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Registered Phenomena Code: 507
Object Class: Beta-Yellow
| Hazard Types:Additional Properties: |
 Aggression |
 Ballistic |
 Climatological |
 Geological |
 Grouped |
 Invisibility |
 Psychotronic |
 Sapient |
 Sentient |
 Transmutation |
 Bio-Hazard |
 Contact |
 Corrosive |
 Electromagnetic Force |
 Explosive |
 Extreme Temperature |
 Radiation |
 Toxic |
 Destabilization |
 Extra-Dimensional |
 Gravitational |
 Teleportation |
 Temporal |
 Auditory |
 Emotional |
 Ideological |
 Info-Hazard |
 Memory Alteration |
 Mind-Control |
 Mind-Regression |
 Sensory |
 Visual |
 Animated |
 Aquatic |
 Digital |
 Ecological |
 Extra-Terrestrial |
 Immeasurable |
 Incorporeal |
 Mechanical |
 Microscopic |
 Organic |
 Regenerative |
 Titanic |
 Tychokinetic |
 Replicating |
 Newtonian |
 Ontological |
 Divine |
 Hallucinogen |
 High Velocity |
 Proto-Mechanical |
 Proto-Newtonian |
 Proto-Sapient |
Containment Protocols: RPC-507 is to be contained inside of a 5m³ glass enclosure inside of Site-038 Site-002's Terran-Alpha containment wing, and is only to be removed for its biannual phyiscal evaluation and miscellaneous testing purposes at the direct request of senior research staff. Said enclosure is to be outfitted with a ceiling-mounted dehumidifier and a combination of cooling fans alongside a central heating system to create a temperature gradient from 26–34ºC.
Since its relocation to Site-002 in 2008, RPC-507 has been kept on a steady diet consisting primarily of 0.15 kg of partially and/or fully functioning electronic materials per day so as to prevent overfeeding, which may result in heightened levels of aggression towards members of staff. If this aggression persists over the course of several days, RPC-507 is to be starved and isolated from on-site staff within its enclosure for a prolonged period of time, usually ranging anywhere between 1-2 weeks, before it is allowed to be fed again.
MST Alpha-5 "Thor's Hammer" are to be notified immediately in the event of a containment failure as they are considered to be first responders. RPC-507 is to be sedated using a standard issue high voltage stun gun and net launcher. Lethal force is to never be authorized under any circumstances. The high voltage stun gun is always to be utilized in order to sedate RPC-507, whether or not it has displayed significant hostility towards staff is to be considered irrelevant.
Description: RPC-507 is a synthetic serpentine organism, spanning 2.4 meters in length and weighing 49.8 kilograms, that physically resembles a non-duo-sided Ethernet cable. RPC-507 has been shown to exhibit the behavioral characteristics of a male Python bivittatus, which includes, but is not limited to:
- Preference towards relaxing in moist/swamp-like environments.
- Exceptional ability to submerge itself within bodies of water for prolonged periods of time.
- Tendency to ambush and strangle targets to death via constriction.
- Nocturnal behaviour.
It is currently unknown as to how exactly RPC-507 gained sentience. Initial scans conducted on RPC-507 in Site-038 revealed that it did not possess any physical characteristics that would set it apart from a standard, non anomalous ethernet connector asides from an internal organ that is believed to function as its stomach.
The RJ-11 connector, which functions as the head of its body, can separate into jaws to consume material using the individual metallic pins as teeth. However, unlike a typical, non-anomalous snake, the bottom of its jaw is unable to properly dislocate entirely from the rest of the connector, meaning that it is incapable of swallowing its food whole.
As stated previously in its containment protocols, RPC-507's diet consists primarily of fully or partially functioning electronic devices and/or components sourced from Site-002's warehouse sector. How it determines the condition of said electronic components is as of yet unknown, although it appears to do so by flicking its 'tongue' near the surface of its food in order to inspect its quality before promptly consuming it.
Although RPC-507 does not typically prey on organic matter unless it becomes desperate for substance as a result of intentional or unintentional starvation by staff, it may become inclined to do so if it either believes that it is being threatened or if it has been accidentally overfed by staff. Feeding RPC-507 more than 1 kg of materials per week has been shown to result in an increased level of hostility towards any or all organic lifeforms within its general vicinity. While it is currently unknown as to why this happens, it is widely believed to be caused by several factors, including but not limited to food aggression, percived competition, and an overall increase in appetite.
At seemingly random intervals, RPC-507 may begin producing dissonant tones or incoherent, "garbled" synthetic vocalizations from its mouth while looking in the direction of nearby members of staff surrounding its enclosure. This behavior is considered completely normal and does not indicate any attempts at communication.
Date: 3/05/2012
Time: 8:23 AM, PST
Incident: Security footage taken from in and around RPC-507's enclosure over the course of the week leading up to Incident 507-1 revealed that a junior researcher, who had recently been assigned to work on RPC-507 only a month priror, had been feeding RPC-507 0.4 more kg of materials than instructed to. Whether or not this was intentional or not was unclear, but an investigation conducted by the ACI following the incident came to the conclusion that the junior researcher was simply, quote, 'just being lazy'.
RPC-507 was reported missing from its enclosure by Dr. Jared Kane around 12 minutes after it made its way into the site's ventilation system, having managed to incapacitate and kill 2 researchers and 1 ASF unit before a full lockdown of the Terran-Alpha containment sector was able to be put in place.
Not long after, MST Alpha-5 "Thor's Hammer" arrived at Site-002, where they were quickly ambushed by RPC-507 from an overhead ceiling vent not long after making their way into the Terran-Alpha containment sector. RPC-507 was quickly incapacitated by a net gun after attempting to lift an operative up into the ventilation system by their neck, and was immediately administered two high voltage shocks directly to the head after it was properly secured by the entry team.
Following this incident, the decision was made to shift feeding responsibilities from the research team to an assigned member of CSD personnel. The reason given for this change was, in a statement attributed to one of the senior researchers assigned to work on RPC-507, because "CSD believe that they'll get shot just for stubbing their toes, they're more likely to listen to orders than any of those fucking idiotic junior researchers will anyways."
Interviewed: RPC-507
Interviewer: Dr. ██████ Jackson
Foreword: On June 11th, 2015, RPC-507 exhibited an assumedly newfound capability to communicate. While its speech was broken and predominantly incomprehensible, Dr. Jared Kane proposed a theory concerning RPC-507's word choice. Following the consideration of the associated researchers, the theory was tested via direct interview. 2 members of MST Alpha-5 "Thor's Hammer" were also present at the scene.
Dr. ██████: Hello, 507.
RPC-507: Greetings are irrelevant, choices are cold.
Dr. ██████: Can you tell me your name?
RPC-507: Life unstable. The paradigm of magnitudes is plethorously unstable.
<Dr. ██████ writes “Unstable, paradigm, magnitudes, plethorously”>
Dr. ██████: Excuse me, what? I was simply asking for your name.
RPC-507: The complex of biology is broken on indigenous species of length.
<Dr. ██████ writes “complex, biology, broken, indigenous species of length”.>
Dr. ██████: If you insist. Would you mind…explaining further?
RPC-507: Explanation defunct, unreliable sources are chosen for profit, answer remains terrorized.
<Dr. ██████ writes the sentence verbatim, along with the question before.>
Dr. ██████: Back to my first question, do you have a name?
RPC-507: RPC. 507. Ethernet Snake.
<Dr. ██████ hastily pens the response along with the note, “understood nomenclature, might can reason”>
RPC-507: Unheard dictionary, languages are unnecessary in groups, but text is useful.
Dr. ██████: Ahem, thank you for your time, 507. I'm sorry that this had to be short. Perhaps we shall convene again soon, but I must run a few diagnostics.
RPC-507: التشخيص غير ضروري في المفردات. [ENG: “Diagnostics are unnecessary in vocabulary”.]
<Dr. ██████ vacates the area, and RPC-507 is apprehended by the MST units, who escort it back to containment.>
RPC-507: Vacating est infestantibus, documenta sunt lapides grandis.
[ENG: “Vacating is aggressive, documents are broken.”]
Closing Statement: I believe Doctor Kane was onto something interesting, but there is a lot to come of this data. After immediate analysis, I’ve concluded that RPC-507 may be capable of accelerated learning. Until thorough study of RPC-507’s attempted communication has been completed, I would highly recommend a temporary cessation of interview and testing procedures for the sake of security.
-Dr. ██████ Jackson—]
