SCP-001: Kate McTiriss’s Proposal – The Database The Record

The Most Dangerous Page in the Foundation

Among all the mysterious entries in the SCP Foundation archives, none carry more weight—or risk—than SCP-001. While there are many competing proposals for what SCP-001 truly is, the version submitted by Dr. Kate McTiriss stands out as uniquely unsettling. Her proposal doesn’t describe a monster, a god, or a cosmic threat. Instead, it presents something far more terrifying: a single database page that can reshape reality itself.

What Is SCP-001 According to McTiriss?

Dr. McTiriss’s proposal claims that SCP-001 is the database entry slot itself—specifically, the Foundation’s SCP-001 page. According to multiple internal consensus decisions made by both the Site Directors’ Executive Committee of the Whole (SDECotW) and the O5 Council, this page has a very unique and dangerous anomalous property:

Any statement written on the SCP-001 page becomes objectively true.

Not just metaphorically. Not just “true” in Foundation records. But literally true in reality.

Why It’s So Dangerous

You might think this kind of power could be used for good—world peace, unlimited energy, or neutralizing every anomaly. But the truth is far more complicated and dangerous.

Edits to the SCP-001 page have been found to cause severe and unpredictable reality shifts. These are classified as Category–Aleph Room effects, which include potential end-of-the-world events such as:

• XK-Class: Total planetary destruction
• CK-Class: Rewriting of all historical continuity
• VK-Class: Collapse of vital natural laws
• And more—each with civilization-ending consequences

Due to these risks, the O5 Council has locked the page from all editing, unless seven separate O5 members use private decryption keys to authorize a change. In other words, editing the page is treated like launching nuclear missiles.

What Is Known About Entity “Thaumiel”?

During investigations into how this anomaly was discovered, a strange being known only as Entity Thaumiel was mentioned. It may have been created through earlier modifications to the SCP-001 page, or perhaps was revealed as a side effect.

Also linked to these events is Dr. Mary Nakayama, a former Foundation researcher who vanished under mysterious circumstances. Some believe she became—or created—Entity Thaumiel. If she or any similar entity ever contacts the Foundation again, the Council has agreed to negotiate rather than destroy.

This highly cautious policy reflects just how unstable and potentially powerful this SCP has become.

The Files That Started It All

A series of archived subpages show past versions of the SCP-001 file, each containing logs and records that hint at how this anomaly was discovered. These documents seem to have appeared on Foundation servers without clear origin, some even showing up on Dr. Nakayama’s personal computer the morning the anomaly was confirmed.

To prevent future disasters, the Foundation has placed strict new rules on its database structure:

• Only 1,000 safe SCP slots are active at any time
• All blank pages are scanned for similar reality-altering properties
• Mechanical records and handwritten lists are immune, but digital devices can be affected (even phones and calculators)

The Final Verdict

The Foundation’s leaders have reached a terrifying conclusion:

The SCP-001 page itself is the anomaly.
Writing something into it doesn’t describe a truth—it creates one.

So now, it sits in lockdown—untouched, sealed, and guarded more tightly than any other file in Foundation history. Editing it would mean playing god. And the price of getting it wrong could be everything.

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