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SCP-8725 Consulta ~ medium confidence
SCP-8725
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$3.0M
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
5
Initial one-time buildout and contingency reserves drive a multi-million-dollar upfront cost; recurring annual costs (~$1.3M/yr) are dominated by research staffing, intelligence monitoring, legal/cover operations and security/IT monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.0M
Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#23] Catastrophic/emergency reserve fund for large-scale exploitation response or mass operations.
Field Recovery Contingency $500K
[#17] Baseline contingency set aside for a significant recovery operation (per-operations costs are highly variable).
Equipment $270K
[#1, #7, #8, #16] Hardened server and secure scanners (#1), specialized experiment hardware (#7), secure cabinets (#8), forensic archival cameras/equipment (#16).
Retention Bonus $75K
[#12] One-time retention/hazard bonus (midpoint of provided range) to secure SCP-8725-B's compliance.
Personnel Training $60K
[#14] One-time recruitment/onboarding and cross-training cost for at least one backfill role.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $40K
[#3, #5] One-time forensic redaction/forensic sweep and baseline neuroimaging setup.
Facilities $25K
[#1] Vault buildout and physical hardened storage construction estimated portion of secure archive setup.
Personnel Vetting Initial $15K
[#2] Initial enhanced background checks / polygraphs for ~10 cleared personnel.
Memetic Protection Design $12K
[#18] One-time design/production cost for memetic-protection signage, viewer filters and training materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Staff Wages $382K/yr
[#4, #6, #16] Salaries: research PI & techs (research team), part-time psychiatrist (~0.5 FTE), and chain-of-custody/documentation clerk staffing.
Intelligence Monitoring $250K/yr
[#10] HUMINT/OSINT subscriptions, liaison, and analyst time for monitoring related Groups of Interest.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#11] Dedicated legal/PA counsel and outside counsel retainer for leaks, FOIA responses, and related counsel work.
Security Incremental $100K/yr
[#15] Additional guard shifts, restricted-area upgrades and temporary checkpoints.
It Monitoring Incident Response $80K/yr
[#19] SIEM/DLP tooling, licenses and SOC analyst time focused on preventing exfiltration of SCP-8725 media.
Research And Monitoring $75K/yr
[#6] Ongoing small research team budget (non-salary portion: consumables, experiments, small equipment).
Supplies And Consumables $41K/yr
[#7, #5, #4] Research consumables and calibration (#7), annual neuro follow-ups (#5), and psychiatric meds/tests (#4).
Containment Drills $38K/yr
[#9] Annual tabletop exercises, drills, and SOP update costs.
Opportunity Cost $30K/yr
[#22] Allowance for lost productivity / parallel project funding equivalent to ~0.1-0.5 FTE per affected PI.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#21] Travel and inter-site coordination for reviews, interviews, and consultations.
Retention Hazard Pay $20K/yr
[#12] Annual retention/hazard pay supplement option if not paid as a one-time bonus.
Ethics Oversight $18K/yr
[#13] IRB/ethics committee administration, audits and reviews for memory/perception experiments.
Personnel Vetting $10K/yr
[#2] Ongoing periodic reinvestigations and vetting for ~10 cleared personnel.
Amnestics Stock Rotation $10K/yr
[#8] Controlled amnestic stock rotation, secure storage servicing and oversight.
Training Refreshers $8K/yr
[#18] Annual memetic-protection training refreshers and printed materials replenishment.
Facilities Maintenance $7K/yr
[#20] Energy, climate control and minor vault/server maintenance incremental costs.
Offsite Backup $6K/yr
[#1] Off-site encrypted backup maintenance/audits for air-gapped archive.
Redaction And Monitoring $5K/yr
[#3] Annual monitoring for leaks and limited forensic sweeps after initial redaction.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
91.5% probability / year
Uneventful year with routine operations, monitoring, and research; no major incidents or large-scale operations.
routine_operations no_major_leaks cooperative_subject_behavior
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Detected unauthorized access or partial media exfiltration requiring targeted incident response, legal mitigation, and limited amnestic administration.
unauthorized_access partial_media_exfiltration limited_public_inquiry
🚨 Recovery Operation $1.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Leadership authorizes an active recovery/search/interdiction operation to attempt retrieval of SCP-8725-A or related materials.
authorized_recovery field_deployment covert_ops
🚨 Major Breach $2.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Targeted exploitation or wide dissemination of SCP-8725 media requiring large-scale operations, emergency amnestic campaigns, and legal/PR responses.
widespread_leak GoI_exploitation operational_escalation
🚨 Catastrophic Exposure $6.3M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
High-profile public exposure or political/legal crisis requiring relocation, mass-scale remediation, and multi-million-dollar emergency operations.
public_exposure political_intervention mass_exploitation
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / PI 1 Lead investigator salary included in research staff costs (~$150,000/yr).
Research Technician 2 Bench techs supporting experiments and data handling (~$75,000/yr each).
Medical Officer / Psychiatrist 1 Part-time psychiatrist (0.5 FTE costed as ~1 headcount, ~$70,000/yr) providing ongoing clinical care and monitoring.
Records Clerk / Documentation 1 Chain-of-custody documentation clerk supporting archival and forensic logging (~$12,000/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and clear cost drivers, but many estimates are range-based and contingent on policy decisions (e.g., whether recovery operations are authorized) and low-frequency high-impact events; therefore medium confidence.
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