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SCP-7402 Uncontained ~ medium confidence
SCP-7402
Expected annual
$31.0M
One-time setup
$142.0M
Annual recurring
$28.7M
Personnel
58
Initial one-time establishment and contingency reserves dominate upfront costs (~$142M one-time), driven by lab upgrades, secure facilities, and a large contingency reserve. Annual operating costs (~$28.7M/yr) are driven by MTF staffing, ongoing R&D/monitoring, backup personnel/reserves, and intelligence/legal/PR operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $142.0M
Contingency Reserve $100.0M
[#28] Reserve capital for worst-case/global-destabilization responses; sized as a program-level contingency to fund large-scale recovery/continuity.
Facilities $19.2M
[#5, #7, #12] Includes rapid-response safehouses and hardened assets (#5), high-assurance lab/containment upgrades (#7) and secure detention/fit-out for captured SCP-7402-1 (#12).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10.5M
[#6, #21] Initial high-priority R&D program and cryptographic/non-repudiable-authentication research (lab fit-out, instrumentation, initial hires for detection/identity-proof R&D).
Equipment $5.0M
[#3] Initial MTF equipment and vehicle procurement baseline (armored vehicles, airlift access agreements, tactical gear, drones, nonstandard weapons).
Automation Redundancy $2.8M
[#15] One-time automation and redundancy upgrades to remove human single points of failure (automation hardware and integration).
It Isolation Initial $1.1M
[#29] Initial investment in rapid IT isolation, rollback, forensic imaging systems and secure tooling.
Mfa Token Rollout $1.1M
[#16] Initial hardware token / MFA rollout for ~5,000 staff (token procurement and deployment).
Data Archives Initial $1.1M
[#17] Initial setup for immutable offline backups and air-gapped knowledge repositories (physical archives, imaging systems).
Mass Screening Rollout $600K
[#9] Initial rollout infrastructure for mass/targeted biometric/physiological screening (sampling points, training, hardware).
Researcher Recruitment $500K
[#27] One-time recruitment/onboarding costs for high-skill interdisciplinary hires (sourcing, relocation, recruitment fees).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $28.7M/yr
Staff Wages $4.8M/yr
[#1] MTF Beta-1 dedicated personnel salaries and benefits (40-person team × ~$120k total comp).
Research And Monitoring $4.5M/yr
[#6, #8, #21] Ongoing R&D for identification methods (#6), continuous monitoring & behavioral analytics systems (#8), and continuing cryptographic/authentication R&D (#21).
Intelligence Operations $2.8M/yr
[#30] Ongoing intelligence gathering, HUMINT and anomalous-origin analysis operations.
Mass Screening Per Sweep $2.5M/yr
[#9] Annualized cost of a single large-scale biometric/pheno/neuro screening sweep (example: 5,000 personnel × $500/test).
Redundancy Reserve Pay $2.0M/yr
[#25] Retainer/standby pay and incentives for a reserve pool of cross-certified surge personnel.
Research Staff Salaries $2.0M/yr
[#27] Salaries for senior interdisciplinary researchers (quantum/causal physicists, etc.).
Cover Story And Legal $1.8M/yr
[#11] Legal, cover-up, public-relations and associated recurring costs (media suppression, litigation preparedness, NDAs).
Mtf Equipment Maintenance $1.0M/yr
[#3] Annual maintenance/replacement budget for MTF equipment and vehicles.
Breach Recovery Fund $1.0M/yr
[#18] Standing incident-response / containment-repair reserve to fund recapture and repair (kept as annual reserve contribution).
Media Government Liaison $1.0M/yr
[#24] Ongoing liaison, political exposure mitigation, and clandestine payments/bribes where necessary.
Per Activation Deployments $700K/yr
[#4] Expected average annual per-activation deployment logistics (airlift, fuel, ordnance, temporary hires) — modeled as average 1 activation/year at midrange cost.
Evacuation Program $650K/yr
[#22] Standby program to relocate/high-value extraction readiness; excludes per-extraction variable costs.
Internal Audit $600K/yr
[#20] Continuous audit, two-person rules enforcement, access control admin and overhead.
Mtf Training $500K/yr
[#2] MTF training, certification, live-fire and cross-training travel and drills.
Detention Staffing $500K/yr
[#12] Staffing and maintenance for secure detention/interrogation facilities for captured SCP-7402-1.
Psychological Monitoring $425K/yr
[#19] Ongoing psychological monitoring, counseling, and counter-subversion vetting for personnel.
Information Wiping $375K/yr
[#23] Systems and procedures to mitigate rogue commands, fraud mitigation and secure emergency overrides.
Automation Maintenance $300K/yr
[#15] Maintenance and support for automated redundancy and critical-systems automation.
It Operations $300K/yr
[#29] Ongoing operations for IT/network isolation tooling, rapid rollback and forensic imaging services.
Data Storage $275K/yr
[#17] Ongoing storage, update and physical archive maintenance for air-gapped backups.
Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr
[#5] Ongoing maintenance and security ops for rapid-response safehouses and hardened transport assets.
Compensation And Insurance $200K/yr
[#14] Expected annual compensation / life-insurance / worker's comp payouts averaged across likely casualties.
Hiring And Training Pipeline $160K/yr
[#13] Rapid hiring/training costs to replace casualties or compromised personnel (assumes modest churn).
Token Replacement $125K/yr
[#16] Lifecycle replacement and management for secure identity tokens / MFA hardware.
Forensic Autopsy $50K/yr
[#10] Forensic autopsy and secure evidence processing averaged per year (assumes occasional incidents).
Disposal Budget $20K/yr
[#26] Forensic/containment-grade disposal per termination averaged over expected terminations per year.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $28.7M/yr
69.5% probability / year
Normal year with standing readiness, ongoing R&D, monitoring and routine operations; no major activation or multi-site breach.
no_major_activation ongoing_research routine_personnel_turnover
🚨 Minor Incident $30.7M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Single-site activation or small-scale replacement event requiring active deployment, targeted screenings and legal/PR response.
single_site_activation targeted_deployment localized_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $48.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Major multi-site breach or coordinated replacement wave requiring large containment/recovery operations, mass screenings and facility repairs.
multi_site_activation mass_replacements infrastructure_damage
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $178.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$150.0M vs baseline
Severe, large-scale destabilizing activation (many replacements, cross-site sabotage) requiring drawing on the contingency reserve and emergency global response.
widespread_replacements global_sabotage foundation_operational_collapse
👥 Personnel 58 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 40 [#1] Beta-1 ready-strength team (40 personnel), salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 5 [#6, #21, #27] Senior interdisciplinary researchers funded in research_staff_salaries.
Analyst / Monitoring Specialist 5 [#8] Behavioral analytics and monitoring analysts (3–8 FTE estimated; mid value used).
Security / Detention Staff 5 [#12] Staffing for secure detention/interrogation facilities, funded in detention_staffing.
Administrative Staff 3 [#11] Administrative/legal/PR staff components embedded within cover_story_and_legal and liaison budgets.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are derived directly from analyst estimates and SCP text; many values are midrange choices where ranges were provided. Major uncertainties: activation frequency/severity, success of R&D detection efforts, and whether existing Foundation infrastructure reduces one-time build costs — hence medium confidence.
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