SCP-1714 — SCP-1714 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-1714 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-1714

Expected annual

$10.5M

One-time setup

$10.8M

Annual recurring

$10.2M

Personnel

Estimated one-time capital/setup costs are approximately $10.76M driven by specialized containment construction, a containment test chamber, HPC infrastructure, and contingency reserves; recurring annual costs are approximately $10.24M driven primarily by a persistent advanced research team, MTF readiness, covert monitoring/placements, and legal/containment operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $10.8M

Contingency Reserve $5.0M

[#21] One-time contingency/reserve fund for destruction/neutralization/large covert operations (initial capital reserve).

Facilities $3.1M

[#1, #19, #23] Secure vault upgrade and climate controls (#1), construction of containment/testing chamber rated for vacuum/gravity events (#19), archival redundancy/destruction facility setup (#23).

Insurance Reserve $1.0M

[#24] One-time insurance/liability reserve/escrow initial funding.

High Performance Compute $875K

[#16] Secure air-gapped compute cluster, servers/workstations and initial licensing for formal verification tooling (one-time).

Replacement Reserve $300K

[#29] One-time reserve for rapid replacement/recovery (hiring pool setup, relocation seed capital).

Equipment $190K

[#2, #3, #4] Anti-cognitohazard physical protections and sigils/equipment (#2), access-control and biometric/CCTV installation (#3), air-gapped write-once imaging station and related hardware/legal documentation (#4).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $125K

[#18] Forensic and physical artifact analysis lab setup (one-time instrument and setup costs).

Amnestic Stockpile $125K

[#10] Initial procurement of Class A amnestic stockpile and emergency doses (one-time).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.2M/yr

Advanced Research Team $3.0M/yr

[#15] Core long-term research team (mathematicians, physicists, formal-methods) including compute quota and program costs (#15).

Field Mtf Readiness $1.2M/yr

[#20] Mobile Task Force training, vehicle/equipment replacement and deployment readiness budget (recurring) (#20).

Staff Wages $800K/yr

[#5, #6] Dedicated containment security and custodial wages (#5) plus anti-memetic/cognitive specialists salaries and program costs (#6).

Research And Monitoring $610K/yr

[#13, #18] Monitoring academic community, subscriptions and OSINT automation (#13) plus ongoing forensic/physical analyses (#18).

Covert Academic Placements $600K/yr

[#14] Salaries and support for 3 covert academic placements (assumed 3 placements at ~$200k/yr each) (#14).

Contingency Reserve Maintenance $500K/yr

[#21] Annual contribution/maintenance to contingency/destruction capability reserve and operational readiness funds (#21).

Red Team $400K/yr

[#27] Red-team adversary simulation and offensive research to assess risks of SCP exploitation (recurring) (#27).

D Class Ops $350K/yr

[#8] D-class procurement, housing, screening and operation costs for sanctioned testing (baseline recurring testing program) (#8).

Medical Readiness $350K/yr

[#9] On-site trauma team, PPE, pathology/autopsy readiness and consumables (recurring readiness costs) (#9).

Monitoring Secondary Dissemination $350K/yr

[#25] Monitoring and takedown operations for leaks on web forums/preprints and emergency takedown/legal actions (recurring) (#25).

Cover Story And Legal $325K/yr

[#12] Legal/PR retainer and regular cover-story operations to manage civilian/university interactions (#12).

Communication Blackout $300K/yr

[#28] Technical/legal capability to rapidly suppress leaked mathematics and perform emergency censorship operations (recurring) (#28).

High Level Oversight $300K/yr

[#30] Annual retainers and secure-briefing costs for L4 oversight, ethics boards and senior reviews (recurring) (#30).

Restricted Reader Program $200K/yr

[#7] Ongoing costs for active reader accounts (assumed 2 active reader accounts at program-level $50k–$150k each; training, monitoring, medical oversight) (#7).

Logistics And Transport $150K/yr

[#17] Secure transport recurring costs for armored courier/vehicle crew/training and readiness (recurring operational budget).

High Performance Compute Maintenance $125K/yr

[#16] Ongoing maintenance, upgrades and licensing for the formal verification/HPC cluster (#16).

Psych Support $120K/yr

[#26] Psychological support, long-term counseling, and rehabilitation programs for exposed staff (recurring program costs) (#26).

Covert Monitoring Cases $100K/yr

[#11] Covert monitoring of amnestic recipients (assumes ~5 monitored cases/yr at ~$20k per case baseline) (#11).

Emergency Cleanup Reserve $100K/yr

[#22] Annual reserve budget to address small-to-medium visible anomalous events (cleanup, local compensation, PR) (#22).

Insurance Maintenance $100K/yr

[#24] Ongoing insurance/liability fund replenishment and escrow maintenance (recurring) (#24).

Replacement Training $100K/yr

[#29] Ongoing training pipeline and rapid-hire training/resettlement budget (recurring) (#29).

Amnestic Administration $50K/yr

[#10] Recurring budget to administer/replenish amnestics and cover routine administrations (assumes modest annual use) (#10).

Archival Audit Operations $30K/yr

[#23] Scheduled audits, controlled destructions and offsite destruction operations (recurring) (#23).

Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr

[#3] Yearly maintenance for access-control, environmental controls, tamper-evident systems and vault upkeep (#3).

Anti Memetic Training $10K/yr

[#2] Recurring refresher training and maintenance for anti-cognitohazard protocols and equipment (#2).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.2M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major containment failures; ongoing research, monitoring, and routine operations only.

no_major_incidents routine_research_and_monitoring

🚨 Minor Incident $10.7M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Localized field event or limited exposure requiring medical response, cleanup, limited legal settlements, and a short-term surge in containment operations.

localized_field_event minor_casualties targeted_leak

🚨 Major Breach $20.2M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring activation of contingency reserves, large-scale neutralization/destruction ops, major legal settlements, expanded research response and large cleanup.

major_breach public_exposure XK-class_event

👥 Personnel 16 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	3	[#5] Three full-time security personnel assigned to guard locker and escort readers (salaries included in staff_wages).
Custodial / Maintenance	1	[#5] Single custodial/maintenance staff allocated for physical upkeep of the containment locker and immediate areas (included in staff_wages).
Anti-memetic / Cognitive Hazard Specialist	3	[#6] Team of cognitive hazard specialists/psychologists/clinicians for pre-screening, protocols and breach response (salaries included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist	7	[#15] Senior mathematicians/physicists/formal-methods researchers (headcount consistent with the advanced_research_team recurring budget).
Medical Officer	2	[#9] On-call trauma/medical staff covered under medical_readiness recurring budget.

📋 Confidence Notes

Many line items have wide ranges and several large discretionary reserves (contingency, insurance) were set by analyst judgment; personnel and per-incident frequencies are estimated. Technical containment and research costs are relatively well-scoped, but worst-case contingencies introduce significant uncertainty, hence medium confidence.

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