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SCP-7783 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7783
Expected annual
$5.1M
One-time setup
$8.4M
Annual recurring
$5.0M
Personnel
16
First-year setup plus one year of operations is dominated by specialized pharmacological R&D (STB development) and a contingency reserve, while annual operating costs are driven primarily by specialized personnel wages, STB procurement and medical monitoring, memetic-hygiene operations, and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.4M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0M
[#4] STB pharmacological R&D, toxicology and clinical-style testing, regulatory compliance and secure production protocol establishment.
Contingency Reserve $3.0M
[#23] One-time contingency/emergency fund set-aside for rebinding attempts, contracting external specialists, and catastrophic remediation.
Facilities $1.2M
[#1, #2, #3] Unit 7783 construction/fit-out, environmental engineering to reduce pareidolia/semantic triggers, and secure interview suite buildout (combined estimates; structural/finishes/work by specialists).
Equipment $950K
[#10, #11, #13, #19, #21] Initial purchase/setup of continuous neurophysiological monitoring hardware, emergency response equipment & tooling, secure IT / segregated storage hardware, specialized PPE initial kit, and archival hardware/vault setup.
Pasc Long Term Care Setup Per Individual $275K
[#16] One-time setup cost per affected individual to create anchored conceptual housing / conceptual anchors and initial remote-support setup (per-individual).
Interviewer Qualification One Time Per Person $25K
[#9] Per-interviewer 30+ day pre-conditioning and qualification program (medication, residential monitoring, medical oversight and training).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#7] Annual payroll for core containment/research team (1 containment lead, memetics/semantics specialists, psychiatrists, lab techs, security with memetic training, logistics/maintenance).
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#6, #10, #15, #24] Ongoing medical monitoring & psychiatric care, monitoring hardware maintenance/licenses, psychological research into PASCs, and fMRI/advanced neuroimaging access budget.
Cover Story And Legal $762K/yr
[#17, #18] Legal/ethical oversight, compliance and regular reviews plus cover-up, PR contingency and media handling budgets.
Hazard Pay And Insurance $475K/yr
[#8] Enhanced hazard pay, life/disability insurance, worker-compensation reserves and potential settlements for cognitive injury or conversion to PASCs.
Stbs Procurement $300K/yr
[#5] Ongoing procurement/compounding, secure storage, chain-of-custody and waste disposal for STBs for assigned personnel and interviewer regimens.
Emergency Response Readiness $200K/yr
[#11] Readiness/training, upkeep and consumables for mobile rapid response unit and tactical memetic suppression tools.
Memetic Hygiene Team $188K/yr
[#12] Personnel and tooling for memetic sanitization, redaction software and countermeasure toolkits (annual staffing + updates).
Training And Drills $150K/yr
[#20] Ongoing semantoconceptual safety training, emergency drills, and turnover-related training costs.
Logistics And Transport $95K/yr
[#14] Secure transport and guarded logistics for personnel and classified material movement to/from Site-196.
Supplies And Consumables $75K/yr
[#19, #21, #25] PPE replacement & cognitive-hygiene aids, archival media/secure storage upkeep, and miscellaneous consumables/routine maintenance.
It Operations $60K/yr
[#13] Secure IT operations, logging, air-gapped backups, access-control and redaction workflow maintenance.
Facilities Maintenance $35K/yr
[#22] Energy and utilities premium and site systems to support continuous containment suite and servers.
Pasc Long Term Care Annual Per Affected $0/yr
[#16] Annual care cost per affected individual (50,000–500,000/year). Baseline estimate set to $0/year assuming no permanently converted staff in typical year; recurring cost will apply per-affected if needed.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.0M/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with no major incidents; routine operations, monitoring, STB procurement and research continue.
routine_operations scheduled_research_and_monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $5.3M/yr
7.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized semantoconceptual breach requiring emergency response, short-term PASC stabilization for one or a few staff, and increased legal/PR activity.
localized_semantoconceptual_breach single_staff_PASC_conversion emergency_response_deployment
🚨 Major Breach $11.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Widespread PASC conversion or containment failure necessitating use of contingency funds, multiple long-term PASC care setups, large external contracting and major remediation effort.
widespread_PASC_conversion multiple_staff_abstraction facility_compromise
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Site Director / Containment Lead 1 [#7] Senior researcher responsible for containment oversight.
Research Scientist / Memetics-Semantics Specialist 3 [#7] Specialists in memetics and semantics for research and containment.
Medical Officer / Clinical Psychiatrist 2 [#7] Psychiatric oversight for STB regimen and PASC care.
Lab Technician 3 [#7] Lab support, STB compounding support and monitoring equipment operation.
Security Officer / MTF Agent (memetic-trained) 5 [#7] Security personnel with memetic hazard training to guard Unit 7783 and respond to incidents.
Engineer / Maintenance / Logistics 2 [#7] Logistics and maintenance for transport, facility systems and containment suite upkeep.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes contain detailed line items and ranges enabling mid-point estimates, but key uncertainties remain: variable headcount, per-affected long-term-care incidence, STB development time/cost and contingency utilization frequency. Ranges are therefore moderately reliable.
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