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SCP-7838 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7838
Expected annual
$11.1M
One-time setup
$30.1M
Annual recurring
$10.6M
Personnel
51
Initial capital expenditures for secure archival, medical isolation, and contingency reserves are approximately $30M one-time, driven mainly by facility upgrades, medical imaging/isolation, and large emergency reserves; recurring annual operations are roughly $10.6M, dominated by staffing (MTF, guards, specialists) and programmatic monitoring/logistics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $30.1M
Facilities $10.0M
[#7, #15] Archive-A12 construction/upgrading ($3,000,000) and secure medical isolation/pathology facility upgrades including imaging ($7,000,000).
Catastrophic Response Reserve $10.0M
[#30] Catastrophic-response fund reserve for city-scale mass events / rapid large-scale mobilization ($10,000,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.2M
[#9, #11, #31] Secure transcription/summarization R&D & hardened hardware ($750,000, #9), memetic inoculation development & clinicalization infrastructure ($1,500,000, #11), conditional long-term research lab outfitting ($1,000,000, #31).
Mass Amnestic Reserve $2.0M
[#14] Emergency mass-amnestic contingency fund / reserve for large-scale public amnestic deployment ($2,000,000).
Legal Reserve One Time $2.0M
[#26] Contingency legal reserve for complex cases / high-profile cover operations ($2,000,000).
Equipment $1.9M
[#2, #17, #22, #24, #29] MTF initial outfitting / vehicles & gear ($1,000,000, #2), surgical & emergency equipment ($300,000, #17), Archive access control hardware ($200,000, #22), air-gapped digitization hardware & backups ($300,000, #24), initial PPE stockpile ($100,000, #29).
Incinerator And Disposal Infrastructure $500K
[#18] Incinerator purchase and secure transport setup for controlled disposal and to prevent forfeiture to outside groups.
Buyback Purchases $400K
[#5] Immediate buyout/purge of known circulating copies (~2,000 items × $200 each).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.6M/yr
Staff Wages $4.5M/yr
[#1, #3, #16, #22, #23] Field monitoring analysts (4 @ $90k + overhead ≈ $540k, #1), MTF Θ98 annual operating costs (12 operatives + benefits ≈ $1,550,000, #3), medical on-call clinical team & service contracts (≈ $700,000, #16), Archive-A12 armed guards staffing (18 guards + overhead ≈ $1,000,000, #22), memetics specialist team (3 specialists ≈ $700,000, #23).
Long Term Research Program $2.0M/yr
[#31] Conditional, Board-approved long-term research program budget (~$2M/yr recurring) for directed biological/memetic research (tagged conditional).
Administrative Overhead And Utilities $1.0M/yr
[#32] Facility-wide administrative overhead, utilities, HR, accounting and procurement (~$1.0M/yr, #32).
Supplies And Consumables $900K/yr
[#12, #13, #17, #18, #19, #20, #29] Memetic inoculant production & administration and QC (~$150k, #12), routine amnestic administrations (~$200k, #13), surgical/emergency refresh consumables (~$100k, #17 recurring), per-case disposal/autopsy costs (~$200k, #18 recurring), biohazard waste handling (~$100k, #19), forensic histology consumables (~$100k, #20), recurring PPE replacement (~$50k, #29).
Logistics And Transport $800K/yr
[#4, #27] Field retrieval logistics per-operation budget (~$300k/yr assuming 20 retrievals, #4) and international interdiction & foreign operation costs (~$500k/yr, #27).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#26] PR/cover-up and legal retainer ($500k/yr) for fabrication of cover stories, payments, and counsel.
Research And Monitoring $470K/yr
[#6, #10, #25, #28] Ongoing acquisitions & market surveillance (~$100k, #6), secure transcription/summarization maintenance & validation (~$120k, #10), air-gapped data maintenance & periodic re-validation (~$50k, #25), containment drills and protocol updates (~$200k, #28).
Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr
[#8] Archive-A12 O&M: HVAC, redundant power, climate control and routine maintenance (~$200k/yr).
Occupational Health And Aftercare $150K/yr
[#21] Psychological aftercare, occupational health, and amnestic follow-up for staff (~$150k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.6M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, retrievals, maintenance, and no major/unexpected outbreaks or large-scale exposures.
routine_retrievals ongoing_monitoring no_mass_exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $12.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized outbreak or exposure event requiring intensified retrievals, additional amnestic administrations, and increased PR/legal activity.
localized_public_exposure small_scale_mass_amnestic_deploy extra_retrieval_ops
🚨 Major Breach $18.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Larger-scale breach or viral post causing thousands of exposures, requiring mass amnestic deployment, significant medical response, and major legal/cover operations.
viral_online_post regional_mass_exposure major_medical_response
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $35.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
City-scale or national-level uncontrolled outbreak requiring full use of catastrophic-response reserves, multi-agency mobilization, and prolonged recovery.
nationwide_viral_event mass_hysteria_and_violence large_scale_amnestic_campaign
👥 Personnel 51 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#2, #3] Twelve operatives in MTF Θ98 kept on-call for retrievals and arrests (initial outfitting and annual operating costs reflected in #2 and #3).
Security Officer / Armed Guard 18 [#22] Eighteen guards (3 shifts) for Archive-A12 security; staffing costs included in recurring #22.
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist 3 [#23] Three memetics specialists for validation, inoculant assessment, and memetic hazard review (recurring #23).
Field Intelligence Analyst 4 [#1] Four analysts conducting continuous human and OSINT monitoring of markets and publications (recurring #1).
Medical Officer 2 [#16] Physician-level staff for on-call containment ward and clinical oversight (part of #16 recurring medical staff costs).
Nurse / Medical Tech 4 [#12, #13, #16] Nursing and clinical technicians to administer inoculants/amnestics, monitor patients, and run imaging procedures (covered in recurring medical and inoculant budgets).
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#7, #8, #15] Facilities engineers/technicians to maintain Archive-A12 environmental systems and medical imaging equipment (facility O&M and upgrades).
Administrative Staff 6 [#32, #26] HR, procurement, accounting, and administrative support included within administrative overhead and legal/PR operations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on detailed analyst line items provided; however, uncertainty remains due to the anomalous behavior, outbreak frequency variability, and political/diplomatic costs in foreign operations and large-scale events, so overall confidence is medium.
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