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SCP-1893 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-1893
Expected annual
$4.2M
One-time setup
$634K
Annual recurring
$4.1M
Personnel
26
Initial one-time setup is dominated by hardened, air-gapped IT infrastructure and physical containment (server, RF shielding, generator, safe/vault); ongoing annual costs are driven primarily by personnel (IT, researchers, security) and monitoring/takedown/containment operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $634K
Equipment $416K
[#1, #3, #5, #10, #12, #13, #14, #20] Air-gapped mainframe procurement & hardening, UPS/generator hardware, secure printing/scanning/microfilm equipment, analog communication devices, bulk offline backup media & cabinets, secure destruction hardware, forensic kit, and analog CCTV/DVR hardware.
Facilities $178K
[#2, #4, #21, #24] Faraday cage / RF shielding installation, triple-locked safe room reinforcement, HVAC/archive environmental controls, and off-site vault setup/installation.
Sop Development Training Initial $40K
[#17] Initial SOP development and baseline training for analog protocols and memetic safety.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.1M/yr
Staff Wages $2.6M/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #9] Dedicated on-site sysadmins/IT security specialists, memetics research team (researchers + writers), on-call containment/incident response team, and permanent armed guards (salaries and basic benefits).
Research And Monitoring $490K/yr
[#14, #15] Contract forensic lab hours/forensic services and public-mention monitoring / takedown infrastructure and associated technical tooling/legal takedown operations.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#16] Covert public-facing cover operations, buyouts, legal fees and liaison costs for suppressing or buying copies and running cover stories.
Contingency Fund $300K/yr
[#19] Annual contingency/liability reserve for emergency decontamination, replacement hardware and escalation responses.
Administrative Oversight $250K/yr
[#25] Administrative & oversight costs including audits, clearance renewals, site overhead share and compliance work apportioned to containment operations.
Story Generation Retainer $60K/yr
[#23] Retainer and rapid-production budget for contract authors/editors to produce replacement narratives on short notice.
Psychological Support $35K/yr
[#18] Ongoing counseling, psychiatric assessments and mental-health monitoring for exposed staff.
Facilities Maintenance $26K/yr
[#2, #3, #20, #21, #24] Annual RF-cage testing/certification, generator maintenance & fuel provisioning, CCTV maintenance/media, HVAC energy & maintenance, and off-site vault storage fees.
Training Refreshers $25K/yr
[#17] Annual refresher training and periodic drills for analog protocols and memetic safety.
Logistics And Transport $13K/yr
[#11] Secure courier/transportation (armored or vetted courier trips) for moving physical copies and media.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#5, #10, #12, #22] Printer/microfilm consumables (film/paper/ink), analog communication consumables, backup media rotation/replacement, and chain-of-custody tamper seals/ledgers.
Per Incident Disposal $2K/yr
[#13] Expected annual budget for per-incident secure destruction/disposal of contaminated media (small number of incidents baseline).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.1M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with scheduled maintenance, monitoring, personnel operations and modest consumable usage; no major contamination or large-scale remediation required.
steady monitoring regular training and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $4.3M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Isolated accidental electronic mention or small contamination event requiring targeted forensic work, limited hardware replacements, overtime and expedited takedowns.
accidental electronic reference localized contamination targeted forensic response
🚨 Major Breach $6.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Widespread or high-visibility leak resulting in mass contamination, large-scale hardware replacement, extended remediation, intensive legal/buyout operations and possible external containment support.
viral public leak rapid online propagation multiple-system contamination
👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
Sysadmin / IT Security Specialist 2 [#6] Dedicated on-site specialists to maintain the air-gapped system, offline backups and integrity verification.
Research Scientist 3 [#7] Memetics researchers and linguistic analysts studying SCP-1893 behavior.
Creative / Writer 2 [#7, #23] Contract or staff writers/editors retained to produce safe replacement narratives.
Research Lead / Senior Scientist 1 [#7] Senior oversight for the memetics research team and containment protocol decisions.
Incident Response / MTF Agent 8 [#8] On-call containment and rapid-response personnel for contamination events and emergency isolation.
Security Officer / Guard 10 [#9, #11] Permanent armed physical security (24/7 coverage) and escorts for transport/courier operations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges enabling a reasoned estimate, but memetic behavior uncertainty and incident frequency variability reduce precision, so medium confidence is assigned.
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