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SCP-7039 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7039
Expected annual
$21.9M
One-time setup
$3.9M
Annual recurring
$21.6M
Personnel
179
[#24] Estimated first-year one-time costs ≈ $3.93M and annual recurring operations ≈ $21.64M/yr in the baseline/moderate staffing case; primary recurring drivers are round-the-clock checkpoint personnel and rapid-response teams, while the largest one-time drivers are equipment purchases and research/lab buildout.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.9M
Equipment $1.6M
[#6, #8, #9, #16, #21] Surveillance arrays, mobile-device inspection kits, vehicle purchases (fleet), evidence-management software/hardware, and backup generator purchases.
Facilities $850K
[#3, #4, #5, #15, #16] Hardened containment vault/Faraday storage, perimeter fencing, checkpoint shelters/booths setup (10-checkpoint baseline), holding/processing area, and evidence room construction/fit-out.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $550K
[#10, #13] Initial tooling, model development, and lab buildout for memetics/digital-entity research and social-media forensics.
Insurance Reserve $500K
[#23] One-time clandestine contingency/reserve fund for sudden operational expenses, whistleblower payouts, or emergency leases.
Initial Legal And Pr $300K
[#14] Initial legal/PR package, municipal negotiations, and cash settlements/cover-up funds.
Public Health Integration $100K
[#20] One-time integration/legal work and specialized hardware/agreements to preserve emergency communications while operating checkpoints/jamming alternatives.
Rf Suppression $0
[#7] RF suppression hardware is legally and operationally risky and is not implemented in the baseline; cost intentionally set to $0 for baseline (option modeled in scenarios).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $21.6M/yr
Staff Wages $17.7M/yr
[#1, #2, #8, #10, #12, #13] Salaries and benefits for checkpoint personnel (120 FTEs baseline across 10 checkpoints), rapid-response teams, surveillance/monitoring staff, social-media analysts/engineers, medical/clinical staff, and research personnel.
Incident Response Contingency Fund $1.0M/yr
[#17] Contingency/reserve for incident responses, emergency takedowns, large-scale amnestic sweeps, and surge MTF deployments.
Training And Protocol Maintenance $600K/yr
[#19] Annual training for device handling, memetic safety, amnestic administration, legal ROE, and protocol upkeep for ~200-person program.
Research And Monitoring $325K/yr
[#10, #13] Ongoing research program non-staff costs, lab consumables, simulated social-network environments, and data/subscription fees for monitoring feeds and DoWAC web-crawlers.
Termination Contingency Reserve $300K/yr
[#18] Reserve for termination logistics, legal/cover-up costs, investigations, and associated overhead when lethal options are used.
Logistics And Transport $250K/yr
[#9] Fuel, maintenance, insurance, and operational costs for patrol vehicles, transport vans, and mobile command vehicle.
Facilities Maintenance $235K/yr
[#3, #4, #5, #16] Annual maintenance, power, security, lighting, fence repair, and generator servicing for the vault, fencing, checkpoints, and evidence room.
Rapid Response Equipment Replacement $200K/yr
[#2] Annual replacement, training, and maintenance for rapid-response tactical gear, vehicles, and non-lethal equipment.
Amnestic Administrations $200K/yr
[#11] Recurring per-administration drug costs and medical time for an estimated number of Class-C administrations per year (baseline estimate).
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#14] Ongoing municipal relations, covert payments, PR/false-front maintenance, and legal retainer/defense funds.
Utilities And Power $150K/yr
[#21] Power for checkpoints, CCTV, data centers, Faraday vaults, and any jamming hardware (baseline excludes jamming).
Civilian Processing $150K/yr
[#15] Recurring costs for temporary holding/processing, escorts, sheltering, meals, lodging, and admin for intercepted civilians.
Supplies And Consumables $125K/yr
[#6, #22] Consumables such as Faraday bags, battery-disposal supplies, static-dissipative mats, uniforms, batteries, medical disposables, cleaning, and office supplies.
Insurance Maintenance $100K/yr
[#23] Annual maintenance of insurance/liability and clandestine contingency funds.
Evidence Storage And Disposal $50K/yr
[#16] Annual cataloguing, climate-control operation, storage, and secure disposal/forensic analysis costs.
Public Health Coordination $50K/yr
[#20] Ongoing liaison costs with EMS/police and maintenance of emergency-call backdoor systems/agreements.
Mobile Device Consumables $25K/yr
[#6] Consumables and replacement parts for device-inspection and safe-discharge equipment.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $21.6M/yr
78.0% probability / year
Normal year with 10 checkpoints, physical enforcement approach, no RF jamming deployed, routine incident responses funded from contingency.
steady operations routine training and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $22.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized dissemination or small fan-meetup breach requiring additional MTF deployments, overtime, and targeted content takedown.
small-scale meetup succeeds localized online spread
🚨 Major Breach $26.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Large-scale dissemination/outbreak with many SCP-7039-F leaving zone, mass amnestic operations, extended MTF mobilization, and heavy PR/legal costs.
widespread online propagation mass meetup or multiple simultaneous events
🚨 Rf Jamming Deployment $23.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.4M vs baseline
Decision to deploy large-scale RF suppression (digital dead-zone hardware) rather than relying solely on personnel; includes first-year capital installation and extra recurring power/regulatory costs.
legal clearance forced decision to prioritize technical suppression
👥 Personnel 179 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 120 [#1] Checkpoint staffing: 12FTEs per checkpoint × 10 checkpoints baseline (covers shifts and leave/backfill).
Rapid Response Team Operator / MTF Agent 24 [#2] Dedicated intercept teams (baseline 2–3 teams; 24 operators chosen for moderate staffing).
Research Scientist 4 [#13] Senior researchers working on memetic/digital-entity research.
Research Technician 3 [#13] Technical support staff for experiments and lab maintenance.
Social Media Analyst 6 [#10] Continuous monitoring and detection personnel for social media activity.
Software Engineer / Forensics Engineer 1 [#10] Model/tooling developer and digital-forensics engineer.
Medical Officer 1 [#12] On-site physician (part-time equivalent) for amnestic administration oversight.
Psychologist / Psychiatrist 2 [#12] Clinicians for evaluation, post-amnestic counseling, and medical monitoring.
Site Security / Surveillance Operator 6 [#8] CCTV/thermal monitoring and central monitoring station operators.
Evidence Technician 4 [#16] Evidence cataloguing, chain-of-custody, and disposal staff.
Logistics / Driver 5 [#9] Vehicle operators for patrols, transport of seized devices, and mobile command.
Administrative Staff 3 [#14, #23] Administrative, municipal liaison, and cover-story coordination support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most costs (personnel, equipment, and operations), but major uncertainties remain around number of checkpoints deployed, choice to implement RF suppression, and frequency/severity of breaches, so totals are medium-confidence estimates.
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