SCP-7462 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7462
Expected annual
$2.8M
One-time setup
$2.0M
Annual recurring
$2.7M
Personnel
21
Upfront one-time capital for secure containment, IT, and conservation is roughly $2.0M; annual recurring operations driven by staff wages, monitoring/webcrawler operations, research and contingency allocations are roughly $2.67M per year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.0M
Catastrophic Reserve $1.0M
[#24] High-end contingency reserve fund for large-scale amnestic/disinformation/containment buyouts (very low prob but high impact) — seed reserve.
Insurance Reserve $200K
[#20] Initial insurance / liability reserve and legal contingency fund (partial self-insurance reserve).
Equipment $150K
[#2, #7, #9, #14] Environmental control and archival housing hardware (datloggers, acid-free supports), transport crates and Faraday/EM cases, servers and development hardware for webcrawler, secure IT hardware install.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#13] Conservation/forensics imaging and secure computing equipment (hyperspectral/multispectral imaging, secure analysis pipelines) configured to avoid producing public transcriptions.
Facilities $142K
[#1, #18] Secure containment locker / vault upgrades (locker) and incident-response quarantine room buildout; tamper sensors, dual-auth, fire suppression, certification; one-time fit-out for secure processing/quarantine.
Psychological Screening $105K
[#6] Initial psychological/vulnerability screening for staff (estimated ~21 staff × ~$5,000 average per screen).
Related Object Acquisition $100K
[#22] One-time potential acquisition/loan/purchase cost to secure Trechter Manuscript holdings or other related artefacts to prevent excision of fragments.
Disinformation Setup $85K
[#11] One-time setup for 'Forgetbuster' cover campaign: fabricated catalogue records, planted references, initial seeded academic dead-ends and staged assets.
Training Program Development $50K
[#5] Development of memetic-safe handling training modules, SOP documentation and initial drill program.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#3, #4, #10, #21, #9, #23, #6] Salaries for 24/7 security force, containment/archivist specialists, research staff, IT/web moderators and digital takedown moderators, administrative and medical support (see personnel breakdown).
Research And Monitoring $700K/yr
[#9, #13, #14, #17, #21] Webcrawler operation and model updates, conservation/forensics operation costs, secure IT/SIEM operations, monitoring of antiquarian markets/auction subscriptions, long-term controlled research program costs (small/ongoing research program component).
Amnestic Medical Countermeasures $300K/yr
[#15] Annual contingency budget for administering amnestics/medical countermeasures, pharmaceuticals, medical staffing and follow-up (baseline contingency fund for small-to-medium events).
Cover Story And Legal $175K/yr
[#11, #12, #16, #10] Ongoing cover-story/disinformation maintenance, legal counsel and diplomatic engagement budgets, PR/SEO suppression and paid outreach; some takedown legal costs (operational takedown staff wages are in staff_wages).
Field Retrievals Per Incident $100K/yr
[#8] Budgeted annual average for intermittent field retrievals / buybacks / contested recoveries (assumes ~2 moderate incidents/year at median cost).
Logistics And Transport $80K/yr
[#7] Retainer and incident travel/secure courier contracts for emergency retrievals and controlled transport.
Insurance Replenishment $50K/yr
[#20] Annual replenishment / reserve contribution for insurance / liability / emergency fund.
Facilities Maintenance $35K/yr
[#2, #18, #19] HVAC/climate-control maintenance and power, quarantine room upkeep, energy and utilities for containment spaces.
Recordkeeping And Archival Staff Time $30K/yr
[#23] Ongoing classified recordkeeping, chain-of-custody documentation, redaction logs and administrative archival effort (non-salary operational costs / overtime).
Psychological Support $25K/yr
[#6] Ongoing counseling, monitoring for susceptibility, post-incident care for staff.
Training And Drills $10K/yr
[#5] Annual refresher training, memetic-safety drills, SOP updates.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr
79.9% probability / year
Normal year: steady monitoring, occasional small retrievals, routine maintenance and staffing; no major incidents.
no major discoveries standard monitoring and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $2.8M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$125K vs baseline
Single localized retrieval or online exposure requiring rapid takedown, small amnestic use, extra legal action and travel.
local auction / private sale discovered social media post / small viral mention requiring takedown
🚨 Major Retrieval Campaign $3.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$950K vs baseline
Contested multi-fragment recovery and wide takedown campaign with increased research and amnestic response.
contested auction or multiple public rediscoveries coordinated takedown + acquisition push
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $52.7M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Major failure of non-recontextualisation leading to widespread public recontextualisation and mass exposure.
widespread recontextualisation mass social spread / high-profile media event
👥 Personnel 21 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#3] 24/7 onsite guards with rotation and no-reading protocols; fully burdened staffing estimate.
Research Scientist 3 [#21, #13] Memetic/hermeneutic research staff and conservation-forensics specialists supporting secure non-transcription analysis.
Containment Specialist / Archivist 3 [#4, #23] Archivists/containment officers handling accessioning, cataloguing, and enforcing non-recontextualisation protocols.
IT / Cybersecurity / Webcrawler Ops 2 [#9, #14] Operators and sysadmins for webcrawler, SIEM, air-gapped storage and secure IT.
Digital Takedown Moderators / Legal Liaisons 3 [#10, #12] Multilingual moderators and legal/liaison staff coordinating takedowns and platform requests.
Administrative Staff 1 [#23] Admin/clerical support for recordkeeping, chain-of-custody logs and classified catalog maintenance.
Medical Officer 1 [#6, #15] Medical/amnestic-capable practitioner for staff support, screening follow-up and small-scale countermeasure administration.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed and allow anchoring of major cost buckets (security, monitoring, research), but wide ranges for retrieval incidents, amnestic use and catastrophic outcomes introduce significant uncertainty; hence medium confidence.
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