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SCP-7617 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7617
Expected annual
$903K
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$865K
Personnel
5
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $1.20M driven by custom R&D instrumentation, secure data systems, and contingency reserves; ongoing annual costs are roughly $865k/yr driven primarily by staff wages (research + security) and ongoing R&D/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#10] Specialized pataphysical measurement instrumentation, prototype builds and laboratory R&D capital.
Risk Reserve $250K
[#22] One-time risk reserve for low-probability catastrophic liabilities (legal settlements/info-hazard remediation).
Equipment $175K
[#8, #9, #14] Secure monitoring/CCTV installs (#8), secure hardware hardening (#9), rapid-response nonlethal gear and transport capsule equipment (#14).
Pr Contingency Fund $100K
[#18] One-time public-relations / cover-event contingency reserve for short-notice exposure response.
Facilities $50K
[#1] Secure office + single-person living-suite conversion, access control and furnishings.
Containment Protocol Drafting $40K
[#11] One-time costs for protocol drafting, review boards, ethics committee and documentation production.
Legal Cover One Time $30K
[#12] One-time legal/cover identity work, record modifications, travel paperwork and counsel for new asset.
Decommissioning $30K
[#20] One-time budget for secure handover/relocation or asset decommissioning and record archiving.
Training Development $15K
[#13] One-time development of memetic-safety and handling training course material and tabletop exercises.
Medical Screening $12K
[#5] Initial comprehensive medical, psychiatric, memetic screening (MRI, consultants, specialty tests).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $865K/yr
Staff Wages $450K/yr
[#3, #4] Assigned full-time custodian researchers (senior PI + junior researcher) and on-site security staff salaries (2–3 guards) including benefits/overhead as included in these personnel estimates.
Research And Monitoring $335K/yr
[#6, #8, #9, #10, #13, #17] Ongoing medical/mental-health monitoring (#6), CCTV/storage maintenance (#8), secure data operations/sysadmin (#9), recurring R&D/staff/consumables for pataphysical instrumentation (#10), annual training refreshers (#13), and ethical oversight/compliance costs (#17).
Cover Story And Legal $36K/yr
[#7, #12] Personnel liability/insurance, hazard/hardship pay, and recurring legal retainer/cover-story support.
Personnel Benefits And Pension $23K/yr
[#16] Ongoing pension/retirement contributions, payroll taxes and employment-related reserves for assigned staff.
Logistics And Transport $12K/yr
[#15] Secure transport, vehicle rental/escort, fuel, drivers and occasional external movement costs.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#21] Minor consumables, office supplies, daily living stipend, food/laundry and small morale items.
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#2] Utilities, HVAC, water, janitorial and site overhead apportioned to the single-person suite (~$200–$500/mo).
Opportunity Exploitation Program $0/yr
[#19] Optional multi-year exploitation R&D program; set to $0 in baseline budget (not funded) but retained as a labeled recurring category for scenario activation.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $865K/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents and no activation of optional exploitation programs.
routine monitoring scheduled training/maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Low-probability localized incident such as an accidental memetic exposure, small legal challenge, or targeted leak requiring PR/legal action.
accidental exposure small data leak local legal claim
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $1.9M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Foundation decides to activate an exploitation/scale-up program after promising results, funding a multi-department R&D effort.
promising measurement results directive to exploit anomalous property
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Senior PI) 1 [#3] Senior pataphysics/memetics specialist (full-time custodian researcher).
Research Scientist (Junior) 1 [#3] Junior researcher assigned to monitoring, data collection and procedure drafting.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#4] On-site guards for staff protection, escort and low-level security (scheduled patrols + on-call).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide range-based, order-of-magnitude estimates for most line items; facility and staffing costs are well-scoped but R&D, contingency reserves and PR/legal outcomes are uncertain, producing medium confidence.
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