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SCP-8126 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8126
Expected annual
$4.8M
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$4.5M
Personnel
11
Initial setup estimated at roughly $1.14M driven by lab/server buildout, RF‑shielding, and initial R&D/software development; recurring annual costs are ~ $4.48M driven by staff wages, MTF readiness, legal/PR/takedown budgets, monitoring and long‑term R&D.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K
[#10, #19] Forensic digital lab buildout and initial R&D/software development: forensic workstations, disk imagers, licenseable forensic tool purchases (initial), and initial custom containment/detection software development.
Contingency Uplift $190K
[#29] One‑time contingency uplift (applied as ~20% of one‑time subtotal to cover procurement premiums, classified contracting, and unknown SCP‑specific work).
Facilities $150K
[#2, #5, #6] Construction and structural work: RF‑shielded room / Faraday cage, HVAC/cooling installation, mantrap/physical security installation and structural modifications for containment.
Equipment $130K
[#1, #4, #11, #12, #25] Hardware purchases: dedicated containment server rack and virtualization host, air‑gap/filtered I/O appliances, initial honeypot/test device pool, secure evidence storage hardware, and initial logging/archival hardware.
Power Infrastructure $70K
[#3] UPS and backup generator purchase & installation (one‑time capital costs for uninterrupted power infrastructure).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.5M/yr
Staff Wages $885K/yr
[#7, #8, #9] Salaries and benefits for on‑site systems administration (1.5 FTE coverage), head researcher + research team, and site security staff (guards covering shifts).
Mtf Readiness $600K/yr
[#9] MTF specialized team budget (training, equipment, readiness premiums) to support rapid response for breaches.
Contingency Uplift $585K/yr
[#29] Recurring contingency (~15% of recurring subtotal) to cover inflation, procurement premiums, classified contracting overhead, and unforeseen SCP‑specific costs.
Cover Story And Legal $450K/yr
[#14, #17] Legal retainer, takedown operations, and ongoing public cover/PR budgets for plausible explanations and small‑scale disinformation efforts.
Long Term R And D $400K/yr
[#28] Multi‑year R&D for detection/neutralization tech, prototyping, and grants to reduce future containment burden.
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#13] Continuous web/social monitoring tool subscriptions and analyst staffing for 24/7 triage and takedown coordination.
Amnestics And Medical $200K/yr
[#15] Medical staff, clinical facilities, drugs and aftercare for administering amnestics and psychological follow‑up.
Civilian Awareness Control $200K/yr
[#23] Victim support, travel/lodging, counseling, and hush payments to manage civilian awareness and legal exposure.
Insurance And Reserve $200K/yr
[#21] Annual premiums and contribution toward catastrophe/reserve funds for large incidents and potential liabilities.
External Coordination $150K/yr
[#22] Contracts, MOUs, and paid emergency coordination with ISPs/platforms and third‑party partners for takedown and emergency cooperation.
Logistics And Transport $125K/yr
[#16] Field response fleet/vehicle maintenance, travel and secure transport, and portable containment equipment amortized per year.
Containment Policy Compliance $100K/yr
[#26] Administrative overhead: SOP maintenance, audits, oversight committees, and documentation/redaction workflows.
Red Team $75K/yr
[#24] Periodic adversarial penetration tests and external infosec engagements to probe containment weaknesses.
Supplies And Consumables $66K/yr
[#11, #12, #18, #25] Device refresh/disposal budget, evidence management operational costs, e‑waste/sterilization contract, and small recurring hardware consumables for telemetry hardware.
Training And Drills $50K/yr
[#20] Staff and MTF training exercises, breach simulations, and cross‑agency briefings.
Emergency Escalation Activation $50K/yr
[#27] Budget for occasional activation costs when coordinating public‑safety actions or ISP shutdowns during major events.
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#3, #5, #6] Annual maintenance of UPS/generator, HVAC/cooling servicing, and physical security system maintenance/monitoring contracts.
Forensic Licenses $15K/yr
[#10] Annual license and update fees for forensic software/tools (FTK, Cellebrite equivalents, etc.).
Telemetry Storage And Archival $8K/yr
[#25] Ongoing costs for secure logging, archival storage, offline backups and WORM storage maintenance.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.5M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major containment incidents — regular operations, monitoring, staff wages, and planned R&D continue.
no breach routine monitoring planned R&D and training
🚨 Minor Incident $4.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized breach or public mention requiring per‑incident field response, targeted takedowns, limited amnesticization and PR response.
isolated breach public posting requiring takedown single deployment field response
🚨 Major Breach $16.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Widespread public exposure or mass infection requiring large‑scale search/seizure, mass amnesticization, litigation, and extended PR and reserve drawdown.
mass public spread legal/judicial challenges mass amnesticization campaigns
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Systems Administrator / IT 2 [#7] On‑site and on‑call sysadmin coverage (1.5 FTE coverage approximated across 2 staff).
Research Scientist 4 [#8] Head researcher + 3 researchers for study, test planning, and approvals.
Security Officer / Guard 4 [#9] Site security staff to cover shifts for the containment room (4 guards assumed for baseline staffing rotation).
Administrative Staff 1 [#26] Administrative/oversight support for SOPs, audits, and redaction workflows (budgeted within staff wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide many explicit line items and realistic ranges, enabling a reasoned mid‑range estimate; uncertainty remains in breach frequency/severity, long‑term R&D scope, and contingency sizing, so confidence is medium.
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