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SCP-6347 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6347
Expected annual
$4.0M
One-time setup
$7.3M
Annual recurring
$3.9M
Personnel
15
Estimated one-time suppression, secure-facility and R&D setup costs total approximately $7,345,000, driven by rights buyouts, emergency reserves and initial R&D/secure digitization. Annual recurring operations are roughly $3,746,500/yr, driven by specialized staff wages, ongoing R&D, legal/takedown operations and public remediation/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.3M
Rights Buyout $3.0M
[#10] One-time conservative buyout of major adaptation/film rights and related acquisitions.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.3M
[#3, #18] Air-gapped digitization suite and pilot R&D launch (neutralization/translation program initial investment).
Emergency Containment Reserve $1.0M
[#14] Seed emergency containment & breach response fund (one-time reserve).
Public Remediation Reserve $1.0M
[#20] Initial reserve for remediation / cultural cleanup / major library/archive buyouts.
One Time Disinfo Campaign $500K
[#11] One-time major suppression/disinformation operation (large-scale campaign).
Facilities $300K
[#1] Secure archival vault upgrades for three sites (structural/physical shielding and access controls).
Equipment $195K
[#2, #9, #23] Opaque archival cases, digital monitoring/scanner setup hardware, and secure documentation system setup.
Initial Training Rollout $25K
[#8] Initial rollout of training & certification for handlers (one-time development/rollout cost).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#5, #6, #9, #17, #21] Dedicated security guards (6), central memetics/linguistics team (4), digital monitoring operations staff, forensic analysts and oversight-related staffing.
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#7, #18, #22] Mental-health monitoring program baseline, ongoing long-term R&D for neutralization/translation, and archival decontamination / remediation work pool.
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#10, #11, #24] Legal retainer and enforcement, disinformation maintenance budgets, and international legal/diplomacy contingency.
Logistics And Transport $230K/yr
[#12, #13] Buyback/covert acquisition program budget and secure transport / chain-of-custody logistics.
Public Remediation Topup $200K/yr
[#20] Recurring top-ups for public institution remediation / cultural cleanup as needed.
Facilities Maintenance $118K/yr
[#15, #23] Vault energy/climate control and maintenance & access-control maintenance.
Emergency Fund Annual Topup $100K/yr
[#14] Annual top-up to emergency containment / breach response reserve.
Insurance And Indemnity $35K/yr
[#19] Insurance, indemnity and institutional liability premiums.
Supplies And Consumables $26K/yr
[#4, #16] Offline archival media rotation (media, storage management) and consumables/PPE/safe-handling supplies.
Training And Certification $12K/yr
[#8] Annual recertification and simulated containment drills / refresher training.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.9M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, staff, R&D and legal/takedown operations only.
no breaches routine leaks handled normal monitoring and R&D activity
🚨 Minor Incident $4.0M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Small exposure/leak that requires forensic tracing, targeted takedowns, increased mental-health care and limited emergency response.
limited public leak small cluster exposures targeted takedown operations
🚨 Major Breach $5.2M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.3M vs baseline
Significant breach or cultural surge requiring emergency containment deployment, large-scale remediation, legal actions and major PR operations.
wide public dissemination multiple exposure waves facility breach requiring rapid response
🚨 Large Buyout $6.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.8M vs baseline
A year requiring a large one-time purchase of rights/negatives or a major settlement to remove high-profile adaptations from circulation.
studio demands major controversial adaptation discovered necessity to purchase rights at scale
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#5] Two specially trained guards per site (three sites) for 24/7 coverage; included in staff wages.
Research Scientist (Cognitive/Linguist) 2 [#6] Part of the central memetics/linguistics research team (2–3 cognitive scientists/linguists).
Thaumaturgical Researcher 1 [#6] Specialist for thaumaturgical aspects of Maggotspeech; included in memetics team estimate.
Safety Officer (Research Safety) 1 [#6] Team safety officer responsible for memetic-avoidance protocols and experiment authorization.
Digital Monitoring Analyst 2 [#9] Staff for web crawling, threat intel and takedown operations.
Forensic Analyst 2 [#17] Digital/physical forensics and provenance investigations to trace leaks.
Audit / Oversight Specialist 1 [#21] Oversight, audits and red-teaming coordination (recurring oversight budget).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are grounded in analyst-provided ranges and itemized line items, but large uncertainties remain around one-time buyout sizes, probability of breaches, and the duration/cost of multi-year R&D programs.
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