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SCP-6767 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6767
Expected annual
$5.7M
One-time setup
$5.4M
Annual recurring
$5.6M
Personnel
15
First-year setup (one-time) is dominated by specialized containment buildout, security and insurance reserves; ongoing annual costs are driven by specialized staffing (containment, vetting, redaction), memetic research, and counterintelligence/response operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.4M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.5M
[#10, #23] Initial memetic/cognitive R&D startup and lab instrumentation plus archival/media setup for secure transcript vaulting.
Insurance Reserve $1.5M
[#21] Discretionary insurance/contingency reserve for major information breach response and buyouts (one-time seed fund).
Equipment $1.2M
[#2, #3, #8, #12, #13, #14, #17] Inert-atmosphere install, hazmat gloveboxes/filtration, air-gapped computing hardware, initial security hardware upgrades (IDS/cameras/access control), backup power equipment, environmental monitoring sensors, and armored/pressurized transfer container.
Facilities $950K
[#1, #11] Purpose-built Type IV terrarium construction and psychological containment infrastructure buildout (terrarium, specialized interview/isolation rooms).
Public Relations Reserve One Time $200K
[#25] One-time component of public-relations/disinformation reserve for immediate post-leak response.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.6M/yr
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#5, #6, #9] Full-time containment team salaries (lead, psychologist, IT specialist, 2 hazmat techs, 4 security officers) plus vetting/admin staff and data review/redaction team.
Research And Monitoring $875K/yr
[#7, #10, #11] Ongoing memetic/cognitive research program costs, monthly psychological evaluations/amnestic protocols and occupational medical surveillance, and training/maintenance of psychological containment infrastructure.
Cover Story And Legal $750K/yr
[#16, #25] Legal/compliance staffing and regulatory interactions plus ongoing public-relations/disinformation budget and contracted NDA vendors.
Counterintelligence Operations $650K/yr
[#12] Continuous CI operations, background re-investigations, monitoring of authorized staff and related investigations.
Materials Analysis $300K/yr
[#18] Routine and forensic materials analyses (SEM/TEM/XPS) under strict containment when non-destructive sampling is required.
Opportunity Costs $300K/yr
[#24] Administrative oversight, payroll for auditors, and ongoing mitigation to prevent exploitation of knowledge (does not include catastrophic litigation payouts).
Insurance Reserve Replenishment $250K/yr
[#21] Annual replenishment contribution to the contingency/insurance reserve after draws for incidents.
Emergency Response $175K/yr
[#15] On-call toxicology/occupational medicine readiness, drills, and average annualized cost of maintaining a rapid-response mobilization capability.
Ethical Oversight $150K/yr
[#22] Independent review board, compliance audits, and associated administrative/legal staffing for ongoing ethical oversight.
Supplies And Consumables $128K/yr
[#2, #3, #19] Inert gas supplies and humidity control, HEPA/ULPA filter consumables and wet-cleaning materials, PPE and decon consumables.
Logistics And Transport $125K/yr
[#17] Annual reserve for secure transports, armored/pressurized container maintenance and hazmat escort logistics.
Facilities Maintenance $111K/yr
[#13, #14, #20] Backup power fuel & maintenance, environmental sensor calibration/replacement, and additional HVAC/filtered-exhaust utilities overhead attributable to containment.
Long Term Archiving $60K/yr
[#23] Secure air-gapped archival media refresh, migrations, redundancy storage and metadata/redaction handling.
Hazardous Waste Disposal $11K/yr
[#4] Regular regulated hazardous metal waste disposal events, certified contractor pick-ups and chain-of-custody management.
Secure It Maintenance $5K/yr
[#8] Maintenance and support for air-gapped computing, hardware one-way diode upkeep, and tamper-evidence systems.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.6M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major shedding incidents or information breaches; routine maintenance, staffing, research and oversight continue as planned.
no_major_shedding_event no_information_leak regular_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $5.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Moderate shedding/contamination event requiring emergency response, increased hazardous-waste disposal, temporary overtime staffing and limited equipment replacement.
localized_shedding contamination_cleanup medical_surveillance_and_overtime
🚨 Major Breach $8.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant information breach or combined physical breach and information leak requiring major legal, PR, and containment response plus potential payouts and long-term mitigation.
classified_information_leak public_exposure large_scale_response_and_litigation
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Lead (Senior Researcher) 1 [#5] Senior researcher/containment lead responsible for SCP oversight and interview approvals.
Psychologist 1 [#5, #7] Full-time psychologist handling monthly evaluations, memetic screening, and post-interview care.
IT / Secure-Comms Specialist 1 [#5, #8] Maintains air-gapped computing, one-way diode, tamper-evidence, and secure logging.
Hazmat Technician 2 [#3, #19] Two hazmat techs for glovebox operations, decon, and hazardous-material handling.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#5, #12] Four rotating security officers for physical perimeter and escort duties; supports CI measures.
Vetting & Admin Staff 2 [#6] Administrative staff for interview requests, redaction queues, scheduling, and background checks.
Data Review / Redaction Specialist 4 [#9] Clearance-level reviewers and legal liaisons responsible for vetting transcriptions and classified sanitization.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and ranges are provided by analyst notes, but large uncertainties remain around memetic research costs, the frequency/severity of shedding events, and the probability/magnitude of information-breach incidents; figures are midpoint-driven estimates.
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