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SCP-7173 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7173
Expected annual
$3.0M
One-time setup
$9.4M
Annual recurring
$2.8M
Personnel
15
Estimated one-time startup investment of approximately $9.37M driven primarily by antimemetic research setup and facility remediation/construction; steady recurring program costs near $2.76M/yr driven by staffing (audits and guards), ongoing research/IT/monitoring, and insurance/cover-story/legal overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.4M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.0M
[#8] Initial antimemetic research program setup, lab buildout, instrumentation and initial controlled-experiment budgets (mid-range estimate within $2M–$10M).
Facilities $1.9M
[#6, #13, #14, #19] Demolition/physical remediation of unauthorized rooms (#6), one-time security upgrade capital work (#13), construction of approved replacement containment chambers (#14), hazardous/materials disposal and code-compliance remediation (#19) aggregated for a medium-sized program (assumed multiple rooms/sites).
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#20] Contingency reserve for escalations, large transfers, international incidents, legal exposure and other unanticipated large costs; recommended for medium-sized organizations.
Equipment $815K
[#2, #3, #10] Per-facility inspection equipment kits (#2), one-time purchase of surveillance/tamper sensors for monitored rooms (#3 one-time component), and one-time IT/software build for data-integrity tooling (#10 one-time component).
Relocation Secure Transfer Fund $300K
[#7] One-time reserve / equipment purchases for secure transport and specialized containment units to relocate SCPs found in SCP-7173 instances (typical non-hostile move reserve).
Forensic Investigation Fund $250K
[#18] Budgeted fund to cover several forensic investigations (security forensics, contractor background checks, interviews) aggregated as one-time investigatory costs.
Training Rollout $100K
[#21] One-time training and policy re-issuance rollout costs (materials, sessions) for initial campaign per facility.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.8M/yr
Staff Wages $1.0M/yr
[#1, #4] RISA core audit staff program salaries (3 analysts @ $120k incl. benefits = $360k) and security/guard wages (estimated 10 guards total = $500k) plus administrative staff (scheduling/oversight = $160k).
Research And Monitoring $825K/yr
[#8, #10, #22] Ongoing antimemetic research program operating budget (mid-range $500k/yr from #8), IT/operations for data-integrity tooling and reviewer workflow ($125k/yr from #10 recurring), and long-term monitoring/program-management servers and admin staff (~$200k/yr from #22).
Logistics And Transport $250K/yr
[#15] Emergency response / rapid reaction team operational costs (on-call team: training, vehicles, consumables) aggregated as recurring logistics readiness.
Cover Story And Legal $175K/yr
[#5, #17] Administrative/legal baseline to enforce protocol and run investigations (~$75k/yr #5) plus program-level cover-story/plausible-deniability maintenance (~$100k/yr from #17 program-level). Per-incident cover costs are modeled in scenarios.
Mnestic And Psych Treatment $150K/yr
[#9] Mnestic/psychological treatment program baseline for affected staff, counseling and follow-ups (mid-range).
Increased Insurance Premium $150K/yr
[#23] Internal risk allocation / increased insurance/risk premium to account for the risk and potential losses due to noncompliant containment (~mid-range).
Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr
[#4] Recurring equipment, uniforms and consumables for posted guards (~$5k/yr per guard × 10 guards).
Materials Audit And Inventory Control $50K/yr
[#16] Recurring materials-audit and inventory control costs to detect unauthorized construction (per-facility/system aggregated).
Facilities Maintenance $48K/yr
[#3, #13, #21] Ongoing sensor/video maintenance and storage per monitored room (#3 recurring component), annual audits/compliance costs tied to security upgrades (#13 recurring), and ongoing training refresh maintenance (#21 recurring).
Opportunity Cost Of Space $25K/yr
[#12] Replacement/lease-equivalent opportunity cost for misallocated 25 m² rooms (~$5k/yr per room × assumed 5 rooms).
Wasted Reviewer Time $15K/yr
[#11] Operational cost from failed document reviews tied to SCP-7173 instances (~$3k/yr per affected object; aggregated for assumed program instances).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.8M/yr
68.0% probability / year
Normal operational year: ongoing audits, guard staffing, recurring research/IT/monitoring and program maintenance with no major incidents.
no major discoveries scheduled audits only no hazardous transfers
🚨 Minor Incident $3.0M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$205K vs baseline
Discovery of one unauthorized SCP-7173 room requiring remediation, a small secure transfer of a non-hostile object, modest forensic/HR work and localized cover-story actions.
unauthorized room found simple remediation required small object relocation
🚨 Major Incident $5.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$2.6M vs baseline
Hazardous SCP discovered in an SCP-7173 instance requiring high-cost relocation, construction of compliant containment, extended forensic/legal response and broad remediation.
hazardous object housed inside multi-unit relocation extended legal/forensic action
🚨 Research Breakthrough Scaleup $5.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Antimemetic research program requires accelerated scale-up in a given year (large additional investment) to pursue emergent countermeasures.
identified propagation vector urgent countermeasure development major grant/scale-up decision
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
RISA Analyst 3 [#1] Core audit program staffing (3 analysts; used in recurring RISA staffing estimate of $360k/yr).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#4] Two guards posted per SCP-7173 instance; assumed 5 active instances → 10 guards (wages included in staff_wages estimate).
Administrative Staff 2 [#5] Administrative/HR/legal scheduling and oversight staff supporting enforcement and coordination (salaries included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
High uncertainty: unknown number of SCP-7173 instances, wide cost ranges for transfers/remediation and antimemetic research, and strong dependence on the (unknown) presence of other SCPs in found rooms. Estimates use mid-range assumptions for a medium-sized program and should be adjusted with a known instance count.
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