Anomaly 256 - Nickolas

Object 256 Date of Acquisition: 1977. Security Class: Gamma Object 256 (or “Nickolas” as he refers to himself) is a vinyl record. As Object 256 is played at any viable record player, he is able to communicate and be communicated with. 256 is conscious and intelligent. The voice that generates from 256 as it is played, ‘Nickolas’, is masculine, sounding of an advanced age. It is generally friendly and cooperative with personal. Most staff enjoy conversing with him, several noting that he has a great sense of humor. 256 appears to only become conscious when the vinyl record is played, and cannot remember events that occurred while it was not being played. This causes 256 mild anxiety, to alleviate this, the Coalition agreed to have 256 active from 6AM-10PM every day. 256 claims to be unaware of how it became anomalous, however it should be noted that several researchers determined that claim to be deceptive. It is the current working hypothesis that 256 is simply unwilling to share said information. 256 is currently stored in Staff Breakroom the at Site Alexander where it can regularly interact with staff. As of this document’s most recent addendum, only one complaint was made to Site directorial staff regarding 256. Dr. ▇▇▇▇ argued that Object 256 was disrupting the work environment, however several other personal submitted rebuttals claiming that was speaking unprofessionally regarding 256’s non-corporeal state of existence. 256 made no statement on the matter. Ultimately, Dr. ▇▇▇▇ was relocated to Site Lawrence to avoid further incident.