AOE: Anomalous Object Entry

AOE-12022 — Codename: Abiogenesis

Anomalous Object Entry

AOE-12022

Object Severity

Neutral

Containment Difficulty

High

Containment Status

N/A

Containment Specifications

AOE-12022 is considered functionally neutral. Collected data surrounding AOE-12022 has been uploaded to the decentralized protocol and can be retrieved at hash AOE1q4tv025qrn7f5fhwp6qq6upq5a8k4l.

Abstract

AOE-12022 is an anomalous biological outgrowth of internet cables and wireless network protocols.

Data regarding AOE-12022 is primarily sourced from recovered servers of long defunct containment organizations on Earth. At least two such organizations discovered and catalogued AOE-12022 independently, although neither would initially develop protocols for adequate containment, instead focusing on informational mitigation, and later, large scale disruption of the conditions that gave rise to AOE-12022.

In their later efforts to contain AOE-12022, one of the containment organizations, ████████████, was crucial in the technological reset of all Earth’s civilizations and the unrest that led to it. It initially developed extensive cybernetics that utilized the digital signatures of AOE-12022–1 instances to imprint them constantly upon purposive surveillance systems. These systems were adapted from existing organic surveillance apparatuses developed by ████ Corp, which incorporated the Internet of Things and “smart” technology. The corporation would frequently violate terms of conduct established with the containment organization, and engage with AOE-12022–1 instances first, coercing them — sometimes forcefully — into full-time ████████. This strained diplomatic tensions between the two organizations, as well as the veil of secrecy then surrounding the anomalous.

While containment was largely confounded by this and other more native qualities of AOE-12022, the containment organization’s awareness of all AOE-12022–1 instances was theoretically undisrupted, offering informational control and general mass compliance.

AOE-12022 became neutralized when existing internet infrastructure collapsed in ████ due to ██████████████████████████████ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. Though not revealed publicly at the time, AOE-12022 was the primary motivator in next adopting an entirely satellite-based global internet architecture. This system was initially a method of containment for AOE-12022. Modern day anomalo-archaeologists debate whether this was true containment, or if it simply resulted in the neutralization of AOE-12022. Neutralization of AOE-12022–1 is not questioned.

Anomalous Properties

AOE-12022 arose around ████, ███ years after the creation of the first proto-internet protocols. While details as to their origin, development, purpose, mimicry, their “deaths”, and internal functionality remain obscured, it is clear from available data that they went largely undetected by the populations that they occupied. Thus, AOE-12022 was easily informationally contained and self-limiting to the common populace under most circumstances.

AOE-12022 sophistication, density, and rate of growth were in direct proportion to the quantity and frequency of data sent through a given internet communications protocol. In its early stages of cyber-embryogenesis, AOE-12022 adopted crude organic and chemical expressions, with conglomerate tissues resembling that of algae. These tissues would manifest and remain unobservable by an ill-understood physical or conceptual camouflage.

If a threshold number of clustered AOE-12022 instances grew to sufficient lengths, they could become knotted. Over time, these knots fused to form a cyst of denser organic tissue. These cysts differentiated to resemble various portions of ██████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████. Instances would then gather in such a way as to form a convincing replica of any number of ████████████ including █████████; these designated AOE-12022–1. These instances could mimic appearance, function, behavior, and ███████.

As opposed to AOE-12022 instances, AOE-12022–1 instances were conceivable and perceivable by the average population. Each fully formed AOE-12022–1 instance was controlled by its corresponding AOE-12022 root cluster. Through an unclear mechanism, ██████████████████████████████████████ and after, extended deep into the Earth’s surface. These AOE-12022 instances then manipulated the anatomy of their AOE-12022–1 instance with extreme precision.

At this point, general measurements of conglomerated AOE-12022 instances, such as their average masses or lengths, were impossible to determine, as none were found to terminate. However, the average subterranean tissue of AOE-12022 exceeded the limits of available field equipment, which averaged a depth of ████ meters.

Once adapted to the surrounding normative appearances and actions, AOE-12022–1 instances imitated mundane activity, including ████ ████████████████████ (no viable offspring), and ██████████████████████████ internet connections, presumably to further proliferate their kind. There was no observed maximal displacement of an AOE-12022–1 instance, given that internet connectivity existed. As such, AOE-12022–1 instances were not limited in their geographical capability and silently colonized the planet for centuries.

If alone or exclusively in the presence of other instances, AOE-12022–1 instances would commonly relax their anatomical cohesion, similar to the manner in which humans might take off work attire once home. If threatened and not given the option of escape, AOE-12022–1 instances might unravel into an undifferentiated mass of tissue, and would utilize shock tactics, blunt force trauma by way of multiple dense tendrils, ingestion, or all of the above to neutralize the threat.

In the absence of an internet connection, AOE-12022–1 instances would quickly collapse and experience irreversible functional damage (“death”). After such a “death”, corresponding AOE-12022 clusters would shed the AOE-12022–1 instance and retract to significant depths into the Earth.