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SCP-7787 Pending ? low confidence
SCP-7787
Expected annual
$4.6M
One-time setup
$2.4M
Annual recurring
$4.5M
Personnel
31
Initial one-time setup is dominated by the crawler development, secure storage and memetics lab buildout (~$2.37M one-time). Ongoing annual costs are driven by staffing (digital ops, cybersecurity, and memetics research) and operational monitoring/legal retainer (~$4.52M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.4M
Witness Relocation Reserve $1.0M
[#19] Witness relocation / settlement fund reserved as a one-time contingency.
Facilities $485K
[#1, #15] Secure evidence vault construction and a contingency residential containment suite construction.
Crawler Development $350K
[#4] Development of Webcrawler "STAY LOST" including ML models, labeling and initial engineering.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $336K
[#12, #13] Forensic imaging & evidence logging (lab time/consumables) and memetics research pilot (initial lab setup and pilot funding).
Equipment $120K
[#3, #18] Air-gapped forensic workstation & write-once imaging kit; amnestic production / secure pharmacy setup (hardware/vault).
Misinformation Campaign $48K
[#8] Initial misinformation / cover campaign (Lost Media Wiki edits, seeded posts, sponsored content).
Medical Initial Care $30K
[#17] Initial medical & psychiatric care / first-response treatment costs for affected player(s).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.5M/yr
Staff Wages $3.2M/yr
[#6, #7, #14, #16] 24/7 monitoring & moderation team, cybersecurity/incident response team, long-term memetics research program staff, and contingent manifested-person containment staffing.
Research And Monitoring $408K/yr
[#5, #11, #10, #20] STAY LOST hosting/bandwidth/model retraining & ops, search & eradication operations, global multilingual monitoring/translation contractors, and internal compliance/audits & red-team exercises.
Classified Ops Overhead $350K/yr
[#25] Black/contingency ops overhead & classified program administration for covert assignments and off-books vendor payments.
Cover Story And Legal $290K/yr
[#9, #24] Ongoing PR/legal takedowns & ISP cooperation retainer and reputation/public distraction budget.
Supplies And Consumables $110K/yr
[#18, #23] Amnestic supply & QA recurring costs and consumables/evidence packaging & secure storage rotation.
Medical Care $60K/yr
[#17] Ongoing medical & psychiatric care / amnestic follow-up for affected player(s).
Facilities Maintenance $29K/yr
[#2, #22] Vault environmental control, facility lease/maintenance, and energy/utilities & backup power (UPS/generator maintenance).
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#21] Armored transport & secure courier costs for physical evidence movement.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.5M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year: continuous monitoring, hosting, research program and routine maintenance with no new manifestation or major leak.
no new playthroughs routine monitoring and takedowns only
🚨 Minor Incident $4.7M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized leak or discovery of copies requiring intensified takedowns, extra legal action, and temporary contractor surge.
online reuploads detected coordinated community attention or viral post
🚨 Manifestation Person Containment $6.3M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$1.8M vs baseline
A new playthrough leads to SCP-7787-1 manifesting, triggering emergency containment activation, relocation/settlements, medical interventions and research surge.
new confirmed playthrough manifestation of SCP-7787-1 public leak requiring urgent response
👥 Personnel 31 total
Role Count Notes
Digital Ops / Moderators 10 [#6] 24/7 monitoring & moderation team across three shifts, multilingual reviewers and escalation controllers.
Cybersecurity / Incident Response 5 [#7] Sysadmins, forensic analysts, and red-teamers defending infrastructure and coordinating emergency takedowns.
Research Scientists / Memetics Team 12 [#14] Multidisciplinary long-term memetics research staff (memeticists, cognitive scientists, machine vision experts).
Security Officer / Containment Guards & Medical 4 [#16] Staffing & operational roles for a manifested-person containment (guards, medical/psych support, social workers).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of broad analyst ranges and must account for antimemetic uncertainty; probabilities and scope (global monitoring vs. narrow program) are highly uncertain, so overall confidence is low.
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