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| Registered Phenomena Code: 381 Object-Class: Beta-Orange Hazard-Types: Sentient Hazard, Grouped Hazard, Ballistic Hazard, Contact Hazard, Immeasurable Hazard. |
Containment Protocols:
RPC-381 entities must be contained in a 37m3 heat-resistant, soundproof vivarium with a thick glass roof. Australian flora (native to RPC-381's natural habitat) must be planted and maintained by personnel bidaily. The bundle must only have 17 members, all offspring relocated to Area-██ for environmental study. Enrichment may be provided if the bundle is stressed, but removed once eased.
The maintenance team must check the pond inside the containment daily. If 45% contaminated, contact the AWTD (Authority Water Treatment Department) for inspection.1
Physical contact with RPC-381 entities require permission from the research director. Causing RPC-381 entities stress may result in termination of employment.
Exterior Containment Protocols:
Area-██ must be blocked off and obstructed from the public eye with reinforced heat-resistant barriers. Additionally, all RPC-381 entities in this accommodation permit must never be transported off-site. The region is strictly used to allow safer study regarding how the entities interact within their natural habitat. All irrelevant testing must be conducted with entities in containment.
Description of RPC-381 from Dr. Kettle's journal.
Description:
RPC-381 entities are small, golden-brown marsupials2 roughly 0.5-meters tall (standing upright) and 1.2 meters long. RPC-381 entities are omnivores but avoid eating meat if plants are available. RPC-381's palms are coated in a purple gelatinous substance that contains an unknown chemical compound. Physical contact with the substance will result in a searing effect, causing up to second-degree burns on human flesh.
On average, RPC-381 bundles comprise 5 to 20 members. Unlike other marsupials, females do not use their pouches to hold their offspring. The leader of a bundle, or the alpha male, may have anywhere from 1 or 2 female mates excluding its leading partner. The whole bundle resides in a burrow created using their palms to burn away rocks and sand.
RPC-381's pouches contain a miniature pocket dimension3 only the explicit carrier can access. Additionally, the entities are known to throw orbs of steel or iron from their pocket dimension when threatened. The pouches can store anything except foreign animal biomass, which seems to cause RPC-381 entities a great deal of pain.4 Where these orbs come from is unknown; many researchers speculate they utilize iron and carbon molecules from food they store in their pocket dimension to craft them. All RPC-381 entities naturally have this pocket dimension.
RPC-381 entities are docile in nature unless they believe to be threatened, in which case they will either pursue and neutralize the perceived threat or take a defensive position and fling orbs in an indiscriminate manner.
Discovery:
RPC-381 entities were discovered by well-known wildlife researcher, Dr. Winston Kettle on 2/9/2012 in northwestern Australia. Initial documentation featured a light sketch, a brief description of the entity, and a 2-minute long video of Dr. Kettle interacting with an entity. It was not until he observed an entity pulling an assortment of leaves from its pouch when he concluded it was something else all together.
Following official documentation of his discovery, the RPC Authority took notice of his unique observations. A mobile specialized team was sent to the presumed location of the alleged marsupials to investigate them. Once safely contained, they were transported to Site-004 for study.
On 7/18/2019, a small population of RPC-381 was discovered within a 2 kilometer area of the Central Outback.5 Instead of containing these entities, Site Command has agreed to block off the area so environmental study can be performed.
Incident-012:
On █/2/2012, construction was in progress within RPC-381's containment sector. Due to this, the entities displayed significant amounts of stress and hopped around their containment frantically. After 4 hours, the alpha began throwing steel orbs at the observation window, causing it to shatter. The rest followed suit threw the orbs at every possible barrier to protest against the audial disruption. The bundle never left their containment, but attacked any personnel who entered their containment zone.
The entities eased down once the sounds were heard, but the damages inflicted were severe. The bundle was tranquilized and brought off-site until their containment chamber was repaired.
Note from Dr. Henry Williams: This should've come to our attention sooner! These rodents can be dangerous if provoked, dangerous enough to massacre many, if I might add. We knew that they could get stressed out; we concluded that in the animal test we did a few months ago. I say we should install soundproof walls in their vivarium to avoid this situation again or move them into a different sector, doing anything else would be stupid, no doubt in my mind.
Test Director: Dr. Mindy Smith.
Location: Area-██ (Central Gate)
| Subject | Bundle Interaction |
|---|---|
| House Cat (Felis catus) | At first, the entities were frightened, but the subject began purring around them, which soothed them. The two species got along until the subject got hungry. Soon after, it was terminated by steel orbs. |
| Raccoon (Procyon lotor) | No interaction. The subject was removed. |
| Cougar/Mountain Lion (Puma concolo) | Upon entry, the entities entered a state of panic and began throwing orbs of iron at the subject. This quickly resulted in the entity's termination before it could do anything. |
| Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) | No interaction in the first two hours. One entity approached the subject and unknowingly agitated the subject, resulting in its termination. The other bundle members threw steel orbs at the subject; however, it swiftly avoided them and terminated four more entities before getting hit. |
| Two (2) Timber Wolves (Canis lupus lycaon) | Within the first two seconds, steel/iron orbs were immediately thrown at the subjects resulting in their termination. |
| Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) | The bundle, upon notice, fled to the burrow. Once the subject had its back turned, four of the males emerged and threw steel orbs at the subject's behind; causing its femur, caudal vertebrae, and fibula to shatter. The rest stopped hiding and began kicking the subject until its death. |
| Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) | No interaction for twelve minutes. The subject approached a female entity and ████ ██████ ██. This caused an immediate negative reaction from the bundle. The moment the subject finished and fled, the bundle followed and terminated it. |
| Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) | Subject wandered around the vivarium for eight minutes. The bundle kept their distance away from the subject whenever possible; but mostly ignored it. This process repeated until the subject was tranquilized and brought out of Area-██. |
| Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) | The bundle approached the subject with curiosity. Once the subject was proven docile, the entities hopped away. There was no further interaction. |
| Sussex Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) | Subject approached two RPC-381 entities. It began pecking RPC-381-27's head repeatedly until it was kicked in the abdomen, resulting in its termination. |
Conducted by Dr. Mindy Smith.
Test Location: Site-004.
| Subject | Can it enter their pouch? |
|---|---|
| One (1) apple | Yes. |
| Two (2) apples | Yes. |
| One (1) package of Oreos | Yes. |
| One (1) North-crested newt | No. |
| CSD-081726 | No. |
| A package of crayons | Yes. |
| Two (2) gallons of water | Yes. |
| One (1) goldfish (Carassius auratus) | No. |
| A deceased lizard | Yes. |
| An empty magazine | Yes. |
| Twelve (12) cupcakes | Yes. |
| A photograph of Dr. Connor's dog | Yes. |
| A shark tooth | Yes. |
| A pile of leaves | Yes.7 |
Addendum A1:
During a site-wide containment breach at Site-004, another detainee locked CSD-7612 inside RPC-381's vivarium. For two hours, CSD-7612 tirelessly avoided all RPC-381 interactions. Eventually, he caught the bundle's attention, and they swarmed him. While initially thought to be dead, CSD-7612 was later found relaxing and eating berries provided to him by the females of the bundle.
Once Authority personnel secured the site, Agent Jefferson noticed CSD-7612's presence inside the vivarium. He quickly entered the chamber in an attempt to subdue the CSD. However, Agent Jefferson's actions would unknowingly offend the alpha RPC-381, who'd knock him unconscious. CSD-7612 would steal Agent Jefferson's gun before killing 6 personnel, ultimately resulting in a shootout and causing his termination. As a result, more security operatives were assigned to the vivarium.
Incident 09-71B:
On 8/23████, a cyclone struck Site-004's exterior auxiliary generators. 45% of the upper half of the facility lost power, including RPC-381's vivarium. The Authority Security Force formed a perimeter to keep the bundle inside its containment chamber. Eventually, the bundle breached containment before the damage was repaired. Whenever an operative attempted to tranquilize an entity, the bundle collectively retaliated, terminating the unit.
The bundle roamed around their sector for around 3 hours; retaliating against personnel who attempted to tranquilize them. Outside the facility, the cyclone grew in strength; thunderbolts struck the ground above the surface which sent the bundle into panic. Substantial damage to the sector occurred, numerous personnel were knocked unconscious. The sector was blockaded by ASF operatives until the cyclone concluded. Calming, therapeutic audio of ocean waves was sent into the location to pacify the bundle, resulting in success. The bundle ceased further hostility and resumed regular behavior. After the generator's repair, the RPC-381 entities was lured back into their containment using an assortment of vegetables.
Containment director, Dr. Ford Jackson, authorized the use of enrichment items to soothe the entities during these events.8
Incident 52-81C:
On 4/2/████, the RPC-381 bundle located in Area-██ decreased in numbers. Security operatives entered through the northern Gate for investigation. After 45 minutes, they discovered that around 55% of the population vanished. More operatives were mobilized subsequently.
Agent ████ found an large oval-shaped, burnt hole on the side of Area-██'s eastern wall. Area-██ security forces concealed the damages with wooden planks prior to locating the breached entities.
After 5 hours of searching, 7 RPC-381 entities were discovered █ kilometers away from Port Hedland. The division attempted to lure them into a containment box using vegetables, however this resulted in failure as the group was preoccupied. Agent Yosif approached the RPC-381 entities only to be barraged and terminated with approximately eighty four steel orbs. The division retreated behind a large boulder until the barrage concluded.
Reinforcements arrived and quickly tranquilized the breached RPC-381 entities before retaliation was met. They were contained shortly after. Researchers concluded the entities utilized their palms to melt a crevice into the wall and used leftover scraps to craft that number of steel orbs. New containment protocols were introduced afterwards (View Exterior Containment Protocols).