SCP-8787 — SCP-8787 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-8787 BARI-STAR ~ medium confidence

SCP-8787

Expected annual

$4.2M

One-time setup

$7.4M

Annual recurring

$4.1M

Personnel

One-time setup and contingency costs are dominated by property acquisition and a Type-Black reserve (totaling about $7.03M), while ongoing annual operations (surveillance, research, field teams, legal/PR and medical readiness) are roughly $4.06M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.4M

Type Black Reserve $3.0M

[#24] High-risk Type Black escalation rapid-deploy reserve for extreme escalation/R&D and temporary isolation campus.

Facilities $900K

[#1] Purchase/long-term lease / property acquisition and business buyout (building, goodwill, severance/relocation).

Emergency Surge Reserve $500K

[#18] Emergency medical surge fund reserve for large public exposure events (one-time reserve).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K

[#11] Initial experimental facility & consumables for research and protocol development team.

Witness Buyouts $350K

[#3] Initial NDA/legal fees and buyouts/relocation for high-risk witnesses (employees/customers).

Protocol Facility Establish $350K

[#11] Initial experimental facility & specialized consumables/instrument setup for R&D.

Offsite Lab Retrop $300K

[#7] Off-site safe-observation laboratory retrofit & server hardware.

Isolation Wing $300K

[#9] Retrofit secure isolation/medical wing for converted personnel.

Specialized Instrumentation $225K

[#12] High-resolution video, spectral imaging, mass-spec and custom sensor housings (initial purchase).

Legal Litigation Reserve $200K

[#15] Litigation contingency / legal reserve for lawsuits or complex legal actions.

Insurance Reserve $200K

[#19] One-time insurance/indemnity reserve for worst-case settlement exposure.

Employee Recruitment Training $120K

[#21] Initial covert employee replacement & training (recruiting/training costs).

Amnestic Stockpile $100K

[#10] Stockpile and protocols setup for amnestics and memetic countermeasures.

Decoy Replica Machine $95K

[#13] Custom non-anomalous replica espresso machine and shop retrofit + installation/training.

Cover Story Campaign $75K

[#5] Initial active public relations / cover-story campaign setup costs.

Removal Attempt Budget $75K

[#14] Secure transport & heavy-lift logistics contingency per attempt (budgeted as one-time contingency).

Hardened Monitoring Hardware $50K

[#6] On-site covert/tamper-resistant multi-spectrum monitoring hardware & install.

Law Enforcement Coordination $50K

[#16] Formal coordination, training, and one-time plausible-deniability arrangements with local LE.

Community Compensation $50K

[#17] One-time compensation for lost business and local community mitigation measures.

Psych Aftercare Setup $50K

[#22] Psychological aftercare / screening program setup for Foundation personnel cohort.

Renovation Permits Signage $30K

[#23] Public safety signage, temporary closure permits, and minor renovation/contractor fees.

Franchise Retainer $10K

[#2] One-time signing/retainer for long-term covert franchise/management contract (option B).

Equipment $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.1M/yr

Staff Wages $2.5M/yr

[#4, #7, #8, #11, #21] Salaries: digital suppression analyst (1 FTE), off-site lab analysts (2–3), field recovery team personnel (4–6, budgeted as 1 team), research & protocol development team (5–10 staff), covert front-of-house employee salaries.

Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr

[#15, #5, #4, #2, #17, #16, #3, #19] Retained counsel, cover-story maintenance, digital takedown/PR non-staff costs, franchise management payments (option B), community outreach, local LE incentives, witness-monitoring legal follow-ups, and insurance premiums.

Research And Monitoring $400K/yr

[#10, #11, #22] Ongoing memetics R&D contingency, research monitoring, and psychological aftercare follow-ups for personnel.

Supplies And Consumables $298K/yr

[#10, #20] Ongoing amnestic/treatment per-course costs and continuous site energy & consumables (coffee, utilities, small supplies).

Facilities Maintenance $221K/yr

[#6, #12, #9] Instrumentation maintenance and calibration, secure comms/storage recurring, and ongoing specialized isolation-room care/maintenance.

Surge Replenishment Estimate $100K/yr

[#18] Annual expected replenishment/contingency draw estimates for emergency medical surge fund.

Logistics And Transport $25K/yr

[#8] Field callout/standby overtime and per-mission costs budget.

Franchise Management Contract $0/yr

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Witness Monitoring $0/yr

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Monitoring Communications $0/yr

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Offsite Lab Staffing $0/yr

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Field Recovery Teams $0/yr

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Field Callout Budget $0/yr

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Isolation Care $0/yr

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Memetic Rnd $0/yr

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Amnestic Treatment Budget $0/yr

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Research Team Salaries $0/yr

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Instrumentation Maintenance $0/yr

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Retained Counsel $0/yr

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Police Incentives $0/yr

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Community Outreach $0/yr

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Insurance Premiums $0/yr

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Site Energy Consumables $0/yr

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Employee Salaries $0/yr

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Psych Aftercare Followup $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.1M/yr

89.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine surveillance, research, legal/PR maintenance, and no major exposure or escalation.

steady_surveillance routine_research no_public_exposure

🚨 Minor Incident $4.6M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Small public exposure or limited cluster of conversions requiring multiple callouts, additional amnestics, PR surge, and legal action.

limited_public_exposure multiple_field_callouts increased_amnestics_and_PR

🚨 Type Black Escalation $9.1M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Severe ontological escalation requiring rapid-deploy Type-Black resources, accelerated R&D, temporary isolation campus and multi-team operations.

SCP-8787-A manifestation large-scale conversions reality-stabilization_required

👥 Personnel 20 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Memeticist / Engineer	8	[#11] Multidisciplinary research & protocol development team (5–10 staff; budgeted into staff_wages).
Analyst / Operator (off-site lab)	3	[#7] Off-site lab analysts/operators (2–3 analysts; included in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent	5	[#8] Field recovery/extraction team (4–6 personnel; budgeted as one team in staff_wages).
Covert Front-of-House Staff	3	[#21] Covert employee replacement and ongoing front-of-house staff (2–4 employees; salaries included in staff_wages).
Administrative Staff / Information Control Analyst	1	[#4] Digital information suppression analyst / information-control FTE included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and reasonable ranges for most categories, enabling a mid-confidence estimate; uncertainty remains around choice of acquisition vs. franchise, frequency of incidents, and the scale/probability of Type-Black escalation.

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