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SCP-7717 Ticonderoga1 ~ medium confidence
SCP-7717
Expected annual
$911K
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$892K
Personnel
6
Initial one-time setup is approximately $1.13M driven by equipment purchases, research startup and a contingency reserve; recurring annual costs are about $882,500/yr primarily driven by staff wages, legal/cover-story expenditures, and administrative overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#25] Reserve for escalation to permanent containment / facility modification.
Equipment $320K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #13, #14, #22] High-resolution scanners, forensic photographic kits, initial air-gapped hardware, secure server hardware, quarantine workstation setup, initial archival supplies, automated detection initial development (software/hardware), CCTV/site installs, and secure print-farm hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $180K
[#11, #15, #20] Research lab time and controlled experiment budget, one-time audit of existing corpus, and initial consumables for restoration trials.
Memetics Consulting Initial $50K
[#10] Initial memetic/cognitive-hazard consulting and protocol design.
Sop Design And Training $50K
[#16] SOP design and initial staff training for new document-production controls and watermarking.
Facilities $15K
[#1] Secure archival storage cabinet (fireproof/tamper-evident) purchase and installation.
Psych Screening Initial $10K
[#21] Initial psychological screening costs for staff expected to view potentially memetic items.
Incident Documentation Initial $2K
[#24] Initial templates, legal-grade chain-of-custody forms and SOP docs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $892K/yr
Staff Wages $560K/yr
[#8, #9, #10] Document/records staff (3 FTE), digital forensics/image analysis staff (2 FTE), memetics on-call staff (1 FTE) annual compensation (including benefits).
Misc Admin Overhead $100K/yr
[#27] Administrative overhead (scheduling, payroll, small repairs), estimated at ~10–20% of personnel + equipment costs.
Cover Story And Legal $90K/yr
[#12, #18, #26] Counter-propaganda/cover-story budget, legal counsel / internal investigations retainer and public-facing replacement/obfuscation costs.
Research And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#13] Ongoing automated detection software / ML maintenance, compute and monitoring.
Sop Compliance Audits $30K/yr
[#16] Ongoing compliance audits following SOP/process redesign and training.
Cctv Monitoring $18K/yr
[#14] Storage and monitoring costs for CCTV/logging at production sites.
Drills $12K/yr
[#17] Physical containment protocol drills and emergency call-out team overtime/on-call premiums (2–4 drills/yr).
Energy Costs $12K/yr
[#23] Electricity for 24/7 imaging servers, CCTV, air-gapped backups and climate control.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#19] Secure courier/transport of affected originals between sites.
Public Replacement $10K/yr
[#26] Public-facing replacement / obfuscation budget per year (incident-driven average).
Supplies And Consumables $9K/yr
[#6, #7, #20, #22, #24] PPE consumables, archival sleeves/boxes replacement, recurring restoration consumables, print-farm supplies, and small incident documentation consumables.
Cloud Storage $6K/yr
[#5] Cloud escrow/storage fees for redundancy and cover copies (~$0.02-$0.10/GB/mo on initial dataset).
Backup Media $3K/yr
[#4] Ongoing purchase of LTO tapes / WORM optical media for air-gapped archival backups.
Psych Screening Recurring $2K/yr
[#21] Ongoing screening/replacement screening costs for staff allowed to view materials.
Incident Documentation Recurring $500/yr
[#24] Recurring printing/small consumables for chain-of-custody forms and incident documentation.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $892K/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with regular monitoring, maintenance, and no major incidents.
no_major_incidents routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $922K/yr
15.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Local discovery or small-scale propagation requiring targeted counter-propaganda, emergency handling and legal work.
external_discovery single_site_contamination
🚨 Major Breach $1.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$690K vs baseline
Widespread propagation, significant legal exposure, or discovery that requires escalation to permanent containment and large-scale remediation.
widespread_propagation memetic_outbreak legal_exposure
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Document Control / Records Staff 3 3 FTE at ~$90,000/yr each to inspect, log, copy, and maintain chain-of-custody for affected materials. [#8]
Digital Forensics / Image Analyst 2 2 FTE at ~$120,000/yr each for image analysis, metadata preservation, and automated detection tuning. [#9]
Memetics Consultant / On-call 1 1 FTE equivalent on-call memetics staff (~$50,000/yr) to advise on viewing restrictions, testing and classification. [#10]
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates derived from analyst-provided ranges and reasonable mid-point choices; uncertainty remains due to the unknown memetic vs physical nature and frequency of incidents.
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