GRP-608
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Galactic Registered Phenomena: 608

Object Class: Gamma-Orange

Hazard Types: Organic Hazard, Sentient Hazard, Grouped Hazard, Teleportation Hazard, Regenerative Hazard

Containment Protocols:

During transport and direct interactions, the specimens are to be sedated and restrained so as to eliminate chances of harming personnel, damaging equipment, or escaping. Should a specimen perish, local security is to immediately prepare for the possibility of the replacement manifesting outside of containment.

Excess populations generated by GRP-608 are to be moved to Station 002 for examination, termination, and processing into nutrients which can then be sold to other parties within the Galactic Treaty. Selling of live GRP-608 generated specimens is to be halted wherever discovered.1 Any machinery generated by uncontained GRP-608 populations is to be immediately destroyed and any knowledge of the components are to be redacted from record.

Description: GRP-608 is a phenomenon which causes 10-20 human-like organisms to appear in to spontaneously manifest within or near major human settlements. These events are preceded by sudden, strong, directed disturbances in local infoplaner activity with an origin point beyond the galactic core.2 Immediately following this disturbance will be a large burst of light and weak radiation with the manifested organisms at the center point.

GRP-608 most often occurs in areas where survival is feasibly possible for manifested creatures; however, incidents of manifestations occurring within hazardous environments in the immediate proximity of a presumed target have been documented. The conditions a human population must meet for an occurrence are as follows:

  • Must be above 1000 members and growth must be stable.
  • Must not be under immediate threat of natural disaster, catastrophic failure of equipment, or hostile military action.
  • Must have a local supply of food and water that the GRP-608 population is capable of accessing.

Examinations of the physiology of manifested organisms, referred to as GRP-608-A, has revealed predominantly human features with much higher rates of organ replication, skeletal deformation, neural underdevelopment for physical age, and atavistic expression of pre-homo-sapien traits. In conjunction, the organisms are largely non-sapient, highly aggressive towards standard humans, and otherwise cognitively stunted. The only exception being an instinctive understanding of mechanical systems and orbital physics, which has been observed in items recovered from them.

Once a GRP-608 population has passed 100 members, new specimens will continually manifest to maintain a minimum number of 20 as others perish. However, due to the reproductive patterns and rate at which GRP-608 specimens mature, the majority of self restoring populations have been achieved artificially through the introduction of separate manifestations of a given species to one another.

Discovery: GRP-608 was first definitively observed upon FSS La Perla on 13/10/1994. Two reports from the Commune of Socialist Stations do predate this event however they remain contested at this time due to discrepancies in the witness testimonies.

FSS La Perla is an ark vessel specializing in agriculture, with the majority of its space devoted to the production and processing of genetically modified crops which its passengers sell to other vessels and stations along its travel circuit. These crops recycle air and water throughout the vessel, reducing reliance on technology and increasing space for further cultivation.

On 13/10/1994, 15 humanoids possessing excessive body hair, pronounced claws, and short tails manifested in the cargo hold of FSS La Perla. These specimens were encountered by security staff whereupon a skirmish ensued between them. Of the 4 staff 2 were critically injured and 1 was killed. 9 of the specimens were killed during the skirmish and a further 3 succumbed to their wounds shortly thereafter. A second security detachment was able to locate and sedate the remaining specimens. Immediately after the incident the Pro Corps were contacted and genetic tests on the specimens were performed to better their nature.

Addendum 608-A: At some point in mid 1995, a GRP-608 occurrence led to a population of GRP-608-A being situated in the artificial marshlands surrounding the Shuvoms Settlement of Europa in the Solar System. Due to the exceptionally fragile nature of this ecosystem, the local government has been unable to remove them from the area and unwilling to request aid from others in the task, as a result they have reached a population of at least 40 as of writing this. As this population is one of the few which can be somewhat reliably observed and is without constant human intervention, it remains a primary source of GRP-608-A social behaviors.

These instances of GRP-608-A are most notable in their construction of crude, mechanical replications of local spacecrafts. As they have been unable to produce propulsion or power systems, these crafts are invariably inoperable. Nonetheless they have been observed raiding local homes that are left unattended for tools and scrap metal. While most of these crafts are abandoned almost immediately after completion, two have been observed being used in a manner theorized to be a ritual.

First these instances will clear out a strip of land with one end terminating at the edge of a steep cliff or crevice. They will keep in this area a completed model spacecraft that, for the duration of the ritual, will be rubbed and banged upon by no less than three individuals at any given time. Next they will erect 3 meter tall towers of scrap metal along the sides of the strip. Typically they will be space 1-2 meters from one another, and will have instances stand at their peaks to hoot in unison at regular intervals. The most elder specimen, believed to be the leader of this population, will typically begin to read from a large piece of paper of unknown contents and gesture up towards constellations once the towers are finished. Finally the ritual will finish with the model craft being pushed over the edge and all the instances beginning to dance together.

Addendum 608-B: List of notable incidents and how the xenos have been reacting to this

Location Physiology Description Additional Notes
Newcastle Station, 19 Monocerotis System Instances of this population are only 0.8 meters in height, have atrophied limbs which force them to rely on quadrupedal locomotion, and possess distended stomachs from excessively long digestive tracts Initially believed to be a hoax, 3 of the specimens from this population have been discovered within the sewer systems of Newcastle Station. Reports of continued activity point to further instances being present somewhere the station, however investigations have been unable to find them. Locals claim the specimens communicate by banging on pipes to convey coded messages.
FSS Hollywood A population of Pan Paniscus, this group's initial 13 members were captured immediately following their GRP-608 occurrence. Since then, they have been purchased by multiple studios and talent agencies to utilize as actors in media productions. 3 members have been taught sign language and their handlers have reported them producing and communicating with unique signs. The majority of these signs relate to basic mechanical objects and principles. Attempts by the GRPC to acquire these specimens for more intensive study has been blocked by the vessel's administration.
Molotov Station, Solar System Not much information is known on this population given the location's status as a gulag station. This population of Pan Troglodytes has been cohabitating with the prisoner population and has reportedly been incorporated into one or more gangs as muscle, receiving food as payment. Local security has never directly observed the specimens but has extracted knowledge of their existence and general nature from the prisoner population. Notably, cases of makeshift explosives have risen sharply since the population's first reported activity.

Addendum 608-C: The signature of the disturbances which precede GRP-608 are unintelligible in themselves, but identical with every occurrence. Through the use of Psy Corps personnel, an artificial recreation of the signature has been produced and presented to multiple members of psionically active species such as the Wayxer and Zidophants. These encounters have in turn led to the discovery that GRP-608 is not a new phenomenon.

A Wayxer representative claimed that they and the Galactic Treaty as a whole had previously encountered the phenomenon during initial contact with the Hopkins, 1500 years ago. Reportedly, the infoplaner signature of GRP-608 events were observed on 16 separate occasions around the species' homeworld of Ghaulskyt. Reportedly, the species had been suffering near total extinction due to the primitive nature of their society leaving them ill equipped to control the use of nuclear weaponry which the species had somehow developed some 140-280 years before.

Multiple Zidophant representatives recommended the GRPC to the corporation Intarem upon being inquired about GRP-608. Through payment of a series of fees and agreement to several contracts, Intarem was convinced to share their knowledge on the phenomenon. According to them, the Consortium had observed 37 total occurrences of GRP-608 across 4 species over the course of its history. The most recent incident preceding modern observation having occurred 1002 years ago. While they refused to share the circumstances of many of these occurrences, they did express that humanity has thus far been targeted the most frequently of any previously observed species, and that the creatures manifested have expressed the most divergent behavior.

Addendum 608-D:

Addendum 608-E:

These items are written in a garbled version of the Humanoid3 language. Central to them is a singular statement which has been transcribed below.

Failure imminent. Build [unknown]. Deter the [savages/extermination].

It remains unknown at this time the purpose of the device and the relation of this statement to it. Galactic Directorate leadership has elected to assume the statement means that the device is by nature a weapon. Its status as one devised by such a hostile and destructive race has resulted in the total prohibition of its construction.

A copy of the blueprints has been turned over to the Kermiters for archival purposes and the GRP-608 humans have been permanently moved to the care of the Psy Corps for study.

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