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SCP-7878 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-7878
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$902K
Annual recurring
$1.9M
Personnel
13
One-time startup capital of approximately $902,000 driven by containment hardware, research instrumentation, vehicle and contingency reserves; recurring annual costs ~ $1.92M dominated by staff wages (security + research), legal/PR, and data management.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $902K
Emergency Contingency Fund $300K
[#17] One-time emergency fund for public incident containment / major cover-up operations.
Legal Hold Reserve $200K
[#23] One-time long-term archiving / litigation reserve to preserve/defend sensitive recordings or settle claims.
Equipment $175K
[#1, #3, #4, #10, #15, #21] Secure containment cabinet, tamper sensors (one-time portion), controlled power cut-off hardware, secure logging appliance (one-time), armored transfer vehicle purchase, incident response portable shielding & hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $120K
[#11, #13, #14] Secure storage appliance/setup (one-time), EM/signal analysis instrumentation, forensic electronics / reverse-engineering equipment (one-time portion).
Decommission $50K
[#24] Containment downgrade / decommissioning / secure destructive testing and disposal (one-time estimate).
Facilities $37K
[#2] Faraday/RF isolation installation, localized RF shielding and isolated power feed.
Sop Development $20K
[#18] Containment SOP writing and initial training materials / tabletop exercises (one-time writing & setup).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#5, #7, #12, #6] 24/7 armed guards (6 personnel), dedicated research team (2 senior researchers, 1 electrical engineer, 1 data analyst), data-review labor team, and access-control/clearance administration staff.
Cover Story And Legal $327K/yr
[#9, #17, #22] In-house legal / information-hazard management, recurring cover-story / PR budget, and ethical oversight / external consultant retainer.
Facilities Maintenance $80K/yr
[#3, #10, #18, #19, #20, #21] Tamper-sensor maintenance and monitoring link support, secure-logging support, SOP refreshers/training refreshers & drills, allocated HQ overhead (utilities/HVAC), energy consumption, and recurring equipment drill expenses.
Security Audits And Red Team $75K/yr
[#16] Red-team exercises, insider-threat monitoring, penetration testing, and regular security audits to mitigate misuse.
Psychological Services $70K/yr
[#8] Ongoing psychological screening and counseling for staff with repeated exposure to POV content.
Logistics And Transport $60K/yr
[#15] Recurring operational transfer costs (assumes ~2 transfers/yr) and vehicle maintenance / escort operational costs.
Research And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#11, #13] Ongoing data storage/archival costs (recurring), instrumentation calibration and recurring lab test support for EM/signal analysis.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr
93.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine research, monitoring, and containment activities continue.
no_incident routine_research normal_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or small data leak requiring overtime, forensic analysis, limited PR spend and temporary mitigation.
localized_containment_breach minor_data_leak insider_misuse_detected
🚨 Major Breach $3.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant internal breach or prolonged misuse that requires large-scale forensic response, extended legal action, expanded security and partial use of contingency reserves.
prolonged_unauthorized_access large_scale_data_exposure
🚨 Public Exposure $4.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Public leak / media exposure of SCP effects leading to litigation, heavy PR campaign, potential payouts and possible decommission/secure destruction activity.
public_leak media_exposure privacy_litigation
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#5] Six armed guards (2 per shift, 3 shifts) to provide continuous on-site security; fully-burdened cost included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 2 [#7] Two senior researchers allocated to SCP-7878 research team; salaries included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#7] One electrical engineer supporting experiments, containment hardware and power-cut systems; included in staff_wages.
Data Analyst 1 [#7] One data analyst on the core research team; included in staff_wages.
Data Review Operator 2 [#12] Part-time/contract reviewers for footage redaction and tagging; headcount corresponds to the data-review labor cost included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff / Access Control 1 [#6] One administrator handling vetting, access lists and re-screening; costs included in staff_wages.
In-house Counsel / Legal Officer 0 [#9] Legal and information-hazard costs are budgeted under cover_story_and_legal (contractors/retainers); no additional headcount charged to staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide ranges for nearly every line item; many estimates are midpoints and depend on assumptions (number of transfers/yr, frequency of reviews, whether extended testing becomes recurring, chosen contingency sizes). Reasonably detailed but subject to policy choices and rare high-cost events, so confidence is medium.
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