SCP-7895 — SCP-7895 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7895 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-7895

Expected annual

$3.0M

One-time setup

$6.4M

Annual recurring

$2.9M

Personnel

Initial capital costs are dominated by contingency capital for potential mass relocation and cover property acquisition; annual operations center around staff wages, relocation contingency reserve, research, field operations, and crawler hosting/ops.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.4M

Relocation Contingency Capital $5.0M

[#20] One-time contingency capital for large-scale relocations/covert housing in case of mass migration to Fallon (lower-end contingency capital).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $555K

[#6, #7] Includes mnestic treatment lab setup (note #6) and initial research lab/pilot studies for mnestic failure remediation (note #7).

Cover Property Purchase $385K

[#14] Purchase + furnishing/staging of a covert safehouse in Fallon (midpoint of $150k–$600k plus staging).

Web Crawler Development $250K

[#1] Foundation-grade crawler development: NLP, classifiers, connectors, developer/data scientist/QA time, legal review and initial tuning.

Vehicle Fleet Purchase $80K

[#25] Fleet capex for a small field ops fleet (a couple SUVs) and initial outfitting.

Local Surveillance Setup $40K

[#15] Initial CCTV, covert observation posts, recording equipment and leased vehicle outfitting in Fallon.

Cover Identity Creation $35K

[#16] One-time costs to create plausible cover companies/identities (legal fees, initial registrations, etc.).

Secure Data Storage Setup $10K

[#3] Initial encrypted archive setup, off-site backups and cold archival configuration.

Archival Setup $10K

[#18] One-time cataloging/digitization of guest logs for Site-47 research library.

Medical Forensic Setup $10K

[#26] Initial purchase of medical/forensic kits and equipment for field teams.

Facilities $0

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Equipment $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.9M/yr

Relocation Contingency Ops $1.0M/yr

[#20] Recurring ops reserve / incremental ops if mass relocation occurs (baseline contingency reserve).

Research And Monitoring $400K/yr

[#7] Ongoing research budget into mnestic failure and alternative remediation (neuroimaging, trials, MRI time, lab consumables).

Staff Wages $360K/yr

[#4, #13] 2–4 FTE analysts (midpoint 3 FTE) plus partial allocation for lead custodian supervision; fully loaded salaries and benefits.

Logistics And Transport $300K/yr

[#5] Field-investigation team operational costs, travel, undercover ops, per-locate case costs averaged into annual ops and team salaries.

Psychological Monitoring $125K/yr

[#19] Annual welfare checks and counseling for affected individuals (~$100–$400/person for ~500 people).

Incident Response $125K/yr

[#21] Retainer/rapid-response budget for leaks, FOIA, legal counsel and PR countermeasures.

Mnestic Treatment Consumables $100K/yr

[#6] Per-treatment consumables and staff time for attempted mnestic procedures (partially wasted due to ineffectiveness).

Program Management $100K/yr

[#28] Program manager(s), accounting, audit and overhead for Site-47 SCP-7895 program.

Annual Event Costs $75K/yr

[#10] Venue rental, catering, entertainment and props for the annual June 25 gathering (medium-scale budget).

Crawler Hosting And Maintenance $72K/yr

[#2] Cloud compute, API quotas, rate-limit handling, updates and routine bug fixes for the crawler.

Local Surveillance Ops $40K/yr

[#15] Ongoing ops for Fallon local surveillance and leased vehicle ops.

Cybersecurity $35K/yr

[#22] SIEM, IDS, pen-testing and other protections for crawler results and contact databases.

Event Travel And Per Diem $25K/yr

[#11] Travel, lodging, overtime and per-diem for Foundation personnel staffing events.

Training $25K/yr

[#23] Annual training and tabletop exercises for analysts, field teams and event staff.

Vehicle Operations $20K/yr

[#25] Fuel, maintenance and lease/operating costs for the local transport fleet.

Secure Data Storage $18K/yr

[#3] Ongoing encrypted storage, egress, backups and cold archival operational costs.

Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr

[#24] Consumables for events (decor, uniforms, catering supplies, props) averaged per year.

Security And Medical Standby $15K/yr

[#17] Per-event contracted security/medic standby averaged annually.

Misc Admin $15K/yr

[#27] Misc admin, permits, community relations and small local payments.

Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr

[#14, #15] Ongoing property maintenance, utilities and minor facility upkeep for cover property and local surveillance infrastructure.

Cover Identity Maintenance $12K/yr

[#16] Ongoing legal/permit fees, small community donations and upkeep of cover identities.

Annual Physical Notifications $7K/yr

[#8] Design/printing/postage for annual mailed invitations (~500 recipients scaled).

Archival Upkeep $5K/yr

[#18] Climate control, cataloging and database upkeep for stored guest logs at Site-47.

D Class Event Costs $3K/yr

[#12] Incremental transport, supervision and security costs for D‑Class used at events.

Medical Forensic Consumables $3K/yr

[#26] Consumables for field medical/forensic kits.

Digital Notifications $2K/yr

[#9] Email/SMS campaign costs, domains and mail infrastructure.

Cover Story And Legal $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.9M/yr

89.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, research, annual event and contingency reserve maintained.

routine_operational_cycle annual_gathering ongoing_research

🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Small public exposure, targeted leak, or localized surge in locates requiring additional legal/PR/response and short-term surge field ops.

targeted_leak small_cluster_migration FOIA_or_local_inquiry

🚨 Mass Migration $8.9M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline

Significant number of affected individuals relocate to Fallon requiring activation of relocation contingency capital, covert housing purchases and elevated ops.

large_scale_relocation sudden_population_convergence escalating_public_visibility

👥 Personnel 5 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Analyst	3	3 FTE analysts to triage crawler hits, verify identities and prepare notices; primary component of staff_wages [#4].
Lead Custodian / Supervisor	1	Site-47 lead custodian allocation (half/full-time supervision to SCP-7895 operations) included in staff_wages allocation [#13].
Program Manager / Administrative Staff	1	Program management and reporting role (budgeted under program_management recurring costs) [#28].

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide line-item ranges and clear scope but many items (mass relocation, number of treatments, scale of events) are highly uncertain; mid-point estimates used where ranges given.

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