SCP-8190 — SCP-8190 | Cost Breakdown

Read on SCP Wiki ↗

SCP-8190 IMPERATIVE ~ medium confidence

SCP-8190

Expected annual

$4.6M

One-time setup

$29.2M

Annual recurring

$4.5M

Personnel

Immediate recommended one-time setup (including secure vault retrofit, instrumentation, software hardening and backups) totals ~$29.2M (with a $25M strategic relocation reserve). Recurring annual costs are ~ $4.48M/yr driven primarily by research staffing, security, amnestic operations and ongoing monitoring/administration.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $29.2M

Strategic Relocation Reserve $25.0M

[#24] Long-term catastrophic contingency reserve for relocation or rebuild of core operations (order-of-magnitude reserve).

Facilities $1.2M

[#2] Vault retrofit: permanent high-security memetic/radiation vault, shielding, HVAC, interlocks, monitoring sensors.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K

[#5] Specialized instrumentation and lab equipment for memetic and Akiva analysis (EEG/fMRI access, sensors, hermetic test chambers).

Offsite Backups Setup $400K

[#6] Air-gapped, geographically separate backups setup (physical and digital cold storage, secure transport, chain-of-custody).

Aims Software Isolation Development $350K

[#7] One-time AIMS code audit and hardened sandboxing development and emergency rollback mechanism.

Retrieval And Transport $250K

[#1] Secure retrieval and transport of the First Edition handbook: memetic-mitigated handling team, sealed transport case, temporary isolation room, specialist handlers.

Aims Monitoring Hardware Setup $250K

[#12] Continuous monitoring and alarm network hardware/setup for AIMS consensus nodes (real-time integrity hardware, tamper sensors).

Amnestic Suite Setup $200K

[#8] Secure medical suite setup for involuntary amnestic program, drug stockpile and monitoring infrastructure.

Akiva Shielding And Ppe $200K

[#14] One-time shielding and PPE purchases for Akiva radiation mitigation.

Forensic Records Recovery Initial $200K

[#16] One-time intensive forensic records recovery and reconstruction initial phase.

Handbook Redaction And Legal Drafting $150K

[#10] Redrafting, redaction and legal vetting of internal employee handbook(s) to neutralize dangerous passages.

Poi Initial Testing And Legal $100K

[#9] Initial testing/legal expenses for PoI-8190 (James A. Harkness).

Handbook Audit And Quarantine $100K

[#11] Audit, cataloguing and formal quarantine of all handbook copies and derived documents (forensic searches, scanning, secure archival systems).

Secure Disposal Capability $100K

[#20] Secure disposal / decommissioning capability reserve (controlled incineration, memetic neutralization protocols).

Construct Containment Setup $50K

[#13] Construct containment protocols and initial containment cells/monitoring setup for facsimile employees.

Access Control Workflow Tools $50K

[#17] One-time Access-control administration workflow tools and SR-01 processing tooling.

Equipment $0

[]

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.5M/yr

Staff Wages $3.2M/yr

[#3, #4, #7, #8, #12, #13, #15, #17] Security staffing (8 guards), dedicated research team, ongoing AIMS support/dev, amnestic program staffing and treatments, AIMS/SOC staffing, construct monitoring, incident response team, and access-control admin wages.

Poi Housing And Monitoring $300K/yr

[#9] Recurring housing, security and continuous monitoring costs for PoI-8190.

Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr

[#21] Legal, cover-up and external non-disclosure management, indemnities and selective amnestic settlements.

Research And Monitoring $150K/yr

[#16] Ongoing forensic records recovery and reconstruction investigations/maintenance.

Insurance Reserve $150K/yr

[#23] Insurance-equivalent reserve and liability contingency funding allocation.

Facilities Maintenance $140K/yr

[#6, #19] Offsite backups maintenance/rotation and increased energy/facility operating cost for vault HVAC, servers and monitoring.

Interdepartmental Overhead $120K/yr

[#22] Interdepartmental coordination overhead, classified administration and restricted briefings.

Psych Support Program $100K/yr

[#18] Psychological support, counseling, retraining and employee safety programs.

Akiva Health Monitoring $80K/yr

[#14] Periodic health screening, dosimetry, bioassays and occupational safety monitoring for Akiva exposure.

Handbook Updates And Distribution $50K/yr

[#10] Annual updates, redactions and controlled distribution of neutralized handbook materials.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

[]

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

[]

Aims Monitoring Staffing And Licenses $0/yr

[]

Construct Monitoring And Energy $0/yr

[]

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.5M/yr

89.9% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; only routine recurring costs are incurred.

no_breach routine_operations regular_monitoring

🚨 Minor Incident $4.8M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Localized memetic/administrative incident requiring increased amnestic use, overtime, targeted forensic recovery and legal work.

limited_handbook_exposure small_scale_aims_anomaly targeted_forensics

🚨 Major Breach $9.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Significant AIMS compromise or widespread handbook propagation requiring large amnestic campaigns, major forensic reconstruction and external legal costs.

AIMS_compromise widespread_handbook_propagation mass_forensic_reconstruction

🚨 Site Relocation Required $29.5M/yr

0.1% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline

Systemic breach requiring partial or full relocation/rebuild of Site-19 operations and population (utilizes strategic relocation reserve).

systemic_AIMS_failure uncontrollable_propagation strategic_relocation

👥 Personnel 41 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	[#3] Round-the-clock armed security staffing (8 guards × ~$60k/yr).
Senior Researcher	4	[#4] Senior research staff (part of dedicated memetics/research team).
Junior Researcher	6	[#4] Junior research staff (part of dedicated memetics/research team).
Memetics Lead	1	[#4] Senior memetics lead (specialist role within research team).
Infosec Specialist	1	[#4] Dedicated infosec specialist on research/staffing roster.
Research Admin / Support	1	[#4] Administrative/support staff allocated to research team duties.
Medical Officer / Amnestic Staff	4	[#8] Medical staff for involuntary amnestic program and treatments (included in recurring amnestic program operations).
Engineer / AIMS DevOps	2	[#7] AIMS software isolation development and ongoing support staff.
SOC Analyst / AIMS Monitoring	3	[#12] SOC/dedicated monitoring staff for AIMS integrity and licenses (staffing component).
Incident Response Team Member	6	[#15] Rapid-reaction team (on-call cross-departmental staffing and travel readiness).
Construct Monitor / Containment Technician	4	[#13] Monitoring staff for facsimile constructs (notional monitoring; ~4 constructs @ ~$30k each).
Administrative Staff (Access-control)	1	[#17] Administrative staff to process SR-01 and access workflows.

📋 Confidence Notes

Line-item estimates were provided in analyst notes, enabling a reasonable aggregation; several items (notably strategic relocation reserves, frequency of major breaches, and exact staffing splits) are order-of-magnitude or policy-dependent, so confidence is medium.

← SCP-8189 ↑ All SCPs SCP-8191 →