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SCP-8433 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8433
Expected annual
$1.0M
One-time setup
$740K
Annual recurring
$993K
Personnel
7
Initial capital/setup is approximately $740,000 driven primarily by software development, contingency reserve and research equipment; ongoing annual operations are roughly $993,000/year driven mainly by staff wages, research/monitoring and administrative/legal/PR costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $740K
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#21] Contingency/escalation reserve for rapid global action or emergency response.
Software Development $120K
[#1] Social-media/public-report ingestion system: one-off OSINT pipeline, NLP classifiers, API connectors, infra setup.
Equipment $75K
[#6] Research instrumentation (thermal cameras, PSG, low-light/ruggedized video, data acquisition).
Facilities $25K
[#5] Sleep-lab room conversion (light locks, soundproofing, minor electrical, mattress/table).
It Initial Hardening $10K
[#10] Initial IT hardening for classification handling and secure servers.
Initial Background Checks $8K
[#18] Initial personnel security/background investigations for project pool.
Archive Shelving Setup $2K
[#24] One-time shelving/setup for small physical archive.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $993K/yr
Staff Wages $565K/yr
[#3, #7] Analyst/triage team (3 × $75k = $225k) and research personnel (2 researchers $110k each + 2 techs $60k each = $340k).
Cover Story And Legal $80K/yr
[#14, #15] Legal/FOIA/public records response (~$50k/yr) plus public communications/PR (~$30k/yr).
Administrative Overhead $75K/yr
[#19] Project share of HR, payroll, compliance and site administration (~10–15% of payroll).
Research And Monitoring $70K/yr
[#2, #8] Monitoring hosting/compute/licensing (~$20k/yr) and human-subject recruitment/ethics/compliance (~$50k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#4] Field response budget for investigator deployments (50 follow-ups/yr × ~$1,000).
Public Health Studies $50K/yr
[#22] Commissioned epidemiological/public-health studies (~$50k/yr budgeted).
Multilingual Translation $20K/yr
[#20] Contractor translators and native analysts for non-English reports.
International Travel $20K/yr
[#23] International coordination travel & meetings with overseas partners.
It Audits And Maintenance $15K/yr
[#10] Annual penetration tests, audits and IT maintenance for classified project.
Partnerships And Grants $15K/yr
[#16] Grants/collaboration fees to local sleep clinics and hospitals (MOUs).
Insurance Liability $10K/yr
[#17] Liability insurance for human-subject testing and in-lab participants.
Equipment Calibration And Replacement $8K/yr
[#11] Calibration, maintenance and replacement fund (~10% of equipment capex).
Secure Data Storage $6K/yr
[#9] Secure encrypted storage and archival for video/thermal/EEG (10–30 TB active + cold backups).
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#12] Consumables and experiment supplies (blankets, disposable EEG leads, adhesives, cleaning).
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#13] Energy and facility overhead for night operations (electricity, HVAC).
Background Checks Ongoing $2K/yr
[#18] Ongoing background checks for new hires (estimated ~$1,500/yr).
Archive Storage Maintenance $500/yr
[#24] Annual storage/maintenance for small physical archive.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $993K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, research, and administrative activities; no major incidents or emergency reserve deployments.
routine monitoring scheduled research studies no public exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $1.2M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$220K vs baseline
Increased public attention or small localized exposure requiring extra legal/PR response, additional travel, and rapid commissioning of extra studies.
local media attention clustered reports small-scale public concern
🚨 Contingency Activation $1.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
Phenomenon changes behavior or spreads in a way that necessitates rapid global action and deployment of contingency reserve for emergency shelters, expanded research and public-safety coordination.
widespread public concern behavioral change memetic escalation
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Analyst / OSINT Analyst 3 [#3] Three full-time analysts for triage and tagging.
Research Scientist 2 [#7] Two researchers to run controlled experiments and analyze data.
Technician 2 [#7] Two technicians for equipment maintenance and data acquisition.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates derive directly from itemized analyst notes with specific line-item figures; staffing and recurring costs are relatively well-defined, but contingency, incident probabilities and exact infrastructure choices introduce uncertainty.
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