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SCP-7753 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7753
Expected annual
$3.6M
One-time setup
$1.9M
Annual recurring
$3.5M
Personnel
14
One-time startup and capital costs are about $1.92M driven by facility fitout, equipment, and incident buffers; recurring annual costs are about $3.525M driven primarily by staff wages, cover-story/legal operations, research/monitoring, and rapid-response deployments.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.9M
Incident Response Neutralization $500K
[#17] One-time cleanup/neutralization costs for a moderate incident (analyst range $250k–$1M; mid-range used).
Equipment $400K
[#7, #10, #12] Data hardware/software procurement (~$200k), EEG/lab rig (~$150k), field evidence kits (10 × $5k = $50k).
Cross Border Operation One Time $300K
[#16] Reserve for a single complex cross-border operation (analyst range $100k–$500k; mid-range budgeted here).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#4] In-house mnestic production setup / manufacturing capacity (~$200k).
Decommissioning And Records Retention $200K
[#22] One-time wind-down / decommissioning and long-term records retention (~$100k–$300k; mid-range used).
Facilities $190K
[#6, #14] Secure archive fitout (~$150k) and access-control/site fitout (~$40k).
Initial Training Development $60K
[#13] Initial training curriculum and course development (~$60k one-time).
Medical Contingency Reserve $50K
[#5] One-time contingency reserve for medical/legal adverse events noted in #5 (~$50k).
Archival Redaction One Time $20K
[#18] Large one-time redaction/publication costs for a big cache (~$20k).
Dedicated Mri Purchase $0
[#11] Optional dedicated MRI purchase noted as $2–3M if attempted; not budgeted here (contracted scans used instead).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.5M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#2, #3, #14] Memetics research payroll (~$425k/yr including overhead), field operations/agents (~$800k/yr including overhead), 2 full-time guards (~$80k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $580K/yr
[#15, #16] Media monitoring/software and cover operations (~$80k/yr) plus ad buys/targeted influence (~$300k/yr) and legal/diplomatic liaison baseline (~$200k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $515K/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #13, #18, #19] Recurring data/software licenses and refresh (~$60k), translation contracts (~$75k), forensic linguistics & GIS (~$135k), EEG maintenance (~$15k), contracted MRI scans (~$100k), annual training refreshers (~$40k), ongoing archival publication/redaction (~$30k), and psychological care budget (~$60k).
Logistics And Transport $475K/yr
[#1, #20] Rapid-response deployment costs (~$3,500/deployment; ~100 events → $350k/yr) plus travel/lodging for international work (~$125k/yr).
Contingency Reserve $320K/yr
[#21] Program contingency / escalation fund (~10% of recurring budget; range recommended 10–25%).
Supplies And Consumables $160K/yr
[#4, #12] Mnestic pharmaceuticals operational purchases/administration (~$150k/yr) and field kit replacements/consumables (~$10k/yr).
Medical Oversight $80K/yr
[#5] Physician oversight, emergency care contracts, clinical monitoring (~$80k/yr).
Security And Cyber Services $60K/yr
[#14] Recurring cybersecurity services, intrusion detection and secure communications (~$60k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr
[#6] Secure archive utilities, climate control, and physical storage maintenance (~$30k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.5M/yr
93.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, research, deployments, and contingency funded at planned levels.
routine_manifestations scheduled research and translations standard deployments
🚨 Minor Incident $3.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring extra deployments, medical treatment, and limited amnestic operations.
single-site spike in manifestations several affected civilians requiring treatment short emergency cleanup
🚨 Major Incident $4.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Large containment/cleanup event requiring broad amnestic campaigns, significant neutralization actions, and cross-border coordination.
mass public exposure multi-jurisdictional response extensive amnestic distribution
🚨 Political Exposure $6.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
High-profile international exposure requiring diplomatic negotiation, large-scale cover operations, and expensive legal/compensation actions.
international media/institutional exposure governmental involvement mass amnestic and compensation operations
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Senior Memetics Researcher 1 [#2] Senior researcher in core memetics cell.
Research Associate 2 [#2] Two research associates supporting cataloguing and analysis.
Lab Technician 1 [#2] Lab tech for experiments and equipment maintenance.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#3] Eight full-time agents dedicated to 7753 operations (rotations, investigations).
Security Guard 2 [#14] Two full-time guards for site-level physical security.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates for most categories; several items contain wide ranges (e.g., ad buys, incident response, optional MRI purchase) and many costs are scenario-dependent, so overall confidence is medium.
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