← SCP Cost Explorer Read on SCP Wiki ↗
SCP-8727 [DATA EXPUNGED] ? low confidence
SCP-8727
Expected annual
$11.0M
One-time setup
$24.4M
Annual recurring
$10.8M
Personnel
29
Initial one-time setup is approximately $24,380,000 driven primarily by containment wing construction, contingency/reserve and decommissioning funding; annual recurring costs are approximately $10,767,500 driven by staff wages, long-term memetics research, and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $24.4M
Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#21] Insurance/contingency reserve and settlements fund for large-scale exposure remediation.
Facilities $5.4M
[#1, #15] Construction/retrofit of a secure containment wing (blast/EM shielding, anterooms, interlocks) and HVAC/filtration installation.
Decommissioning Fund $5.2M
[#30] One-time decommissioning / long-term custody fund (end-of-life destruction or transfer).
Equipment $1.2M
[#2, #3, #10, #12, #14, #16, #25] Hardened media vault, air-gapped reading stations, armored vehicle purchase, redaction printers, IT/hardening hardware, surveillance suite, and secure comms equipment.
Legal Setup $1.1M
[#20] Initial legal/counterintelligence/cover-story setup, initial suppression and coordination budgets.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $325K
[#4] Digital inertization/scrubbing tools, certified forensic software and validated hardware initial procurement and lab setup.
Clearance Pipeline $300K
[#23] Classified personnel hiring/clearance processing pipeline startup (vetting, polygraphs, recruitment).
Emergency Destruction Install $300K
[#11] On-site incinerator / destroyed-media system installation, permits and setup.
Amnestic Stockpile $275K
[#8] Initial stockpile of amnestics/antidotes and controlled distribution supplies.
Initial Training $150K
[#17] Initial personnel training, SOP development, and certification program startup costs.
Archival Duplication Setup $55K
[#13] Secure archival duplication and distributed backups setup (per-site aggregate estimate).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.8M/yr
Staff Wages $3.9M/yr
[#5, #6, #7] Salaries and benefits for specialized memetics research team, dedicated security detachment, and clinical/psychiatric staff.
Research And Monitoring $3.1M/yr
[#4, #22] Ongoing digital-tool updates/audits and long-term R&D/countermeasure program for memetic dampening and sanitization.
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#20] Ongoing legal counsel, counterintelligence activities, and active cover-story/media control budgets.
Clearance Retention $600K/yr
[#23] Ongoing retention, bonuses, and clearance maintenance costs for high-clearance personnel.
Decommissioning Maintenance $550K/yr
[#30] Ongoing maintenance costs if hazard retained long-term instead of one-time decommissioning.
Opportunity Costs $400K/yr
[#26] Administrative overhead and lost collaboration/opportunity costs due to extreme classification (~10–25% research overhead).
Media Monitoring $275K/yr
[#27] Continuous media leak monitoring and staffed public/PR hotline/rapid-response team.
Oversight And Audits $175K/yr
[#29] Independent ethical oversight board and external audits for memetic testing and amnestic approvals.
Supplies And Consumables $165K/yr
[#9, #28] Consumable PPE, decon supplies, and decontamination lab consumables and reagents.
Facilities Maintenance $130K/yr
[#14, #15, #16] IT/environmental monitoring, HVAC operation and filter replacement, and surveillance/sensor maintenance.
Personnel Training $125K/yr
[#17] Recurring refresher training, drills and certification upkeep.
Amnestic Replenishment $112K/yr
[#8] Annual replenishment of amnestic/antidote stocks and consumables.
Psychological Monitoring $88K/yr
[#18] Ongoing psychological screening and long-term monitoring of exposed/at-risk personnel.
Incident Drills $85K/yr
[#19] Regular full-scale incident response drills and simulations (annualized).
Waste Handling $55K/yr
[#24] Secure destruction, hazardous waste handling, and compliant disposal documentation costs.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#10] Secure transport operation costs (vehicle operation, escorts, per-move operational expenses averaged annually).
Secure Comms Upkeep $28K/yr
[#25] Upkeep and maintenance for encrypted, physically separated communications equipment.
Emergency Destruction Operations $10K/yr
[#11] Per-use destruction costs (permits, hazardous disposal) averaged as annual expected operations.
Archival Site Maintenance $10K/yr
[#13] Small recurring maintenance and checks for distributed archival copies.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.8M/yr
93.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine research, maintenance, and administration.
no breach routine operations planned trainings
🚨 Minor Incident $11.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring medical/amnestic response, increased security overtime, legal review and limited destruction of copies.
small breach / accidental exposure localized memetic infection targeted legal actions
🚨 Major Breach $15.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure involving multiple exposures, major remediation, litigation and possible facility lockdown.
large-scale breach multiple personnel exposures regional legal and remediation costs
🚨 Political Exposure $40.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline
Public/political exposure requiring extensive legal, PR, settlement payouts and emergency national-level containment; potential asset seizure and prolonged operations.
public disclosure civilian casualties or visible incidents media/political escalation
👥 Personnel 29 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Memeticologist 3 Senior memeticologists (part of specialized memetics research team) [#5].
Research Technician / Lab Tech 6 Technicians supporting memetics research and lab operations [#5].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 Dedicated security detachment for 24/7 coverage and rapid response [#6].
Medical Officer 1 On-site/liaison physician for exposures and acute care [#7].
Psychiatric Staff 2 Psych support and long-term care for exposed personnel [#7, #18].
Nurse / Medical Support 3 Nursing and medical support staff for triage and amnestic administration [#7].
Administrative Staff 2 Admin, records, and liaison roles supporting operations and cover-story coordination [#20, #23].
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude and rely on assumptions about SCP-8727's transmissibility, perceptual hazard, frequency of incidents, and required staffing; redacted article data increases uncertainty.
← SCP-8726 ↑ All SCPs SCP-8728 →