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RPC-612 instance in Houston, Texas.
Registered Phenomena Code: 612
Object Class: Gamma-Purple
Hazard Types: Memory Alteration, Temporal, Teleportation, Transmutation
Containment Protocols: All non-Authority reports of RPC-612 instances and related information/media must be taken down and redacted from public records following standard operating procedures with assistance from MST X-Ray-6. Documentation regarding RPC-612 in any capacity must be classified under Level-3 authorization.
RPC-612 instances must be immediately neutralized and deconstructed upon detection via web crawlers, embedded agents, and civilian reports. MST Romeo-7 and Victor-1 are assigned to facilitate and ensure the deconstruction of RPC-612 instances and the removal of all related media. All personnel involved in the instances' destruction, or that have otherwise witnessed the construct, must be amnesticized once neutralization is complete.
Addendum 1 cannot be made available to more than three individuals at a time. Under no circumstances may Addendum 1 be distributed to unauthorized personnel or by any individual other than the current Head Researcher of RPC-612.
Records detailing a summarized version of human history are stored in the Hecla-class extended operations vessels of INFLTEO to be compared with existing copies on Earth annually to serve as a "control variable" to ensure no major historical ramifications have been caused by RPC-612 or [REDACTED].
Transcripts of the AEDF's records are electronically delivered to an automated program in Site-062 and, assuming no anomalies are detected, the records are updated with recent events and sent back to INFLTEO.
While the Mnemosyne Protocol has proven effective in detecting major changes to global history, it is unknown how many RPC-612 events have successfully integrated into the timeline that have not been detected by the protocol, either due to their remote location or insignificant nature.
Description: RPC-612 is the classification of various monuments, statues, memorials, cenotaphs, and other commemorative constructs that can manifest in any location on Earth, depicting a historical event that is entirely fictional.
Once RPC-612 manifests, it produces a slowly expanding area of effect varying wildly in size and shape that manipulates reality with an altered version distinct from our own due to the ramifications of whichever disaster, tragedy, battle, death, or event the structure memorializes.
Once inside the field, the border of the effect is no longer visible. From the interior, the altered reality appears to be worldwide, even though the effect is still only as large as its radius and can be exited at the same distance one enters, assuming the field did not expand during an expedition.
Generally, an individual can safely enter and exit the border of RPC-612 with no ill effects, but remaining within the field for longer than 2-4 hours can result in moderate to severe modification of the individual's memory and possible "integration" into RPC-612's modified reality, and they cannot be recovered until RPC-612 is destroyed.
The field has a consistent rate of expansion relative to its size, yet its impact can be exacerbated by any act that would commemorate the event depicted in the RPC-612 instance. This includes observing the construct, reading information related to the event, commemorative offerings such as flowers, the celebration of holidays related to RPC-612, and similar actions. Likewise, the growth can be slowed, stopped, and in some cases reversed by the opposite. Destruction of any media related to RPC-612, actively preventing the spread of information related to the event, and the demolition of the original RPC-612 instance can result in the minimization and neutralization of RPC-612's effects.
Once the effects have been neutralized, any temporal effects caused by RPC-612 are effectively undone and the affected area returns to normality as if RPC-612 had never existed. RPC-612 and any phenomena related to it will cease to exist. However, any external media not produced by RPC-612, such as any Authority documentation or memory related to the anomaly will persist, and possibly risk propagation of RPC-612's effects. For this reason, the section of this article that transcribes the various events is restricted to 3 individuals globally, and all individuals involved in the termination of an RPC-612 instance are amnesticized afterward.
This is due to the fact that the same alteration can manifest multiple times. RPC-612 instances that are tangentially related to one another are propagated by each other and this connection can accelerate their spread. Likewise, pre-existing memories and documentation regarding an event causes any subsequent manifestation to have a larger area of effect.
Addendum 1: Recorded RPC-612 Instances
Reoccuring RPC-612 instances will have a unique number alongside a secondary number denoting their order.
Designation |
Description |
RPC-612 Effect |
Status |
RPC-612 #12 |
A large marble slab in the center of John F. Kennedy Airport. 624 names are on its surface. "Never Again" is inscribed on the base. |
Massively increased security, with the airport's TSA staff and offices replaced with the "Transportation Security Force." Notably, several "TSF" staff were armed with unidentified assault rifles, and Authority personnel had some difficulty entering the airport to neutralize the construct. |
Neutralized |
RPC-612 #16 |
A statue of a firefighter in Kucinoka, Florida, standing straight, carrying a hose. No inscription. |
Nearby forests show signs of severe fire damage. Local newspapers memorialize the 18th anniversary of the "Everglades Wildfire." 34 locals ceased to exist inside the radius. |
Neutralized |
RPC-612 #18 |
A mural on the wall of a corridor in the Vatican depicting Pope Formosus post-mortem. |
Notable changes in the attire of the clergy affected by RPC-612, with the color black replacing certain aspects of their garments. Some bore habits entirely unrecognizable, with preserved bones and human skin affixed to certain points. Several preserved corpses lined the walls of the building, missing 3-10 fingers each. Due to the location, the anomaly was quickly neutralized. |
Neutralized |
RPC-612 #5-19 |
A statue in a town square in Berlin of a child wearing a gas mask. A plate on the statue's base reads, in English, "In Memory of the Millions Dead, and to our Liberators, the United Allied Nations," and beneath that, "Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, 1967." |
RPC-612 effect in the area caused an increased amount of background radiation and turned all nearby buildings empty and uninhabited. Notably, several propaganda posters are along the streets, praising the "UAN Military Police" for their efforts in suppressing the "German Freedom Front." Most modern RPC-612 #5 instance. |
Reoccurring |
RPC-612 #21 |
Pedastal with a model of an AEDF Cruiser at the bottom of the Tycho Lunar Crater. "FOR YOUR SERVICE" is inscribed on the base in French. Due to its location, it was undetected for several years and is the first recorded RPC-612 instance not located on Earth's surface. |
The model was modified from a standard Torch Cruiser, with what appeared to be unidentified offensive weapons along the sides of the craft. When viewed from within the field, Earth was visibly damaged, with several massive craters along the Americas and the absence of Australia. |
Neutralized |
RPC-612 #23 |
A partially damaged painting of what appeared to be Ceres on the wall of a train station in Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
[REDACTED] |
Neutralized |
RPC-612 #24 |
A mostly ruined statue in the outskirts of Paris, France, with only the rusted lower body remaining. The inscription was mostly illegible pardon the word "OZYMANDIAS." |
Local area reduced to rubble. High concentrations of ash in the field made breathing difficult. The sky appeared gray and cloudy from within RPC-612. No visible life. |
Neutralized |
RPC-612 #29 |
A currently unidentified model of tank in the town square of Atlanta, Georgia. A nearby pedestal reads, "Model T12-G War Barrel, 1912." |
Area has several other similar war memorials, commemorating the performance of the "Southeastern Coalition" in the "Third Civil War." Local area appeared to be culturally and technologically set within the 1960s-1970s. |
Neutralized |
RPC-612 #31 |
A large sphere composed of beryllium bronze in the center of New York City, New York, with no visible indents or imperfections. A transcription on its surface read "Praise [the] Radiant Delight/Joy" in Vulgar Latin. |
Mass chaos due to unknown mind-affecting properties of construct. All individuals within the range of effect, and those who enter it, immediately become incredibly violent and hedonistic, engaging in [REDACTED] and an estimated 1,394 casualties in an hour before its destruction by an RPG fired from outside the instance's rapidly expanding radius. Individuals who were within the field and were recoverable described Earth's moon as "becoming our second sun." |
Neutralized |
RPC-612 #8-3 |
Massive stone boulder manifested in Washington, DC. Decorated with several prehistoric depictions of early humans fighting another currently unidentified species. |
All evidence of humanity eliminated from the area. Agents could safely enter and described dense forests and purple spheres hanging in the sky. Identity unknown. |
Reoccurring |
RPC-612 #36 |
Statue of a soldier carrying a unique modification of an M1 Garand, manifested in Chillicothe, Ohio. No transcription beyond a variation of the Ohio state flag on the base, with 52 stars surrounding 2 red and white circles instead of one. |
Highly advanced technological development, with reports identifying advanced humanoid machines, commercially available spacecraft in low orbit, and Ohio identified as an independent country in affected history books. |
Neutralized |
Extended documentation on RPC-612 instances can be found here.
Addendum 2: Exploration Logs/Incident Transcripts
RPC-612 Incident Report 8/3/18
Unidentified individual manifests 17 meters away from the Upside-Down Monument of Charles La Trobe in Melbourne, Australia, captured by a security camera. The individual appears to be in standard Authority uniform for MST Victor-1, although some aspects of their equipment seem far more technologically advanced.
Initially, the individual looked around for about a minute, attracting several locals to the area.
Unidentified Individual: What a dump.
The individual sets what appears to be a satchel charge on the statue, then walks away and demanifests once they are 17 meters away from the construct. Afterward, the charge detonates, alerting local law enforcement and media.
Emergency secrecy protocols were enacted.