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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Research, Protection, Containment.]]
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4	[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/ The RPC Authority]] is a collaborative wiki that focuses on documents, reports, and scientific research on various anomalous entities, objects, areas, events, etc. RPC stands for Research, Protection, Containment. The [=RPC=] Authority's goal is to capture and research (emphasis on research, hence the title) anomalies to protect the Earth and the rest of the universe and use their research to benefit civilization as a whole. However, the [=RPC=] Authority is willing to commit questionable actions to preserve the safety of civilization and the secrecy of the anomalies. To make matters worse, the anomalies are not the only things that the Authority deals with because they also face more dangerous Groups of Interest, like [[EvilutionaryBiologist The Church of Malthus]], [[ThoseWackyNazis the German Anomalous Research Division]], [[RedChina The PCAAO]], and [[TheAlliance UNAAC]].
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6	Also see its SpiritualPredecessor, the ''Website/SCPFoundation''.
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8	!! The RPC Authority contains the following tropes:
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12	* AbstractScale: The RPC Authority has what is known as an [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/acs-guide Anderson Coherency Scale]], which is used to measure the levels of coherency of reality, which is very useful for the Authority since it regularly has to battle against [[RealityWarper Reality Warpers]].
13	* AlienGeometry: The Anderson Coherency Scale measures how 'stable' the Authority would define pocket dimensions to alternate realities. Many can appear dreamlike, or even nightmarish.
14	* AlternateUniverse:
15	** The [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rcpa-hub RCPA Reality]] is a universe where the Authority became a world-ruling organization known as the Righteous Centralized Protection Authority.
16	** The [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/remnants-hub Remnants Timeline]] is a universe where a calamity generated many new anomalies and destroyed civilization on Earth.
17	** The [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/cosmic-embers-hub Cosmic Embers]] is a universe where humanity was forced to move from star to star after Earth was destroyed. This one is notable for being a whole AlternateContinuity.
18	* AnimalisticAbomination: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-197 197]], a [[TalkingAnimal sapient]] SavageWolf with [[GoodThingYouCanHeal regeneration]] and SuperStrength who literally hides and travels through the shadows. Whenever it speaks, its voice is heard as warped and distorted. It also claims to be Fenrir from Myth/NorseMythology.
19	* AncientConspiracy: The Authority is an AncientArtifact collection agency dating all the way back to the 1500s.
20	* AncientOrderOfProtectors: A monastery on the slopes of smoke-belching Mount Vesuvius was called upon for help to contain the anomalous remnants of the Renaissance era since 1514.
21	* AnomalousArt:
22	** The Academy of True Art (a.k.a L'Academia Della Vera Arte) is an academy that employs anomalies in its teachings of art, everything from visual to auditory the AOTA has you covered. Unless you try and kill someone that is, more common than you think.
23	** Leonardo Da Vinci is also an anomalous artist in a classic case of Main/BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy
24	* AntiHero: The [=RPC=] Authority is an organizational version of this trope. They're willing to sacrifice prisoners called [=CSD=]'s (the [=RPC=] equivalent to the [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP's D-personnel]]) and sometimes animals for either containing or experimenting with the anomalies in order to protect civilian lives.
25	* ApocalypseHow: The Remnant is an alternate universe in which a universe-wide calamity (named the Alpha trigger) occurred, generating massive amounts of new anomalies and destroying organized civilization on Earth. Some of the events include Africa becoming a [[HellOnEarth hellscape]] and Australia being infested with [[DireBeast giant animals]].
26	* ApocalypticLog: [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-429 RPC-429]] follows a group of people posting on a paranormal-focused online forum, as one posts about his hunt for RPC-429 [[spoiler:and ends up stumbling on an underground facility being run by one of the Authority's Groups of Interest. The ending reveals everyone involved on the forum had disappeared before the Authority could track them down.]]
27	* Area51: The official story of Groom Lake being a secret aircraft testing site is actually a coverup for [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/site-002 Site-002]], one of the Authority's largest containment sites.
28	* AsianFoxSpirit: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-886 886]] happens to be a peaceful, if understandably depressed, shapeshifting Japanese red fox (kitsune) which ironically has white fur and seven tails. She is also the LastOfHerKind.
29	* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Leonardo Da Vinci was an anomalous artist; most of his anomalous work was confiscated by the Auctoritas Impertus.
30	* BenevolentAI: One minor GOI, the Array, is made up of AI's that have banded together to defend humanity and who have helped the Authority on several occasions.
31	* BigBad: [[spoiler:The entity behind [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-840 RPC-840]] is the closest thing to one, with its extermination of the Venusian species being the indirect cause of humanity's existence and the entity itself possibly becoming a threat to humans as well if they ever were to become too advanced]].
32	* BigCreepyCrawlies: Many, such as [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-730 730]] mutated witchetty grubs 4cm long with spider-like legs and large fangs.
33	* BlackAndGrayMorality: Just like its [[invoked]]SpiritualPredecessor, the [=RPC=] Authority will get their hands dirty in order to protect the universe from actively malevolent {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and Groups-Of-Interest, like [[ThoseWackyNazis the German Anomalous and Research Division]].
34	* BlackHelicopter: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-666 666]] happens to be a Mi-24 (NATO "Hind-A") helicopter gunship, except it's also a MechanicalAbomination with the ability to weaponize the weather.
35	* BodyHorror: Oh so much! A [[SarcasmMode wonderful]] example is [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-510 510]], an anomalous virus that turns people into miniature (relatively speaking) ''planets'', or the aforementioned [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-730 730]] where its larva infect its human host and [[TransformationHorror transforms]] them into green, 4-legged, bear-sized bug-like monsters that can claw through metal and viciously eat anything alive.
36	* CanonImmigrant:
37	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-548 RPC-548]] used to be the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180606103858/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1548 original SCP-1548]] before being moved to the RPC site by its author.
38	** [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-722 RPC-722]] used to be the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180626165804/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2722 original SCP-2722]] before being moved to the RPC site by its author.
39	** [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-870 RPC-870]] is based off [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2805 SCP-2805]], which the original author allowed to be rewritten as an RPC.
40	* CosmicHorrorStory: The [=RPC=] universe is somewhere between this and LovecraftLite. It's bloated with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and while some are too powerful to be contained, many of them can also be contained with reasonable efforts.
41	* CrossoverCosmology: In the RPC-verse, most if not all Mythology is true in their own regard with certain deviations from the original mythological canons. With Roman gods walking the earth to the great wolf Fenrir chained within the confines of the authority vault.
42	* DutyThatTranscendsDeath: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-049 049]] is the ghost of former Site-002 Human Resources archivist Janet Neuman, who continues to do her job even after her death in 1957. She has been nominated for the Site-002 Employee of the Month award every month since 1957, often with significant majority votes. A permanent "Honourary Employee of the Month" plaque has been dedicated to her since 1962.
43	* EldritchLocation: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-313 313]] is a vast empty space that contains a simulation of the universe.
44	* EvilCounterpart: The [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rcpa-hub Righteous Central Protection Authority]] is an alternate version of the Authority from another universe that actively uses anomalies to ensure its dominance over the world.
45	* EvilTeacher: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-010 010]] is an anomalous elementary school run by Ms. Jackson, who reads stories with disturbing themes (such as rape or murder) to her 31 students, and whenever any of them fail to meet her expectations, she ''horrifically'' tortures them and brings them back to life with an anomalous object called the "Happy Box", just so that she can repeat this [[AndIMustScream depraved cycle]].
46	* {{Expy}}: Since the site is a [[invoked]]SpiritualSuccessor of the SCP Foundation supposed to take the Foundation back to its roots, it's no surprise that the titular Authority is an Expy of the Foundation working in very similar ways.
47	* GoodIsNotNice: The [=RPC=] Authority is interested in protecting the world and further benefiting the public, and while many anomalies can be contained with mundane and harmless methods, most of them require questionable or even disturbing methods.
48	* GrandTheftMe: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-134 134]] is a species of Galápagos tortoise that, when certain phrases are spoken near it, transfers the speaker's consciousness into the tortoise, leaving their original body brain-dead. Unfortunately, [[EmotionlessReptile tortoise brains aren't exactly capable of higher brain functions such as "sapience"]], so the resulting RPC-134-1 is stripped of any human intelligence.
49	* HiddenInPlainSight: RPC-588 are in appearance and behavior (mostly) indistinguishable from normal bees making them difficult to locate and contain.
50	* HistoricalInJoke: [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/an-incomplete-history-of-the-authority An Incomplete History of the Authority ]] reveals that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_World_Trade_Center 7 World Trade Center]] was actually a cover for Site-313, and it [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_controlled_demolition_conspiracy_theories#7_World_Trade_Center had to be blown up to avoid a containment breach]].
51	* HostileTerraforming: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-799 799]] is a damaged extraterrestrial terra-forming machine whose abilities will warp planet Earth's conditions to hostile conditions for its native life when left unchecked.
52	* InvincibleBoogeyman:
53	** RPC-010-2, the EvilTeacher inhabiting her MadeOfIndestructium classroom, is essentially this by proxy.
54	** [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-042 042]], a HumanoidAbomination that hunts through sound.
55	** [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-142 142]], an immortal misogynistic killer, is this through ResurrectiveImmortality.
56	** RPC-548, as mentioned previously, is on a collision course to Earth, and there is no current way to stop it.
57	** RPC-666, also mentioned earlier, can regenerate itself.
58	** [=RPC=]-[[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-906 906]], a massive predatorial snowman, is still growing in size and becoming increasingly difficult to contain, let alone kill.
59	%%* ItIsDehumanizing: All the anomalies are referred to as "it".
60	* {{Masquerade}}: The Authority's mission is to maintain the illusion of normalcy and keep the existence of the anomalous a secret.
61	* MechanicalLifeform: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-388 388]] is a series of bio-mechanical organisms that resemble construction vehicles.
62	* MechanicalAbomination: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-666 666]] is a malevolent helicopter that attacks anything on sight, complete with the ability to manipulate the weather by bringing the area's temperature to freezing levels while raining boiling hot water. It also has ''rotting corpses of its victims'' hung on the landing gear and weapons with electrical wires. Last but not least, when an Authority soldier blasted the pilot seat off, [[spoiler: [[BodyHorror a massive sack of flesh and arms]] is revealed and it tries to cover the hole with itself]].
63	* MirrorUniverse: There is a universe where the Authority (supposedly) becomes straight up {{Knight Templar}}s and brand themselves as the Righteous Central Protection Authority.
64	* MoleMen: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-037 037]] are [[DirtyCommunists communist]] molemen with SovietSuperscience earthquake machines.
65	* MonsterClown: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-239 239]] is a clown doll possessed by a killer clown.
66	* NaziGold: RPC-[[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-126 126]] is a set of cursed Reichsbank gold bars that induce GoldFever in [[BrownNote any living thing that sees them]]. The victims obsessively clutch the bars to themselves, [[DeathByMaterialism as they meld with their flesh]] and [[VampiricDraining slowly drain their life force]].
67	* {{Panacea}}: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-588 588-A]] is just that, an all curing chemical produced by [[HiddenInPlainSight seemingly normal bees]].
68	%%* SiblingsShareTheThrone: The position of GD-WEST in this case being held by triplets.
69	* ScienceFantasy: The [=RPC=] universe has both fantastical and sci-fi elements, ranging from supposed Gods and Mythological creatures to advanced technology and aliens.
70	* TheSocialDarwinist: The Church of Malthus are a Type 3 of this trope; a group of {{Evilutionary Biologist}}s who view humanity's technological and medicinal progress for extended life and quality of life as failures of science, so they plan to force humanity to evolve through any means, be it by culling those considered "weak" or even getting their hands on absolutely powerful and[=/=]or dangerous anomalies.
71	* SoreLoser: Seems the programmer for [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-328 328]] is just that, a bitter man-child releasing potentially lethal apps on the internet because he was expelled from the Academy of True Arts.
72	--> A text file attached to the program of 328: '''[EXPLETIVE] the Academy! Hope you [EXPLETIVE] enjoy this floating around.'''
73	* SpacePeople: The main theme of the [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/cosmic-embers-hub Cosmic Embers]] canon, where humanity lives in space.
74	* TankGoodness: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-368 368]] is a massive yet unfinished [[SapientTank somewhat sapient German tank]] made of sentient parts that get smarter when more of them are connected. The tank somehow fires slugs of magma, which is basically impossible to pull off with relatively modern technology, let alone for its time.
75	* ThoseWackyNazis: The German Anomalous and Research Division is a group of interest formed during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo based on the common stereotype that Nazis were [[{{Ghostapo}} highly invested in occult research]].
76	* WeirdSun: [=RPC=]-[[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-548 548]] is a malevolent sapient star that's hell-bent on crushing planet Earth, and the Authority currently has no methods to stop it. It also used to be in the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' as [=SCP=]-1548 until its author moved it to the [=RPC=] wiki.
77	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Again, the [=RPC=] Authority is not only protecting the Earth and its civilization, it's also using the knowledge its scientists have gained to benefit the public, although the organization is also not above doing questionable containment methods or scientific experiments.
78	* {{Wendigo}}: There's apparently an entire [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/report-on-the-esoteric-state-of-appalachia secret US state]] called Appalachia where Wendigo hunting is a tourist draw.
79	* TheXOfY: Multiple [=RPCs=] fit this trope:
80	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-003 RPC-003]] - Toys of Valor
81	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-005 RPC-005]] - Queen of the South Sea
82	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-028 RPC-028]] - Water of Asclepius
83	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-044 RPC-044]] - All of the Above
84	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-108 RPC-108]] - The Light at the End of the Tunnel
85	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-126 RPC-126]] - The Root Of All Evil
86	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-157 RPC-157]] - A Curse of Gluttony
87	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-179 RPC-179]] - The Sum of its Parts
88	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-182 RPC-182]] - Tome of Expanding Knowledge
89	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-189 RPC-189]] - The Portrait of J█████ Gray
90	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-194 RPC-194]] - The Pillars of Time
91	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-212 RPC-212]] - Throne of the Hive
92	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-219 RPC-219]] - Gnashing of Teeth
93	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-222 RPC-222]] - Little Book of Love
94	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-227 RPC-227]] - Mirror of the Otherworld
95	** [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-245 RPC-245]] - Salmon of Wisdom

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