SCP-7657 — SCP-7657 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7657 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-7657

Expected annual

$561K

One-time setup

$1.2M

Annual recurring

$548K

Personnel

One-time set-up and contingency reserves drive upfront costs (~$1.21M); annual operations are driven by staff wages, lease/subsidy, monitoring/analysis and administrative overhead (~$548k/year).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M

Facilities $500K

[#1] Purchase of property for long-term control (mid-range estimate for a small urban coffee-shop).

Escalation Contingency $500K

[#21] Large-scale escalation contingency (evacuation/demolition/decontamination) - mid-range emergency reserve.

Insurance Reserve Initial $100K

[#20] Initial internal contingency/reserve fund for liabilities and incident response.

Vehicle Purchase $35K

[#18] Field vehicle purchase for site visits and emergency response.

Equipment $25K

[#3, #4, #11] Covert surveillance hardware, NAS/server/secure gateway, initial secure comms devices and installation.

Hush Payments $25K

[#2] NDA/legal payouts and goodwill payments to owners to secure cooperation/buyout.

Cover Operation Setup $15K

[#1] Initial legal/setup costs for establishing/maintaining a cover business (leases, contracts, legal).

Archival Systems $10K

[#17] One-time archival systems / secure classification infrastructure initial setup.

Training Initial $2K

[#16] Initial training/certification for personnel dealing with SCP-7657 effects.

Ups Battery $1K

[#12] UPS/battery backup purchase for monitoring equipment.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $548K/yr

Staff Wages $290K/yr

[#6, #7, #10, #4] Wages for on-site cover staff, part-time guards, amortized readiness for an on-call 4-person rapid-response team, and part-time analyst time.

Administrative Overhead $72K/yr

[#23] Administrative overhead (15% of recurring operational costs listed above).

Property Lease And Subsidy $60K/yr

[#1] If leased instead of purchased: monthly lease/subsidy to operate a front (mid-range monthly subsidy annualized).

Research And Monitoring $50K/yr

[#4, #5, #8, #9, #19] Data analysis/analyst time, periodic monitoring visits, medical/psych surveillance program, controlled testing budget and per-campaign lab analysis.

Insurance Replenishment $20K/yr

[#20] Annual replenishment/contribution to internal contingency funds as used.

Cover Story And Legal $12K/yr

[#14, #2, #15] Business registration/permits/bookkeeping, ongoing legal fees and community goodwill/PR spending.

Relocation Stipend $12K/yr

[#2] Recurring relocation subsidies/stipends for rehoused proprietors or cooperating civilians.

Logistics And Transport $9K/yr

[#5, #18] Vehicle insurance, fuel, maintenance and travel costs for site visits and sample transport.

Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr

[#13] Routine building upkeep, minor repairs, signage and business maintenance for the front.

Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr

[#13, #22] Replacement cameras/batteries, consumables, small emergency petty purchases.

Records Management $4K/yr

[#17] Ongoing records management and secure archiving maintenance.

Communications Subscriptions $4K/yr

[#11] Secure comms subscriptions, audits, VPN and device management.

Petty Cash $2K/yr

[#22] Miscellaneous small outlays and emergency vendor payments.

Cloud Storage $2K/yr

[#4] Cloud ingestion/retention costs for video/audio logs (monthly cloud storage).

Training Refresher $1K/yr

[#16] Annual refresher and safety training per person.

Utilities Power $400/yr

[#12] Incremental power usage for monitoring equipment.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $548K/yr

87.5% probability / year

Normal, uneventful year with standard monitoring, cover operations and routine maintenance.

no_incidents regular_monitoring standard_staffing

🚨 Minor Incident $573K/yr

10.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline

Localized incident requiring temporary RRT deployment, extra legal/medical costs and limited remediation.

localized_exposure temporary_RRT_deployment minor_public_inquiry

🚨 Major Breach $798K/yr

2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline

Significant containment breach or wider exposure necessitating extended operations, relocation assistance and legal action.

wider_spread multiple_civilians_affected litigation_or_municipal_involvement

🚨 Large Scale Escalation $1.5M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Full escalation: forced closure, demolition/decontamination and mass rehousing/rebuild.

demolition_required mass_evacuations major_decontamination

👥 Personnel 9 total

Role	Count	Notes
Rapid Response Team / MTF Agent	4	4-person on-call RRT; salaries/amortized readiness included in staff_wages [#10].
On-site Cover Staff / Site Custodian	2	Cover employees maintaining the front; wages included in staff_wages [#6].
Security Officer / MTF Agent (part-time guards)	2	Low-profile security presence (part-time/on-call); wages included in staff_wages [#7].
Research Scientist / Analyst	1	Data processing, analysis and small research program; compensation included in staff_wages and research_and_monitoring [#4, #9].

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide reasonable line-item ranges and clear operational options (lease vs purchase, minimal vs full-front posture) but many estimates are broad and contingent on posture and city-specific costs, so medium confidence is appropriate.

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