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SCP-7080 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7080
Expected annual
$9.8M
One-time setup
$7.9M
Annual recurring
$9.7M
Personnel
52
First-year setup (capital + initial R&D) is estimated at approximately $7.9M, driven by MRI equipment/rooms, compute/storage, and R&D. Annual recurring operations are roughly $9.65M/year, driven mainly by personnel, software/R&D, and security.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.9M
Equipment $3.1M
[#1, #8, #9] MRI scanner purchase, compute cluster (GPU servers/storage/networking), initial secure storage hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $975K
[#6, #7] Integration engineering (noosphere-MRI coupling) and initial software/prototyping work.
Facilities $750K
[#2, #3] MRI room construction, RF/shielding, crane/reinforced floor and commissioning/vendor installation/commissioning fees.
Device Buyback Reserve $600K
[#25] Initial reserve for device recall/buyback and legal enforcement contingency.
Portable Unit Prototyping And Initial Production $500K
[#10] Prototype wearable units and small initial production run (10 units) one-time costs.
Cryocooler Retrofit $300K
[#5] Optional one-time cryocooler retrofit to avoid ongoing helium dependence.
Clearance And Onboarding $275K
[#28] Initial background checks, psychological screening and clearance processing for ~50 personnel.
Classified Data Handling Setup $250K
[#19] Initial secure communications, TEMPEST mitigation and air-gapped transfer hardware.
Backup Power Install $250K
[#21] One-time UPS/generator and backup-power installation costs.
Incident Response Seed $250K
[#26] One-time seed funding for incident response / forensic capability.
Field Retrieval Equipment $200K
[#14] Vehicles, tactical gear and secure transport containers initial purchases.
Secure Manufacture Qualification $125K
[#24] Vendor qualification and secure-fab setup costs.
Tracking And Geofencing $100K
[#11] Initial tracking/geofencing and tamper-detection infrastructure setup.
Legal And Compliance Setup $100K
[#17] One-time setup for legal frameworks, contracts, NDAs and compliance procedures.
Archival Vault $100K
[#27] One-time hardened vault / cold-storage vault setup for irreplaceable datasets.
Calibration Phantoms $50K
[#22] Initial purchase of MRI phantoms and QA equipment.
Planning Shorthand Summary $0
[#31] Summary estimate / planning shorthand (no direct additional one-time line; covered by items above).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.7M/yr
Staff Wages $4.6M/yr
[#12, #13] Core research/clinical staff and security payroll (PI, scientists, postdocs, MRI techs, data engineers, clinicians, RAs; security FTEs).
Software Development $750K/yr
[#7] Ongoing software/ML development, algorithm R&D, code audits and continuous improvement.
Research And Monitoring $650K/yr
[#29] Ongoing human-subject research costs, trial governance, protocol management and monitoring.
Cover Story And Legal $575K/yr
[#17, #18] Ongoing legal/compliance, administrative overhead, PR/cover-story and government liaison budgets.
Incident Response Reserve $500K/yr
[#26] Annual contingency/reserve for incident response, forensics and emergency clinical interventions.
Subject Recruitment And Medical Monitoring $400K/yr
[#15] Recruitment, per-subject screening/monitoring for ~50 active subjects plus emergency medical reserve.
Field Retrieval Ops $275K/yr
[#14] Staffing, vehicle ops, training and consumables for retrieval/containment teams.
Equipment Service Contract $250K/yr
[#4] Annual MRI service/warranty contract, preventative maintenance and parts.
Medical Liability $250K/yr
[#16] Institutional insurance, liability and indemnity premiums.
Energy Costs $250K/yr
[#20] Electricity for MRI, cryogenics/HVAC, compute clusters and telemetry servers.
Depreciation And Replacement Reserve $250K/yr
[#30] Annual capital replacement reserve (3–7% of capital) and contingency for equipment replacement.
Portable Unit Production $200K/yr
[#10] Ongoing secure per-unit production and manufacturing costs.
Archival Operations $125K/yr
[#27] Long-term archival operations, migrations and multi-site replication.
Compute Operations $100K/yr
[#8] GPU cluster operations, maintenance, networking and power overhead.
Device Buyback Replenishment $100K/yr
[#25] Annual replenishment for buyback/recall fund and associated enforcement/legal actions.
Storage And Archival Ops $65K/yr
[#9] Expansion, maintenance and off-site archival operations for high-volume imaging data.
Training And Reclearance $65K/yr
[#28] Annual clearance renewals, periodic training and reinvestigation costs.
Classified Data And Comms Ops $62K/yr
[#19] Annual operations for secure endpoints, audits, encrypted courier logistics and TEMPEST mitigation testing.
Secure Manufacture Audits $60K/yr
[#24] Annual vendor audits, secure-fab oversight and supply-chain controls.
Supplies And Consumables $45K/yr
[#23] PPE, electrodes, disposables, sterilization and contrast agent consumables.
Cryogenics Maintenance $30K/yr
[#5] Annual helium fills or closed-loop cryocooler maintenance.
Tracking And Geofencing $30K/yr
[#11] Telemetry, geofencing server costs, tamper alerts and remote-disable infrastructure ops.
Backup Power Maintenance $30K/yr
[#21] Generator maintenance, UPS servicing, fuel contracts and load tests.
Calibration Program Ops $20K/yr
[#22] Annual QA, phantom runs and calibration consumables.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.7M/yr
81.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; ongoing R&D, routine operations and scheduled maintenance.
no_major_incidents steady_subject_enrollment
🚨 Minor Incident $10.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure, small data leak or theft of a single portable unit requiring forensic analysis, limited buyback and PR response.
single_device_theft limited_data_exposure minor_equipment_failure
🚨 Major Breach $11.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or coordinated theft affecting multiple portable units or datasets, triggering large-scale recall, subject care/legal actions and replacement hardware.
coordinated_theft widespread_data_exposure regulatory_enforcement_action
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $21.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Major exposure or containment failure (site compromise, large-scale data/public exposure) requiring remediation, replacement of site infrastructure, mass legal/medical response and long-term PR remediation.
site_compromise mass_data_leak public_exposure
👥 Personnel 52 total
Role Count Notes
Principal Investigator 1 Lead scientist for Project Philosopher; included in research payroll estimate.
Senior Research Scientist 2 Senior scientists responsible for experimental design and oversight.
Postdoctoral Researcher 3 Postdocs and senior research staff supporting experiments and analysis.
MRI Technologist 2 Certified MRI technologists for scanning operations and safety.
Data Engineer / Software Engineer 3 Developers and ML engineers for reconstruction, algorithms and infrastructure.
Clinician (Neurologist / Psychiatrist) 2 Clinical oversight, consent, and subject medical care.
Research Assistant / Lab Technician 4 RAs and technicians supporting day-to-day experiments and subject handling.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 20 Dedicated site security and access control staffing (24/7 coverage).
Field Retrieval / Containment Team 6 Rapid-response teams for retrieval of devices and compromised assets.
Administrative Staff 4 Contracts, scheduling, vendor management and administrative overhead.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 Facilities, MRI and compute maintenance staff.
Medical Officer / Nursing 2 On-site medical staff and emergency responders.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to R&D uncertainty, novel anomalous behavior, choice of capital vs operational options (e.g., cryogen vs cryocooler), and wide ranges in source notes. Many line items are order-of-magnitude ranges and depend on scale (number of deployed units, subject load, and security posture).
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