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SCP:GALLIONIC is an independent animated short film following the events after a catastrophic containment breach through the eyes of Matthew Vestergaard, a simple accountant working on the outskirts of the facility, and the events leading up to said breach through Jane Vestergaard, a young researcher at the facility and Matthew’s older sister. Jane is helplessly frustrated with the facility's status quo in which containment breaches seem to be a common occurrence and the loss of staff is just part of the job. She is worried this mass apathy could lead to a catastrophic containment breach and has to scramble for a solution to all of this. Matthew, on the other hand, decides to venture within the facility after said catastrophic event, with no knowledge of what happened or even what is in this place, but with the sole goal of saving his sister.
The story explores theme of control over one's surroundings and selves. Whilst the story is based on various lore from the SCP wiki, it is not necessary to have any prior knowledge of it to fully enjoy this short. If anything we hope this short gets more people curious about SCP and all that it brings!
Characters
Matthew Vestergaard
Working in the outskirts of the main facility as a simple accountant, Matthew passes his days in relative tranquillity, not having to bear the knowledge of what is kept within the facility. His attitude however suddenly changes when a catastrophic containment breach occurs at the site, and he together with the few who were outside of the facility are left without any information of what happened. With rescue being unavailable and the threat of the whole place self-destructing, Matthew decides to venture into the facility and find his sister, despite knowing the near impossibility of the task.
Jane Vestergaard
As a young 29 year old researcher at site 19-2, Jane, like many others, is tasked with the observation and research of various anomalies contained within the facility. As time goes on, she witnesses multiple breaches, in which anomalies escape containment, wreaking havoc within the site and leaving many casualties. However, what shocks her the most are not the breaches in it of themselves, but everyone's seeming apathy towards them. She worries that this will lead to complacency, and sooner or later, a catastrophic breach, which could put in serious risk the entire site, if not the world at large. Therefore she desperately starts searching for a possible solution to all of this before it's too late.
Virgil Castro
Virgil is a senior facility guard working on the facility's perimeter who's only job is that of making sure nothing enters the site. Despite having worked within the facility in his early days, he quickly realised he'd much prefer a calmer albeit more boring position outside, as a patrol officer. However, when finding out his friend, Matthew, was going to enter the facility alone after The catastrophic containment breach, he decides to accompany him and become his guide through the maze like structure, aiding him in finding his sister, despite knowing the risks, and that they might never come back.
Jessica Persik
Jessica is a senior researcher at site 19-2 with multiple years of experience and a discrete level of authority within the site. Despite having seen many things over the years, she remains light-hearted and easy going, which seems to mesh well with Jane, as the two quickly become friends, helping out one another, leading to Jessica empathising with Jane’s sentiment, and deciding to help her in some shape or form.
The Interviewer
THE Voice Actors
Jake Walters [@_JakeVA] as Matthew Vestergaard
Hunter Peterson [@hitherehunter] as The Interviewer
Nola Klop [@nolaklop] as Jane Vestergaard
Blythe Melin [@blythemelin] as Virgil Castro
Cat Protano [@catprotano] as Jessica Persik
Site 19-2
As the biggest and most ambitious facility, Site 19-2 was built from the ground up in an undisclosed part of Alaska with the idea of containing as many anomalies in one single place as possible. When the idea for such a site was proposed to the board it was heavily criticised for its seeming danger, as one single catastrophic breach could put at risk many thousands of anomalies. However, through thorough testing and research, both in the architecture of the facility, together with its logistics and security systems, proved it near impossible for such an event to happen.
After such conclusion, what made the proposal even more appealing was the logistic and energy simplicity, as resources could be more easily concentrated in one single area instead of being spread out across multiple facilities, which made everything from resupplying to re-containment much easier.
The facility now houses over 100'000 active personnel, and one third of all actively containable non-indestructible SCPs, which means it is much closer to a city than a laboratory. Because of it's remote and hostile location, the foundation has taken extra steps in ensuring the wellbeing and comfort of all staff, so as to reduce any unwanted psychological stress and maintain maximum efficiency.
