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SCP-7836 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7836
Expected annual
$2.2M
One-time setup
$4.2M
Annual recurring
$2.2M
Personnel
7
One-time capital and secure-research setup costs are dominated by optional high-end imaging and secure lab buildouts; recurring costs are driven by research staff wages, medical staffing, rapid-response readiness and liability/reserve allocations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.2M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.5M
[#12, #13, #14] Instrumentation for controlled Soter Event research (EEG, synchronized AV) (#12); optional onsite MRI installation (capital mobile/onsite scanner) included as major-capital contingency (#13); (data environment overlaps with research lab needs) (#14).
Risk Premium Setup $500K
[#25] One-time contingency/risk-premium setup for rapid escalation (secure lab shells, emergency capital readying).
Equipment $62K
[#2, #3, #7, #8, #11, #14] Opaque inner bagging & sealed transfer boxes (#2); access-control HW/SW integration hardware portion (#3); medical emergency equipment (EpiPens, oxygen, AED, airway tools) (#7); portable monitoring hardware (#8); initial PPE/handling kit (#11); secure server hardware (initial hardware portion of secure storage) (#14).
Amnestic Initial Stock $30K
[#10] Initial stock of amnestics / containment pharmaceuticals and administration supplies.
Facilities $18K
[#1] Secure refrigerated containment cabinet physical upgrade (lockable, access-controlled fridge replacement, installation and mounting).
Info Security Initial $16K
[#16] Initial information-security / compartmentalization procedure development and training.
Sop Development Initial $15K
[#20] Initial SOP and emergency/reaction drill development and initial training.
Training Level 3 Initial $4K
[#5] Initial training / certification cost if using existing Level-3 personnel rather than hiring additional FTEs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #15, #21] Salaries/benefits: dedicated on-site psychiatrist (#4), containment custodian/tech (#6), on-call EMT/nurse FTE (#7), research personnel (3 cognitive/memetics specialists + support) (#15), oversight/ethical review personnel time (#21). Level-3 escort incremental hiring set to 0 in baseline (training covered by one-time).
Logistics And Transport $380K/yr
[#18] Maintained rapid-response/retrieval team readiness (FTEs, vehicles) and expected per-incident retrieval funding (assumes small retrievals/response capacity).
Liability Reserve Allocation $250K/yr
[#19] Recurring liability / reserve allocation to cover worst-case medical-legal outcomes, settlements and clandestine mitigation.
Risk Premium Reserve $200K/yr
[#25] Ongoing reserve for unexpected emergent behaviour escalation (staffing surge, advanced monitoring, amnestic operations).
Research And Monitoring $132K/yr
[#8, #9, #12, #13, #16, #22] Nursing hours for routine follow-up and medical monitoring (#8); psychological aftercare / counseling budget (assumes ~100 uses/yr × ~3 sessions) (#9); software licenses/maintenance for instrumentation (#12); occasional external high-end neuroimaging usage (per-scan outsourcing assumption) (#13); ongoing information-security auditing/training (#16); transcription/encryption/redaction labor (#22).
Cover Story And Legal $75K/yr
[#17] Legal, PR and cover-up contingency budget for accidental civilian exposures and related operations.
Supplies And Consumables $29K/yr
[#11, #10, #24] PPE replacement and consumables (#11); amnestic resupply & administration consumables (#10); miscellaneous consumables and administrative overhead (#24).
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#3, #14, #23] Access-control system maintenance/audit (#3); secure storage/server maintenance (#14); energy/HVAC and incremental refrigeration/monitoring power (#23).
Training And Sop Refresher $6K/yr
[#20] Annual refresher training and drills for staff, clinicians and psychiatrists.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.2M/yr
90.5% probability / year
Normal operational year: scheduled research & monitoring, routine uses (~100/yr), staffing & maintenance only.
routine_uses scheduled_research no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.3M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$110K vs baseline
Unauthorized visual exposure / single-site accidental compelled ingestion requiring medical response, counseling and a small retrieval/amnestic operation.
unauthorized_exposure single_medical_emergency local_retrieval
🚨 Major Breach $3.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
SCP-7836 is removed from facility or widely exposed requiring large-scale retrieval, public amnestic operations, heavy legal/PR and escalation of security.
object_theft public_exposure sustained_retrieval_operations
🚨 Political Exposure $7.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
High-profile leak or civilian casualty leading to prolonged public exposure, litigation and extensive disinformation/amnestics campaigns.
media_leak civilian_casualty prolonged_legal_battle
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Psychiatrist / Clinical Psychologist 1 [#4] Dedicated on-site psychiatrist for authorized uses; salary/benefits included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist 3 [#15] Team of cognitive/memetics researchers to study SCP-7836-2; combined salaries included in staff_wages.
Containment Technician / Custodian 1 [#6] On-site containment custodian/tech for routine checks and integrity inspections; salary included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer / EMT Nurse 1 [#7, #8] On-call medical staff for authorized uses and follow-up; baseline assumes 1 FTE equivalence; salary included in staff_wages.
Ethics / Policy / Oversight Staff 1 [#21] Personnel time for ethical review and oversight; included as recurring personnel cost in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are derived from analyst ranges and typical civilian-market rates; SCP specifics (use frequency, containment policy choices, and Foundation-internal cost structures) introduce meaningful uncertainty, especially around optional capital (onsite MRI) and large contingency allocations.
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