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SCP-7198 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7198
Expected annual
$3.6M
One-time setup
$2.5M
Annual recurring
$3.5M
Personnel
23
Initial one-time facility and specialized equipment/setup costs are approximately $2,482,000; ongoing annual operations, staffing, production and oversight drive recurring costs of roughly $3,547,000 per year, with the largest drivers being specialized medical/research staffing, research program funding, and contingency/reserve allocations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.5M
Facilities $1.6M
[#1, #2] Containment cell construction and adjacent dedicated OR construction (reinforced cell, OR-adjacent structural work).
Equipment $367K
[#3, #6, #11, #21, #22, #30] OR major equipment, restraint hardware, secure pharmaceutical storage hardware, scheduling software development (one-time), CCTV/install, secure server hardware/setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K
[#9] Dust collection/encapsulation production facility cleanroom and microencapsulation/QC setup (one-time buildout).
Subliminal Setup $150K
[#15] One-time content and hardware production for subliminal messaging campaign and initial memetic-safety review infrastructure.
Hypnotic Initial $15K
[#17] Initial intensive hypnotic therapy/behavioral modification program (one-time initial series).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.5M/yr
Staff Wages $2.1M/yr
[#5, #6, #9, #12, #16] Salaries and benefits: dedicated medical containment staff (surgeon, nurses, techs, medic), security payroll allocation, production/QC staff, dedicated research team payroll, memetics/safety specialist salaries.
Contingency Reserve $300K/yr
[#27] Insurance/contingency reserve for catastrophic outcomes, remediation, cover operations and unplanned replacement costs (maintained as an annual budget/reserve).
Supplies And Consumables $240K/yr
[#4, #8] Per-procedure sterile consumables (scalpels, drapes, disposables) and medical/biological waste disposal and hazardous-material handling.
Research And Monitoring $190K/yr
[#13, #14, #29] Ongoing genotyping/forensics/analytical assays, biweekly cognitive reassurance evaluations funding (external psychologist hours), external audits/QA for Clarity production (non-payroll research/monitoring costs).
Cover Story And Legal $190K/yr
[#19, #20] Ethics committee/site director review budgets and legal/cover-up/HR/whistleblower mitigation costs.
Facilities Maintenance $100K/yr
[#21, #22, #24, #30] OR/cleanroom/containment maintenance and HVAC, CCTV/storage maintenance and hosting, incremental utilities and annual data/storage operation.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#10, #11] Recurring Clarity packaging/distribution and secure pharmaceutical storage distribution/maintenance costs.
On Call And Overtime $100K/yr
[#7] On-call, overtime and shift premium budget to guarantee twice-daily procedures and backup coverage.
Memetic Program Maintenance $50K/yr
[#15] Ongoing content safety review, monitoring and updates for subliminal messaging campaign (recurring memetic-safety operations).
Emergency Response Training $50K/yr
[#23] Rapid-response team training, simulated drills and readiness to respond to missed procedures or emergent events.
Recruiting And Turnover $50K/yr
[#28] Specialized personnel turnover, recruiting and onboarding budget for high-stress assigned posts.
Amnestic Program $30K/yr
[#18] Amnestic (Class C) stock, administration capability, and replacement/mobility costs for dissenting personnel.
Training And Simulations $30K/yr
[#25] Personnel training, annual refreshers, SOP simulations and non-compliance drills.
Patient Medical Care $30K/yr
[#26] Ongoing psychological and medical care, monitoring and treatment for SCP-7198 unrelated to procedure operations.
Hypnotic Maintenance $12K/yr
[#17] Ongoing maintenance sessions and monitoring for hypnotic therapy.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.5M/yr
97.4% probability / year
Normal year with twice-daily procedures and no major incidents; routine production and oversight operations only.
regular_operations scheduled_procedures no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $3.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
A missed procedure or single localized operational failure requiring rapid-response, overtime, additional amnestics and short-term production increases.
missed_procedure rapid_response_team_activation temporary_increased_overtime
🚨 Major Breach $5.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Security breach or repeated operational failures requiring multi-day emergency operations, site remediation, expanded production and major legal/cover operations.
security_breach multi-day_missed_procedures site_remediation
🚨 Political Exposure $8.5M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Public exposure or legal/political leak requiring relocation, long-term legal defense, large-scale cover-up operations and research/production reconstitution.
public_leak external_inquiry relocation_and_reconstitution
👥 Personnel 23 total
Role Count Notes
Lead Surgeon / Medical Officer 1 [#5] Full-time lead surgeon/physician to perform Procedure Hippocratic Oath twice daily.
OR Nurse 2 [#5] OR nurses for perioperative support and shift coverage.
Surgical Technologist 1 [#5] Surgical technologist for instrument handling and sterilization turnover.
Containment Medic / Physician Assistant 1 [#5] Full-time containment medic/PA for monitoring SCP-7198 and procedure support.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#6] Dedicated guards for transport/OR security and on-call incidents (coverage across shifts).
Research Scientist 4 [#12] PI and research staff dedicated to mechanism, toxicology, dosing and production optimization.
Research Technician 3 [#9, #13] Production/QC technicians and laboratory personnel for encapsulation, QC, and assays.
Production Technician / Operator 3 [#9, #10] Personnel responsible for microencapsulation production, packaging and chain-of-custody handling.
Memetics Specialist / Safety Officer 1 [#15, #16] Specialist to design/audit subliminal content and ensure memetic safety.
Administrative Staff (Scheduler / Logistics) 1 [#21, #25] Scheduling, logging and administrative support to maintain twice-daily procedure audits and training records.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are assembled from analyst ranges in the notes; many line items have wide ranges and scale strongly with site posture and distribution scale. Recurring staffing and research program costs are the best-defined; memetic/legal contingency and production-scaling uncertainties reduce confidence to medium.
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