SCP-7829 — SCP-7829 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7829 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-7829

Expected annual

$16.1M

One-time setup

$164.6M

Annual recurring

$14.1M

Personnel

Estimated one-time setup and contingency costs are large due to a worst-case global removal contingency; baseline annual operations are dominated by MTF ops, digital suppression, and monitoring. Total one-time program contingency (large-scale removal + reserves + infrastructure) drives the bulk of upfront spend.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $164.6M

Large Scale Removal Contingency $140.0M

[#14] Program contingency for large‑scale removal/authentication/incineration (20,000 × ~$7,000 average per painting).

Contingency Reserve $15.0M

[#26] Crisis contingency reserve for emergency ad buys, mass seizures, legal emergencies and rapid escalation.

Facilities $5.9M

[#1, #3, #25] Vault fitout, human containment cell retrofits (Faraday shielding, CCTV, restraint/medical monitoring) and construction of private incinerator facility (structural/construction costs).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.1M

[#22, #23] One-time in‑house lab setup and initial scientific research program setup costs (lab fitout and initial program equipment/instrumentation).

Digital Ops Setup $1.2M

[#15] One‑time engineering and covert platform development for the disinformation/bot network and secure infrastructure.

Regional Cache Setup $225K

[#24] One‑time purchase of regional rapid‑response caches (portable Faraday enclosures, secure boxes, kits) assumed across multiple regions (aggregate estimate).

Initial Personnel Background Checks $50K

[#6] Aggregated initial per‑staff checks (initial psychological screening and polygraph-like processing aggregated estimate).

Initial Background Clearance $50K

[#7] Aggregated initial clearance processing and high‑level background paperwork for assigned personnel.

Record Systems Setup $50K

[#27] One‑time secure records/evidence server and chain‑of‑custody system setup.

Equipment $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $14.1M/yr

Logistics And Transport $2.5M/yr

[#9, #11, #13, #24, #25] MTF Upsilon‑23 staffing & ops travel/field budgets, per‑instance undercover procurement/transport, secure incineration logistics per instance, regional cache resupply and armored carrier retainers.

Creator Mitigation $1.8M/yr

[#19] Payments, buyouts, NDAs and takedown budgets for creators/influencers to limit reposting and viral spread.

Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr

[#10, #12, #22, #23, #27] Art‑market subscriptions and databases, per‑instance authentication/forensic testing, ongoing in‑house research funding and recurring records/evidence management costs.

Social Media Ops $1.3M/yr

[#17] 24/7 SOC‑style team (analysts) and tooling to monitor fan communities and coordinate takedowns.

Digital Ops Maintenance $1.1M/yr

[#16] Hosting, account churn replacement, ad buys, platform takedowns and maintenance for the disinformation/bot network.

Legal Takedown And Pr $1.1M/yr

[#18] Retainers, DMCA filings, ad hoc settlements, takedowns and PR defensive work.

Staff Wages $900K/yr

[#5] Annual fully‑burdened personnel costs for core containment/rotation team (9 FTE coverage for the bi‑monthly rotation described).

Legal Defense And Liaison $700K/yr

[#21] Legal defense, foreign jurisdiction liaison, expedited processing and diplomatic/legal coordination funds.

Community Informant Program $550K/yr

[#20] Paid informants and undercover moderators inside fan communities (Dorianators).

Program Management $525K/yr

[#30] Long‑term program management, compliance officers, audits and senior oversight.

Cover Story And Legal $425K/yr

[#28] Liability, indemnity, PR cover story production, paid experts and fabricated paperwork to sustain public narrative.

Training And Expertise $400K/yr

[#29] Specialist hires (art historians, conservators) and training/retention costs.

Ongoing Personnel Monitoring $275K/yr

[#8] Continuous audits, communications monitoring tools and disciplinary administration for assigned staff.

Personnel Monitoring Program $200K/yr

[#6] Ongoing monitoring program (logs, audits) associated with background/anti‑fraternisation systems initiated after initial checks.

Authentication Testing Budget $200K/yr

[#12] Recurring per‑instance testing budget for forensic authentication of candidate paintings.

Armored Carrier Retainer Per Year $125K/yr

[#25] Annual retainer for armored transport for high‑value item movements.

Undercover Procurement Budget $100K/yr

[#11] Annual reserve for per‑instance pickup/transport/evidence processing (excluding purchase price contingency).

Incineration Budget Per Year $100K/yr

[#13] Recurring budget for secure incineration/disposal per instance (aggregated expected annual cost).

Regional Cache Maintenance Per Year $90K/yr

[#24] Maintain/resupply of regional rapid‑response caches (annual consumables and kit replacement).

Supplies And Consumables $80K/yr

[#4] Food, laundry, routine medical checks, medications, utilities and waste disposal for SCP‑7829‑2 (humane upkeep).

Facilities Maintenance $28K/yr

[#2] Vault HVAC, environmental monitoring sensors, conservator checks, energy and basic maintenance; excludes insurance line item which is combined here.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $14.1M/yr

84.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine monitoring, MTF operations, digital suppression and containment with no major incidents.

steady monitoring occasional acquisitions no viral leaks

🚨 Minor Incident $17.0M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$2.9M vs baseline

Localized viral leak or small public incident requiring intensified takedown, emergency purchases, extra travel and short‑term staffing surge.

viral video leak coordinated fan reposting regional seizure/cleanup

🚨 Major Breach $168.5M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$154.4M vs baseline

Widespread discovery / mass distribution of SCP‑7829‑1 copies triggering a large‑scale global removal program and major political/legal operations.

confirmation of thousands of copies mass viral spread international legal escalation

👥 Personnel 9 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#5] Core guard positions within the 9 FTE rotation (2–3 guards per shift aggregated into the rotation pool).
Medical Officer / Clinician	1	[#5] Clinician coverage included in rotation pool to monitor SCP‑7829‑2's health and response to incidents.
Research Scientist	1	[#5] On‑call researcher position as part of the containment rotation pool.
Administrative Staff	1	[#5] Administrative/clearing role to manage rotations, scheduling and anti‑fraternisation paperwork.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes are detailed and provide ranges for most line items, enabling a reasoned cost model; however large uncertainties remain around scale (number of copies in circulation), frequency of viral incidents, and potential political/legal escalation, so estimates—especially contingency sizing—carry notable uncertainty.

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