RPC-374 - RPC Authority

RPC-374

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Registered Phenomena Code: 374

Object Class: Gamma-Orange

Hazard Types: Teleportation, Visual, Update 12/2/2020: Aggression

Containment Protocols: Webcrawlers and special agents are to be used to monitor, but not remove¹, instances of RPC-374. Agents are to be dispatched to intercept instances of Lepidodendron manifested by the anomaly; live instances recovered are to be stored at Site-035's botany wing.

An RPC-374 instance on Facebook. Coordinates have been redacted.

A manifested Lepidodendron currently being kept at Site-035.

Description: RPC-374 designates social media posts relating to the anomalous manifestation of plants resembling those in the extinct genus Lepidodendron². Instances vary in format, aesthetics, and language, but are always highly aggressive in tone and generally include reconstructions of Lepidodendron, an assertion of the existence of the genus at a vague future timeframe, and a set of coordinates down to the 9th decimal place. Posters of RPC-374 appear to have no recollection of posting said instance and also appear to be unable to perceive the posted RPC-374 instance, possibly due to an antimemetic effect.

Instances which share a set of coordinates and time are grouped into RPC-374-A instances. When an instance of RPC-374-A receives a large number of total views, an RPC-374-T type event occurs, manifesting 1-5 instances of a fully grown member of the Lepidodendron genus at the time and coordinates specified by the posts. The exact number of views necessary to cause this effect appears to change with the RPC-374-A instance and is hard to pin down due the nature of the anomaly, but general estimates range from 5,000 to 27,000 total views.

Following the timeframe specified within the posts, RPC-374 instances will self-delete.

There appears to be no limit as to where an RPC-374-T type event can occur, having been recorded to manifest instances of Lepidodendron underground, in populated city areas, beneath the ocean, in low Earth orbit, etc. If the space specified for manifestation is already taken up by other matter, it will simply disappear and be replaced with the Lepidodendron instance. As of now, an average of 37 RPC-374-T type events occur annually.

Addendum:

[+] Addendum 374.1 - Incident Log 11/30/2020

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On 4/2/2020, an RPC-374-T event occurred, manifesting a Lepidodendron instance on a sidewalk in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Due to the spread of information via social media platforms censorship of the event proved to be inconvenient and costly, spurring the assignment of a number of MST Oscar-5 “Web Nerds” agents to the specific suppression of RPC-374 instances. The program was successful, and no RPC-374-T type events occurred from 4/18/2020 to 9/24/2020. While the program was ongoing, agents noted a shift in RPC-374 instances, which seemed to get more aggressive as time went on.

Review of Authority database edits from 9/26/2020-9/29/2020 shows a large number of edits made during this timeframe. Changes made were subtle, mainly involving changes to arbitrary numbers, and only appeared visible to personnel around 15% of the time a page was opened. Numerous technology and security issues were reported, claiming that numbers across the database were being replaced with the numbers ███████████, ███████████, and ██████████. When mapped to longitude, latitude, and altitude, the three numbers coincided with the location of Site-035, where the Oscar-5 agents were operating from.

On 9/30/2020 at 22:31 GMT, the power went out at Site-035; Later inspection revealed that two instances of Lepidodendron had manifested within both the power grid and the emergency power grid of the Site, rendering both immediately useless. At the same time, two more instances manifested within the walls of RPC-████’s containment chamber, inciting a breach into Oscar-5’s operating room. As the agents attempted to escape, one final instance manifested within the wall of the room, blocking off the exit. All seven assigned agents were pronounced deceased following restoration of the power grid. A file, uploaded by one of the Oscar-5 agents before the incident, was recovered from his personal computer, and can be accessed in Addendum 374.2.

As of now, the RPC-374 suppression program has been discontinued.

[+] Addendum 374.2 - Image Recovered Following Incident 11/30/2020