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SCP-8656 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8656
Expected annual
$7.9M
One-time setup
$13.3M
Annual recurring
$7.6M
Personnel
61
Initial one-time setup is approximately $13,275,000 driven by containment hardware, a recommended catastrophic reserve, and software/integration costs. Ongoing annual costs are approximately $7,562,500/yr driven primarily by staffing (security, restaurant staff, research), incident contingency, and ongoing research/logistics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $13.3M
Catastrophic Capital Reserve $10.0M
[#23] Recommended capital reserve for catastrophic outcomes (minimum recommended allocation; conservative lower-bound chosen = $10,000,000 one-time).
Initial Vetting Rollout $1.0M
[#4] Centralized administrative access control & initial clearance rollout (background checks provisioning for initial cohort) estimated at ~$1,000,000 one-time.
Equipment $875K
[#2, #15, #16, #14, #18, #9] Hardware and installed systems: CCTV/install per-doorway ($15k ×10 = $150k), entry/exit scanners ($40k ×10 = $400k), cross-universe vaulting hardware ($50k), tamper-proof takeout engineering ($75k), secure data storage hardware ($100k), secure incinerator ($100k).
Facilities $850K
[#1, #10] Structural/site work: reinforced doorway enclosures for SCP-8656-01 across N=10 major sites ($60k/doorway ×10 = $600k) and on-site kitchen buildout/structural fit ($250k assumed for central restaurant).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#8] Research lab build-out: secure wet lab / food science facility build-out for analyte testing, QA and containment instrumentation (~$300k one-time).
Cross Universe Currency Software $150K
[#16] Software development and integration for cross-universe currency handling, accounting & exchange protocols (~$150k one-time).
Memetic Module Production $50K
[#17] Production of memetic filters/training modules (~$50k one-time).
Amnestic Stockpile Setup $25K
[#7] Manufacture/stockpile setup for Class A amnestics (~$25k one-time).
Menu Documentation And Publication $25K
[#24] One-time secure recipe documentation and publishing (~$25k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.6M/yr
Staff Wages $4.5M/yr
[#3, #8, #12, #5, #25] Salaries and benefits: security staffing (4 guards/site ×10 sites incl. benefits ≈ $234k/site → $2,340,000), research scientists (4 @ $120k incl. overhead = $480,000), restaurant staff (≈10 staff @ $50k avg + 30% benefits = $650,000), medical staff (0.5 FTE/site → 5 FTE total @ ~$80k each = $400,000; included as $800k interpreted as salary-including-benefits total across sites), program manager + admin wages (two positions ≈ $200,000). Note: medical salary allocation included here per #5; see medical_monitoring_and_emergency_response for equipment amortization.
Incident Response And Contingency $1.0M/yr
[#19] Standing contingency/reserve and rapid-response capacity (~$1,000,000/yr baseline). Per-incident budgets scale beyond this reserve.
Research And Monitoring $450K/yr
[#8, #24, #18] Ongoing research costs: lab consumables/analytical overhead (~$200k/yr), menu R&D/creative costs (~$200k/yr), secure data storage maintenance & backups (~$50k/yr). Salaries for research staff are included under staff_wages.
Logistics And Transport $350K/yr
[#21, #9] Transport and secure courier baseline (~$150k/yr) plus anomalous waste disposal/transport (~$200k/yr operational).
Facilities Maintenance $252K/yr
[#2, #15, #10, #22] Ongoing maintenance: CCTV/logging storage & maintenance per-doorway (~$5k ×10 = $50k), exit-scanner calibration/consumables (~$8k ×10 = $80k), kitchen maintenance/cleaning supplies (~$22,500), incremental energy/utilities ($10k/site avg ×10 = $100k).
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#20] Cover-up, legal and PR retainer and operations (~$250k/yr baseline).
Supplies And Consumables $220K/yr
[#11] Consumables: ordinary foodstuffs (~$120k/yr) and allocation for controlled/anomalous components (~$100k/yr) for production of SCP-8656-04 menu items.
Medical Monitoring And Emergency Response $100K/yr
[#5] Medical equipment amortization, emergency medicines, decontamination gear and training (~$10k/site ×10 = $100k/yr). (Medical salaries included in staff_wages.)
Psychological Support And Rehab $100K/yr
[#6] Ongoing psychological support and temporal-effect rehabilitation (global minimum ~$100k/yr).
Access Control And Vetting $100K/yr
[#4] Ongoing rechecks, periodic vetting and administrative overhead for access control (~$100k/yr).
Takeout Materials And Processing $60K/yr
[#14] Per-container materials and processing/training (~$2–$10/container averaged to $50k materials + $10k training/processing = $60k/yr).
Currency Accounting And Analytics $50K/yr
[#16] Ongoing accounting, analytics, and auditing for cross-universe currency handling (~$50k/yr).
Owner Oversight And High Clearance Monitoring $50K/yr
[#13] O5-level oversight administrative overhead and audits (~$50k/yr).
Administrative Auditing $50K/yr
[#25] Audit cycles and compliance checks (~$50k/yr). Program manager/admin wages included in staff_wages.
Amnestic Inventory And Administration $30K/yr
[#7] Recurring amnestic production/refresh and administration (~$30k/yr mid-range estimate).
Memetic Training And Refresher $30K/yr
[#17] Recurring memetic/OPSEC training and refresher production (~$30k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.6M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine research, staffing, maintenance and contingency funding.
routine operations scheduled R&D and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $7.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or small civilian exposure requiring targeted response, amnestics, localized PR and cleanup.
small-scale unauthorized removal of SCP-8656-04 localized contamination or exposure minor breach requiring amnestics and PR
🚨 Major Breach $12.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant breach with civilian spread or diplomatic exposure requiring large-scale containment, international cover-up and extended operations.
widespread unauthorized distribution of anomalous items civilian exposures outside Foundation control cross-jurisdiction legal/diplomatic action
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $57.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Low-probability catastrophic outcome (mass dissemination, multiverse diplomatic incident) demanding major remediation and multi-year recovery.
mass dissemination of anomalous effects major multiverse diplomatic/legal crisis long-tail remediation across multiple jurisdictions
👥 Personnel 61 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 40 [#3] 4 guards per site × 10 sites (including spare coverage and benefits).
Research Scientist 4 [#8] Central research/testing team (4 researchers supporting lab operations).
Restaurant Staff 10 [#12] SCP-8656-03 employees (8–12 typical; 10 used as midpoint).
Medical Officer 5 [#5] 0.5 FTE medical staff per major site → 5 FTE total across 10 sites (salary/inclusive accounted in staff_wages).
Program Manager / Administrative Staff 2 [#25] Program manager + 1 admin (wages included in staff_wages; audits budgeted separately).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed but several key assumptions were required (assumed N=10 major sites; single central restaurant; midpoints chosen for ranges). Costs for incident tails, number of sites, and degree of autonomous funding by SCP-8656-03 are uncertain, producing moderate confidence.
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