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SCP-7889 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7889
Expected annual
$208K
One-time setup
$159K
Annual recurring
$207K
Personnel
1.45
One-time capital/setup of $159,000 mostly for a memetics-safe viewing booth, secure locker/systems and initial contingency/amnestic stock; annual recurring costs about $207,250 driven by research staffing, monitoring, and operational handling.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $159K
Facilities $61K
[#8, #10] One-time construction/physical work: shelving/archival physical expansion (~$1,000) and design & build of a controlled memetics-safe viewing booth (~$60,000 midpoint).
Equipment $48K
[#1, #2, #3, #16] Purchase & install rated evidence/containment safe (~$25,000), biometric access/tamper hardware & UPS integration (~$5,000), CCTV + NVR (~$8,000), and optional in-house hot-media destruction system (~$10,000).
Incident Response Fund $40K
[#13] Initial contingency/reserve to fund emergency response, remediation, overtime and ad-hoc upgrades (initial fund set at midpoint ~$40,000).
Amnestic Initial Stock $10K
[#11] Initial purchase of amnestic pharmaceuticals and memetic counter-agents (~$10,000 one-time stock).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $207K/yr
Research And Monitoring $110K/yr
[#9, #18] Memetics research program & monitoring: memetics researcher + lab tech + consumables/equipment and monitoring for secondary effects (combined estimate ~$100,000/yr for program + ~$10,000/yr monitoring).
Staff Wages $50K/yr
[#5, #6, #12] Ongoing personnel costs: daily handling technician (0.25 FTE, ~$15,000/yr), security escort/monitor (~0.10 FTE, ~$4,500/yr), and psychological care / hazard stipend for Dr. Peterson (~$30,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#15] OPSEC/legal/cover story budget including external inquiries, counsel and plausible-deniability measures (~$20,000/yr midpoint).
Facilities Maintenance $7K/yr
[#4, #10, #8] Ongoing facility & system maintenance: video archive retention/backup (~$1,250/yr), viewing booth maintenance (~$5,000/yr), and small archival maintenance (~$500/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#7, #11, #19] Consumables and admin supplies: inventory/cataloging & sleeves/labels (~$2,000/yr), amnestic replenishment (~$2,000/yr), and misc PPE/evidence bags/batteries (~$2,000/yr).
Administrative Overhead $6K/yr
[#20] Administrative overhead, SOP updates and audit compliance (~$5,500/yr midpoint).
Training And Drills $5K/yr
[#14] Regular memetic-awareness training and drills for techs, guards, janitorial and clinical staff (~$5,000/yr midpoint).
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#17] Secure transfer costs for moving batches of discs (armored courier/escorts), assumed 1–3 transfers/year (~$2,500/yr midpoint).
Media Destruction Contract $2K/yr
[#16] Contracted secure destruction service (if used) estimated at ~$2,000/yr; in-house destruction option was captured as a one-time equipment cost.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $207K/yr
96.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine retrieval, storage, research and no containment incidents.
daily_retrieval_and_storage ongoing_research routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $222K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline
A single accidental viewing or small containment lapse requiring limited response (amnestic administration, overtime, localized remediation and investigation).
accidental_viewing single_staff_exposure localized_remediation
🚨 Major Breach $307K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Larger-scale breach or multiple viewings leading to extended remediation, public exposure mitigation and significant research/operational expense.
multiple_viewings facility_breach external_exposure
👥 Personnel 1.45 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician 0.25 [#5] 0.25 FTE equivalent to handle daily retrieval and logging (reflected in staff wages ~$15,000/yr).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.1 [#6] ~0.10 FTE for escort/monitoring duties during retrieval operations (reflected in staff wages ~$4,500/yr).
Research Scientist (Memetics) 0.5 [#9] 0.5 FTE senior memetics researcher (part of research program costs included in research_and_monitoring).
Lab Technician 0.5 [#9] 0.5 FTE lab technician to support controlled experiments and sample handling (part of research program costs).
Medical Officer / Psychological Services (contract) 0.1 [#12] Contracted or part-time psychological/occupational care and hazard-pay management for Dr. Peterson (~$30,000/yr budget).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are midpoints of ranges provided in analyst notes and involve memetics/antimemetic uncertainty (unknown incident frequencies & efficacy of mitigations). Line-item costs for hardware and staffing are reasonably grounded, but incident probabilities and some recurring service choices are uncertain, so overall confidence is medium.
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