Inmate 003
Inmate
Description & History
Inmate 003, known colloquially as Tunguska due to the
location of where it was acquired, is a powerful entity to be sure and it is a
testament to the collectors’ determination and skill that they were able to apprehend
such a creature. It is also impressive that the wardens are able to contain it
and have been able to for over a hundred years. Inmate 003 does not look as
though it could have caused as much destruction as it did. It stands at an
average height of five-nine and appears disturbingly humanoid. Its skin is the
color of iron, though mottled with rust streaks running through it. It has no
hair. Its eyes are an unnatural golden yellow with veins of black and no pupil
or iris. Its eyes also glow, lit from within by an unearthly light.
Inmate 003
was apprehended in the late afternoon of June thirtieth, 1908, in the Podkamennaya
Tunguska River region of Yeniseysk Governorate (now Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia.
The area where it was found was a 830 square mile zone of flattened
forest—approximately 80 million trees—and resembled a gigantic spread-eagled
butterfly with a wingspan of forty-three miles and a body length of thirty-four
miles. Three people were killed in the initial event and another seven were killed
when collectors arrived on the scene to apprehend Inmate 003.
It is entirely possible that Inmate 003 was involved in the creation of Lake Cheko, though this has been disputed since its discovery. Inmate 003 has not communicated any answer one way or another regarding this. Studies are still being conducted on Lake Cheko and the Tunguska Nature Reserve in the hopes of uncovering the answers to Lake Cheko’s origins and monitoring any potential side effects of Inmate 003’s presence on the surrounding plant and animal life.
Testimony
1908-06-30-A
Arch. Fox: Statement of Demyan
Krupin regarding the incident that occurred on the morning of June thirtieth.
Statement is recorded direct from subject, translated by Iota support team
member Archival Assistant Logan Ellison by Archivist Charles Fox.
Arch. Asst. Ellison: The sky
split in two and fire appeared high and wide over the forest. The split grew
wider and spread and the northern side was engulfed in fire. It was so hot, I
wanted to rip my clothes off, but then the sky shut and there was a powerful
thump sounded, from somewhere in the forest far off. I was thrown several
meters and lost my senses for a bit, then my brother helped me into the house.
Then came the sound of rocks following or cannons firing and the Earth shook
and we were on the ground. The sky opened and hot wind raced between houses and
left traces in the ground like pathways, crops were destroyed. It was
terrifying and we hid in the house, waiting for it to be over. Once we felt it
safe, we went outside and saw that many windows were shattered and part of the
iron lock in the barn was snapped. We also found three of our neighbors dead.
My brother and I have decided we’ll keep them because they need someone to look
out for them now.
Arch. Fox: Statement ends. Mr. Krupin returned home and resumed his life farming with his brother, adopting the two orphaned children. As of Mr. Krupin’s report, there are three casualties, though these have not been confirmed by anyone in an official capacity in Russia. Many other statements have come in regarding this celestial event and collectors have been sent out to retrieve anything that may have appeared after the event, meteorite or entity.
Testimony
1908-06-30-B
Arch. Fox: Statement of Collector
James Booth regarding the capture of Inmate 003 who caused the incident over
the Tunguska River region earlier this morning. Statement is recorded direct from
subject by Archivist Charles Fox.
Coltr. Booth: That was such a
shitshow. God…seven. Seven. It took
down seven of us before we managed to corral it. And it wasn’t just collectors.
Four of them were support team Alpha. The rest of us…God. That was a good call
on Superior Read’s part, sending two groups of collectors and an Alpha squad. Still,
it took out four of them. Four
soldiers with military training who have been trained how to handle many of the
things we do. And this thing just…annihilated them. It was effortless. The
thing…God. I mean, you’ve seen it. Or at least, the photos of it in the file. You
saw the photos of the destruction from the…what are we calling it? An airburst?
A meteorite that exploded?
Arch. Fox: I think we’re going
with that one.
Coltr. Booth: Right. You saw the
photo. The moth pattern. We don’t know how that connects to it, but I assume
that the Omega eggheads will get to figuring that out. Anyway, we had very little
trouble finding the area where it…landed, I guess. The trees were flattened, so
much land was destroyed. It was standing in the middle of all that devastation,
just looking at all the trees it knocked down. The Alpha squad moved in first
and we began forming a perimeter. One of the Alphas stepped on a twig and
God…that thing’s head snapped around so fast. It raised its arm and just…it
made a flinging gesture. Like a ‘shoo’ gesture. The Alpha was flung into a tree
at the edge of the impact zone with such force that I heard his bones crack.
The other Alphas moved and…God, it was a bloodbath. One collector—Alfie
Jackson—went over to the Alpha that hit the tree, trying to see if he was going
to live long enough for extraction. Meanwhile, the rest of us were backing up
the Alphas as best we could, but it was just so powerful. It killed three of us
then three more of the Alphas. We finally got it subdued—those new Tasers seem
to work, but I don’t know. I think it just…it just stopped and let us capture it. I think it just got
tired of killing us and let us capture it. I don’t think the Taser really did anything to it. It didn’t exhibit
any of the signs that the Zeta test subjects did, but that could be because it
isn’t human. It just seemed…bored, I suppose. It didn’t seem to understand why
we were trying to capture it, but it let us bring it in…after it killed seven
of us.
Arch. Fox: Statement ends. The Tasers will need to be tested more to see if they are indeed a viable option when it comes to apprehending entities, but for now, Inmate 003 has been captured and will remain locked in a secure location. It doesn’t appear to have any malice to its actions or seem particularly interested in doing much more than observing those watching it.
Testimony
1912-04-15
Arch. Fox: Statement of Warden Malachi
Vance regarding an incident that involved Inmate 003. Statement is recorded
direct from subject by Archivist Charles Fox.
Ward. Vance: It was a normal
day. I was making my rounds as usual when the radio that Superior Read gave
us—he called them…walkie-talkies? Strange name. Don’t think it’s going to catch
on though I have to say that they are useful—crackled and one of the Sigma
officers—Officer Jonathan Henderson—asked me to come to A-Block. Knowing how
dangerous entities in A-Block can be, I rushed over there and…well, A-Block was
gone, B- and C-Blocks were barely standing, and D-Block had substantial damage.
This wasn’t surprising given how Inmate 003 arrived four years ago, but seeing
the full extent…I mean, the Tunguska area where the trees were destroyed was a
fraction of a size of the containment facility and certainly nowhere near as
durable. Currently, Inmate 003 is being housed in a temporary containment area
while the facility is rebuilt. It is also semi-sedated, thanks to the efforts
of the Omega scientists. I asked a nearby Zeta, badly wounded but he was alive,
what happened—I believe his name is Ethan Black—and was informed that another
Sigma officer—he didn’t mention a name, but I have reason to believe based on
roll call and his personality it was Officer Patrick Carter—had been insulting
and taunting Inmate 003. Inmate 003 has never shown any recognition of insults
before, but whatever was said was apparently enough to earn its ire. Though, I don’t
think it was angry as much as annoyed. Black mentioned that Inmate 003 didn’t
seem to react until after Officer Carter made a derogatory sexual comment about
Black. That was when Inmate 003’s eyes began glowing and the streaks of rust
running through its body began to glow as though heated. According to Black,
soon Inmate 003 appeared as though it was composed of molten iron and…well,
Black isn’t sure what happened next because there was a burst of light and a
shockwave that knocked him unconscious.
Arch. Fox: Statement ends. It would seem that Inmate 003 is more powerful than we ever expected. If it is capable of causing this amount of destruction when it seems it was mildly annoyed, it is very likely possible it could be an A-Class entity if it were angry enough. I now understand why Superior Read insisted that Inmate 003 be placed there. I will need to discuss the containment protocol regarding Inmate 003 with Superior Read and see if perhaps we can make arrangements to keep Inmate 003 content and harness Inmate 003’s abilities for the agency’s purposes, whatever they might be.
Testimony
2019-03-26
Arch. Montgomery: Statement of
support team Delta medic…erm…Ellis regarding the recruitment of Inmate 003 to
support team Mu. Statement is recorded direct from subject by Archivist Angel
Montgomery.
Med. Ellis: Callum—I mean,
Superior Read—asked me to recruit Tunguska—that’s what he likes to be called—to
support team Mu and I did. It wasn’t hard, you know. Just had to talk to him
for a minute and he was willing to join. He’s sorry about the trees, by the way.
Thought that was why he’d been locked up, destroying the trees. Anyway, he’s a
sweetheart and can’t wait to start working with us. He sees it as an apology
for the trees.
Arch. Montgomery: It was that
easy?
Med. Ellis: Yes. Things go
swimmingly when you talk to people. They’re usually willing to talk back, you
know. Some of them even like talking to people, like Adam Evans and the
shapeshifter currently known as Jack Lowe. Others need to be coaxed into
talking with people due to the abuse they’ve suffered, like Brady Simmons. Poor
thing. He really did get treated horribly before and conditions haven’t
improved.
Arch. Montgomery: While that is
off-topic and hardly my place, I agree with you on that front. But, returning
to the main topic, I’m pleased to hear it was so easy to get Inmate 003—er,
Tunguska—to join support team Mu. Any ideas what will happen now?
Med. Ellis: He’ll likely be
assigned a room and possibly go through some training to learn how the Agency
operates, then get assigned to a team to go on missions with. More than that, I
don’t know. Hard telling what Callum’s got up his sleeve.
Arch. Montgomery: Statement
ends. Ellis should be able to rein in Inmate 003’s destructive nature and
harness it for the benefit of the Agency. Having an entity like Inmate 003
working for the Agency will be greatly beneficial and given that Ellis has a
rapport with it, I believe with reasonable certainty that Superior Read will
assign Inmate 003 to work with Ellis.
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