SCP-7740
Unknown
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medium confidence
SCP-7740
Expected annual
$42.8M
One-time setup
$71.2M
Annual recurring
$42.4M
Personnel
72
Initial capital expenditures are large (~$71.2M) driven by secure facility construction, residence hardening and large contingency reserves; annual operations are dominated by recurring contingency reserves, research, covert payments, and security wages (~$42.4M/yr).
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $71.2M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $42.4M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$42.4M/yr
Normal, uneventful year with ongoing containment and standard recurring operations.
no incidents
routine operations
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Minor Incident
$43.4M/yr
Localized failure or near-failure of daily protocol requiring emergency response, temporary investigations and limited contingency spending.
timing discrepancy detected
local operational failure
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Succession Execution
$72.4M/yr
Monarch death or succession event triggers execution of continuity/succession operations and major contingency expenditures.
monarch death
failed Operation Crowned Compass
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Political Exposure
$52.4M/yr
Leak or public exposure of the anomaly causing major PR campaign, legal settlements and additional security deployments.
media leak
political discovery
Personnel
72 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Operation Execution Team (Technician / Ceremonial Operators) | 10 | [#3] Civilian/contractor personnel who perform and verify the daily ritual (8–12 FTEs). |
| Security Officer / Personal Protection Detail | 30 | [#4] Full 24/7 close protection detail for the Monarch including counter-assault teams (20–40 operators). |
| Research Scientists (multidisciplinary) | 12 | [#15] Physicists, cognitive scientists, folklorists and other researchers funded under the classified research program. |
| Signal Analysis / RF Engineers | 4 | [#11, #12, #13] RF engineers and signal-processing specialists tasked with monitoring, analysis and direction-finding experiments (2–5 specialists). |
| Medical Officer / Emergency Medical Team | 4 | [#7] On-call medical specialists and emergency medicine personnel for continuity-of-health. |
| Engineer / Maintenance (facility, timing, automation) | 6 | [#8, #9, #24] Engineers responsible for timing systems, automation maintenance and backup power/fuel systems. |
| Administrative Staff / Program Management | 6 | [#1, #19, #25] Financial management, legal liaisons, PR coordinators and classified administration supporting the program. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, but large ranges and contingent, politically-sensitive one-off reserves (succession execution, coverups, jamming) produce substantial uncertainty in both one-time and recurring budgets.