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SCP-7081 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7081
Expected annual
$2.1M
One-time setup
$1.8M
Annual recurring
$1.9M
Personnel
14
One-time establishment and containment modifications total roughly $1.78M, while annual operations are dominated by staffing, administrative overhead, and ongoing research costs totalling about $1.93M/yr. Major cost drivers are security and research staff wages, the contingency reserve, and legal/cover-story obligations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.8M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#22] Contingency / catastrophic-breach reserve (recommended minimum one-time).
Witness Investigation And Handling $250K
[#17] Initial investigative costs to locate witnesses and initial witness handling/relocation/amnestic actions (one-time).
Equipment $215K
[#2, #4, #13, #23, #19] Anomalous-item containers (27 units), CCTV hardware & install, secure data servers, initial PPE/handling kit, and secure-transport vehicle retrofit.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $120K
[#10, #12] Initial participant-recruitment program setup and initial stock of mnestic/amnestic pharmaceuticals.
Facilities $85K
[#1, #3] Containment-cell construction/modification and storage shelving/racking installation; includes contractor inspections and seismic restraints.
Protocol Development And Training $50K
[#14] Development of memetic-safety SOPs, training materials, drills and documentation (one-time development costs).
Legal Settlement Reserve $50K
[#18] Initial settlement / reserve for immediate legal claims (one-time).
Disposal Setup $10K
[#20] One-time setup/contract fee for hazardous disposal / sterilization capability.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #9] Security staffing (6 guards incl. benefits), MTF assignment liaison, research team salaries (4 senior researchers + 2 techs), and site psychologist sessions.
Administrative Site Overhead Allocation $312K/yr
[#25] Allocated shared HR, payroll, utilities, central security & management costs (~20% of recurring direct costs).
Research And Monitoring $165K/yr
[#10, #11, #13, #14, #15] Ongoing participant recruitment & logistics maintenance, fMRI/neuroimaging and lab consumables, secure-data maintenance, refresher memetic-safety training, and inventory/audit activities.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#18, #24] Ongoing legal counsel, cover-story maintenance and participant indemnity/insurance pool.
Staff Medical And Psych Support $50K/yr
[#16] Medical/psychological support, counseling, remediation and amnestic treatment budget for exposed personnel.
Supplies And Consumables $29K/yr
[#12, #21, #23] Annual replenishment of mnestic pharmaceuticals, personal supplies/recreation allowances, and PPE replenishment.
Logistics And Transport $24K/yr
[#19] Secure transport operational costs (assumed 12 transfers/yr at $2,000/transfer) for item/person transfers between facilities.
Hazardous Disposal And Sterilization $20K/yr
[#20] Recurring budget for hazardous disposal / sterilization operations and contracts.
Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr
[#5] Ongoing CCTV/system maintenance, periodic system tests and data retention infrastructure upkeep.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine research, containment, and monitoring activities only.
no breaches routine research and testing standard staff turnover
🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Small containment incident or localized exposure requiring emergency amnestics, replacement staffing, extra legal/medical actions, and limited emergency research.
single-person exposure localized item breach minor legal claim
🚨 Major Breach $2.9M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
A larger-scale breach or multiple simultaneous exposures requiring mass amnestics, major emergency research effort, relocation of some civilians, and significant settlements.
multi-person memory cascade public exposure large legal claims
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $6.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Wide-scale memetic cascade affecting many civilians or production/spread of many anomalous items, requiring mass evacuation, long-term research surge, massive settlements and replacement staffing.
uncontrolled item proliferation nation-level exposure major litigation and public panic
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer 6 [#6] Six full-time guards to provide 24/7 coverage (two per shift, three shifts).
MTF Agent 1 [#7] One dedicated MTF/field agent liaison assigned to supervise collaboration and act as liaison.
Research Scientist 4 [#8] Senior researchers (approx. 4) leading memory-transfer/reversal work.
Laboratory Technician 2 [#8] Lab technicians/postdocs (approx. 2) supporting experiments and imaging.
Psychologist 1 [#9] Site psychologist time allocation for weekly supervised therapy and staff mental health support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item estimates are provided in the analyst notes and map directly to budget categories, but some recurring frequency assumptions (transport transfers, probability of incidents) required judgment. Contingency and legal exposures are inherently uncertain, so confidence is medium.
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