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Registered Phenomena Code: 777
Object Class: Alpha-Yellow
Hazard Types: Tychokinetic Hazard
Containment Protocols: RPC-777 is to be kept on-location at Site-███, below the basement of the ███████ Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site-███ has been designed to act as a storage unit for anomalous objects, specifically luck-based events and objects, or any Alpha/Beta class objects that have been recovered close to the area.
RPC-777 must be kept in an airtight storage locker in Section 6 of the below-site storage unit. The storage locker where RPC-777 is located must be protected at all times by two armed ASF members, with instructions to bar entry into the area. Only Clearance Level 3 or above research personnel are permitted access to RPC-777 only during approved testing periods, along with any CSD personnel assigned for testing.
Description: RPC-777 appears to be a standard-size slot machine. The machine appears much like typical slot machines, and is equipped with a large screen displaying three reels, a lever, a coin slot, and three buttons placed at the foot of the screen. The machine also features aspects designed to attract potential players, such as bright flashing lights, sounds and decorations on the front of the machine. Above the screen, there is a flashing board decorated with a cartoon man in a top hat and tuxedo. The phrases “Super Slots!” and “Win BIG!” are embossed at the top of the board, along with the brand name “Lucky Louie’s Casino Customs” (a search of casino supply manufacturers has so far shown no company or brand with this title or mascot existing). Despite possessing a power cord, RPC-777 does not appear to require any sort of electricity in order to function.
RPC-777’s anomalous properties manifest when a coin of any value is placed into the coin slot of the machine and the lever is pulled The reels of the machine will begin spinning, and will stop when the corresponding button on the interface is pressed by a human hand. Once all three reels have been stopped, RPC-777 will display the results before deactivating. Once RPC-777 deactivates, it is rendered unusable for one hour, during which any attempts to activate it will yield no results.
Following the machine’s deactivation, any individual human who pressed one of the buttons will begin to experience abnormal shifts in luck depending on the results of the reels. Although in most cases the reels of RPC-777 do not match (thus resulting in no anomalous effects), changes in the subject's fortune have been noted when all reels on RPC-777 match. Tests performed by the researchers assigned to RPC-777 have found that on average what would normally be considered favorable results on a typical slot machine tend to grant the user more favorable luck as a result. These changes in luck typically last one week or until the subject’s death.
In order to test the varying levels of the fortune granted by results of RPC-777, an experiment was devised to observe how each result affects the user. For each CSD personnel used in the experiment, RPC-777 was operated until a previously unrecorded result was triggered. The subject was then asked to collect a piece of currency located somewhere in a nearby non-anomalous storage room for testing (a five-cent nickel was placed in the testing room prior to each experiment).
777-A-1
Slot Result: Two bright red cherries on each reel. (Estimated 5% chance)
Experiment: Subject entered testing room and located the currency. Item retrieved was revealed to be a ten-cent dime. A thorough investigation of the testing room revealed that the nickel had gone missing. It is believed that the user’s luck, and indeed the value of currency the subject discovered, was improved by the result.
777-A-2
Slot Result: One yellow lemon, cut into halves, on each reel. (Estimated 5% chance)
Experiment: Subject entered room and located the currency. Item retrieved was a one-cent penny.
777-A-3
Slot Result: One bunch of purple grapes on each reel. (Estimated 1% chance)
Experiment: Subject experienced a sudden misstep on the flat floor to the testing room, causing them to trip and fall. No major damage sustained. Upon entering the testing room, subject stated that they were not able to locate any currency. A closer inspection of the room revealed that the coin had vanished as the subject entered. Researcher ████████ who had not used the machine, was able to enter and immediately locate the coin, which remained a nickel. On the way out of the testing room, subject was injured by a falling storage shelf and suffered a mild concussion.
777-A-4
Slot Result: One orange on each reel. (Estimated 1% chance)
Experiment: Subject entered testing room and immediately located currency. Item located was a twenty dollar bill. Upon exiting the room, subject discovered another twenty dollar bill in the pocket of their jumpsuit. It is worth noting that the Authority did not provide the subject with any currency prior to the experiment.
Researcher’s Note: It definitely seems like the rarer the combination, the more major the luck change is. The difference is hugely visible, but that could go either way.
-Head Researcher Simmons
777-A-5
Slot Result: One humanoid skull on each reel. (Estimated .1% chance)
Experiment: Subject tripped over objects several times before reaching testing room, each causing severe bruising. It is worth noting that these objects were not in the area before subject spun the wheel. Upon reaching testing room, subject was not only unable to locate the coin (it is believed to have vanished similar to xperiment 777-A-3), but was injured by a heavy metal storage cabinet collapsing onto them. While being treated for major concussive damage to the skull and ribs, Head Researcher Simmons received a message from the Site Director ████████ that the subject’s termination date had been moved up to that day. After terminating the subject, Head Researcher Simmons received another message from the Site Director, announcing that several termination dates for CSD personnel, including that of the subject, were switched around due to a computing error.
Researcher’s Note: Well, that was certainly not our subject’s day. Talk about bad luck- but that does open up some interesting avenues. Not only can this thing make things appear and disappear, depending on the luck, but it can also edit and mess with the Authority’s systems? We’d better hope none of our higher-ups wind up with skulls, we could be in deep trouble.
-Head Researcher Simmons
777-A-6
Slot Result: One bright red number ‘7’ on each reel. (Estimated .1% chance)
On the way to the testing site, subject reported finding many types and values of currency in the path. Subject nearly tripped at the site, but was able to catch himself before hitting the ground. After discovering a one hundred dollar bill where the nickel was meant to be located, Site Director ████████ informed Head Researcher Simmons that there was to be a change in command due to a misplaced decimal in the code, and that the subject (Harold Zang) was to be upgraded to Head of Research on RPC-777.
Researcher’s Note: Well, shit. Guess I’m out of a job. Need any more help at RPC-████?
- Researcher Simmons
Researcher's Note: Well, this is…. unexpected.
-Head Researcher Zang
To: Site Director ████ ████
From: Head Researcher Zang
I’m not sure how this happened, but I guess I’m the new researcher in charge of this slot machine thing. I’m still trying to grasp what the hell all of this is, so bear with me, but I think this machine could be big trouble for you guys.
So this set of slots can give someone good luck or bad, from what I’ve learned- and in my case, I guess it was REALLY good. But there is a bit of worry centered around those skulls and sevens. In the case of the skulls, I’d say that not only is the destruction an easy way to lose CSD subjects, but could damage our testing environment as well. I think the collateral damage would just be irritating to replace. But that’s not the slot machine’s real weapon: those are the sevens. What would happen if that extremely good luck ended up in the wrong hands? If someone on a mission to destroy you guys happened to spin such incredible luck?
Imagine if another anomaly, Beta or Gamma level, got that result. It could cause a containment breach on the spot, its threat boosted by insanely good luck, costing us lives and funds. Or you could argue that if enough test subjects roll up the lucky numbers, you could have repeats of the situation with me….. only worse. People who don’t have a clue what they’re doing in charge of dangerous creatures and objects- what could possibly go wrong?
Think about if a bunch of lunatics or traitors took up huge roles in your projects due to some more ‘computer errors’. I assure you, I'm grateful to the machine for giving me this second chance at life and have no intention of turning against your Authority- but not everyone who would come up with three sevens is as agreeable as I am.
I’m gonna say we put this thing away for a while, and not test on it, to eliminate even the possibility of such a thing happening. I don’t know who this ‘Lucky Louie’ guy is, but we might want to keep an eye out for his brand, just in case.
-Harold Zang
At Head Researcher Zang’s suggestion, MST Phi-372 (“High Rollers”) has been dispatched in order to search for other ‘Lucky Louie’s’ brand items in nearby casino areas. Any luck or gambling-based objects will immediately be secured and held at Site-007. Gamma-Class anomalies must be temporarily held at Site-11 before being moved to a more secure and isolated site.
