SCP-1730 is a mysterious, abandoned facility discovered in rural Texas, bearing markings linking it to a non-existent Foundation Site 13. The facility's existence is a paradox, as it was never built, yet it's fully constructed and operational. An elite mobile task force, Apollo-3, is sent to investigate, encountering numerous supernatural entities, cognitohazards, and evidence of horrific experiments. They discover that Site 13 is from an alternate timeline where the SCP Foundation evolved into a malevolent organization, ruled by Elliott Emerson. The facility was transported to our world after an escape attempt, bringing its dark secrets and horrors with it. The investigation is continued in part two, "The Samsara Extraction Mission".
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. SCP-1730 is a facility located in Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas, near the Mexican border.
2. The facility was discovered on June 5th and appears to be a massive network of power stations, containment facilities, and research buildings.
3. The facility was not recorded in any official documentation and seems to have been abandoned for a long time.
4. The exterior of the facility is degraded, but it is still operational, with a power generator running and fuel leaking occasionally.
5. The facility bears identifying markings linking it to Foundation Site 13, a research facility that was planned to be built in Alaska but was never constructed.
6. A team of agents, including Ross, Houston, Noah, Ohalo, and Vigo, was sent to investigate the facility.
7. The team discovered that the local flora surrounding the facility was native to Nome, Alaska.
8. The team encountered a strange, inky black liquid that was rising through the facility.
9. The team discovered a corpse fused into the wall, which was identified as someone named Zachary.
10. The team found a television broadcasting an image of a containment cell, which contained a being known as Bobble the Clown.
11. Bobble the Clown is a predatory supernatural clown that inhabits a children's TV show and was captured and isolated by the SCP Foundation.
12. The team learned that the facility was run by a man named Emerson, who was obsessed with containing and experimenting on supernatural entities.
13. Emerson's goal was to use the entities for his own purposes and dispose of them in a "meat grinder."
14. The team discovered a cryogenics unit and found survivors of the facility, including both agents of the foundation and survivors of the facility.
15. The team encountered a giant, plant-like structure that released thousands of glowing pods, each containing a humanoid shape.
16. The team discovered that the pods were part of an experiment to create a new form of life.
17. The team encountered a massive, multi-limbed creature with ancient glowing symbols on its body.
18. The creature was revealed to be an ancient, all-powerful being that was deadly to anyone who touched or looked at it.
19. The team learned that Site 13 was from another world, another timeline, where the SCP foundation evolved into something horrible.
20. The facility was removed from its original world and transported to our world using a device activated by Elliott Emerson.