh, sir! |
Dr. Andrews: No need to be so formal, Lieutenant. Please relax. |
D-67539: Sir, I didn't get where I am today by relaxing, sir! |
Dr. Andrews: I'm not an officer. You don't need to call me sir. |
D-67539 pauses. |
D-67539: Sir, I… yes, sir. Yes. |
Dr. Andrews: You mentioned "getting where you are today". Where is that? |
D-67539: I'm currently the youngest officer in the Galactic Police Department. |
Dr. Andrews: How old are you? |
D-67539: Seventeen. |
Dr. Andrews: You were commissioned at seventeen? |
D-67539: Not bad for a girl, huh? |
Dr. Andrews: Why did they accept you so young? |
D-67539: Because I wasn't wasting my time wearing frilly dresses and playing with dolls, that's why! |
Dr. Andrews: You must have been very goal-oriented to make it so young. Why did you want to be a space cop so badly? |
D-67539: To work with Jack Proton, of course. |
Dr. Andrews: Why him, specifically? |
D-67539: Because he's the best there is! He's smart, and he's strong, and… can I tell you a secret? |
Dr. Andrews: Everything we discuss here is strictly confidential, Lieutenant. |
D-67539: Well… he's dreamy. |
Dr. Andrews: Dreamy? |
D-67539: Those beautiful blue eyes, that rock-solid jaw, those bulging biceps… can't you just imagine him holding your hand on the walk home, sharing a malt with you at the drug store, dancing close together at the spring formal? |
Dr. Andrews: I can't say it had occurred to me. |
D-67539: I just have to meet him. I'll introduce myself, and he'll be so impressed by how much I've accomplished, and we'll talk about work, and spaceball, and music… and maybe he'll ask if I'll go with him for dinner and a movie at the hover-in! Wouldn't that be a dream come true? I'll wear my hair down and put on my prettiest dress - I mean, I don't wear dresses like some little girl obsessed with princesses and space-ponies, but that doesn't mean I can't wear a dress for him, I bet he loves a girl who knows how to dress up… |
<End Log, ██/██/20██, 10:42 AM> |
Footnotes |
1. The radio program is the only version of the Jack Proton franchise to feature intelligent robots capable of speech. A robot sidekick originally planned for the television series was scrapped due to budget concerns. Novels published after the radio program was introduced acknowledged the existence of robots, but stated that the building of sapient robots had been restricted by the "Robotics Laws" instituted by the Space Congress, and none are ever directly introduced to the reader. |
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[ Title: SCP-243 is a mass of small dry-cell batteries, all fused at their negative terminals into an ellipsoid approximately 30cm long by 10cm diameter.; Genre: Scientific; Tags: 3rdperson; Style: Dark ] |
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Item #: SCP-243 |
Object Class: Safe |
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-243 is to be secured in the geometric center of a standard containment cell no less than 16 m x 16 m x 16 m. The cell is to be connected to an adjacent room of similar size and composition by one standard lockable door; all exits to the cells are to be kept locked and guarded against unauthorized access. |
No Eligible Group (more than 4 identical inanimate objects; see below) is permitted into the containment cell, nor any item capable of producing such a group, except as necessary for testing. Personnel entering the cell are subject to search & seizure of unauthorized multiples. |
Objects animated by SCP-243 are to be removed to the adjacent room for study. Undesirable animated items are to be disposed of promptly, by incineration if appropriate. In the event that SCP-243 is applied to other SCP objects, or to other items of similar value, the "flock" is to be separated and held in standard Safe- or Euclid-class inanimate item lockers until the effects wear off. |
Following Incident 243-02, bringing Eligible Groups of weapons, easily weaponized objects, or dry-cell batteries into SCP-243's containment is strictly forbidden. |
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