Project Trickster

Project Trickster

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  Article: Project Trickster
  Author: Einer von Rabe
  Co-Founder: Dr Himy and Flaming2204
  Further Words of Thanks: Doktor Cyberion and DrPeterWenzel

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When we still lived in caves, full of fear of the things we did not understand, we gave them names, called them "Gods" and "Demons".
When we started to explore the anomalous with the SCP Foundation towards the end of the 20th century, we made our first mistake. We thought we could control them and use them for our own purposes. If they came from our ranks, they would be tameable, like the wolves that were tamed and bred into "Dogs" by our ancestors. Demigods, Warriors, Sorcerers, whole armies we created. We were blind.
But we learned from our mistakes. They were not few we made.
Project Trickster will be a new beginning.

We secure. We contain. We protect.

— O4-8 _{Responsible for Project Trickster}

Main Timeline

Tales that take place in this universe:

An Offering, a Request

The Surgeon's Downfall

Difficult Relationships

Death, Love and in Between

The Demon Who Dwells Within Us

Late Delivery

The Appearance is deceptive

A Boring Valentine's Day

The little Girls and the Matchsticks

Celebrate Festivals as they fall

In the Funnel and under the Hut

All Anomalies

Anomaly associated with the Project:

SCP-101-DE – Eik, the Tree of Knowledge

SCP-121-DE – Telepathic Humanoid

SCP-122-DE – Frau Harlekina

SCP-129-DE – The False Surgeon

SCP-136-DE – The boy who stops time.

SCP-140-DE – Morts volantes

SCP-146-DE – Calliope Installation

SCP-148-DE – Blue Slime [Level 25]

SCP-187-DE – Mathilda

SCP-193-DE – Education is Improvement

SCP-196-DE – Homo Reptilis

SCP-239-DE – USB Gerbil

SCP-329-DE - The last Druid, for real now.

SCP-369-DE - The Kobold in the Radio

SCP-399-DE - In the Abyss of the Depressing Sea Dwells a Compassionate Mermaid

Department-Con 2022

Team Name: Explaining The Magic

Contest Submissions:

SCP-6192 - Mirrors Out-Of-Use von Ethagon
SCP-6192-1-EX - Mirror Inspection von Ethagon und Einer von Rabe
Mirror in your Mind von Einer von Rabe
To Whom It May Concern von Brian Hope

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To be continued …

Standalone Works

Article, also take place in this universe:

Life.flow

Critter Profile: EDEN!

A Strange Daydream, As Sweet As Poison

The Conspiracy to Murder

Bonus Material

Losing Series

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 Remark  
No sequels to the Losing Series are currently being worked on.
It will soon be rewritten from scratch.

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Episode 1: Taken
Episode 2: Hunted

In the End Only We Remain
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

Trickster Heist
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

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Overview

This is a collaborative writing project.

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What is this project?

This is a writing project based on an SCP-Foundation Support Programme. The Project Trickster. This project is to support the research of sapient anomalies. Since the SCP Foundation has had bad experiences with these in the past, only a few are admitted and even they only under strict rules.

Can I participate?

Anyone can join who wants to write about a world where there is a secret project of the German Branch (And the other branches of course). You can write stories from the point of view of the members or an SCP who has been admitted to the programme.

You can't decide? Why don't you try SCP-187-DE!

And perhaps this tale - Trickster Heist, Part 2!

Characters

Primary Characters

Dr. Ainsworth / "Morgana"
Bell Ainsworth is the head of Project Trickster. Selected and appointed by O4-8 because of the Sjhlfels Agreement with the Mage Academy.

Agent Viktor / "Balder"
Viktor Eißner, recorded as SCP-140-DE-1, is an agent with the anomalous ability to see "Ghosts". One of the first to be accepted into Project Trickster.

Agent Phillipp / "Mimir"
John-Christian [CENSORED], recorded as SCP-121-DE-A1, is an agent with the anomalous ability to communicate telepathically with people. One of the first to be accepted into Project Trickster.

R. T. I. Titan "Lois"
A R. T. I. Titan, which was purchased by the SCP Foundation for research into robots and artificial intelligences. Lois is a nickname from the members.

Mathilda / "Hel"
SCP-187-DE is a girl with the anomalous ability to transport herself to another plane of reality, which additionally erases all memories of her while she is there. Raised from an early age to be a loyal member of the SCP Foundation and Project Trickster.

SCP-136-DE/ "Kronos"
SCP-136-DE is a boy with the anomalous ability to stop time. Although rebellious and sarcastic, he is loyal to the SCP Foundation and Project Trickster.

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Secondary Characters

Dr. Faust / "Munin"
Stephan Faust is a researcher assigned to assist Dr Ainsworth. He is associated with UE-1248.

Agent Peterson / "Hugin"
Alice Peterson is an agent assigned to assist Dr Ainsworth. She is associated with UE-1248.

Amelie Meloa/ "Gefion"
Amelie Meloa, called Amy, is a biologist assigned to assist Dr Ainsworth. She is by far one of the newest members.

Sandra Flick/ "Titania"
A young female agent recently assigned to the group. Seems to be hiding her past from the SCP Foundation.

O4-8
O4-8 is the person responsible for monitoring everything that happens with Project Trickster.

Artificial Network Assistant (ANA)
Officially an Artificial General Intelligence. An assistance in tracking persons of interest in digital networks. Unofficial first member of the project.

All Articles

Documents SCP-399-DE +3 SCP-193-DE +2 SCP-239-DE +1 SCP-148-DE +3 SCP-101-DE +5 Critter Profile: EDEN! +14 SCP-122-DE +5 SCP-121-DE +3 SCP-136-DE +2 SCP-187-DE +5 SCP-140-DE +4

Narratives A Strange Daydream As Sweet As Poison +3 A Boring Valentine's Day +2 Death, Love and in Between +1 Trickster Heist, Part 3 +4 Trickster Heist, Part 2 +4 Trickster Heist, Part 1 +5 Budget cuts +2 An Offering, a Request +2

International Articles

Background

The Shared Universe
This universe is set in a modified version of the DE Standard Canon. There are some differences from existing conceptions, for example, the SCP Foundation is more tolerant in its handling of anomalies, albeit under strict guidelines. This manifests itself both in the treatment of personnel who have acquired supernatural abilities and in the treatment of groups of interest..

Information for Authors
The prime directive still applies: We protect normality! But to do that, we have to understand how the abnormal works.
The following contains some spoilers that you may not want to know until after you have read the tales. You have been warned!

+ Show information on Articles

• The focus of this writing project is the characters. No epic battles, no heroic sagas, no terrible villains. Just a group of anomalous people and their relationships with each other.
  • These can be tales, but also SCP files and GoI Formats with or about the members.
  • Of course, the members can go on mission as a special unit, but no matter what they do, they do it as a sworn community.
  • Even though they seem like a Super MTF made up of a Telepath, a Ghost Seer, a War Robot, a Girl and a Witch, they are under surveillance 24/7. Not everyone is happy with the creation of the project. For this reason, O4-8 has to justify every action of the group.
    • You are also allowed to write articles critical of the Project. These are welcome, as this gives life to the canon. People are different.
• All tales are to be sorted chronologically according to the events in them.
• All articles receive the tag project-trickster. Tales can be tagged directly using the input field in the first tab. SCP files must be tagged manually.

• There is no set Writing Style for the SCP-DE Files (Or your Branch Equivalent). This should give you room and also shows that the in-Universe Authors have their own personalities. Play with it a bit to show how the Sites deal with Anomalies differently.

+ Show Information about Project Trickster

• Project Trickster is a secret research and support programme for abnormal people.
  • This is managed on paper with a zero-error tolerance, but project leaders turn a blind eye more often than not.
  • The members of the programme must not have too strong abilities, such as immortality, summoning of dangerous objects or omnipotence. We do not want overpowered characters(!)
• What you should also try to avoid is that the member is the anomaly itself. People who have received supernatural powers through an anomaly are favoured.
  • The number of members is kept low in order to keep the group under better control.
    • New members are welcome, but they should be well established in an article beforehand. A very simple way is to link them to an already established member. Just keep in mind that the newcomer is likely to be assigned small things.
• To protect members from discrimination, the Ethics Committee arranged for only members to know the identities.
  • To outsiders, they are members of the MTF 8-Harlequin "The Tricksters".
  • Furthermore, they use aliases in official documents to further conceal their identity.
  • Extrareal Outpost-DE20-T in Freeport (a form of Nexus) FP-08 "Sjhlfels am Rhein" is used as a base because FP-08 is in a pocket dimension.
    • There are people who could theoretically open Ways everywhere. However, their use is out of the question for the SCP Foundation due to their unreliability and frequent fraud attempts, in addition to the fact that they cannot enter certain places anyway.
    • The free port Sjhlfels am Rhein was discovered in this timeline in the middle of the 20th century by the Department of the SCP-Foundation in Switzerland.
    • Not all articles with Sjhlfels am Rhein automatically take place in this universe and vice versa, but some events may overlap in both timelines. For example, the Foundation outside this universe discovers FP-8 in the late 20th or early 21st century.
  • The support programme was founded on 4.7.2013. The members make many comments about this date they are "under a bad star".

+ Other Projects

• While Project Trickster is the main focus, there are other programmes.
  • For example, SCP-129-DE was used to research whether a technical solution could combat memetic and mind-affecting anomalies.
  • Project Trickster members are also more likely to be called in to help find a solution to anomalies such as SCP-148-DE or SCP-196-DE.
• In general, this universe is an opportunity to experiment a little more with anomalies and the supernatural. But don't be too tempted to send a Keter-Class Berserker on suicide missions with an inexperienced teenager.

• In case you want to write something outside the German-speaking world, you have to consider that other branches don't get as much support. And yes, the DE branch is privileged, after all, it is one of the DE canons.
  • Projects similar to Project Trickster in other countries are much more fragile and thus do not last as long. Members may even be accepted into the Trickster team if they have potential and can speak German.
• The history of this timeline is roughly that early in the existence of the SCP Foundation there was an incident with an anomalous employee from the beginning of the establishment of the SCP Foundation, which led to the O5 Council tightening up on the handling of anomalies.
  • Site-19 was destroyed in the incident.
• The DE Branch was selected because of the low number of containment breaches, especially in relation to whether an anomalous member of the SCP Foundation was involved.
  • By the way, Author Avatars are excluded in advance, that is, they are not canonical. I'm sorry, but I want to keep it fair.
    • And Author Avatars cannot use portals and Ways to get into this canon. The reactions of the universe would be similar to that of an immune system: Violent.
• The Object Classes Thaumiel does not exist, but the Threat Level White does.
  • In general, however, you should avoid anomalies that are "useful".
  • World-destroying Anomaly and Entities don't really exist either. There is no ban, see the two series in bonus material for that, but it is not the focus of this canon.
• The ‚Pataphysics Department deals only with narratives. Please do not make meta-articles that refer to us, there are other canons for that.

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• The SCP Foundation works together with some Groups of Interest. This has several reasons:
  • The existence of the Mages Academy came to the attention of the SCP Foundation in this universe around 1970, when the latter Nexus-08 "Sjhlfels am Rhein" set up the later Outpost-DE20-T. Mutual aid was secured through the Sjhlfels Agreement and both organisations try to strengthen the bond through exchange programmes, including at the Sjhlfelser Hochschule für Angewandte Magie (in English Sjhlfels University of Applied Magic).
  • Raptor Tec Industries is still a trading partner of the German branch in this universe, because the SCP Foundation wants to prevent R. T. I. from becoming too powerful and expanding too far. However, R. T. I. tries to sell to other organisations under the table.
  • The IMBW is supported unofficially, although the SCP Foundation tries to keep the group's sphere of influence as small as possible. As a result, the institute is much smaller and Professor Voss' modifications are reduced to a biological nature.
  • The Caecus Carneliana-Kollektiv and many cells of the Serpent's Hand, especially the German lodge "Pranke des Tatzelwurms“ ("The Tatzelwurm's Paw"), avoid direct attacks on the members of the project, but this does not apply to the rest of the SCP Foundation.
  • Wilson's Wildlife Solutions has an office in Sjhfels am Rhein in this canon, which was made possible by the Sjhlfels Agreement.
• The Sjhlfels Agreement indirectly affects other groups in the Nexus. The SCP Foundation tends to turn a blind eye there, but this is more due to the lack of influence on the pocket dimension.
  • It is a kind of anomalous no-man's land, which is also due to the paradoxical geographical location of the Alps and the North Sea. That's why the SCP Foundation takes on more the role of a police unit there.
• The Chaos Insurgency was never founded, as the incident made all doubts about the leadership disappear.
• The Global Occult Coalition is negative regarding Project Trickster. The UNGOC also takes more of an observational role and only intervenes in serious cases. So no "destroy it before we ask questions" mentality.
• The two extraterrestrial cultures, Theians and The Church of the Second Hytoth, are not canonical, but anomalies can enter this reality from outside.
• The Hive is simply not part of the canon. Attempts to infiltrate this reality led to failure. The Reason is unclear.
• The Scarlet King is not canon.
• The other GoIs are otherwise treated almost exactly the same. Maybe less extreme, in both directions.

+ Show Information on Canons

It is possible to write articles that contain content from other canons in addition to content from the Project Trickster Canon. They can still be tagged with the "projekt-trickster" tag and listed in the Hub under "Bonus Material". For example, it is possible to write an article about Project Trickster in addition to another canon that has its own worldview. However, large contradictions are to be avoided.

• Tales in the "Heaven and Earth" canon are probably the least affected by change.
  • The Trickster team will certainly be in the second or even third generation.
    • Characters who exist outside this universe can exist in Standard Canon as well as in this timeline.
• The AIAD Canon is not automatically in effect in this universe, but interactions between characters are possible.
• Site-43, Site-45 and Site-87 exist in this timeline, but the associated Canons On Guard 43, ㄗITCH 卄AVEN und S & C Plastics are not part of Project Trickster's World for several reasons. (One is the link with Resurrection, see below for more).
• Resurrection never took place in this timeline because Omega-7 never existed.
• Foreign canons are decided on a case-by-case basis. However, exchange between this and foreign canons is encouraged.
• Anomalous Individuals Monitoring Bureau and Foundation Collective are so loose that Crossovers are not a problem as long as the article does not contain any other contradictions.
• Other canons are either clearly incompatible, situation-dependent or mixable with minimal problems.
• It is of course allowed to write articles that show a version of Trickster elements that does not play in this canon.
• In any case, we ask you to get in touch with us via Wikidot or Discord chat if you have such an idea, so that we can discuss where possible hurdles might be. Additionally, we don't want to lose the "main timeline" too much. (Which is all outside of Bonus Material).

• If you want to use characters that have not yet appeared in this Canon, it is recommended that you first discuss this with us. As an example, some anomalies from the English Series are not contained and/or are heavily modified here. (Less extremely, but something similar may also be the case for SCPs of the other Branches.)

If you have any questions, we are at your service. We are even happy if you talk to us about your ideas. This universe revolves around a Team of People, and so we are also a Team.

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There is a dedicated server on Discord for this canon! If you want to join it, contact an author. If you want to write an article but are not sure how exactly your idea fits into the canon, the chat is the place to be! We can also help you with ideas and brainstorming. (For International Personnel, we have specially set up a Chat Room where you can talk to us in English.)