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From Andor s02e06. They were explaining how the relics in the room are used, but they skipped that one.

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[โ€“] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's just SCP-184, in a galaxy far far away the people discovered how to neutralize its anomalous properties

[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh that's some good ass lore right there. Love how it builds up this image of the danger of the object but never divulges what could actually happen if interacting with it in the wrong way.

[โ€“] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most of the SCP are this way. If you want to go deeper, some of my favorites include:

Going into SCP is a good way to spend an afternoon or two, there are really talented writers out there

[โ€“] Snowcano@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

God I love SCP so much. Probably why I loved Control so much, it was like playing SCP: The Game or something.

I mean, SCP was literally the inspiration for Control. Like the game designers straight up said that SCP was their primary inspiration, and they skirted as close to it as possible while still maintaining enough uniqueness to avoid things like licensing issues. So yeah, it makes sense that youโ€™d enjoy it if you like SCP.