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SCP-7824 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7824
Expected annual
$1.5M
One-time setup
$990K
Annual recurring
$1.5M
Personnel
8
Estimated one-time startup of $990,000 primarily for field/archival/contingency capital and equipment; recurring annual costs ~$1,463,000 driven by staff wages, research, above-veil operations, scaling allowance and legal/cover-up overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $990K
Equipment $315K
[#2, #9, #18] Remote field camp capital (shelter, generator, sensors, cameras) $150,000; retrieval/technical gear purchase $125,000; comms equipment $40,000.
Facilities $250K
[#10, #17] Secure containment storage setup ($200,000) and cliff/trail reinforcement ($50,000).
Contingency Reserve Fund $250K
[#19] Establish reserve fund for catastrophic outcomes (one-time seed).
Secure Archival System $100K
[#12] One-time secure archival system to mitigate record-deletion effects.
It Security System $60K
[#22] One-time IT security/audit/logging system rollout.
Sop Development $15K
[#20] One-time SOP development and initial documentation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#11] Dedicated analysis & research budget for Filbuson Syndrome and artifact study (~$300,000/yr).
Scaling Risk Allowance $250K/yr
[#21] Long-term scale-risk allowance if program usage increases (baseline lower-end contingency ~$250,000/yr).
Staff Wages $212K/yr
[#5, #6] Permanent program personnel salaries ($200,000/year) and Dec 31 event overtime/special duty pay (~$12,000/year).
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#1, #16] Site access / NPS liaison/covert permits (~$75,000/yr) plus legal/indemnity retainer and indemnity handling (~$75,000/yr) = $150,000/yr.
Personnel Replacement Contingency $125K/yr
[#13] Contingency for replacement/training/recovery for personnel who 'walk away' (~$125,000/yr conservative).
Above Veil Ops $125K/yr
[#14] Above-veil monitoring/covert ops budget for retrieval/monitoring (~$125,000/yr planning figure).
Public Monitoring And Leak Remediation $50K/yr
[#15] Social media/news monitoring, amnestic deployment, legal takedowns and PR (~$50,000/yr).
Medical Services $40K/yr
[#8] On-site medics, psychiatric intervention and post-event therapy (~$40,000/yr).
Artifact Conservation $40K/yr
[#23] Conservation, cataloging, and restricted exhibition budget for recovered art-like anomalies (~$40,000/yr).
Participant Vetting $35K/yr
[#7] Background checks, psychological screening, memetic inoculation training and admin overhead for ~50 participants/year (~$35,000/yr).
Retrieval Missions $30K/yr
[#9] Recurring mission costs for retrievals (rope teams, ROV/dives, winches); budget one retrieval/year average ~$30,000/yr.
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#10, #17] Recurring storage/maintenance ($20,000/yr) and trail/cliff minor repairs ($5,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#4] Annual rapid-response transport (helicopter/vehicles standby) ~$15,000/yr.
Secure Archival Maintenance $15K/yr
[#12] Recurring maintenance/monitoring of archival/off-site backups (~$15,000/yr).
Annual Audit And Review $15K/yr
[#24] Annual ethics/risk review and oversight (~$15,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr
[#3] Field camp recurring operations (fuel, propane, data uplink bandwidth, campsite maintenance) ~$12,000/yr.
It Security Maintenance $10K/yr
[#22] Recurring monitoring/IT security audits (~$10,000/yr).
Minor Incident Fund $10K/yr
[#25] Minor incident & cleanup fund for small repairs, first-aid, emergency amnestic treatments (~$10,000/yr).
Comms Service $4K/yr
[#18] Recurring secure communications/data uplink service (~$4,000/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with planned operations, research, routine retrievals and no major incidents.
routine Dec 31 operations one retrieval mission no major above-veil exposures
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Limited medical/cleanup/retrieval incident requiring extra medevac, legal work and additional retrieval effort.
single severe injury or localized exposure unexpected retrieval complexity small public leak requiring amnestics
🚨 Major Breach $2.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Mass teleportation/large-scale event or significant record-deletion and above-veil exposure requiring emergency mobilization and reserve usage.
mass teleportation before midnight multiple fatalities or personnel becoming above-veil public exposure / large-scale legal action
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Program Manager / Executive Staff 1 [#6] Full-time program manager (included in program personnel cost).
Administrative Staff / Ops Coordinator 1 [#6] Part-time coordinator (counted as 1 head for presence; included in program personnel cost).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#5] Event security team present for Dec 31 operations (overtime/special duty pay included).
Medical Officer 1 [#5, #8] On-site medic/medical support during events and for follow-up (recurring medical budget covers services).
Research Scientist / Technician 2 [#5, #11] Technicians/researchers for equipment operation and artifact analysis (research budget covers research FTEs/consumables; two technicians present during events).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on detailed analyst line-items with concrete planning figures, but uncertainty remains due to anomalous behavior (record-deletion, above-veil interactions) and potential scaling; scenario probabilities and scaling allowance are judgment-based.
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