SCP-7400 — SCP-7400 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7400 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-7400

Expected annual

$99.9M

One-time setup

$81.0M

Annual recurring

$85.6M

Personnel

Initial mitigation requires substantial one-time investments (~$81M) in safe havens, contingency funds, and strategic acquisitions; annual operations are dominated by ongoing treatment/covert programs, legal retainers, and relocation/monitoring costs (~$85.6M/year).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $81.0M

Facilities $28.0M

[#8, #20] Safe-haven facility acquisition/upgrade (#8) and secure detention/holding facility setup (#20).

Ip Acquisition Negotiation $20.0M

[#12] One-time negotiation/payment/compensation or partial acquisition costs for Riot/other IP owners to obtain operational control or cooperation.

Covert Contingency Fund $10.0M

[#6] Initial contingency fund for high-risk covert modification/influence strikes.

Equipment $8.7M

[#13, #18, #19] Technical/IT & server hardware for alternate gaming infrastructure (#13), secure communications/setup (#18), and tactical/field hardware (vehicles, drones) initial purchase (#19).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.0M

[#11] Dedicated laboratory buildout and core experimental instrumentation for research program.

Structural Mitigation Program $5.0M

[#27] Up-front costs for initiating multi-year international policy/treaty campaigns and technical standards efforts.

Monitoring System Development $2.2M

[#3] One-time development, initial datasets, and secure deployment of global legal/institutional monitoring AI/software.

Emergency Response Team $2.0M

[#1] Creation, training, equipment and initial mobilization costs for rapid-response memetic/legal/tactical teams.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $85.6M/yr

Mass Amnestic Program $15.0M/yr

[#10] Manufacture/distribution and medical support for amnestic/memetic suppression campaigns at small-to-moderate scale.

Insurance And Reserve $11.2M/yr

[#22] Financial buffer/reserve (~15% of baseline operational budget) for failures, escalation or rapid large-scale action.

Logistics And Transport $11.0M/yr

[#17, #19] Relocation/asylum assistance program costs (#17) and field logistics/tactical equipment maintenance (vehicles, medevac) (#19).

Facilities Maintenance $8.5M/yr

[#9, #20] Ongoing safe-haven operations (staff, utilities, security) (#9) and operations/maintenance for secure holding facilities (#20).

Public Relations And Cultural Mitigation $8.0M/yr

[#15] Large-scale media, influencer engagement and cultural programs to counteract moral panic and reframe public discourse.

Staff Wages $6.0M/yr

[#2] Salaries and benefits for the 30–50 person core specialist team (memetics, legal, social sciences, ops, support).

Research And Monitoring $5.4M/yr

[#4, #11, #24, #26] Monitoring system operations, data feeds and model retraining (#4), ongoing research program staffing/studies (#11), policy/mitigation studies (#24), and IT forensics/evidence preservation (#26).

Cover Story And Legal $4.5M/yr

[#5, #21] Diplomatic/legal retainers, emergency legal spend and legal defense/indemnity funding for incidents and employee/rescued-person defenses (#5, #21).

Covert Ops Continuous $4.0M/yr

[#7] Ongoing clandestine influence payments, informants, and covert operations to prevent statutory or institutional lock-in.

Monitoring Private Institutions $3.0M/yr

[#25] Ongoing monitoring and influence efforts within religious orders, corporations, gangs and other non-state institutions.

Isp Platform Cooperation $3.0M/yr

[#14] Contracts/payments to ISPs, platforms and app stores for blocking/monitoring where required.

Community Support Programs $2.0M/yr

[#16] Funding alternative gaming communities, safe esports titles and community centers to reduce incentives to play in hostile jurisdictions.

Psychological Services $1.5M/yr

[#23] Counseling, rehabilitation and reintegration services for rescued or treated individuals.

Supplies And Consumables $1.0M/yr

[#28] Small-scale frequent payments, local indemnities and other consumables used for immediate local contingencies.

Alternate Infra Ops $1.0M/yr

[#13] Ongoing operation of private servers, sanitized clients and quarantine network infrastructure for protected players.

Comms Maintenance $500K/yr

[#18] Maintenance, subscriptions and translators for secure communications and intelligence sharing systems.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $85.6M/yr

80.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine monitoring, legal work, covert influence and limited relocations; no major escalations or high-cost interventions.

routine monitoring alerts localized incidents managed with existing resources

🚨 Minor Incident $90.6M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Localized outbreak of criminalization requiring emergency deployments, increased legal emergency spend, and temporary surge shelter/relocation.

regional legal cascade small-scale mass arrests/torture emergency safe-haven utilizations

🚨 Major Incident $205.6M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$120.0M vs baseline

Nation-state or large jurisdiction-wide criminalization requiring mass amnestics, large covert campaigns, expanded relocation and significant one-off legal/IP expenditures.

national legislation banning LoL mass enforcement campaigns need for IP negotiation or wide amnestic deployment

🚨 Catastrophic Political Exposure $585.6M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline

Widespread international adoption of criminalization (e.g., treaty-level) or major political backlash forcing emergency global-scale interventions (large-scale buyouts, repeated mass treatments).

UN or multi-state convention adopting hostile norms large-scale politicization/exposure of SCP-7400 effects

👥 Personnel 40 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Memetic Researcher	10	[#2] Laboratory and analysis staff focused on trigger characterization and mitigation.
Legal Analyst / Counsel	6	[#2, #5] Specialists drafting injunctions, negotiating with jurisdictions and managing retainers.
Social Scientist / Anthropologist	4	[#2] Cultural analysis and threat modeling staff.
Social Engineer / Case Officer	6	[#2, #7] Operational planners and field case officers for influence operations and interventions.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#1, #19] Tactical operators for extractions, field security and rapid deployments.
Administrative Staff	3	[#2] Program management, logistics and administrative support.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#13, #19] Technical support for alternate infrastructure and equipment maintenance.
Technical / IT	3	[#3, #18] Developers and sysadmins for monitoring system, secure comms and data feeds.

📋 Confidence Notes

Notes provided are detailed with ranges for most line items, permitting a midline estimate; however large ranges (e.g., IP acquisition, mass amnestics, covert ops) and geopolitical uncertainty reduce precision.

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