SCP-7756 — SCP-7756 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7756 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-7756

Expected annual

$8.7M

One-time setup

$12.6M

Annual recurring

$8.3M

Personnel

Initial capital buildout and specialized R&D are the main one-time costs (largely dominated by an emergency/capital reserve), while ongoing annual costs are driven by staffing, long-term monitoring, legal/PR, and emergency readiness.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $12.6M

Capital Emergency Fund $10.0M

[#30] Capital emergency/insurance reserve capacity to cover catastrophic containment failure, public safety events, and large litigation (reserved/insured capacity).

Investigation And Litigation Reserve $1.0M

[#25] One-time reserve fund for incident investigation, litigation readiness, indemnity funds.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $895K

[#12, #13, #20, #28] Initial specialized memetic countermeasure R&D program setup; secure test chamber / observation facility build; training/course development; development/production of sanitized alternative educational content.

Equipment $590K

[#1, #5, #14, #16, #19, #15] Air-gapped workstation(s); METATRON.aic compute CAPEX (multi‑GPU servers + storage); AV filter hardware/software development; media-sanitization equipment (degaussers/shredders); forensic analysis suite hardware and write‑once logging appliance setup.

Crv Screening Setup $100K

[#10] Equipment and setup for high-CRV screening/testing infrastructure.

Facilities $52K

[#2, #4] Faraday/shielded containment room retrofit and hardwired isolated power/transfer switch/UPS installation (includes wiring, EMI shielding, access interlocks, and generator/transfer switch CAPEX).

Archival Media And Vault Setup $6K

[#3] Write-once archival media, encryption and secure vaulting for initial archival copies (0.5–2 TB planned).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $8.3M/yr

Public Safety Reserve $2.0M/yr

[#23] Annual contingency reserve for public-safety responses, witness protection, community interventions, and settlements.

Staff Wages $2.0M/yr

[#6, #7, #8, #10, #19] Salaries for METATRON engineers/analysts, legal/takedown staff, OSINT/field operatives, memeticists/researchers (including hazard pay embedded in salary estimates), and core forensic analysts.

Mtf Readiness $1.2M/yr

[#22] Maintain rapid-response MTF/tactical team readiness (vehicles, equipment, training, rapid deployment funds).

Research And Monitoring $745K/yr

[#12, #11, #13, #19, #20, #28] Ongoing memetic countermeasure R&D, psych/medical surveillance program operations, secure-test-chamber operational staffing, forensic software/licenses, training refreshers, and promotion of sanitized alternative content.

Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr

[#7, #17, #18] Ongoing legal/takedown operational budgets (per-action fees, translation, international filings) plus PR/psych-ops and liaison/cooperation expenses with platforms and law enforcement.

Long Term Monitoring $600K/yr

[#24] Long-term archival suppression and continuous monitoring budget (decades-scale commitment).

Seizure Ops Reserve $500K/yr

[#9] Recurring pool for covert containment and evidence-seizure operations (major takedown logistics and cross-jurisdictional costs).

Moderation Contracts $200K/yr

[#21] Contracts and bounty payments for third-party moderators and rapid-flagging programs.

Logistics And Transport $100K/yr

[#8, #9] Travel and transport budgets for OSINT fieldwork and routine evidence seizure logistics.

Data Removal Bounty Program $75K/yr

[#26] Grants/bounties for civilian researchers/moderators to report and safely remove copies.

Metatron Maintenance And Hosting $65K/yr

[#5] Annual maintenance, licensing, and hosting costs for METATRON.aic (non-sensitive components).

Crv Testing And Hazard Pay $60K/yr

[#10] Recurring per-candidate/periodic CRV testing, re-testing, and ongoing hazard-pay/top-up budgets tied to high-CRV staffing.

Audit And Redteam $60K/yr

[#27] Regular audits, compliance reviews, and red-team penetration tests of systems and SOPs.

Osint Incident Ops $25K/yr

[#8] Per-incident OSINT investigative travel/operation budget aggregated annually.

Av Filter Maintenance $18K/yr

[#14] Ongoing maintenance and tuning for audio/visual filter hardware and software.

Evidence Storage $15K/yr

[#29] Ongoing costs to retain seized physical media (climate-control, chain-of-custody handling).

Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr

[#16, #3] Consumables and per-event costs for media sanitization/destruction and minor archival rotation/handling.

Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr

[#2, #4] Annual maintenance for shielding, access interlocks, UPS/generator maintenance and environmental controls for containment/test rooms.

Media Destruction Operations $5K/yr

[#16] Per-destruction labor, disposal and event costs aggregated annually.

Record Storage And Audits $3K/yr

[#15] Annual costs for write-once record storage, physical seals, and audit processes.

Archival Rotation And Vaulting $2K/yr

[#3] Recurring costs for rotating offline archival media and vault operations (environmental, inventory management).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $8.3M/yr

64.0% probability / year

Routine year with regular monitoring, takedowns, and no major public incidents.

routine_monitoring periodic_takedowns no_major_public_incident

🚨 Minor Incident $8.5M/yr

30.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Localized leak or an instance requiring field seizure(s) and moderate PR/legal work.

localized_leak single_field_seizure moderate_takedown_ops

🚨 Major Breach $10.3M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Widespread online distribution requiring multi-jurisdiction takedowns, large field ops, and significant legal/PR response.

multi_jurisdictional_spread large_scale_takedowns public_incident_response

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $33.3M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline

Mass exposure leading to public violence, major litigation, insurance payouts, and activation of large emergency reserves.

mass_exposure major_public_safety_event litigation_and_insurance_payouts

👥 Personnel 19 total

Role	Count	Notes
METATRON Engineers / Analysts	4	[#6] Operators to run, tune, and validate crawling and takedown automation.
Legal Officer / Takedown Staff	4	[#7] Lawyers and liaison officers to issue takedowns and coordinate international filings.
OSINT / Field Operatives	3	[#8] Operatives conducting account traceback, hosting identification, and field coordination.
Forensic Analysts	2	[#19] Digital forensics and reverse engineering staff for analyzing copies and metadata.
Memeticists / Researchers	2	[#10, #12] High-CRV researchers to conduct safe testing and develop countermeasures.
Medical / Psychological Staff	2	[#11] Psych/medical surveillance, routine monitoring and crisis intervention for exposed staff.
Administrative / Liaison Staff	2	[#18] Administrative support, platform liaisons, and coordination with law enforcement.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and operational practices, but many costs vary widely with incidence rate and scale of distribution; contingency/reserve choices dominate one-time totals, making precise estimates medium confidence.

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