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SCP-5633 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5633
Expected annual
$18.1M
One-time setup
$5.8M
Annual recurring
$17.5M
Personnel
22
Initial setup driven by construction of a secure wing, specialized structural and HVAC upgrades, and heavy initial R&D; ongoing costs are dominated by long-term countermeasure R&D and continuous network monitoring/legal/insurance overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.8M
Facilities $3.4M
[#1, #4, #25] Structural containment wing construction, secure isolation cells (6–12) and HVAC/HEPA upgrades (initial capital).
Equipment $658K
[#2, #3, #5] Faraday/EM shielding & air-gap hardware, secure evidence vaults, and initial memetic-filtered audio/visual monitoring systems (initial purchase).
On Site Incinerator $600K
[#15] Optional on-site incinerator / secure disposal setup (one-time capital if purchased rather than contracting disposal).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $525K
[#7, #13] Air-gapped secure server cluster (hardware & backups) and research startup equipment / psychophysiology lab buildout.
Contingency Fund Initial $300K
[#28] Initial containment breach contingency stockpile, sedatives and emergency reserve (one-time seed fund).
Rapid Response Vehicles And Equipment $275K
[#16] Incident response vehicle & armored transport purchase, drones and retrieval hardware (initial kit).
Ppe Initial Kit $32K
[#9] Initial hazardous-materials / PPE kit and decon equipment (one-time complement).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $17.5M/yr
Long Term Countermeasure Rnd $8.0M/yr
[#29] Multi-year R&D for pharmacological/cognitive inhibitors, trials and potential manufacturing scale-up (high uncertainty & multi-year spend).
Staff Wages $2.9M/yr
[#10, #11, #12, #22] Ongoing wages (12 guards for 24/7 coverage), medical & psychiatric staff, memetics research team salaries, plus hazard pay/retention premiums.
Ai Ml Memetic Rnd $1.8M/yr
[#20] AI/ML memetic-detection R&D and licensing (multi-year program; higher spend in early years).
Insurance And Reserve $1.1M/yr
[#27] Insurance, indemnity reserve and legal contingency fund / self-insured reserve for accidents or leaks.
Network Monitoring Contracts $850K/yr
[#19] Automated crawlers, trusted-platform agreements and platform cooperation for rapid content removal and monitoring.
Cover Story And Legal $750K/yr
[#14, #17] Human-subject compliance & oversight budgets, plus recurring legal, compliance and liaison costs for takedowns, warrants and court actions.
Redaction And Sanitization $360K/yr
[#23] Human reviewers and controlled transcription/redaction labor for safe handling of contaminated texts and media.
Facilities Maintenance $312K/yr
[#25, #26] HVAC/energy & general utilities, janitorial and specialized deep-clean / decontamination maintenance.
Public Affairs $300K/yr
[#18] Public affairs, information control and cover-story campaign staffing and paid notices.
International Coordination $275K/yr
[#30] Coordination budget for foreign labs/agencies, emergency repatriation and diplomatic cover arrangements.
External Consultancy $275K/yr
[#31] External contractors and specialist consultants (cryptographers, moderation specialists, legal crisis firms) on retainer/throughput.
Supplies And Consumables $121K/yr
[#9, #24] PPE consumables (disposables replaced monthly) and physical evidence handling / single-use consumables (incineration, shredding, disinfectants).
Administrative Overhead $115K/yr
[#32] HR, payroll, clearance processing, background checks and miscellaneous administrative overhead.
Staff Training And Inoculation $88K/yr
[#21] Regular memetic-awareness training, drills, psychological inoculation protocols and debriefing programs.
Logistics And Transport $75K/yr
[#16] Vehicle maintenance, fuel, and operational costs for rapid extraction / armored transport and retrieval ops.
Contingency Drills And Replenishment $62K/yr
[#28] Annual drills, replenishment of breach stockpiles (sedatives, emergency supplies) and evacuation logistics costs.
Research And Monitoring $60K/yr
[#5, #6] Ongoing monitoring maintenance, software licensing and updates for memetic filters and secure playback / logging systems (includes recurring portion of A/V systems).
Forensic Autopsy And Disposal $60K/yr
[#15] Recurring budget for contracted autopsy/disposal events (if not using on-site incinerator).
Secure Data Archival $15K/yr
[#8] Offsite encrypted cold storage, tape vaults and partner controlled archival rotations.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $17.5M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; steady operations, R&D, monitoring and regular maintenance.
no major leaks routine research progress normal throughput of cases
🚨 Minor Incident $18.0M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Limited exposure or local memetic release requiring targeted response, short-term clinicizations, and extra legal takedowns.
localized contamination small online leak isolated violent incident
🚨 Major Breach $22.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Containment breach with multiple exposures, widespread online dissemination or a failed redaction batch requiring large-scale response and litigation.
significant breach mass online dissemination multi-subject exposure
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $27.5M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Successful development of a countermeasure that requires rapid scale-up (manufacturing, trials, global deployment) and accelerated R&D.
promising countermeasure trial need for rapid manufacture expanded clinical trials
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 24/7 rotations for physical containment and rapid response (explicitly specified as 12 guards for 3-shift coverage) [#10].
Research Scientist / PI and team 6 Memetics/cognitohazard research team (PI, postdocs, linguist/cognitive scientist, data analyst, techs) [#12].
Psychiatrist 1 On-site psychiatrist for exposed subjects and monitoring; part of medical staffing [#11].
Medical Officer / MD 1 On-site MD for immediate care and forced sedation protocols [#11].
Nurse 2 Clinical nursing staff to support acute care and monitoring [#11].
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing order-of-magnitude estimates; large uncertainty remains around long-term R&D spend, incidence frequency of breaches, and whether capital options (on-site incinerator vs contractor) are chosen, so confidence is medium.
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