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SCP-7014 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7014
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$1.6M
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
8
First-year one-time setup is dominated by a large contingency reserve and initial lab/evidence infrastructure; ongoing annual costs are driven primarily by staff wages, disinformation/PR/legal programs, and monitoring/research activities.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.6M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#19] One-time reserve fund for rapid large-scale responses to public exposure or malicious exploitation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $270K
[#2, #4, #5] High-speed cameras/measurement rigs and precision sensors plus initial sample acquisition/cataloging purchases for research setup.
Amnestic Stock $100K
[#11] One-time stock of low-to-mid grade amnestic treatments and related medical supplies for containment breach remediation.
Facilities $90K
[#1, #16, #23] Secure vault installation, facility access control install, and one-time archival/cold-storage acquisition and setup.
Equipment $55K
[#3, #13] Automated dice-rolling rigs and on-prem servers/storage hardware for ingest of high-speed video and analytics.
Sop Development $25K
[#17] One-time development of SOPs, tabletop exercises, and initial training materials.
Secure Packaging Supplies $10K
[#12] One-time specialized tamper-evident packaging supplies for secure transport and chain-of-custody.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Staff Wages $700K/yr
[#6, #7] Dedicated research personnel (2–4 FTEs estimated at 4 FTE) and field/retrieval agents (3–4 agents estimated at 4 FTE) — fully loaded salaries and benefits.
Cover Story And Legal $425K/yr
[#8, #10, #22] Disinformation/PR operations, retained legal counsel/regulatory liaison, and community goodwill/outreach budget.
Research And Monitoring $385K/yr
[#9, #13, #14, #15, #20, #24] Online monitoring/tools, cloud storage/analytics, participant compensation for controlled testing, human-subjects oversight, external collaboration grants, and gambling-industry monitoring/liaison.
Program Overhead $150K/yr
[#25] Annual program overhead: rent, administrative staff, utilities, accounting, and miscellaneous overhead not captured elsewhere.
Insurance $75K/yr
[#21] Annual insurance and liability coverage for research, employees, and reputational/operational risk transfer.
Supplies And Consumables $65K/yr
[#5, #11, #18] Ongoing sample acquisition budget, annual amnestic maintenance/consumption costs, and general lab consumables/replacement parts.
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#16, #17, #23] Ongoing security system maintenance, annual training refresh exercises, and archival verification/maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#12] Secure courier services, insured shipments, and routine chain-of-custody transport costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
93.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine research, monitoring, and program operations.
routine_research regular_monitoring no_public_exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized public exposure or small breach requiring rapid PR response, targeted amnestics, and extra legal/transport expenses.
viral_post small_leak_at_event unauthorized_public_sale_of_specimen
🚨 Major Breach $3.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Widespread public exposure or malicious exploitation (e.g., gambling ring using affected dice) requiring mass amnestic deployment, large PR/ads, and legal settlements.
large_scale_exposure gambling_exploitation coordinated_media_attention
🚨 Political Exposure $2.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Regulatory or political action with public disclosure risks, litigation, and mandated remediation.
regulatory_inquiry high_profile_lawsuit mandated_public_disclosure
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 [#6] Statisticians, physicists, and behavioral scientists (4 FTEs as assumed in staff cost).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#7] Field agents and retrieval/monitoring staff (3–4 agents rounded to 4 FTEs as assumed in staff cost).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are detailed with explicit estimates, making budget arithmetic straightforward, but several items contain ranges and the anomalous nature of SCP-7014 (and uncertain breach probabilities) introduces material uncertainty in both one-off and scenario costs.
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