SCP-7740 Unknown ~ 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
Facilities $26.3M
[#5, #10, #24] Residence hardening for primary + fallback residences, construction of secure operations facility / redundant command center, and one-time backup power / generator install.
Succession Contingency Execution Reserve One Time $25.0M
[#21] Contingency reserve earmarked for executed succession/continuity operations if required (very variable; baseline reserve allocation included).
Equipment $10.2M
[#6, #4, #8, #11, #13] Armored vehicles & specialized transport, protective fleet/armor purchase, high-precision timing hardware, wideband receiver/satellite hardware installation, and direction-finding kit purchase.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0M
[#9] R&D, prototyping and certification of hardened automation/actuation systems and tamper-proof verification sensors.
Coverup Hush Money Reserve One Time $3.0M
[#22] One-time coverup / hush money and legal settlements reserve (baseline contingency allocation).
Negotiation And Mou One Time $2.2M
[#1] Legal/regulatory negotiation, counsel, secure clearances and drafting binding MOUs with UK Government / Royal Household (one-time component).
Succession Planning Setup One Time $1.2M
[#21] One-time setup for succession / continuity-of-state planning, legal teams and protocol drafting.
Personnel Vetting Onboarding One Time $200K
[#17] One-time enrollment/onboarding costs for vetting and counterintelligence enrollment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $42.4M/yr
Crisis Contingency Reserve $12.5M/yr
[#20] Annual availability of reserve funds to rapidly deploy emergency security, evacuation, temporary leadership communications and civil disorder mitigation.
Program Overhead $7.1M/yr
[#25] Program overhead, audit and classified administration (estimated at 20% of recurring program spend).
Research And Monitoring $7.0M/yr
[#12, #15] Classified research program and ongoing signal analysis / specialist hires for anomaly mechanics, mitigation and experimental work.
Staff Wages $4.4M/yr
[#3, #4] Salaries, benefits and clearance costs for dedicated Operation Execution Team (8–12 FTEs) and full-time personal protection detail (20–40 operators).
Covert Payments To Household $4.0M/yr
[#2] Direct payments / covert funding to Royal Household / insiders to guarantee daily operation execution.
Jamming And Legal Contingency $2.5M/yr
[#14] Contingency budget for covert jamming attempts, associated legal penalties and diplomatic mitigation.
Cover Story And Legal $1.4M/yr
[#1, #19] Ongoing legal review, maintenance of MOUs, public relations, information control, media monitoring and legal takedown capabilities.
Facilities Maintenance $1.1M/yr
[#10, #24] Lease/ops for secure operations facility and ongoing fuel/maintenance for backup power and site infrastructure.
Wideband Monitoring Ops $550K/yr
[#11] Ops, storage and analyst costs for wideband radio monitoring & archival network.
Medical Continuity And Emergency Healthcare $450K/yr
[#7] On-call medical specialists, emergency meds stockpile and telemedicine to ensure continuity of care for the Monarch and key personnel.
Direction Finding Ops $275K/yr
[#13] Field missions, mobile DF vans and compute for triangulation experiments and DF operations.
Personnel Vetting Monitoring $275K/yr
[#17] Ongoing CI monitoring, background rechecks and deception-resistance programs for staff with access.
Logistics And Transport $250K/yr
[#23] Regular movement of specialists, spare parts, technicians and emergency shipments between sites.
Automation Maintenance $200K/yr
[#9] Ongoing maintenance and certification for automation/actuation systems ensuring ceremony fidelity.
Data Storage And Compute $175K/yr
[#16] Secure continuous RF and telemetry archiving, backups and compute for signal analysis.
Training And Drills $125K/yr
[#18] Regular rehearsals of Operation Crowned Compass, failure scenario drills and external auditing.
Timing Systems Maintenance $35K/yr
[#8] Annual maintenance/calibration for high-precision timing and synchronization systems.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $42.4M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with ongoing containment and standard recurring operations.
no incidents routine operations
🚨 Minor Incident $43.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized failure or near-failure of daily protocol requiring emergency response, temporary investigations and limited contingency spending.
timing discrepancy detected local operational failure
🚨 Succession Execution $72.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline
Monarch death or succession event triggers execution of continuity/succession operations and major contingency expenditures.
monarch death failed Operation Crowned Compass
🚨 Political Exposure $52.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
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.
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