SCP-4774 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-4774
Expected annual
$528.0M
One-time setup
$13.4B
Annual recurring
$499.0M
Personnel
333
One-time capital expenses are dominated by R&D, fabrication of space-rated antimemetic filter units, and deep-space mission launches (~$13.4B). Recurring annual operations (communications, resupply, monitoring, personnel, and cover operations) are ~ $499M/yr, driven by resupply/logistics, diplomatic/covert operations, and data-suppression/PR budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $13.4B
Equipment $4.5B
[#2, #4, #5, #7] Fabrication of flight-qualified filter units, power system hardware, comms hardware, and interceptor hardware.
Space Launch And Mission Design $4.5B
[#3] Deep-space propulsion, launch vehicles, mission design and mission assurance for placing units at operational points.
Endowment Lockbox $2.0B
[#20] Long-term endowment to guarantee intergenerational funding continuity.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1B
[#1, #10, #11, #21] Core antimemetic R&D program, memetic containment lab build-out, initial amnestic R&D, and HPC/modeling procurement.
Genocide Response Planning $1.0B
[#19] One-time planning/initial capital for theoretical extreme-response options / feasibility studies.
Facilities $220.0M
[#6, #17] Sensors installation, ground upgrades, and hardened data center construction.
Decommissioning $50.0M
[#24] Secure disposal and sanitization costs when/if the program is ended.
Leak Response Reserve Initial $20.0M
[#22] Initial capital for rapid-response reserve (buyouts, relocations, emergency PR/legal actions).
Legal Cover Initial $5.0M
[#15] Initial forged records/tools and litigation readiness systems.
Personnel Vetting Initial $3.0M
[#16] Initial ramp-up costs for vetting/security-clearance pipelines and counter-intelligence setup.
Personnel Incidentals $2.0M
[#18] Disbanding and handling costs for Research Team 44-Lacaille (relocation, amnestic treatment, etc.).
Opportunity Cost One Time $0
[#25] [] One-time component of opportunity/scientific-goodwill cost is treated as recurring; set to 0 here.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $499.0M/yr
Diplomatic Covert Operations $100.0M/yr
[#14] Covert international operations, agency influence, clandestine interdictions, and diplomatic efforts.
Power Resupply And Propellant $60.0M/yr
[#4] Recurring resupply/propellant and station-keeping logistics for active filter units (per-unit resupply aggregated).
Staff Wages $50.0M/yr
[#9] Salaries and benefits for permanent multidisciplinary team (estimated ~333 FTEs at ~$150k fully-loaded average).
Interceptor Fleet Maintenance $50.0M/yr
[#7] Maintenance, rotation of spares, and mission upkeep for unmanned interceptors.
Data Suppression Program $50.0M/yr
[#12] Contracts, staff insertion, and software access to filter or alter astrophysical data from observatories.
Opportunity Costs $50.0M/yr
[#25] Ongoing indirect costs in lost partnerships, grant conflicts, and compensatory payments (qualitative monetization).
Communications Operations $30.0M/yr
[#5] Ground operations, relay maintenance, and secure comms ops.
Exterior Monitoring Operations $30.0M/yr
[#6] Operations/data analysis for the solar-system-scale monitoring/detection network.
Mission Assurance And Contingency $20.0M/yr
[#8] 24/7 mission ops, contingency teams, simulations, and anomaly response staffing.
Pr Misinformation Ops $20.0M/yr
[#13] Ongoing public-relations, scientific steering, and misinformation campaigns.
Genocide Readiness Maintenance $10.0M/yr
[#19] Minimal ongoing readiness/maintenance for extreme-response options (if policy chooses to maintain readiness).
Memetic Containment Maintenance $5.0M/yr
[#10] Ongoing supplies, secure wards, and treatment systems for memetic containment.
Legal Administrative Operations $5.0M/yr
[#15] Ongoing litigation defense, forged-records maintenance, and administrative cover costs.
Personnel Vetting Ongoing $5.0M/yr
[#16] Background investigations, ongoing screening, polygraphs, and CI operations.
Insurance Reserve Maintenance $5.0M/yr
[#22] Ongoing reserve maintenance for rapid response teams, buyouts, and emergency PR/legal action.
Secure Data Centers Ops $3.0M/yr
[#17] Operations, preservation, and cryptographic key management for hardened archives.
Amnestic Stockpile Production $2.0M/yr
[#11] Recurring production and stockpile maintenance for amnestics and personnel sensory blockers.
Modeling Simulation Ops $2.0M/yr
[#21] Compute time, HPC maintenance, and staff for memetic/ontological modeling.
Energy Costs $2.0M/yr
[#23] Power for Earth-side facilities (labs, data centers, mission control).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Research And Monitoring $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr
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Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $499.0M/yr
81.8% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; recurring operations run as planned.
routine operations scheduled resupply and monitoring no breaches or major exposures
🚨 Minor Incident $519.0M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Localized equipment failure, small leak, or minor detection requiring accelerated repairs and PR response.
equipment malfunction small launch/mission delay minor leak requiring buyouts
🚨 Major Breach $699.0M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Significant accidental disclosure or public detection requiring large-scale containment, legal action, and heavy PR/diplomatic response.
public discovery by major observatory interceptor failure resulting in public data large-scale insider leak
🚨 Catastrophic Breach Response $10.5B/yr
0.2% probability / year +$10.0B vs baseline
Full confirmation-level evidence or existential exposure that triggers plans for extreme response (genocide-level option or massive kinetic/sterilization contingency) or program collapse.
irrefutable evidence leaked/published large public campaign forcing official transparency loss of ability to suppress/disguise data
👥 Personnel 333 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 100 [#1, #21, #11] Astronomers, physicists, memetics researchers and senior R&D staff.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 80 [#7, #16, #9] Site/asset security, interceptor support, personnel vetting enforcement.
Engineer / Maintenance 50 [#2, #3, #4, #5] Spacecraft, power systems, comms, and ground/space maintenance engineers.
Mission Controllers / Operators 30 [#3, #8, #5] Deep-space mission operations and 24/7 mission assurance staff.
Research Technician / Lab Tech 30 [#10, #11, #21] Lab technicians, memetic containment support, HPC/operators.
Administrative Staff 15 [#15, #20] Admin, grant/endowment management, and cover-story coordination.
Intelligence / Counter-Intelligence 20 [#12, #14, #16] Data suppression, covert operations liaison, CI pipelines.
Medical Officer 8 [#10, #18] Medical and psychological staff for memetic safeguards and personnel incidents.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use wide ranges from analyst notes and many speculative, programmatic choices (number of units, launch architecture, whether extreme-response capability is funded). High uncertainty in technical feasibility, operational tempo, and geopolitical costs.
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