SCP-8487 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-8487
Expected annual
$6.0M
One-time setup
$12.1M
Annual recurring
$5.4M
Personnel
17
Initial one-time stand-up costs are approximately $11.82M driven primarily by a large emergency escrow/reserve and secure hardware/facility builds; ongoing annual operations are roughly $5.42M driven by MTF field operations, specialist staff wages, and continuous monitoring/legal/PR efforts.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $12.1M
Emergency Escrow Reserve $10.0M
[#23] One-time seed emergency/contingency escrow to fund large-scale remediation if core destruction or wide incorporation occurs; sized conservatively above minimum seed.
Equipment $625K
[#3, #4, #5, #18, #26, #13] Secure SCP-8487-House terminal build, two backup air-gapped terminals and transfer kit, hardwired Delete actuator design/installation, on-site incinerator equipment (if selected), initial spares inventory, and cyber monitoring development (one-time development costs).
Covert Ops Reserve $500K
[#11] One-time reserve allocation for covert arrest/locator multi-operation needs as noted (initial seed/reserve for cross-border or high-cost ops).
Facilities $445K
[#1, #6, #15] Physical containment upgrades for Cell 14b (Faraday enclosure, anti-tamper doors), dedicated isolated circuit setup (one-time installation), and secure archival vault setup; costs reflect mid-range build/retrofit and vault setup estimates.
Cyber Monitoring Development $300K
[#13] One-time development costs for SCRIPT-detection platform, honeypots, and initial model development (separate from ongoing ops).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#12, #19] Initial research/modeling hardware and the buildout of a controlled hermetic testbed for deletion experiments and simulation; includes initial instruments and lab setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.4M/yr
Mtf Field Ops $1.5M/yr
[#10] Ongoing Mobile Task Force (MTF Phi-9) field operations, investigations, travel, safehouses, covert ops and sustained search efforts (regional->global scope variable).
Staff Wages $1.4M/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #12] Salaries+benefits for on-site guards (6 total), SCP-8487 attendants/technicians (2), dedicated security escalation/containment technicians (allocated partial team), and research team salary allocation (3–6 specialists aggregated).
Research And Monitoring $900K/yr
[#12, #13, #19, #30] Ongoing research expenses (experiments), cyber monitoring platform operations (cloud compute, analysts), controlled-testbed experiment budgets, and targeted infrastructure/SCADA monitoring programs.
Cover Story And Legal $700K/yr
[#20, #21, #22, #28] Ongoing legal takedowns, DMCA/SEO suppression and legal services, PR/disinformation budget, liaison agreements and platform cooperation costs, and regulatory/diplomatic mitigation budgeting.
Covert Ops Reserve $500K/yr
[#11] Recurring budgetary allocation for covert arrest/locator operations, extradition, liaison fees, or multi-operation activities (annual reserve).
Site Overhead Allocation $200K/yr
[#24] Pro-rated Site 92 overhead, utilities, perimeter and admin allocation for dedicated containment space.
Facilities Maintenance $125K/yr
[#2, #6, #14, #15, #29] Monthly EM integrity testing and corrective maintenance, annual isolated-power maintenance, external penetration testing/supplier vetting allocation, vault annual operations, and amortized shielding/component lifecycle replacements.
Supplies And Consumables $59K/yr
[#17, #18, #26, #27] Consumables and specialized clothing procurement/laundering, ongoing contract/on-site disposal operations, annual IT spare refresh, and offline record-keeping materials.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#16] Secure courier/armored transport retainer and per-transfer costs for routine backup movements.
Psychological Screening $30K/yr
[#25] Routine psychological screening, counseling, recruitment and retraining costs to mitigate turnover and exposure risk.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.4M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major containment incidents; routine operations, monitoring, staff wages and maintenance only.
no_incident routine_monitoring regular_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $6.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Localized SG event or limited containment breach requiring emergency response, increased legal/PR activity, and short-term MTF deployment.
localized_SG_event limited_containment_breach minor_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $30.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or core destruction leading to widespread electronic incorporation or international exposure requiring mass takedowns and major remediation.
core_destruction widespread_electronic_incorporation international_exposure
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent (on-site guards) 6 [#7] Six guards to cover 24/7 two-person minimum presence (3 shifts). Salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist / Technician (attendants) 2 [#8] One to two specialist attendants/technicians assigned to SCP-8487-House for monitoring, tests and Delete procedures; mid-range assumed.
Research Scientist (dedicated research team) 4 [#12] Dedicated research group (linguists, computational info-theory, archaeologists) aggregated as 3–6 specialists; mid-range used and salaries included in staff_wages.
Security / Containment Technicians (escalation/on-call) 5 [#9] Rapid-response containment technicians and armed escalation team (on-call allocation reflected in staff_wages estimates).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates draw from wide ranges in the analyst notes (many line items present large uncertain ranges, and SCP is uncontained/unknown class); MTF/field operations and contingency costs are especially uncertain, so overall confidence is low.
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