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SCP-2602 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-2602, which used to be a library
Expected annual
$3.2M
One-time setup
$4.4M
Annual recurring
$3.2M
Personnel
26
Initial one-time acquisition and hardening of the site (~$4.39M) and major occasional costs for a mass amnestic operation are the largest capital drivers; recurring annual costs (~$3.16M/year) are dominated by personnel, specialist research/NLP maintenance, and legal/containment operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.4M
Mass Amnestic Operation $1.2M
[#11] One-time mass amnestic administration for the town (baseline small-town assumption; logistics/medical costs at ~$500/dose plus operations).
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#29] One-time contingency reserve for unexpected escalation (legal fights, public leaks, emergency operations).
Facilities $950K
[#1, #2, #4, #24] Purchase/lease and immediate grounds work, perimeter installation and secure storage buildout (property acquisition, initial concealment landscaping, fencing/gates, evidence storage vault).
Equipment $310K
[#6, #7, #27, #25] Remote monitoring/CCTV installation, vehicle purchases, IT/server hardware and incident documentation/tamper-evident systems initial costs.
Nlp Development $300K
[#15] One-time development/training of web-crawler / NLP filters and initial model training costs.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#20, #21] Secure laboratory and specialist research instrumentation / initial forensic-archival field equipment buildout.
Legal Cover One Time $200K
[#13] One-time legal/cover-up operations to suppress/remove public records, negotiate with archives and local governments.
Secure Evidence Handling $50K
[#17] Locating/retrieval/secure shredding/incineration equipment and initial hazardous disposal contracts.
Web Takedown One Time $50K
[#14] Initial large-scale online removal and legal takedown campaign startup costs.
Document Redaction Initial $50K
[#18] Initial large-scale redaction/editing of Foundation documentation and derivative texts to remove compulsion markers.
Amnestic Initial Stock $25K
[#10] Initial purchase/stock of amnestic doses (working figure: ~$500/dose, limited starter stock).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr
Staff Wages $820K/yr
[#5, #16] Onsite security guards (24/7 coverage; 6–9 guards + supervisor) and human content-review team salaries and site administrative salaries.
Research And Monitoring $750K/yr
[#15, #20] Specialist research team salaries and operational research costs plus ongoing NLP/filter maintenance, compute, and model retraining.
Rapid Response Units $400K/yr
[#22] Standby rapid-response breach teams and contingency amnestic units (salaries, readying equipment, vehicles).
Facilities Maintenance $225K/yr
[#3, #4, #6, #8, #24, #25, #27] Grounds and concealment maintenance, perimeter upkeep, monitoring maintenance/contracted SOC, utilities/environmental controls, evidence storage climate control, incident-system maintenance, and IT operations maintenance.
Amnestic Follow Up $200K/yr
[#12] Medical follow-up visits, treatment for complications and mental health services in years after amnestic administrations.
Cover Story And Legal $190K/yr
[#13, #14, #23] Ongoing legal monitoring/fees, online takedown/monitoring contracts, and quiet community goodwill / PR expenditures to support the cover story.
Forensic Archival Ongoing $150K/yr
[#21] Ongoing investigative fieldwork and archival research in other repositories and limited continued excavations/searches.
Capital Replacement $150K/yr
[#30] Routine replacement cycle for vehicles, electronics, medical equipment and replacement of expended amnestic stock.
Personnel Psych Screening $80K/yr
[#26] Regular psychological evaluation, rotation and replacement training costs for personnel exposed to the anomaly.
Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr
[#10, #17, #30] Amnestic replenishment (doses used during incidents and stock refresh), consumables for secure evidence handling and routine disposable supplies; includes modest annual capital replacement of expendables.
Logistics And Transport $45K/yr
[#7, #21] Vehicle operating costs (fuel, maintenance) for patrols, supply runs, field forensic travel and transport for evidence handling.
Insurance And Taxes $40K/yr
[#9] Property & liability insurance, local tax obligations, and related fees.
Disposal Contaminated Media $20K/yr
[#28] Secure wiping, physical destruction and hazardous waste disposal for contaminated physical/digital media.
Training Refresher $20K/yr
[#19] Annual memetic hazard refresher training and SOP updates for personnel.
Document Redaction Ongoing $10K/yr
[#18] Ongoing editing and redaction for new/modified Foundation documents to avoid reintroducing the compulsion.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr
93.8% probability / year
Normal year with steady containment and no major incidents; routine operations only.
no public exposure regular operations scheduled maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized leak or small public exposure requiring targeted cleanup, limited amnestic redeployment and legal actions.
small breach/leak targeted amnestic administration limited PR/legal response
🚨 Major Breach $5.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant leak or discovery requiring town-wide re-administration of amnestics and major legal/PR operations.
widespread public exposure large-scale amnestic campaign extensive legal battles
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $8.2M/yr
0.2% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Major political/legal exposure or multi-jurisdictional leak requiring regional response, major litigation and contingency fund drawdown.
political exposure multi-jurisdictional media coverage civil unrest or mass litigation
👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [@#5] 24/7 onsite guards covering three shifts; fully burdened.
Site Supervisor / Administrative Staff 2 [@#5] Site supervisor and administrative support for daily operations and liaison.
Research Scientist 4 [@#20] Specialist memetics/linguistics/cognitive science research team (PI + researchers).
Human Content Reviewer 4 [@#16] Human reviewers to inspect flagged content for redaction decisions.
Rapid Response / Contingency Team 4 [@#22] Standby breach/amnestic deployment team.
Medical Officer 1 [@#11, #12] Medical lead for amnestic administration oversight and follow-up.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [@#3, #30] Grounds and facilities maintenance, HVAC and environmental controls.
IT / Sysadmin 1 [@#6, #15, #27] Manages secure servers, web-crawlers, and tamper-evident logging systems.
Forensic / Field Investigator 1 [@#21] Occasional archival/fieldwork specialist assigned as needed.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude with medium confidence: site and staffing costs are reasonably constrained, but the dominant uncertainty is population-dependent amnestic campaign scale, legal exposure probability and chosen operational posture (covert vs aggressive), producing wide possible variance.
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