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SCP-7125 [REDACTED] ~ medium confidence
SCP-7125
Expected annual
$9.8M
One-time setup
$16.2M
Annual recurring
$9.6M
Personnel
27
Initial capital outlay is approximately $16.2M driven primarily by containment chamber buildout, hardened defenses, and large seeded reserves; annual operations are ~ $9.6M driven by staffing, research, site overhead and contingency.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $16.2M
Containment Breach Fund $5.5M
[#18] Seed contingency/breach fund (midpoint of $1M–$10M used = $5.5M).
Facilities $4.4M
[#1, #4, #6, #24] Includes chamber construction ($3,500,000), redundant power installation ($550,000), HVAC buildout ($175,000), and clinic setup ($162,500).
Equipment $3.2M
[#2, #10, #14, #15, #16, #25, #26, #27] Automated defense hardware ($2,125,000), cognitive-compliance system hardware ($100,000), remote-handling robotics ($375,000), secure recording infra ($250,000), access control install ($187,500), document-handling hardware ($30,000), signage production ($12,500), and armored transfer vehicle ($165,000).
Liability Reserve Seed $2.8M
[#31] Seed reserve for long-term liability/victim compensation (midpoint $2,750,000).
Psychological Screening $150K
[#12] Initial psychometric screening for ~50 staff (~$150,000 total).
Amnestic Stock $88K
[#13] Initial amnestic/pharmaceutical stock and storage equipment (midpoint $87,500).
Legal And Cover Setup $62K
[#21] Initial legal/cover-story setup, NDA and initial cover fees (midpoint $62,500).
Training Program Development $50K
[#11] One-time curriculum development and simulation design ($25k–$75k; midpoint used).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.6M/yr
Staff Wages $2.8M/yr
[#8, #9, #23, #24] Security guards (18 × ~$60k = $1,080,000), specialized containment/research staff (~$820,000), recruitment/retention premium (~$450,000), medical staffing (~$400,000).
Research And Monitoring $1.8M/yr
[#22] Classified research budget for memetic characterization, compute, assays and trials (midpoint $1,750,000/yr).
Miscellaneous Contingency $1.6M/yr
[#32] Flexible contingency (20% of base operating budget used; range 10–30% per notes).
Site Overhead Allocation $1.1M/yr
[#30] Pro-rated Site-45-C utilities, admin and property costs assigned to this containment (midpoint $1,150,000).
Logistics And Transport $650K/yr
[#19, #27] Breach-response retainer/rapid-deploy teams (~$600,000/yr) and per-transfer escorts/missions (~$50,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $465K/yr
[#3, #5, #7, #16, #28] Automated defense maintenance ($212,500), generator fuel & testing ($120,000), HVAC/filtration maintenance ($17,500), access-control SLA ($30,000), waste handling/disposal ($85,000).
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#21] Ongoing legal, compliance and cover-story management ($100k–$500k; midpoint used).
Cybersecurity And Insider Threat $250K/yr
[#29] Air-gap enforcement, intrusion detection and insider-threat analysts ($100k–$400k; midpoint used).
Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr
[#17, #13, #25, #26] Consumables & spares ($110,000), amnestic resupply baseline ($25,000), document handling ops ($12,500), signage replacement ($3,000).
Drills And Exercises $150K/yr
[#20] Annual/full-scale simulations, tabletop exercises, and associated overtime/expendables ($50k–$250k; midpoint used).
Data Storage And Backups $125K/yr
[#15] Secure air-gapped storage, backups and retention costs ($50k–$200k; midpoint used).
Psychological Monitoring And Counseling $100K/yr
[#12] Ongoing counseling and monitoring for ~50 staff ($1k–$3k/person/yr; midpoint used).
Cognitive Monitoring Operations $80K/yr
[#10] Ongoing software licenses, monitoring labor and analytics for compliance ($40k–$120k; midpoint used).
Training And Certification Delivery $42K/yr
[#11] Recurring training deliveries and refreshers ($10k–$75k; midpoint used).
Robotics Maintenance $38K/yr
[#14] Maintenance & spare parts for remote-handling robotics ($15k–$60k; midpoint used).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.6M/yr
81.5% probability / year
Normal year with scheduled maintenance, staffing, research, and no major containment incidents.
steady_state_operations no_major_incident
🚨 Minor Incident $10.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized unauthorized exposure or small following resurgence requiring targeted amnestic deployment, overtime, and limited repairs.
unauthorized_exposure small_following_reemergence
🚨 Major Breach $12.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant breach requiring large-scale amnestic campaigns, extended breach-team deployment, hardware replacement, and public-cover operations.
mass_worship_event coordinated_attack
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $21.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Wide-scale propagation of worship, reality-bending escalation, major liability and reconstruction costs requiring full fund deployment and legal/reserve payouts.
widely_distributed_worship reality_manipulation_escalation operational_failure
👥 Personnel 27 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 18 [#8] 18 guards to cover three shifts and rotation (~$60k each; matches security staffing estimate).
Research Scientist / Containment Specialist 6 [#9] Small specialist team (memetics/cognitohazard specialists, containment engineers; 4–8 noted; midpoint used).
Medical Officer 3 [#24] On-call medical staff and clinic coverage (staffing budget allocated accordingly).
📋 Confidence Notes
Midpoint estimates used for wide ranges; containment-specific line items (breach funds, liability reserves) introduce large optional one-time costs. The article gives clear operational requirements but large ranges and redacted details reduce precision.
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