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SCP-8017 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8017
Expected annual
$3.6M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$3.4M
Personnel
14
One-time setup and construction are mid-six-figure (~$1.5M total) driven by containment construction, specialized EM/shielding and R&D; recurring annual costs are dominated by personnel, contingency/reserve funding, and incident-response/containment reserves (~$3.43M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Facilities $525K
[#1, #2, #11] Secure containment room construction and standard humanoid containment cell buildout, plus HVAC/environmental control installation.
Containment Upgrade Reserve $500K
[#29] One-time reserve for potential containment upgrade/relocation if game behaviour evolves.
Memetic Protection R And D $150K
[#28] R&D for memetic-protection filters, viewing protocols and prototype PPE.
Equipment $116K
[#6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #12] Remote-supervision hardware, solar array & battery install, generator purchase, UPS units, hardware kill-switches, and spare hardware procurement.
Initial Legal And Coordination $100K
[#22] Initial legal/diplomatic coordination, evidence custody transfer and one-time cover-story setup costs.
Policy And Sop Development $50K
[#25] Containment policy, SOP writing, initial training materials and tabletop exercise development.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $35K
[#13] Secure offline forensic and development workstations and initial lab buildout for digital forensics and sandboxing.
Secure Transport Relocation $20K
[#23] Secure international pickup/transport of original CPU and devices from discovery scene.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.4M/yr
Contingency Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#27] Annual allocation to an emergency reserve for worst-case outbreak response (mass amnestics, large MTF deployments, mortuary services, international coordination).
Staff Wages $990K/yr
[#3, #14, #15] 24/7 armed guard staffing (6 guards), research team salaries (lead, researchers, engineer, psychologist, technician) and security/IT personnel.
D Class Provisioning $375K/yr
[#5] Costs for maintaining a rotating D-class pool for maintenance: housing, medical screening, supervision, transport, and admin overhead.
Cyber Takedown Reserve $300K/yr
[#17] Budget reserve for takedowns, covert retrievals, amnestic administration and travel for discovered copies.
Backup Response Force $275K/yr
[#4] Dedicated rapid-response/MTF-ready backup team costs (staffing, vehicle, ammunition, training, fuel/maintenance).
Research And Monitoring $230K/yr
[#13, #16, #19, #20, #21] Web-crawling/monitoring infrastructure, baseline forensic project budget, data storage/archival, and staff psychological/medical support.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#22, #26] Legal retainer, liaison costs and media/PR retainer for routine cover operations.
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#8, #23, #24] Ongoing transport, courier contracts, and baseline evidence handling/destruction logistics (does not include incident-driven large ops).
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#12, #30] Routine consumables and replacement parts (PPE, batteries, consumable camera media, cabling replacements).
Secure Evidence Destruction Budget $20K/yr
[#24] Recurring budget for forensic imaging, destruction or secure long-term storage of seized devices.
Policy Training And Drills $20K/yr
[#25] Annual refresher training, tabletop exercises and SOP refreshers.
Facilities Maintenance $15K/yr
[#1, #11] Maintenance, certification and servicing for containment room, RF shielding and HVAC systems.
Amnestic Supply And Admin $15K/yr
[#18] Baseline budget for pharmaceuticals, medical admin and travel for limited civilian amnestic treatments.
Forensic Analysis Projects $10K/yr
[#19] Ongoing per-project forensic analysis budget (imaging, reverse-engineering, specialist contractors averaged over time).
Memetic Protection Maintenance $10K/yr
[#28] Maintenance, production and minor procurement for memetic-protection PPE/filters post R&D.
Generator Fuel And Maintenance $6K/yr
[#8] Ongoing fuel rotation, load-testing and maintenance for backup generator.
Remote Supervision Maintenance $5K/yr
[#6] Annual maintenance and support for one-way/optically-isolated streaming and capture hardware.
Solar And Battery Maintenance $3K/yr
[#7] Annual maintenance and minor replacement for solar array and battery storage.
Ups Replacement Amortized $2K/yr
[#9] Amortized UPS battery replacement / power-conditioning upkeep.
Hardware Spares Replacement $2K/yr
[#12] Occasional replacement of identical spare CPU/peripherals.
Kill Switch Testing $1K/yr
[#10] Annual testing and maintenance of hardware kill-switch systems and relays.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.4M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with ongoing monitoring, staffing, maintenance, and baseline reserves but no major incidents.
no_detected_large_propagation routine_maintenance_and_monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $3.7M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Small online copy or a handful of physical copies detected requiring takedown, limited field retrievals, and targeted amnestic administrations.
detected_copy_online small_physical_copy_recovery limited_amnestic_administrations
🚨 Major Breach $5.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant propagation event or serious containment failure requiring mass retrieval, relocation/upgrade of containment, extended MTF deployments and large-scale amnestic campaigns.
multiple_physical_seizures_required mass_exposure_or_propagation containment_upgrade/relocation_needed
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $18.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Widespread uncontrolled propagation or mass-casualty event necessitating international emergency response, long-term public cover operations, mass amnestics and multi-million-dollar remediation.
global_or_national_propagation mass_casualties extended_media_exposure
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#3] Two guards on-post 24/7 requiring 3 shifts (6 active personnel).
Lead Researcher 1 [#14] Senior lead researcher overseeing experiments and containment policy.
Research Scientist 2 [#14] Research staff for analysis, experiments and software reverse-engineering.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#14] Systems/software engineer to manage hardware and isolation systems.
Medical Officer / Psychologist 1 [#14, #21] Psychologist/medical staff for staff screening and incident care.
Technician 1 [#14] Lab/containment technician for daily operations and D-class supervision.
Security/IT Personnel 2 [#15] Cybersecurity and network specialists maintaining air-gap integrity and monitoring for exfiltration.
📋 Confidence Notes
Core containment and staffing needs are well-specified in analyst notes (medium confidence). Significant uncertainty remains in incident frequency/severity, memetic R&D outcomes, and the scale/cost of large-scale takedown or outbreak responses (hence not high confidence).
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