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SCP-7705 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7705
Expected annual
$9.7M
One-time setup
$2.8M
Annual recurring
$9.2M
Personnel
5
One-time setup costs are modest-to-moderate (~$2.82M) driven by DIP rollout, R&D program and deployment kits; recurring annual costs are substantial (~$9.24M/year) driven primarily by personnel, amnestic operations, DIP/legal maintenance and large contingency/reserve allocations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.8M
Long Term R And D Project $1.2M
[#18] Multi-year R&D program budget for mitigation/neutralization (planning midpoint of $500k–$2,000,000).
Dip Initial Rollout $1.1M
[#12] Initial Disinformation/PR campaign rollout cost (planning midpoint of $200k–$2,000,000).
Equipment $148K
[#8, #9, #19] Forensic initial equipment ($20k), CCTV/AI initial install ($30k–$100k), and secure/classified IT initial hardware ($25k–$100k) combined.
Facilities $145K
[#1, #2] Secure evidence vault ($25k–$75k) and Napkin Test chamber buildout ($40k–$150k) aggregated to planning midpoints.
Rapid Deployment Kit $110K
[#17] One-time purchase and initial training for mobile quarantine/containment kit ($20k–$200k).
Training And Sop Development $55K
[#5] Initial SOP development, legal/ethical review and staff certification (initial $30k–$80k).
Site Policy Conversion $10K
[#10] One-time replacement inventory and implementation to remove/replace napkins sitewide ($5k–$15k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.2M/yr
Diplomatic Incident Reserve $3.0M/yr
[#14] Annual allocation to a contingency reserve for large international incidents ($1M–$5M reserve planning; midpoint used).
Insurance And Liability $2.8M/yr
[#20] Annual insurance/liability/reserve planning ($500k–$5,000,000/yr; midpoint allocation used).
Amnestic Budget $750K/yr
[#11] Planning average amnestic cost (~$15,000/person) with baseline of 50 treated civilians/year (~$750,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $650K/yr
[#12, #13] Ongoing DIP maintenance and content ($100k–$500k/yr) plus legal/cover-up baseline budget ($200k–$500k/yr); combined baseline planning.
Medical Incident Reserve $550K/yr
[#6] Planned annual allocation toward an incident reserve for serious medical cases ($100k–$1,000,000 range; midpoint allocation used).
Staff Wages $425K/yr
[#4] Salaries + benefits for 1 clinical psychologist, 1 technician/admin, 1 on-call medic, 2 security guards (~$350k–$500k/year; midpoint used).
Research And Monitoring $357K/yr
[#18] Annualized portion of long-term R&D during project years (multi-year program broken into annual planning).
Dip Monitoring Team $325K/yr
[#15] DIP/PR monitoring analysts, tooling and subscriptions (2–4 analysts, $150k–$500k/yr; midpoint used).
Admin Overhead $125K/yr
[#22] Administrative oversight, auditing, compliance and background checks ($50k–$200k/yr; midpoint used).
Recruitment Program $110K/yr
[#16] Napkin Test used in recruitment; $300–$800/candidate; planning 200 candidates/yr => midpoint $110k/yr.
Mental Health And Turnover $60K/yr
[#7] Personnel counseling and turnover/hiring costs ($20k–$100k/yr; midpoint used).
Medical Emergency Treatment $50K/yr
[#6] Baseline medical/ED/trauma care budget ($50,000/year baseline).
Data And It Maintenance $30K/yr
[#19] Secure server maintenance, backups and communications subscriptions ($10k–$50k/yr; midpoint used).
Forensic Operational $18K/yr
[#8] Annual operation and contracted specialist time for napkin forensics ($5k–$30k/yr; midpoint used).
Cctv Monitoring License $16K/yr
[#9] Monitoring/subscription and AI licensing fees ($8k–$25k/yr; midpoint used).
Training Refreshers $14K/yr
[#5] Annual refresher training and drills ($8k–$20k/yr; midpoint used).
Rapid Deployment Kit Maintenance $12K/yr
[#17] Annual maintenance, replacement and training refresh for rapid-deployment kit ($5k–$20k/yr; midpoint used).
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#3] Napkin test supplies and chain-of-custody packaging ($200–$2,000/year; midpoint used).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Opportunity Cost Restitution $0/yr
[#21] Policy-dependent option to reimburse external economic losses ($0–$26,500,000+/yr). Baseline planning assumes Foundation does not fully reimburse; set to $0 for baseline.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.2M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing, DIP maintenance, and planned reserve allocations but no major incidents.
no_major_incidents routine_testing_and_DIP annual_R&D_and_reserve_allocations
🚨 Minor Incident $9.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized public incident requiring extra amnestics, medical treatment, legal actions and intensified DIP response.
single_public_assault small-scale_{amnestic}_deployment localized_media_spike
🚨 Major International Incident $14.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Aircraft/military or other cross-border event requiring diplomatic payments, international retrieval, mass amnestics and heavy legal/DIP action.
aircraft_or_military_involvement cross-border_media_attention mass_casualties_or_high-profile_targets
🚨 Policy Restitution $35.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$26.5M vs baseline
Policy decision to reimburse external economic losses at historical-loss scale rather than relying solely on DIP/legal measures.
strategic_policy_change mass_claims_litigation decision_to_fully_reimburse_losses
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Clinical Psychologist 1 [#4] Lead administering Napkin Test and post-incident care.
Technician / Administrative 1 [#4] Test administration, chain-of-custody documentation, scheduling.
Medic / Nurse (on-call) 1 [#4] On-call medical responder for testing incidents.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#4] Two security personnel (shared shifts) to monitor testing room and respond to violence.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates derive from analyst ranges; many line items (amnestics, DIP, legal, contingency reserves) have wide policy- and incident-dependent ranges, producing moderate confidence in aggregated planning figures.
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