Foundation Council

In Their Own Story

The O5 Council exists as the ultimate authority within the SCP Foundation, a body so secretive that even most Foundation personnel know little about its members. The Council answers to no national government, operating as its own independent shadow government. It oversees the Foundation's global paramilitary and scientific operations, from the deployment of agents to newly discovered anomalies to the authorization of amnestic drugs used to erase eyewitness memories. The Council's authority extends to the use of D-class personnel—disposable human test subjects, usually unwitting convict prisoners acquired from around the world—who are forced into slave labor and dangerous experiments to protect Foundation employees. The O5 Council also navigates the complex landscape of rival organizations known as Groups of Interest, including the Chaos Insurgency (a terrorist splinter group of ex-Foundation defectors who weaponize SCPs), the Global Occult Coalition (a UN paramilitary agency that destroys supernatural threats), and the Serpent's Hand (a militant group advocating for anomalous beings' rights).

Reader's Guide

The O5 Council serves as the mysterious leadership body of the SCP Foundation, a fictional secret organization that originated in the paranormal /x/ forum of 4chan in June 2007 with the posting of SCP-173. The Council oversees the Foundation's mission to capture, contain, and study paranormal phenomena while maintaining a masquerade of normalcy for human civilization. Key responsibilities include authorizing containment procedures for SCPs like SCP-049 (a plague doctor-like humanoid that kills those it believes have 'the pestilence'), SCP-096 (a scopophobic humanoid that hunts anyone who sees its face), and SCP-173 (the first SCP ever written, a statue that attacks when not directly observed). The Council also manages rival organizations, such as the Chaos Insurgency, which captures and weaponizes SCPs, and the Global Occult Coalition, which destroyed SCP-1609 (a benevolent chair) in a woodchipper, reducing it to a sentient pile of wood chip mulch that teleports into aggressors' lungs. The O5 Council's decisions shape the Foundation's response to anomalies like SCP-3008, an infinite IKEA pocket dimension inhabited by faceless humanoid employees that become violently aggressive at night.

Did You Know?

• The O5 Council is the shadow government-like leadership body that the SCP Foundation answers to, operating independently of any national government.
• The Council oversees the use of D-class personnel, disposable human test subjects usually unwitting convict prisoners acquired from around the world.
• The O5 Council manages relations with rival Groups of Interest, including the Chaos Insurgency, a terrorist splinter group of ex-Foundation defectors.
• The Foundation's O5 Council maintains the masquerade of normalcy, believing human civilization needs to continue functioning under a facade of normalcy.
• The SCP Foundation originated in the paranormal /x/ forum of 4chan in June 2007, with the first SCP file being SCP-173.