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SCP-1795 Safe ? low confidence
SCP-1795
Expected annual
$148.4M
One-time setup
$1.4B
Annual recurring
$147.5M
Personnel
150
One-time capital choices (building a dedicated space observatory and anomalous-device facility) dominate capital expenditure (~$1.37B). Recurring annual costs are driven by liaison/cover retainers, telescope/time purchases, facility and device operations, and various covert suppression activities (~$147.5M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4B
Build Space Observatory $1.0B
[#3] One-time capital for constructing/launching a Foundation-controlled deep-space observatory (optics, launch, ground-stations).
Scp Device Facility $200.0M
[#4] One-time capital build for SCP-███ research & operational facility (shielded chamber, exotic-power provisioning, bespoke instruments).
Contingency R And D Major $100.0M
[#14] One-time major contingency R&D program (long-term mitigation hardware/theoretical programs).
Insurance Reserve One Time $50.0M
[#21] One-time set-aside / reserve fund for unforeseen large anomalous contingencies.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10.0M
[#5, #14] One-time data / HPC / ML infrastructure and initial contingency R&D studies (item 5 one-time infra + item 14 initial theoretical studies).
Class A Amnestic Facility $10.0M
[#8] One-time facility build-out for manufacture and sterile production of Class-A amnestics and memetic therapies.
Large Simulation One Time $2.0M
[#15] One-time model development and initial HPC setup for galaxy-scale simulations and population models.
Secure Archive One Time $1.0M
[#17] One-time secure archival storage procurement and high-security vaulting for Document B1795 and related intel.
Specialized Equipment Procurement $1.0M
[#24] One-time procurement of portable Faraday cages, isolators, secure drives, evidence-destruction kits, etc.
Facilities $0
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Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $147.5M/yr
Build Space Observatory Ops $30.0M/yr
[#3] Annual ops, ground-station network, telemetry and mission ops if a dedicated Foundation space observatory is built.
Research And Monitoring $26.5M/yr
[#2, #12, #15, #23] Recurring telescope/time purchases, continuous monitoring of proposals/preprints, and ongoing simulation updates and cluster/nebula monitoring.
Staff Wages $20.0M/yr
[#6] Salaries, benefits, recruiting and training for astrophysicists, data scientists, memetics researchers and support staff.
Agency Liaison Retainer $15.0M/yr
[#1] Retainers, covert funding lines, paid data-access and embedded informal staffing with major space agencies and observatories.
Scp Device Facility Ops $10.0M/yr
[#4] Annual operations and specialist salaries for SCP-███ facility used to remotely view/time-sample SCP-1795.
Contingency R And D Per Year $10.0M/yr
[#14] Recurring R&D funding for longer-term mitigation strategy programs and theoretical work.
Public Incident Fund $10.0M/yr
[#16] Annual reserve for potential public-mass-witness responses, large-scale amnestic events and narrative management.
Cover Story And Legal $7.0M/yr
[#9, #13, #20, #22] Covert influence/legal suppression budgets, sham-project funding, PR/disinformation staffing, and ethics/legal liaison operations.
Rapid Response Readiness $6.0M/yr
[#7] Baseline readiness, equipment and routine deployments for secure ops/rapid-response teams (excludes per-incident incremental costs accounted in scenarios).
Data Processing And Storage $3.0M/yr
[#5] Ongoing maintenance, power, cloud/hardware refresh and classified hosting for petabyte-scale archives and ML pipelines.
Cyber Ops $3.0M/yr
[#10] Ongoing cyber operations, red-teaming, remote wiping/backdoors and forensic capture capabilities.
Class A Amnestic Production $2.0M/yr
[#8] Recurring production and per-administration costs for Class-A amnestic agents and memetic therapies (expected administrations per year).
Logistics And Transport $1.5M/yr
[#11] Travel, fast-response air/ground transport, liaison office costs and per-diem for embedded staff at partner observatories.
Personnel Security $1.5M/yr
[#18] Continuous background checks, counter-intelligence and internal surveillance for staff with access to SCP-1795 knowledge.
Facilities Maintenance $1.0M/yr
[#19] Energy, HVAC, UPS and basic facilities maintenance for data centers and anomalous-device sites.
Mental Health Services $500K/yr
[#25] Psychological services, medical care and aftercare for personnel exposed to anomalous data or involved in amnestic operations.
Secure Archive Maintenance $300K/yr
[#17] Recurring maintenance, integrity checks and cross-site redundancy costs for secure archives.
Specialized Equipment Replacement $200K/yr
[#24] Replacement and replenishment for portable Faraday cages, secure drives and intervention kits.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $147.5M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, liaison activity and no major public incidents or high-cost deployments.
no_detection_by_public_instruments routine telescope allocations normal operational tempo
🚨 Minor Incident $150.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
A single non-public detection (e.g., an external researcher or medium-sized observatory finds potential SCP-1795 data) requiring a rapid-response seizure, targeted amnestic administrations and limited legal/PR actions.
localized detection targeted data seizure limited mass-amnestic administration
🚨 Major Public Incident $172.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
A large public detection by a major space agency or high-profile public instrument leading to mass media exposure, large-scale amnestic operations, possible emergency asset deployment and extensive diplomatic/legal actions.
public detection by major agency widespread data release mass witness remediation
👥 Personnel 150 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 60 [#6, #5] Astrophysicists and exoplanet modelers responsible for observing programs, data analysis and modeling.
Data Scientist 20 [#5, #15] HPC/ML specialists for pipelines, simulations and signature detection.
Memetics / Medical Researcher 10 [#6, #8] Memetics researchers and medical staff for amnestic testing and treatment design.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 20 [#7, #11, #24] Rapid-response teams for evidence seizure, onsite interference and physical security during interventions.
Engineer / Maintenance 10 [#3, #4, #19] Engineers and maintenance staff for observatory/special-device operations, power and HVAC.
Administrative Staff 10 [#1, #20] Administrative, legal liaison and intergovernmental coordination staff.
Medical Officer / Amnestic Team 15 [#8, #16] Medical personnel for amnestic administration, mass-witness response planning and aftercare.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#4, #20] Senior managerial oversight and classified diplomatic interactions.
IT / Cyber Operations 4 [#10] Cyber teams for forensic data-exfiltration, remote wiping and intrusion operations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude with wide ranges provided in analyst notes and substantial uncertainty over strategic choices (partner-reliant vs. self-reliant, frequency of public incidents, and scale of R&D). Many costs are scenario-dependent and involve covert / intergovernmental actions that are difficult to price precisely.
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