SCP-8388 — SCP-8388 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-8388 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-8388

Expected annual

$10.3M

One-time setup

$6.2M

Annual recurring

$10.2M

Personnel

Initial capital and buildout costs are approximately $6.17M driven by secure chambers, a memetics lab, vehicles, and surveillance/software development; recurring annual operations are large (~$10.21M/yr) dominated by MTF standing budget, isolation operations, and ongoing research/monitoring.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.2M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.0M

[#11] Build/upgrade of memetics/neuropsych lab (secure, imaging-capable).

Surveillance Build $1.0M

[#14] Buildout of CCTV/social-media monitoring capability and infrastructure.

Emergency Reserve Initial $1.0M

[#18] Initial contingency/reserve fund for emergency containment and rapid response.

Development Memetic Software $700K

[#12] One-time development of memetic-filtering/NLP detectors and redaction tools.

Facilities $650K

[#1] Construction/retrofit of 4 enhanced humanoid containment chambers per note #1.

Vehicles Purchase $300K

[#4] Purchase and upfit of minimum two dedicated secure containment/transport vehicles.

Decommissioning $200K

[#29] Estimated decommissioning/remediation costs if containment ends.

Equipment $114K

[#2, #3] One-way communication hardware, secure printers/scanners/tablets and one-way observation windows (per-cell installs).

Communications Setup One Time $80K

[#13] Initial setup costs for communications training program materials, scripts, and compliance systems.

Secure Recordkeeping One Time $50K

[#15] One-time upgrades for memetic-safe documentation systems and templates.

Sanitization Tools One Time $37K

[#19] One-time purchase of automated redaction, shredders, secure incineration hardware and other sanitization equipment.

Data Storage One Time $30K

[#25] One-time secure archive, air-gapped backup hardware and initial encryption infrastructure.

Behavioral Ppe One Time $8K

[#20] One-time procurement of laminated cue cards, pre-approved templates, temporary suppression devices and signage.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.2M/yr

Mtf Budget $3.5M/yr

[#5] Standing budget for MTF Eta-50 (training, equipment, deployments, rotational pay; 10–20 operators).

Isolation Quarantine Operational $1.5M/yr

[#9] Operational costs for extended isolation/quarantine (staffing, food, utilities) approximated for expected caseload.

Staff Wages $1.0M/yr

[#6] Annual salaries and benefits for containment wing staff (6 guards, 2 medics, 4 researchers/technicians, 2 custodial/support).

Long Term Care $700K/yr

[#10] Long-term institutional care for treatment-resistant SCP-8388-1 cases.

Surveillance Operation $550K/yr

[#14] Ongoing monitoring, analyst staffing, and data processing for public detection programs.

Research And Monitoring $500K/yr

[#11] Annual operating costs to staff and run memetics/neuropsych lab (research staff, analysis, imaging access).

Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr

[#17] Annual baseline cover-up, PR, legal liaison, coordination with local authorities and related costs.

Medical Diagnostics $250K/yr

[#23] fMRI/EEG/lab diagnostics budget for confirmation, tracking and study of cases.

Emergency Fund Replenishment $200K/yr

[#18] Annual replenishment budget to maintain rapid-response contingency funds after usage.

Incident Investigation $200K/yr

[#24] Annual incident investigation and forensic budget to support cluster responses.

Software Maintenance $175K/yr

[#12] Ongoing maintenance, data costs, and model updates for memetic-filtering and NLP detectors.

Liability Insurance $175K/yr

[#27] Insurance, liability coverage and personnel replacement costs for injuries, claims, and attrition.

Psychological Care $150K/yr

[#8] Ongoing therapy, counseling and monitoring for exposed or affected personnel.

Info Security $150K/yr

[#21] Information security, insider-threat monitoring and auditing systems/staff.

Consumables Isolated Patients $150K/yr

[#22] Food, medication, and hygiene consumables for isolated patients (per caseload estimate).

Partner Training $150K/yr

[#26] Training programs and outreach for cooperating agencies (law enforcement, hospitals).

Amnestic Treatments $110K/yr

[#16] Cost of amnestic administrations and associated medical staff/follow-up (50–200 treatments scale estimate).

Weekly Memetic Screening $104K/yr

[#7] Weekly memetic resistance screening costs for assigned personnel (clinician time, testing materials).

Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr

[#1] Ongoing upkeep and minor repairs for enhanced containment wing and associated infrastructure.

Logistics And Transport $50K/yr

[#4] General transport/logistics costs (fleet operations beyond dedicated vehicle maintenance).

Utilities $48K/yr

[#28] Power, HVAC, servers and general utilities for containment wing.

Communications Training $45K/yr

[#13] Recurring refresher training, compliance audits, and program delivery costs.

Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr

[#30] Administrative consumables, secure paper, envelopes, background checks and miscellaneous small purchases.

Admin Overhead $30K/yr

[#30] Administrative overhead and miscellaneous annual supplies.

Secure Recordkeeping Maintenance $20K/yr

[#15] Annual maintenance and secure review costs for memetic-safe documentation systems.

Vehicle Maintenance $20K/yr

[#4] Annual maintenance, fuel and operations for containment/transport vehicles.

Sanitization Consumables $15K/yr

[#19] Consumables and maintenance for sanitization tools and automated redaction systems.

Data Storage Recurring $15K/yr

[#25] Ongoing secure storage, encrypted backups and archival maintenance costs.

Ppe Replacement $3K/yr

[#20] Replacement and refresh of behavioral PPE, cue cards, and signage.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.2M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine containment, MTF patrols, research, and expected caseload.

no major breaches expected caseload levels routine MTF deployments

🚨 Minor Incident $10.7M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Localized exposure cluster requiring additional amnestics, investigations, temporary surge isolation and heightened public cover efforts.

small public cluster localized breach during retrieval

🚨 Major Breach $13.2M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline

Significant public incident or large-scale transmission cluster requiring mass amnesticization, large emergency deployments, and major cover operations.

large public outbreak MTF engagement escalation high-profile exposure requiring significant cover

👥 Personnel 14 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer	6	[#6] Guards assigned to dedicated containment wing as specified in note #6.
Medical Officer	2	[#6] Medics for patient care and isolation staffing.
Research Scientist	4	[#6, #11] Researchers/technicians assigned to containment wing and memetics lab.
Custodial / Support	2	[#6, #30] Custodial and support staff for operations and patient logistics.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are built from explicit line-item ranges in analyst notes but rely on uncertain epidemiology (memetic transmission), caseload assumptions, and variable MTF tempo; reasonable midpoints used where ranges existed.

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