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SCP-7796 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7796
Expected annual
$6.1M
One-time setup
$4.8M
Annual recurring
$5.9M
Personnel
18
Initial containment and tooling require several million dollars in up-front infrastructure and software development, with ongoing annual costs dominated by staffing, AI monitoring, legal/PR/takedown operations, and contingency allocations. One-time setup is estimated at several million (for vault, AIC development, and reserves) while recurring operations run into mid-single-digit millions per year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.8M
Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#19] Initial allocation to an emergency contingency fund for large-scale leaks, mass amnesticization, international retrievals, and extraordinary medical/legal costs.
Equipment $1.0M
[#2, #4, #9, #28] Initial archival media purchases/duplication, secure playback/test-chamber equipment, Metatron.AIC development (initial engineering), and initial IT/hardening/air-gapped hardware.
Facilities $1.0M
[#1, #18] Vault build-out (air-gapped archival vault with Faraday shielding, redundant power, HVAC and monitoring) and initial offsite/cold-storage setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $550K
[#8, #20, #26] Forensic digitization project costs (full-series migration), initial neuroscience/countermeasure research program startup, and archival restoration/preservation specialist project budget.
Covert Procurement Initial $100K
[#13] One-time initial budget for covert purchases/payments to private collectors to secure known copies.
Liability Reserve $100K
[#23] One-time insurance/reserve seed to cover immediate disaster recovery and liability exposures.
Disposal Admin Setup $5K
[#29] One-time setup for destruction logs, affidavits, witness procedures and administrative/legal templates for disposal operations.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#5, #11, #16, #17] Annual staffing costs including medical staffing pool/retainer, OSINT/moderation analysts, containment project leadership/administration, and dedicated guards/security for vault/operations.
Cover Story And Legal $925K/yr
[#12, #15, #21, #27, #29] Digital takedown/legal retainers and per-case costs, public perception/cover-story campaigns, country-specific legal compliance and local counsel, follow-up surveillance/legal on amnesticized individuals, and disposal/legalization follow-up paperwork.
Research And Monitoring $920K/yr
[#10, #20, #8, #26, #24] Ongoing Metatron.AIC compute & data costs, recurring research program funding, forensic digitization as new copies surface, archival restoration as incidents occur, and training/drills/SOP updates.
Rapid Response Ops $600K/yr
[#7] Annual budget for rapid-response retrieval/destruction teams (domestic and international operations, transport, temporary containment and per-op costs averaged annually).
Amnesticization Program $500K/yr
[#6] Annual budget reserve for pharmaceuticals, clinical procedures, follow-up psychotherapy and monitoring for individuals requiring amnesticization.
Covert Procurement Annual $500K/yr
[#13] Annual reserve for payments, negotiated purchases, or covert acquisitions from private collectors and small archives when copies are located.
Facilities Maintenance $210K/yr
[#3] Electricity for HVAC and servers, environmental monitoring, HVAC filter replacement, security system maintenance for vault.
Contingency Fund Allocation $200K/yr
[#19] Annual allocation toward replenishing / growing the contingency fund for large-scale leak response.
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#22] Travel, lodging, per-diem, and transport logistics for retrieval and operations staff.
Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr
[#4, #25] Consumables for playback/test chamber per-use costs and routine medical/PPE/sedation stockpiles and ancillary lab supplies.
Physical Destruction $50K/yr
[#14] Secure incineration/shredding/decontamination and witness staffing averaged across expected destruction events annually.
Insurance And Liability $50K/yr
[#23] Insurance premiums and liability reserve premiums to cover accidental releases, lawsuits, and operational damage.
Archival Migration $50K/yr
[#2, #30] Scheduled media migrations, format migrations and audits averaged annually (periodic cycles amortized as an annual budget).
It And Cyber Maintenance $30K/yr
[#28] Ongoing maintenance, pentesting, key management, and cyber-hardening for archived masters and AIC systems.
Offsite Storage $20K/yr
[#18] Recurring fees for geographically separated cold/offsite storage locations.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.9M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Routine year with no major discoveries or public leaks; containment and monitoring operate as planned.
no new widespread copies discovered AIC monitoring and takedowns keep public exposure low
🚨 Minor Incident $6.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized discovery or small set of public uploads requiring targeted retrievals, amnesticizations and PR/legal actions.
small archive disclosure several online re-uploads requiring takedowns and localized amnesticization
🚨 Major Breach $12.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$7.0M vs baseline
Widespread public leak or discovery forcing large international retrievals, mass amnesticization campaigns, and heavy PR/legal buyouts.
large-scale online leak multiple international archives exposed mass public exposure requiring emergency response
👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
OSINT Analyst 5 [#11] Human reviewers for Metatron.AIC flags, takedown drafting, platform liaison and content review.
Medical Officer / Clinician 4 [#5, #6] Physicians, anesthetists, nurses and psych staff for controlled exposures and amnesticization procedures (retainer pool).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#7, #17] Onsite guards for vault access, rapid-response retrieval teams and temporary containment during operations.
Site Director / Project Lead / Research Scientist 2 [#16, #20] Project lead(s), research scientist(s) overseeing countermeasure research, Metatron integration, and liaison to site command.
Administrative Staff / Logistics Coordinator 3 [#16, #22, #29] HR/admin, logistics coordinators, budget managers and administrative support for operations and legal/documentation workflows.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are provided as wide ranges and depend on unknowns (number of copies, frequency of exposure, international legal complexity). Core infrastructure and staffing estimates are clearer, but incident-driven costs and contingency sizing carry significant uncertainty.
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