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SCP-8379 Conscientia ~ medium confidence
SCP-8379
Expected annual
$22.1M
One-time setup
$20.9M
Annual recurring
$21.1M
Personnel
25
Initial capital costs are dominated by secure research/hardware and an initial R&D/legal reserve (~$21M one-time). Annual operations are driven by large-scale information control, legal/PR operations and response teams (~$21M/year baseline).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $20.9M
Long Term Rnd Capital $10.0M
[#17] Upfront capital for a scaled long-term R&D program into safe simulation primitives / counter-technology (multi-year project initial capital).
Equipment $4.7M
[#9, #13, #10] One-time purchase of isolated compute clusters/hardened VMs (#9), initial medical-monitoring hardware (#13) and rapid-response equipment/vehicles/containment kits (#10).
Litigation Reserve Initial $2.8M
[#16] Initial litigation reserve / insurance pool to defend against exposure and legal actions.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.6M
[#7] Secure research & containment lab buildout and lab-specific instrumentation for safe study of SCP-8379 phenomena.
Facilities $750K
[#18] Secure physical storage construction and facility modifications for seized hardware (incl. chain-of-custody and destruction infrastructure).
Central Disinformation Development $625K
[#1] Creative development, memetic specialists, covert PR firm and foundational narrative materials (whitepapers, op-eds, training modules).
Fake Publication Library Initial $350K
[#14] Initial creation and seeding of plausible peer-reviewed-looking references and archival materials.
Legal Strategy Setup $150K
[#5] Initial setup for covert intervention budget: legal strategy, lobbyist retainers and administrative suppression planning.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $21.1M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $6.8M/yr
[#2, #5, #14, #15, #16, #20] Media placement and ongoing seeding (#2), covert intervention recurring operations (#5), public records/library maintenance (#14), whistleblower suppression/compensation fund (#15), litigation reserve replenishment/insurance (#16), and crisis PR retainer (#20).
Logistics And Transport $3.1M/yr
[#10, #8] Rapid-response team annual readiness/operations (#10) and clinical treatment / emergency response contracts and retainers with hospitals and psychiatric units (#8).
Long Term Rnd Program $3.0M/yr
[#17] Recurring multi-year R&D program costs for safe modeling/neutralization research (senior researchers, advanced compute, grants).
Staff Wages $2.8M/yr
[#12] Ongoing payroll for cognitive/psych researchers, memetic mitigation officers, intelligence analysts, digital forensics and ops staff (team ~15–40).
Research And Monitoring $2.2M/yr
[#3, #4, #11, #19] Academic/technical monitoring unit (#3), cyber-intel and threat-hunting tooling and contractors (#4), event/mass-distress monitoring (#11), and internal vetting/continuous monitoring (#19).
Facilities Maintenance $1.9M/yr
[#7, #9, #18] Annual operating costs for secure lab (#7), server electricity/colocation and maintenance (#9), and secure storage operations (#18).
Technical Countermeasures $1.1M/yr
[#6] Contracts/payments to cloud providers, HPC vendors and data-centre operators for workload flagging, logging and vendor agreements (also includes clandestine vendor compensation where used).
Supplies And Consumables $175K/yr
[#13] Consumables, EEG/fMRI rental/operation, biometric sensors, PPE and pharmaceuticals for emergency interventions and routine lab work.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $21.1M/yr
78.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; ongoing information-control, monitoring and readiness activities only.
no significant leaks routine monitoring no major litigation or mass incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $22.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized exposure or whistleblower event requiring emergency PR, targeted legal action and additional rapid-response activity.
small-scale leak single-site experimental exposure targeted whistleblower disclosure
🚨 Major Breach $31.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Widespread exposure or legal action (mass disclosure, seized hardware, major litigation) requiring large settlements, emergency medical response and extended operations.
large-scale public disclosure hardware seizure or publicized experiment class-action or high-profile litigation
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $41.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Decision to aggressively pursue safe counter-technology or politically-driven large-scale regulatory actions, requiring immediate major investment and capital deployment.
policy decision to scale R&D major funding for neutralization tech international regulatory campaign
👥 Personnel 25 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 8 [#12] Cognitive/psych researchers and senior scientists covered by staff wages.
Memetics Officer 5 [#12] Memetic mitigation officers and content designers included in payroll.
Intelligence Analyst 4 [#12] Analysts for monitoring, signal triage and threat assessment.
Digital Forensics 3 [#12] Forensics and cyber-response specialists within payroll.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#12] Security personnel assigned to containment-related tasks (non-deployed rapid-response roles).
Administrative Staff 2 [#12] Program administration and legal/contract management staff.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling a reasoned estimate, but many items are intentionally covert, highly variable and scale-dependent (vendor bribery, litigation exposure, R&D ambition), producing moderate uncertainty in point estimates.
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