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SCP-7911 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7911
Expected annual
$4.3M
One-time setup
$7.5M
Annual recurring
$4.2M
Personnel
23
One-time capital requirements are substantial (~$7.54M) driven by containment contingency and initial field equipment; annual recurring costs are ~ $4.15M/yr driven primarily by field teams, specialist staff, sensor subscriptions, legal/public-suppression retainers and reserve replenishment.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.5M
Facilities $5.1M
[#26, #20] Containment facility construction contingency (escalator) and isolation suite retrofit.
Equipment $1.1M
[#3, #5, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #15, #22, #29] Vehicles & trailers, unmanned aerial systems, remote-sensing/GPR/LiDAR kit, field sensors, PPE kits, mobile staging units, power generation hardware, communications hardware, secure IT hardware, document-handling hardware, site surveillance deployment, sample-storage/freezer equipment.
Emergency Reserve Initial $1.0M
[#27] Initial emergency/escalation reserve fund to enable rapid response, bribes/permits/urgent contracting.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#19] Internal BSL-2 laboratory setup for initial forensic/anomalous sample analysis (BSL-3 noted as much higher and optional).
Legal And Takedown Initial $100K
[#16] Initial legal/public-affairs / takedown strategy/setup costs.
Training Development Initial $50K
[#21] Initial development of training courses (confined-space rescue, memetic-safety modules, instructor fees).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#1, #2, #14, #23, #20, #22] Program management and overhead, two 6-person field reconnaissance teams, cognito/memetic research specialists, GIS/analysis staff, medical staff retention and monitoring analysts.
Containment Facility Operations $1.0M/yr
[#26] If containment is required, ongoing operations estimate (lower-bound annual ops: security, HVAC, specialized staff).
Emergency Reserve Replenish $500K/yr
[#27] Annual target replenish for the emergency/escalation reserve fund.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#16, #28] Legal/PR retainer and public-information suppression/disinformation operations.
Research And Monitoring $215K/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #19] Sensor and UAS maintenance, satellite imagery/archive access, geophysics calibration, outsourced forensic/sample analysis budget.
Containment Readiness Retainers $150K/yr
[#30] Retainers for structural engineers, hazardous-material removal teams, heavy-lift contractors for rapid mobilization.
Logistics And Transport $145K/yr
[#4, #11, #17, #25] Vehicle maintenance & fuel, field power fuel/maintenance, local liaison/permits/contractors, short-term expedition travel/lodging/per-diems.
Insurance And Liability $75K/yr
[#24] Insurance, liability and workers' compensation premiums for hazardous fieldwork.
Humint Budget $60K/yr
[#18] Informant payments, lead rewards, local HUMINT retainers.
Supplies And Consumables $55K/yr
[#8, #9, #15, #20] Consumables and calibration for field sensors, PPE replacements and filters, redaction/printing consumables, medical consumables.
Training Refresher $40K/yr
[#21] Recurring refresher training and certification exercises (hazmat, memetic-safety, rescue).
Secure It Maintenance $20K/yr
[#13] Maintenance, secure backups, and hardened-system upkeep for air-gapped servers and tamper-evident storage.
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#29] Power/maintenance for sample custody/freezer and secure archive upkeep.
Communications Services $10K/yr
[#12] Satellite service, encrypted comms subscriptions and airtime.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.2M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year focused on discovery/scouting with no major incidents or construction.
routine scouting missions regular analysis and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $4.7M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring extra mobilization, additional outsourced forensics and temporary surge staffing.
single-site mass disappearance urgent forensic analysis and extra deployments
🚨 Major Breach $6.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant breach/incident requiring extensive emergency response, large-scale legal and suppression actions.
widespread public exposure multi-site emergency response
🚨 Containment Required $10.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
SCP located and requires construction of a dedicated containment facility and ramp-up of operations.
discovery of anomaly requiring engineered containment escalation from discovery to permanent containment
👥 Personnel 23 total
Role Count Notes
Program Director / Executive Staff 1 [#1] Senior program manager (salary included in program overhead).
Administrative Staff 1 [#1] Operations coordinator / accounting and administrative overhead.
Field Recon Operators / MTF Agents 12 [#2] Two on-call 6-person reconnaissance teams (operators, medic, tech, local guide).
Cognitohazard / Memetics Specialists 4 [#14] Dedicated memetic research/trainers to develop safe protocols and countermeasures.
Research Scientist / GIS Analyst 2 [#23] Imagery, LiDAR and GPR analysis staff; GIS processing (staff included in recurring analytic budget).
Medical Officer 2 [#20] Medics on-call; medevac retainer and medical response capability.
Monitoring Analyst 1 [#22] Surveillance monitoring and data-logging analyst for fixed-site sensors.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude with many ranged inputs and contingency items; SCP properties and required containment approach remain uncertain, so cost projections have low confidence.
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