SCP-6637 — SCP-6637 | Cost Breakdown

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.4M

Facilities $3.0M

[#1] Soundproofed, EM- and memetic-shielded containment wing construction/upgrade; independent HVAC, redundant power, observation ports, Faraday shielding.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M

[#2] Dedicated memetics/neurocognition lab buildout including imaging (MRI/EEG) purchase/installation and safety interlocks.

Clearance Initial $1.0M

[#18] Initial high-assurance personnel background vetting for core staff (~200 persons, lower-bound estimate).

Insurance Reserve $1.0M

[#21] One-time recommended contingency/insurance reserve fund contribution.

Mobile Hardware $500K

[#8] Mobile suppression and crowd-control vehicle fleet and rapid-deploy audio scramblers (initial fleet for coverage zones).

Rct Equipment $360K

[#7] Equipment and vehicles for Rapid Response Containment Teams (initial per-team kit for assumed minimum teams).

Equipment $300K

[#5] High-performance compute and secure storage procurement (GPU nodes, racks, classified cold storage).

Predictive Rd Initial $200K

[#3] Initial model development compute and data purchase for predictive analytics R&D.

Amnestic Inventory Setup $200K

[#9] Manufacture/acquisition/setup of specialized amnestic/mnestic agent inventory and initial stockpiles.

Logistics Fleet $200K

[#22] One-time secure transport/evidence-transfer vehicle and escort equipment procurement.

Surveillance Hardware $150K

[#6] Deploy real-time audio-capture sensors and initial memetic-detection stack for prioritized sector(s).

Cybersecurity Hardening $100K

[#14] One-time classified-data hardening, audits, encryption upgrades and incident-response tooling.

International Setup $100K

[#29] Initial liaison/setup costs for one foreign jurisdiction (agreements, translation/legal onboarding).

Training Curriculum $75K

[#17] Development of training curricula and simulation material for first-responder/memetic-hazard courses.

Data Integration $50K

[#4] One-time integration of CCTV/telecom/social-media feeds, connectors and ETL work.

Legal Setup $50K

[#12] Initial legal/compliance and cover-story setup costs (retainers, incorporation of cover entities, counsel onboarding).

Controlled Experiment Setup $50K

[#16] Initial controlled-possession trial setup (recruiting, indemnity, medical monitoring) for first cohort.

Infrastructure Mods $50K

[#25] Initial small-scale public-venue audio isolation retrofits (pilot sites).

Archival Setup $50K

[#26] Initial archival/transcription tooling and classified redaction pipeline setup.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $18.5M/yr

Staff Wages $4.5M/yr

[#3, #7, #11, #12, #14, #18] Salaries for predictive analytics researchers, RCT personnel, amnestic rehabilitation staff, legal/cover liaisons, cybersecurity and clearance-related personnel.

Secure Detention Operations $2.5M/yr

[#10] Housing, nutrition, medical oversight and long-term monitoring costs for detained/exposed persons (baseline occupancy assumption).

Long Term Monitoring $2.0M/yr

[#19] Wearable trackers, follow-up check-ins and monitoring for rehabilitated persons (baseline population monitoring).

Emergency Contingency Reserve $1.5M/yr

[#30] Rapid-scaling pool for emergency hires, temporary facilities and urgent procurement.

Research And Monitoring $1.2M/yr

[#2, #3, #5, #20] Ongoing lab operations, imaging upkeep, model development budgets, red-team simulation contracting and cognitive-security testing.

Cover Story And Legal $800K/yr

[#12, #13] Annual legal counsel, FOIA/press handling, PR contractors and covert content removal budgets.

Data Acquisition $800K/yr

[#4] Subscriptions, telematics/mobile-location aggregates, CCTV/social-media access and ongoing licensing fees.

Facilities Maintenance $600K/yr

[#1, #2, #25, #27] HVAC, power, backup generators, soundproofing maintenance and site upkeep including energy draw for containment and labs.

Amnestic Consumables $500K/yr

[#9, #16] Per-treatment cost for amnestics, sedatives and medical consumables (baseline incident-driven usage).

Ethical Oversight $500K/yr

[#15] Institutional review board operations, indemnity reserves and ethics committee running costs.

Controlled Possession Experiments $450K/yr

[#16] Recurring per-study costs: volunteer recruitment, imaging, personnel and medical monitoring for multiple trials per year.

Red Team Modeling $400K/yr

[#20] External cognitive-security contracts and in-house propagation simulation runs.

Community Mitigation $400K/yr

[#24, #28] Community compensation, relocation assistance and social-reintegration program costs.

Logistics And Transport $300K/yr

[#22] Regular secure detainee/evidence transport operations, vehicle upkeep and escorted transfers.

Clearance Renewals $300K/yr

[#18] Annual renewals and continuous monitoring for cleared staff.

Insurance Premiums $300K/yr

[#21] Annual premiums and contingency fund replenishment for catastrophic events and legal exposure.

Predictive Analytics Software $200K/yr

[#3] ML platforms, data-labeling services, software licenses and model inference infrastructure costs (recurring).

Compute And Storage Operation $200K/yr

[#5] Power, colocation/rackspace, hardware refresh and cloud costs for model training/inference and classified storage.

Amnestic Program Materials $200K/yr

[#11] Program materials, disposables and treatment adjuncts for the amnestic rehabilitation program.

Archival Operations $200K/yr

[#26] Secure transcription, redaction and archival staff for recorded incidents.

Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr

[#23, #26] Field PPE, evidence kits, transcription consumables and general operational consumables.

Surveillance Maintenance $150K/yr

[#6] Ongoing maintenance, tuning and software updates for deployed audio-capture and memetic-detection sensors.

Training Deployments $150K/yr

[#17] Recurring training sessions, simulations and first-responder outreach deployments.

International Operations $100K/yr

[#29] Annual liaison operating cost for one foreign jurisdiction (translation, compliance, small deployments).

Mobile Consumables $80K/yr

[#8] Consumables for UAVs, batteries, non-lethal munitions and field replacement parts.

Infrastructure Maintenance $50K/yr

[#25] Maintenance of any public-venue audio isolation retrofits and PA-system filters.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $18.5M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major containment failures; routine monitoring, research, and detainee upkeep.

steady incident rate no mass-exposure events standard legal/PR load

🚨 Minor Incident $20.0M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Localized cluster(s) of possession events requiring surge amnestic use, temporary beds, emergency PR/legal responses and extra RCT deployments.

clustered possession events viral speech circulation localized legal/medical spikes

🚨 Major Breach $33.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline

Widespread public dissemination or mass-possession event leading to major legal judgments, mass amnestic rollout, emergency facilities rental and international deployments.

mass exposure viral global dissemination multi-jurisdiction legal action

👥 Personnel 45 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist	10	[#2, #3] Predictive analytics and memetics research staff for modeling and lab experiments.
Security Officer / MTF Agent (Rapid Response)	18	[#7] RCT teams (assumed 3 teams × 6 personnel minimum) for field containment.
Medical Officer (Neurologist / Psychiatrist)	4	[#7, #9, #11] Clinical specialists for acute care during possession and amnestic administration oversight.
Neuropsychologist / Therapist	8	[#11, #16] Amnestic rehabilitation and follow-up staffing.
Engineer / Maintenance (IT / Sysadmin)	3	[#5, #14] Compute, storage and cybersecurity operations and maintenance.
Administrative Staff / Legal Liaison	2	[#12, #13] Legal, PR and administrative support for cover-story and compliance operations.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are built directly from analyst ranges and the article but many line items have wide ranges and depend on incident rates and program scale; reasonable mid-to-low assumptions were used where ranges existed.