SCP-1257 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1257
Expected annual
$6.1M
One-time setup
$1.3M
Annual recurring
$6.0M
Personnel
31
One-time capital costs are approximately $1.21M for vault buildout, secure IT, digitization and destruction equipment; recurring program costs are dominated by MTF readiness, an incident-response reserve, legal/cover operations, and staff wages at roughly $6.04M per year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M
Facilities $600K
[#1] Secure media vault construction / fit-out (climate control, suppression, HVAC redundancy, biometric access, shelving).
Equipment $460K
[#2, #5, #7, #17, #18, #19, #26, #23, #27, #4] Vault IT & air-gapped playback hardware; secure-destruction hardware (incinerator/shredders); initial site security systems (CCTV, sensors, badge readers); off-site vault setup; evidence chain-of-custody systems initial purchase; mobile quarantine kit initial purchase; communications equipment initial purchase; initial media-provenance research hardware/contracts; initial environmental compliance/permit costs; initial archival supplies.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#3] High-resolution digitization equipment and restoration workstation (telecine/film scanner, restoration software licenses) for controlled archival and study.
Media Provenance Project $40K
[#23] One-time media-rights / provenance research project to access archives, contracts, private collections.
Archival Supplies Initial $15K
[#4] Initial purchase of film cans, acid-free sleeves, desiccants, conservation chemicals, PPE for decaying media (initial conservation supplies).
Environmental Compliance Initial $15K
[#27] Initial permitting and compliance costs for incinerator/secure destruction and vault modifications.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.0M/yr
Mtf Operations Budget $1.5M/yr
[#9] MTF Mu-53 personnel salaries, training, readiness, equipment, vehicles and unit administration (deployable team costs).
Incident Response Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#24] Emergency reserve for large-scale viral rediscovery: accelerated MTF deployments, mass amnestics, PR buys and large takedown operations.
Staff Wages $900K/yr
[#6, #8] Vault security personnel salaries and Foundation Intelligence Department salaries (guards, analysts, linguists, legal reviewers).
Administrative Overhead $550K/yr
[#30] Administrative overhead, accounting, procurement and auditing (~10% of recurring program budget).
Research And Monitoring $490K/yr
[#12, #16, #17, #23, #28] Online monitoring/takedown tooling and analyst triage, forensic media analysis staffing and compute, off-site archival storage operations, ongoing provenance research costs, and outreach/monitoring of vintage-media venues/communities.
Amnestic Program $300K/yr
[#14] Class-A amnestic procurement, medical administration, monitoring, and stockpiling; per-subject costs aggregated to annual exposure rate.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#10, #5] Per-deployment travel, vehicles, temporary secure storage and evidence-chain logistics; includes recurring small destruction runs logistics costs.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#11] Legal fees, takedown filings, DMCA actions, retainer costs for jurisdictional legal work and PR/legal counsel.
Public Cover Payments $200K/yr
[#21] Payments, retroactive licensing, and compensation to small stations/collectors to surrender or replace original recordings; hush payments where necessary.
International Operations $200K/yr
[#22] Cross-border liaison, local counsel, temporary foreign offices, translation and local contractor costs for international incidents.
Paid Content Replacement $150K/yr
[#13] Budget for active content-replacement campaigns, seeded narratives, influencer/host payments and ad buys for takedown/replacement operations.
Psychological And Interrogation Services $100K/yr
[#15] Interrogation, post-hypnotic implantation, trained psychologists/hypnotists, therapy sessions and long-term follow-up.
Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr
[#7, #17, #27] Regular maintenance for CCTV/motion sensors/alarms, redundant HVAC/UPS servicing, off-site vault upkeep, and ongoing compliance-related maintenance.
Training And Sop Maintenance $50K/yr
[#20] Regular training courses, exercises, protocol updates (Protocol Gamma-1257-A) for handling info-hazard media and MTF exercises.
Medical And Occupational Health $50K/yr
[#25] Medical exams, vaccinations, psychological aftercare, and reserves for medical claims related to agents and exposed civilians.
Archival Publication Control $50K/yr
[#29] Budget for controlled releases, planted scholarship/hoax documents, and long-term narrative steering campaigns.
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#4, #19] Ongoing archival conservation supplies, desiccants, PPE replacement, and consumables for mobile quarantine kits.
Evidence System Support $10K/yr
[#18] Recurring support and licensing for chain-of-custody LIMS-like software, tags, seals and support contracts.
Communications Service And Replacement $10K/yr
[#26] Recurring service fees and replacement for encrypted radios, secure phones and satellite comms.
Environmental Compliance $5K/yr
[#27] Ongoing permit renewals, hazardous waste disposal compliance costs associated with destruction operations.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.0M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, scheduled MTF readiness costs, and no major public rediscovery events.
no major leaks routine takedowns scheduled maintenance and staffing
🚨 Minor Incident $6.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized public appearance(s) requiring targeted MTF deployments, several amnestic administrations, legal takedowns and small-scale PR/content-replacement campaigns.
localized leak small viral clip several exposed civilians requiring amnestics
🚨 Major Incident $9.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Widespread viral rediscovery requiring incident-response reserve activation: multiple simultaneous MTF deployments (international), mass amnestic usage, extensive PR buys and large legal actions.
viral rediscovery international exposures large-scale public attention
👥 Personnel 31 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer 8 [#6] 24/7 vault guard coverage (2 guards per shift recommended; staffing to enforce Level 3+ access).
MTF Agent 10 [#9] Deployable MTF Mu-53 personnel (recommended 8–12) funded via mtf_operations_budget.
Research Scientist 3 [#16] Forensic media analysis, transcription, computational analysis and secure research handling.
Foundation Intelligence Department Staff 4 [#8] Analysts, linguists, legal reviewers managing access, approvals, and cover narratives.
Psychologist / Interrogation Specialist 2 [#15] Trained personnel to perform interrogations, post-hypnotic implantation and long-term follow-up.
Administrative Staff 2 [#30] Accounting, procurement and program oversight to manage budgets, audits and documentation.
Medical Officer 1 [#25] Medical oversight for amnestic administration, exams and occupational health.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#7, #26] Responsible for facility HVAC/UPS/generator, security system maintenance and communications equipment upkeep.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and ranges are well-documented in analyst notes and SCP procedures, so cost categories and drivers are clear, but incident rates (and therefore reserve drawdowns) are uncertain; estimates use mid-range assumptions and a conservative reserve.
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