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SCP-6982 Uncontained ~ medium confidence
SCP-6982
Expected annual
$1.3M
One-time setup
$1.3M
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
12
Initial one-time capital/setup costs are approximately $1.27M, with ongoing annual operating costs ~ $1.32M; main drivers are 24/7 security and technical staff wages, memetic-safe viewing and robotics infrastructure, research/testing campaigns, and an incident response contingency fund.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M
Incident Response Fund Establishment $500K
[#14] Establishment of a contingency rapid-deployment fund for immediate incident response and public-exposure mitigation.
Equipment $360K
[#2, #3, #4, #10, #11, #17] Memetic-safe viewing hardware, robotic manipulators, secure transport crate, CCTV/anti-drone hardware, air-gapped servers/encryption hardware, and initial PPE/prototype eyewear procurement.
Facilities $150K
[#1] Construction and retrofit of a light-tight, mountable vault located inside an existing Foundation site; includes materials and labor.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#12] Initial development of the image/content sanitization pipeline and lab buildout for safe memetics research (development, validation, initial tooling).
Legal And Cover $60K
[#13] One-time legal/procurement and cover-story costs for acquisition/seizure and initial cover construction.
Initial Retrieval Operation $25K
[#5] One-off secure retrieval/transport operation cost if item not already in custody (armored vehicle rental, security team wages, fuel, escorts).
Initial Training And Sop Development $20K
[#16] Initial SOP development and first-year training exercises/tabletops to establish safe handling and recognition of memetic symptoms.
Containment Ramp Up $0
[#25] Aggregate initial ramp-up estimate (500k–1.5M) — treated as descriptive/overlap of the explicit one-time line items above and not double-counted here.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Staff Wages $650K/yr
[#6, #7] 24/7 on-site guard wages (6–8 personnel) and dedicated memetics/engineering technical staff (1 senior + 1–2 technicians).
Research And Monitoring $335K/yr
[#8, #11, #12, #15] Medical/psychological monitoring baseline, secure data/storage maintenance, ongoing image-sanitization pipeline upkeep, and recurring controlled human testing campaign costs (assumes one campaign/year baseline).
Insurance And Indemnity $80K/yr
[#18] Internal accounting/insurance allocation (~10–20% of payroll/maintenance).
Incident Response Fund Replenishment $50K/yr
[#14] Annual replenishment allocation to maintain an operational rapid-deployment fund after use or devaluation over time.
Facilities Maintenance $48K/yr
[#1, #2, #3, #10] Annual maintenance and service contracts for the vault, memetic-safe viewing hardware, robotic manipulators, and CCTV/anti-drone systems.
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#4, #5] Per-mission transport and crate operation costs for routine moves and study deployments (baseline frequency assumed).
Public Exposure Mitigation $25K/yr
[#21] Retainer/monitoring budget for information operations and small-scale mitigation; per-incident costs are higher and appear in scenarios.
Red Team Testing $25K/yr
[#24] Periodic penetration testing and remediation exercises to probe overhead-viewing and procedural weaknesses.
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#13] Ongoing counsel, NDAs, liaison with authorities, and minimal cover-story maintenance.
Supplies And Consumables $18K/yr
[#9, #17] Annual costs for amnestic supplies and administration; PPE replacements and consumable safety gear.
Long Term Storage And Archival $10K/yr
[#20] Periodic checks, environmental controls, and archival storage/inspection costs for long-term inactive storage.
Documentation And Compliance $10K/yr
[#22] Ongoing documentation, audits, and compliance checks to ensure no overhead viewing and SOP adherence.
Training And Sop Refresher $10K/yr
[#16] Annual refresher training for security, technical, medical, and research staff.
Power And Utilities $6K/yr
[#19] Electricity, HVAC, and site overhead for vault climate control, cameras, robotics, and servers.
Decontamination And Waste Disposal $5K/yr
[#23] Secure destruction or handling of contaminated media and hazardous paraphernalia.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, scheduled testing, and no major incidents.
no breach planned research operations routine maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Limited accidental exposure or small containment lapse requiring medical care, targeted amnestics, incident response, and PR work.
single-personal accidental viewing localized data leak minor transportation mishap
🚨 Major Breach $2.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant exposure or breach requiring large-scale response, public mitigation campaigns, extensive medical/amnestic operations, and legal action.
transportation compromise large uncontrolled public exposure multiple-personnel exposure
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#6] 24/7 guard coverage (6–8 personnel) to prevent unauthorized access and overhead viewing; wages included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 1 [#7, #12] Senior memetics researcher to lead experiments, maintain sanitization pipeline, and approve releases.
Research Technician 2 [#7, #12] Technical support for robotics, imaging, and the sanitization pipeline; maintenance and day-to-day experimental operations.
Administrative Staff 1 [#13, #22] Small administrative/liaison role for procurement, legal coordination, documentation, and compliance; costs folded into staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide concrete line-item ranges for most costs, but memetic behavior uncertainty, variable incident severity, and frequency of testing introduce material variance; estimates are medium confidence.
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