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SCP foundation and Eclipse phase, a love story.

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templariomaster templariomaster's picture
SCP foundation and Eclipse phase, a love story.
So for those who dont know about the SCP foundation: http://www.scp-wiki.net/ Is an organization, which Secure Contain and Protect the humanity from all kind of horrors, LIKE firewall does. They always look for those horrors all around the planet, LIKE firewall. They're a secret organization LIKE firewall. They have commited morally questionable acts to protect humanity LIKE firewal... so you get the idea. But the truth that there are some differences, slight but there are. Like SCP always try to contain those horrors instead of destroying them, and use them as lab pets to improve humanitys development. So they have a well stablished common goal and is not anarchistic. But in every other way, SCP foundation is perfect for eclipse phase. You have thousands of SCPs(which is the way SCP classifies such horrors) that works in ways that science cant describe or understand(not entirely breaking the realistic background of EP since we've psychics). So this MUST be a big complement for the game. For example, what if SCP is the past form of firewall? The TITANs were a SCP that escaped from the hands of the foundation or backwards, a SCP escaped from the foundation and created the evil TITANs, most of SCPs were on earth during the fall so the foundation had to move or exterminate all they could but the TITANs liberated most of those SCPs spreading the terror all over the Earth. That contaiment breach was so huge, that the foundation didn't had any other choice that redesign itself, spread all the remaining SCPs on the solar system and move the most dangerous to other planets using pandoras gate and extend his garanty of protection to all humanity since this state of chaos is his fault So firewall was born as a distributed organization, protecting humanity but at its core is still the same foundation which priority is the contaiment of those SCP(So now, you have another layer of secrets in firewall). Some GM might have some problems with some SCPs being too destructive or powerful, SCP-173 cant be damaged for example, and SCP-106 not only cant be destroyed but it would tear a ship or a station apart completely for its simple interaction with the medium. But both are perfect for a horror story, the first only stops to direct eye contact not cameras, adding presure to the players and the second plays with the people he is haunting by sending them to a "pocket dimension" or by giving them the impresion that they have a chance to escape. And not all SCPs are terror themed, for example there is SCP-171 which is a very peaceful hive mind or SCP-131 which is like a cat, some are tools like SCP-005 which opens doors. And some SCPs are places or effects, like SCP-087 which can't be moved and should only be visited at earth. So, would you add SCP to an EP game? If you did it before and made some sheets please feel free to post them.
DrewDavis DrewDavis's picture
This is great...
That's a nice resource, thank you for sharing. I think SCP would make great foils for Firewall. An organization that uses the various horrors "for the good of man" instead of flat out destroying them would be high on Firewall and Ozma's "to-do" list if they were ever discovered. But what if SCP has infiltrated both organizations... What if SCP is right? What if they can contain the technology they find? What if they do understand it and are using it to help Transhumanity? What does that mean for organizations like Firewall?
templariomaster templariomaster's picture
Well the idea is to make SCP
Well the idea is to make SCP the past of firewall not directly integrating it on the game, but I thiink SCP could fit if you can somehow make it even more secret than firewall, oversight and project ozhma. Because if SCP is directly introduced in the game, all the others organizations would go and haunt every single SCP for their purposes(or just destroy them). And of course, hiding 1000 of SCPs cant be easy if the foundation is the ultimate secret in EP.
V_Lhhw V_Lhhw's picture
Some friends and I looked into that not too long ago...
The scenario of the time was that the SCP Foundation was a splinter group off of Project Ozma, because (from the read of the sourcebooks) Ozma seemed willing to do the kind of reckless experiments that not even SCP researchers with minimal oversight would go for. They want the nasty stuff under lockdown if it can't be destroyed, and only then might toy around with it. (For additional kicks, have the same Promethean(s) wearing different 'faces' direct both groups.)
templariomaster templariomaster's picture
V_Lhhw wrote:The scenario of
V_Lhhw wrote:
The scenario of the time was that the SCP Foundation was a splinter group off of Project Ozma, because (from the read of the sourcebooks) Ozma seemed willing to do the kind of reckless experiments that not even SCP researchers with minimal oversight would go for. They want the nasty stuff under lockdown if it can't be destroyed, and only then might toy around with it. (For additional kicks, have the same Promethean(s) wearing different 'faces' direct both groups.)
Which sourcebooks are we talking about?
uwtartarus uwtartarus's picture
SCP is more Ozma
The reckless use and experimenting with TITAN tech is more Ozma than Firewall, though both organizations could be descended from whatever group orchestrates and designed SCP. SCP had to have been part of the inspiration for some of the stuff in the setting, minus to Mary Sue character nonsense in SCP.
Exhuman, and Humanitarian.
Ancient History Ancient History's picture
The Crypt
While not explicitly SCP-meets-EP, I did do a Farcast entry along these lines: http://www.farcastblog.com/2013/09/246-crypt.html
[url=http://farcastblog.com]Farcast, an Eclipse Phase yearblog[/url]
uwtartarus uwtartarus's picture
Off-Topic but...
I really enjoyed reading Farcast, it provided a dozens of great ideas I have been able to incorporate into my campaign plans! Really great stuff!
Exhuman, and Humanitarian.
Ancient History Ancient History's picture
Danke schön
Danke schön.
[url=http://farcastblog.com]Farcast, an Eclipse Phase yearblog[/url]
Capitalocracy Capitalocracy's picture
Twist
If you wanted to add a supernatural element (which I see as mostly? eschewed in EP) or a mythos element, the big reveal could be
Spoiler: Highlight to view
that the SCP programmed the TITANs to start the Fall because there was a very urgent reason that ALL HUMANS NEED TO GET OFF THE PLANET NOW.