SCP-7748 — SCP-7748 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7748 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-7748

Expected annual

$33.6M

One-time setup

$14.8M

Annual recurring

$33.1M

Personnel

164

First-year one-time setup costs are approximately $14.75M (capital: lab, vehicles, IT, contingency); ongoing annual operations are approximately $33.10M/yr, driven primarily by regional personnel, PR/legal/cover operations, and clinical/research follow-up.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $14.8M

Contingency One Time $7.5M

[#23] One-time high-capacity contingency/escalation reserve (midpoint of $5–10M estimate).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $4.0M

[#6] Memetic Research & Analysis lab build-out and specialized equipment (midpoint chosen of $3–5M estimate).

Equipment $1.2M

[#2, #10] Vehicle purchase/outfit for 20 vans (~$1.0M) and initial secure evidence storage/forensic hardware ($200k).

Indemnity One Time $1.0M

[#13] One-off large indemnity fund reserve (~$1M).

It Systems Development $500K

[#3, #11] Monitoring dashboard & integration development ($250k) and database development ($250k).

Facilities $300K

[#4, #21] Secure debriefing rooms setup ($100k) and HQ initial setup ($200k).

Cover Company Setup $150K

[#9] Setup costs for front organizations / cover companies (~$150k).

Curriculum Development $100K

[#15] Development of specialist training curriculum (~$100k).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $33.1M/yr

Staff Wages $16.3M/yr

[#1, #3, #4, #6, #11, #12, #21] Payroll for regional rapid-response teams (~100 staff), monitoring staff, clinicians, research staff, DB/admin staff, social-media analysts, and HQ coordination staff (aggregated).

Cover Story And Legal $9.2M/yr

[#7, #8, #9, #13, #14, #19, #24] Media/PR operations and reserves (~$3.5M/yr), retained legal & settlements (~$2.5M/yr), cover-company operations (~$600k/yr), indemnity/insurance reserve (~$500k/yr), participant incentives/NDAs (~$500k/yr), PR crisis reserve (~$1.5M/yr), and ethical/oversight reviews (~$150k/yr).

Research And Monitoring $4.2M/yr

[#5, #6, #11, #12, #22] Clinical follow-up and therapy (~$3M), contract fMRI/scans ($200k), hosting/maintenance ($100k), social-media monitoring tools ($200k), and long-term epidemiology/cultural studies (~$750k).

Contingency Replenishment $1.0M/yr

[#23] Annual replenishment for contingency/escalation fund (~$1M/yr).

Supplies And Consumables $600K/yr

[#18, #25] Annual signage/printing and miscellaneous office & administrative consumables (~$100k + $500k).

Logistics And Transport $408K/yr

[#2, #17] Vehicle fuel & maintenance (~$208k/yr) and travel/logistics for deployments (~$200k/yr).

Emergency Medical Response $350K/yr

[#16] EMS/ambulance retainer and incident reserves (~$150k retainer + $200k incident reserve = $350k/yr).

Training And Development $300K/yr

[#15] Annual specialist training programs and recurring certification (~$300k/yr).

Asset Replacement Reserve $250K/yr

[#20] Reserve for replacing destroyed cameras, recorders, lab instruments (~$250k/yr).

Facilities Maintenance $240K/yr

[#4] Rent/ops for 10 regional secure debriefing rooms (~$2k/mo/room ×10 = $240k/yr).

Evidence Replacement Budget $150K/yr

[#10] Annual replacement/rescue budget for corrupted/damaged recording equipment (~$150k/yr).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $33.1M/yr

68.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with routine monitoring, deployments, and no major high-profile incidents.

routine urban instances no major viral spread standard deployments and follow-up

🚨 Minor Incident $34.2M/yr

30.0% probability / year +$1.1M vs baseline

Localized high-visibility instance that triggers rapid ad-hoc PR, a few indemnities/settlements, and extra emergency response.

local viral spread high-profile venue instance small civil suits / indemnities

🚨 Major Breach $40.1M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$7.0M vs baseline

Major, high-profile instance (museum/government building) or measurable secondary memetic spread requiring large contingency drawdown, large legal costs, and expanded operations.

supreme-court / national museum incident widespread secondary memetic transmission large class-action litigation

👥 Personnel 164 total

Role	Count	Notes
Senior field agent / MTF Agent	20	[#1] One senior field agent per regional rapid-response team (20 teams).
Surveillance / Tech Operator	20	[#1] One surveillance/tech operator per regional team.
Art / Cultural Liaison	20	[#1] One art/cultural liaison per regional team.
Legal / PR Coordinator (regional)	20	[#1] One legal/PR coordinator per regional team.
Driver / Logistics Tech	20	[#1, #2] One driver/logistics tech per regional team; supports vans and deployments.
Clinician / Mental Health Professional	20	[#4, #5] Two FTE clinicians per region aggregated for ten regions (20 clinicians total) for debriefing and follow-up.
Research Scientist	8	[#6] Memetic research staff (5–8 researchers; midpoint chosen).
Research Technician	4	[#6, #10] Lab technicians supporting memetic research and evidence handling.
Database / Administrative Staff	2	[#11] DB and admin staff for case management and privacy compliance.
Social Media Analyst / Takedown Specialist	5	[#12] Analysts contracted/assigned to continuous scraping and takedown coordination.
Site Director / Executive / HQ Staff	18	[#21] HQ oversight, legal/ethics officers, accounting and coordination staff (15–20; midpoint chosen).
Training Instructor / Program Staff	3	[#15] Staff to deliver recurring memetic and cultural-interaction training.
Engineer / Maintenance	4	[#2, #21] Vehicle and facility maintenance staff and engineers for equipment upkeep.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates use analyst-provided ranges and midpoints where ranges were given; many costs are policy/contingency driven and depend on uncertain instance frequency and severity, so confidence is medium.

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