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Avery Dalca is a senior researcher in the SCP Foundation. They are an invaluable employee, known in the Foundation for his ability to notice subtle connections that others easily overlook. Avery is a very enthusiastic employee and tries to brighten everyone else around them.Avery was born in America to immigrant parents. His family struggled financially, so when she was offered the chance to attend college if they enlisted in the military, they jumped at the opportunity to do better for her parents. Sadly, they were sent off to war soon after, and returned after 2 years due to health complications. Upon return he did get to enroll in college, and majored in astronomy and astrophysics.Her senior project focused on black holes and time travel, and the research and theory-crafting Avery did caught the Foundation's attention. They quickly employed Avery and he instantly established a reputation for being quick-witted and empathetic with his coworkers.They are the one who originally picked up on the transmission emitting from Skaro, thus she was made leader of the expedition. He was also tasked with selecting her crew for the trip. It took them a while, having to deliberate on who all would get along for a trip that could take ten years or longer.

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Renatas Monte is a senior researcher in the SCP Foundation. They have worked for the Foundation for multiple decades, and likely will work for them until he dies. They have grown from bright eyed and theoretical to tired and analytical. Renatas cares first and foremost about getting the job done.Renatas was born and raised in Greece to a decently wealthy family, though they were more academic than loving as he grew up. He was always made sure to excel in school so as to have the best possible future ahead of him, and from a young age had an interest in space. When he graduated high school, his parents gladly paid to enroll him in the University of Crete, where he majored in astronomy and aerospace engineering. Upon graduation, he started working at the Skinakas Observatory.He was noticed by the Foundation when he found some of the first signals from SCP-2146. Instead of freaking out or raising alarms, he decided to look into it himself, and the Foundation was impressed by the research he did on his own when they found him. After they looked back on his impressive academic record, they were eager to employ him. He moved to America after they hired him in his late 20s.Avery chose Renatas for her crew because she worked with them frequently during her years as a junior researcher. Renatas always made sure they were punctual and methodical in their work, making sure they were timely and pointing out any minute oversights Avery had when they worked together.

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Mokushi Jozu is a junior researcher in the SCP Foundation. She was noted by the Foundation because of her apparent immunity to anomalous art - when the guest list was gone through from an anomalous art exhibit, Mokushi was the only person found to be unaffected by it. She is very curt and to the point with her co-workers, never found dawdling (unless Avery has roped her "into something foolish," as she likes to put it.)Mokushi was born in America to immigrant parents. Her father was an artist who struggled to make ends meet, while her mother was an office worker who supplemented the rest of their needs. Mokushi looked up to her father and wanted to be an artist like him, but her mother constantly degraded her and her work. She had a rather turbulent home life, between a father who loved her, and a mother who left her traumatized. Her father appreciated her enthusiasm for art, and tried his best to encourage her where he could. Her mother, on the other hand, derided her for any slight error. To Mokushi's dismay, she was also a clumsy child, which led to her breaking, spilling, and knocking over many things. Her mother constantly took out her anger on the girl for this clumsiness, leaving her fearful of making mistakes and constantly looking over her shoulder.It was during a family reunion that a fight broke out between Mokushi and her mother that resulted in Mokushi shoving her mother and running from the scene; unknown to her, she had knocked over a candle, which eventually lit up the whole house, killing everyone in her family except for her.After this, she was left to fend for herself, with no support from an inhertiance. She picked up whatever odd jobs she could, suffering through most of them, but managing to keep herself afloat. In her scarce free time she liked to draw and attend art exhibitions - and it was because of one of these exhibitions that the Foundation discovered her. An anartist slipped into one of these exhibitions and put their anomalous art on display which induced insanity in all who viewed it - except for Mokushi. She was the only person on the guest list who wasn't exhibiting the concerning symptoms that everyone else was. She was found to be immune to memetic hazards, and the Foundation offered to employ her well above the pay of all the jobs she'd worked in the past added together.She made friends with Avery when they happened across each other on a field assignment, and the two grew close over time. Avery specifically requested for Mokushi to be on the Tardus crew when assembling the list due to the strong trust established between them.

note: i know this song is korean. it still suits her

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Hường Hoa is a junior researcher in the SCP Foundation, turned from an anartist past. She was discovered and detained during the Friday exhibition, and instead of fighting back like other anartists did, she elected to offer up information and join the Foundation. Hường met Mokushi relatively soon after being employed to the Foundation, and the other girl immediately showed interest in the fellow artist.Hường was born in Vietnam, and moved to America with her parents when she was 14. She was known to be a troublemaker, doing petty thefts and leaving graffiti where she could. She was decently well-off, but grew up with parents that hardly turned an eye to her. She has an older sister and two older brothers, as well as a little sister. To her parents, her oldest brother was always the most impressive, and her baby sister was to be doted upon, leaving her feeling invisible. Hường committed these petty crimes in hopes that her parents would notice for something, to no avail.When she and her family moved to America, she near-instantly fell in with a bunch of anartists in the area. They already appreciated street work like graffiti, but they showed her that art could be so much more than just paints and sketches and colors. She quickly learned the ropes of anomalous art, and furthered her techniques as much as possible. She attended the Friday exhibition with some of her own art, which is what ultimately exposed her to the Foundation. Instead of resisting the agents, she asked if she could sell out to join the Foundation instead. The agents were skeptical, but tentatively accepted the bargain. Hường quickly proved her honesty and helped make quick work of the rest of the exhibition.Because of her anartist past, Hường feels like everyone's eyes are on her in the Foundation. She feels the need to reach a higher standard to prove herself as better than her past.Hường was recruited to the team by Mokushi's request. When Mokushi approached Hường to tell her about the expedition and asked if she wanted to join, Hường was eager both to have more time with Mokushi, as well as an opportunity to prove herself as a competent (or even impressive) researcher. She is also appreciative of the chance to go to space, and even a different planet.

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Emil Oberto is a guard in the SCP Foundation. Before working for the Foundation, he was a decently reputable prison guard. He did - and does - his duty, without excess. His job is first and foremost to protect, and he only employs violence if absolutely necessary. Emil displays incredible restraint compared to other people in his line of work.Emil was born and raised in southern Italy to a family that constantly financially struggled. His father was in and out of prison due to his oftentimes illegal efforts to make money to make ends meet, and faced regrettable abuses by fellow inmates as well as the workers. Emil valued the time that he did have with his father, between incarcerations and crimes. Growing up and hearing about the things that were done to his father made him want to become a security guard to try to make change in the system, even if he was the only one doing different. Upon graduating high school, he pursued this wish and was hired close to home as a corrective officer and immediately started working to show that things could be better.He easily grew a reputation as dependable and trustworthy with the inmates - whenever a fight broke out, he was often the first (and usually only) guard on the scene to break it up. When he successfully got them to split apart, he would sit and talk with them to understand what happened. Once the issue was clear he would try to find the best solution for it to not happen in the future. During his tenure, the tensions between inmates decreased drastically and they often turned to him for help because he proved time and again that he would at least try to help, where others would often ignore unless necessary.

headnote: i am ignoring the canon 096 story to have my own fun <3

The prison Emil worked at was the first place that SCP-096 was discovered. Emil was on-duty at the time, and one of the first guards to notice that something terrible was happening with the inmates. He was the first guard to take action, putting the facility in lockdown to prevent entrance or exit. Once in full lockdown, efforts were made to restrain 096, but Emil was the only survivor due to his aversion of eye contact (and generally looking at people). When the Foundation arrived on-scene and found that he was the first person to make containment efforts, as well as the only survivor, they took him in as a security guard.Emil was chosen for the expedition by Avery because they previously worked together on a detainment mission. At the time it went horribly awry, and Emil was the first person to jump to action to resolve the situation and prevent anyone from getting further injured.