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SCP-3317 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-3317
Expected annual
$22.6M
One-time setup
$62.6M
Annual recurring
$22.0M
Personnel
93
Upfront one-time setup and reserve funding are the dominant costs (~$62.6M), while recurring operations are driven by large monitoring and staffing needs (~$22.0M/yr), primarily scanning personnel, MTF readiness, and memetic treatment/forensics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $62.6M
Reserve Fund $52.5M
[#24] Black-budget reserve/contingency fund (midpoint of $5M–$100M range used as maintained reserve).
Equipment $4.4M
[#2, #5, #8, #9, #15] Hardened air-gapped servers and Faraday cage, MTF procurement (equipment), secure audio production setup, tamper-proof playback terminals, initial deployment of monitoring/filtering software; aggregated midpoints.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.2M
[#7, #21, #22] One-time R&D and experimental consolidation project, anomaly-specific detector R&D, and containment-breach modeling studies; aggregated midpoints.
Facilities $1.8M
[#1] Two climate-controlled, tamper/evidentiary vaults with inert-gas suppression, vibration/EM mitigation, biometric access, geographic redundancy; midpoint of $600k–$3M total.
Access Control Initial $600K
[#11] Initial background checks/polygraphs/clearance setup for ~200 staff (midpoint of $200k–$1M).
Amnestic Stockpile Initial $150K
[#13] Initial amnestic/medical stockpile (midpoint of $50k–$250k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $22.0M/yr
Staff Wages $8.2M/yr
[#3, #4, #14] Continuous text-scanning workforce (~80 FTE in active rotation; ~80 FTE × $71.5k ≈ $5.72M), supervisory/memetics staff (~6–10, midpoint cost ≈ $1.6M), medical/psych staff (~3–6, midpoint ≈ $0.875M).
Mtf Readiness $5.5M/yr
[#5] Standing MTF-Chi-9 readiness, training, specialty gear, vehicles, standby pay (midpoint of $3M–$8M/yr).
Miscellaneous Admin Overhead $2.9M/yr
[#25] Administrative overhead (10–20% guideline applied as 15% of recurring operational costs listed above).
Research And Monitoring $2.4M/yr
[#6, #7, #15, #16, #21, #22] Recurring memetic insulation/treatment cycles, validation/testing ($200k/yr), monitoring/filtering licensing, forensic staffing & tooling, maintenance of memetic detector R&D, and modeling updates; aggregated midpoints.
Logistics And Transport $1.2M/yr
[#10, #23] Secure transport/convoy budget (audits/treatment transfers) and interagency/public-health liaison/coordination standby costs aggregated (midpoints).
Cover Story And Legal $650K/yr
[#12] Baseline legal/monitoring retainer, DMCA/containment information-control services (midpoint of $300k–$1M/yr).
Social Isolation Enforcement $300K/yr
[#20] Monitoring off-duty behavior, social media audits, secure housing/relocation options (midpoint of $100k–$500k/yr).
Vetting Recurring $250K/yr
[#11] Ongoing re-evaluation, continuous polygraphing and psych evals for ~200 staff (midpoint ~$100k–$400k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $180K/yr
[#18] Energy, HVAC, dehumidification, backup power and redundant systems for secure vaults/archival sites (midpoint per-site scaled to expected sites).
Training Drills $175K/yr
[#19] Regular training, drills and tabletop exercises (midpoint of $50k–$300k/yr).
Amnestic Replenishment $112K/yr
[#13] Replenishment and usage-dependent amnestic/medical supplies (midpoint of $25k–$200k/yr).
Audio Ops $100K/yr
[#8] Operations and content updates for secure audio copies and storage (midpoint of $50k–$150k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $28K/yr
[#17] Archival paper, sleeves, seals, inks, replacement media (midpoint of $5k–$50k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $22.0M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations and no major containment incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_treatments standard_MTF_standby
🚨 Minor Incident $23.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized leak or public mention requiring MTF response, forensics, targeted amnestic use and legal takedowns.
isolated_public_mention small-scale_textual_spread targeted_MTF_response
🚨 Major Breach $47.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach with multi-site spread or public exposure requiring large-scale mobilization, interagency action and large amnestic/reserve expenditures.
widespread_copying EI-K-class_information_spread public_exposure
👥 Personnel 93 total
Role Count Notes
Research Analyst / Scanner 80 [#3] Continuous text-scanning workforce in active rotation (operational requirement of 20 on duty; staffing implies ~80 FTE in rotation).
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist 8 [#4] Supervisory researchers and memetics specialists (midpoint of 6–10 senior staff).
Medical Officer / Psychologist 5 [#14] Onsite physicians, psychologists and memetic psychiatry specialists (midpoint of 3–6 staff).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude with wide reported ranges and significant epistemic uncertainty around memetic-treatment frequency, required reserve size, and incident probabilities; many items use midpoints of large ranges.
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