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OPERATION SUMMARY

Operation Designation LAKE SWALLOW

Tasking Division MTF Omega-1

Commanding Officer Captain Justice

Field Operatives

Operative Blackwood

FTL Preliminary

Operative Psalm

Operative Gavel

Operative Moth

Primary Location Pacific Northwest Research Site (REDACTED), adjacent to unnamed glacial lake

Mission Type Internal ethics enforcement and anomalous research compliance

Clearance Level Omega-1

1. Objective

Reports surfaced indicating that Site (REDACTED) had begun conducting unauthorized human trials tied to a newly recovered anomalous aquatic specimen. Multiple civilians from nearby towns had vanished in the past three months, with no formal investigation launched by the Site Director or Research Command. Omega-1 was deployed to verify ethical violations, recover any surviving victims, and execute reform or removal procedures against involved personnel.

2. Insertion and Preliminary Review

Time Action Observation

0620 hours Arrival via rotary insertion Fog heavy. Lake mirror-still. Personnel guarded.

0633 hours Clearance secured Operative Psalm began review of civilian logs.

0701 hours Operative Blackwood and FTL Preliminary entered shoreline annex lab Immediate resistance from on-site lead researcher

Initial walkthroughs revealed clear signs of off-record habitation cells beneath the shoreline laboratory. Beds, restraints, personal effects, and one still-functioning voice recorder belonging to a civilian identified as “Marcy L”, missing thirty-two days.

3. Escalation

0730 hours

Blackwood, supported by FTL Preliminary, confronted the assistant containment chief regarding missing logs. The confrontation was brief—Blackwood’s command presence clear and direct. The logs were recovered behind a false wall panel. They detailed non-consensual testing using cognitohazardous stimuli derived from aquatic anomaly SCP-LS-3X.

0812 hours

Two surviving civilians located in an auxiliary testing room. Malnourished but lucid. One identified Blackwood by name from Foundation PSAs and begged not to be “disappeared again.” Both were evacuated under emergency care.

0839 hours

Captain Justice ordered full lockdown of sublevel research. Director placed in holding under Article 33 Violation of Consent Statute.

4. Personal Dynamics

Throughout the operation, Operative Blackwood showed sharp moral judgment and clear leadership initiative. He deferred to Captain Justice only when necessary, otherwise taking charge of interrogation sequencing, site morale observation, and structural evidence containment.

His growing friendship with Fireteam Lead Preliminary was noted. The two worked in tight coordination throughout the mission. Their banter remained professional but increasingly warm, including multiple shared field reports and a synchronized approach to clearing hallways and labs.

Operative Psalm Observation

“They do not walk alike, but they move like two sides of the same blade.”

5. Outcome

Subject Status

Director of Site (REDACTED) Removed and in tribunal holding

Assistant Containment Chief Reassigned to provisional duty pending review

Two civilian captives Recovered, transferred to Foundation Recovery Wing

Anomaly SCP-LS-3X Temporarily neutralized and sealed for further ethics-compliant research

Operative Blackwood Commended for calm, control, and team-focused leadership under moral stress

6. Operative Log

Private Log – Operative Blackwood

"They were taking people because they thought the lake would answer back if they fed it the right voices. No science. Just fear dressed up like a lab coat. This was the kind of place Secretary warned me about. Justice led the charge, but he let me call the wind. Preliminary said we made a good rhythm out there. I think he’s right."

Captain Justice Comment

"Blackwood continues to rise. He’s no longer just skilled—he’s steady, principled, and focused on more than results. Leadership is not something he wants. It’s something that follows him anyway."

Addendum

Carved into the concrete support beam of the shoreline facility, just above the sealed stairwell to the now-dismantled test chambers, was a line written in what appeared to be etched chalk:

“The lake does not swallow what it remembers.”

Omega-1 marked the phrase for long-term documentation. LAKE SWALLOW is considered resolved. Further operations pending.

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