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SCP-8668 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8668
Expected annual
$925K
One-time setup
$709K
Annual recurring
$883K
Personnel
3.0
One-time startup costs are approximately $709,000 largely driven by a seeded containment contingency reserve and equipment purchases; annual recurring costs are approximately $882,600 driven mainly by staff wages, ongoing legal/OPSEC efforts, incident-response reserves, and intelligence/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $709K
Containment Contingency Seed $625K
[#22] Seed emergency containment/mitigation reserve for high-impact legal/social responses (one-time initial reserve).
Equipment $42K
[#3, #18, #6, #24] One-time hardware purchases: fireproof/tamper-evident safe (#3), CCTV/sensor hardware (#18), on-site autoclave purchase option (#6), hardened/air-gapped server/scanning setup one-time components (#24).
Facilities $28K
[#1] Upgrade of a domestic-animal kennel to sealed, biohazard-capable enclosure (pass-through port, CCTV mounts, basic HVAC integration).
Initial Clearance Costs $6K
[#20] Initial background checks and NDAs for staff assigned to SCP-8668 containment.
Initial Training And Certification $5K
[#19] Initial personnel training and certifications (biohazard/memetic protocols, initial psychological screening).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4K
[#4] Air-gapped scanning and archival station: offline scanner, hardened workstation, Faraday storage, initial software hardening.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $883K/yr
Incident Response Reserve $300K/yr
[#15] Annual contingency fund for emergency legal mitigation, litigation, injunctions, covert countermeasures, or other rapid responses to SCP-derived mandates.
Staff Wages $182K/yr
[#8, #14, #17] Salaries: primary handler + backup (note #8), document handling/archiving staff (note #14), dedicated security posts (note #17).
Cover Story And Legal $125K/yr
[#12, #21] Ongoing legal review/containment counsel for vomited mandates (#12) plus cover/OPSEC and public relations budget (#21).
Intelligence Monitoring $90K/yr
[#16] Monitoring social media, court dockets, government filings, and fringe groups to detect real-world enactment attempts.
Research And Monitoring $80K/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #13, #28] Veterinary diagnostics and preventive care (#9), on-call veterinary/biomedical consulting (#10), laboratory analysis per vomit event (microbio/chemical/memetic screening; aggregated annual estimate) (#11), linguistic/historical research budget (#13), historical-document conservation work (#28).
Administrative Overhead $28K/yr
[#29] Pro-rated Site-58 administrative support, HR, procurement, and compliance overhead.
Containment Contingency Topup $25K/yr
[#22] Annual top-up contribution to the containment contingency reserve seeded at startup.
Mental Health And Turnover $25K/yr
[#26] Recruiting, retraining, and turnover-related costs driven by memetic/psychological exposure.
Waste Treatment Contract $5K/yr
[#6] Annual cost for contracted disposal/incineration of contaminated materials (alternative to on-site autoclave).
Records It Maintenance $5K/yr
[#24] Ongoing IT maintenance for hardened servers, encrypted backups, air-gapped archival processes, and classified database upkeep.
Training And Psychological Services $4K/yr
[#19] Annual refresher training, counseling, and post-incident psychological screening for exposed staff.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#5, #7, #27] Biohazard consumables (bags, PPE, disinfectants) (#5), routine animal care (food, bedding) (#7), small consumable replacements included (#27).
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#2, #18] HVAC/electricity for enclosure and routine ventilation/HEPA maintenance (#2) and CCTV/sensor maintenance (#18).
Unexpected Veterinary Events $2K/yr
[#25] Expected annualized cost for rare necropsy/end-of-life forensic procedures (modeled as ~0.2 events/year at midpoint cost).
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#23] Transportation and exercise logistics (weekly walks, vehicle insurance/fuel, small replacements).
Clearance Rechecks $2K/yr
[#20] Periodic reinvestigation and rechecks for personnel NDAs/clearances.
Small Capital Replacements $2K/yr
[#27] Periodic replacement of leashes, harnesses, and small surveillance replacements.
Autoclave Maintenance $1K/yr
[#6] Annual maintenance cost if an on-site autoclave is purchased.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $883K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine vomit events handled by containment, regular analysis, and maintained contingency reserves without large-scale external effects.
routine_vomit_events no_external_enactment standard_operational_activity
🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
A vomit-document partially escapes operational controls or is enacted locally, requiring rapid legal responses, additional intelligence work, and limited contingency spending.
localized_legal_enactment targeted_media_exposure small_scale_litigation
🚨 Major Incident $2.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
A vomit-document precipitates significant real-world legal or social action (e.g., attempted municipal/state enactment or formation of an organized movement), triggering large contingency deployments and extended legal battles.
large_scale_enactment_attempt national_media_attention protracted_litigation_or_covert_operations
👥 Personnel 3.0 total
Role Count Notes
Animal Handler 1.5 Primary handler (1.0 FTE) plus backup (0.5 FTE), responsible for daily care and walks. [#8]
Document Handler / Archivist 0.5 Controlled redaction, secure archiving, and record maintenance (0.3–0.7 FTE typical). [#14]
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1.0 Dedicated security posts for access control and rotations (~1.0 combined FTE). [#17]
📋 Confidence Notes
Physical containment and animal-care costs are straightforward (higher confidence); legal, intelligence, and contingency needs are highly scenario-dependent and have wide ranges (lower confidence). Estimates use midpoints and reasonable annualization where events are probabilistic.
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