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SCP-8853 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-8853
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$19.4M
Annual recurring
$3.0M
Personnel
10
Initial capital outlay is dominated by contingency/resilience measures and potential reality-stabilization hardware (~$15M+). Recurring annual costs are driven by personnel (research/security), specialized monitoring, and contingency/reserve replenishment (~$3.0M/year).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $19.4M
Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#24] Dedicated reserve for large-scale/axiomatic reality alteration remediation and worst-case responses (initial allocation).
Equipment $5.7M
[#3, #9, #10, #21, #19, #13, #12, #23, #15] High-security lockers & safes, AV/monitoring installation, hardened communications/IT hardware, initial PPE/equipment, off-site backup/integrity hardware, MTF outfitting (vehicles/containment crates), reality-stabilization device procurement, per-item initial secure-storage reserve, and some archival/analysis hardware.
Facilities $3.1M
[#1, #25] Construction/modification of a reinforced Standard Humanoid Containment Cell and potential later upgraded long-term containment structural work (site conversion/wing buildout).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $290K
[#11, #15] Small testing chamber buildout with isolation/failsafes and initial archival/cataloging analysis setup for incoming similar items.
Decommissioning $130K
[#26] Estimated one-time costs for termination/transfer/disposition activities, amnesticization and secure destruction/archive of artifacts.
Amnestic Stockpile $105K
[#14] Initial stockpile of amnestics and memetic countermeasure supplies for remediation/rescue operations.
Training Initial Per Staff $60K
[#8] Initial mandatory specialized training for assigned staff (approx. initial cohort training costs).
Training Program Development $48K
[#8] Development of specialized memetic/linguistic/no-wish training program and training materials (one-time program development).
Vetting Initial $30K
[#22] Initial background vetting and screening costs for access-controlled staff cohort.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.0M/yr
[#5, #6, #7] Salaries, benefits and on-call premiums for assigned Senior Researcher, backup Level-4 alternate and on-site security guards (and small supporting research/monitoring/admin staff aggregated here).
Upgraded Containment Operation $600K/yr
[#25] Additional operating costs if upgraded long-term/high-security containment is activated (life-support, redundant power, SRAs).
Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr
[#24] Annual replenishment/top-up authority for the contingency reserve to maintain readiness for large incidents.
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#16] Controlled research fund for limited approved testing, sensors, experimental consumables and data analysis (core research budget).
Cover Story And Legal $125K/yr
[#18] Cover story retainer, legal/PR, government liaison and planned civilian-containment budgets (retainer-level recurring costs).
Administrative Overhead $100K/yr
[#27] Ethics board reviews, compliance audits, O&M reporting and administrative oversight costs.
Monitoring Staffing And Licensing $65K/yr
[#9] Recurring costs for continuous AV monitoring staffing, software licensing and alerting systems.
Logistics And Transport $62K/yr
[#13] Annual training/exercises and readiness-related logistics for emergency response/containment breach team (MTF rapid-deployment readiness).
Psychological Services $45K/yr
[#17] Ongoing mental-health care for subject and counseling pool for exposed staff.
Communications Support $30K/yr
[#10] Ongoing support, patching and policy enforcement for hardened local network and content-filtering systems.
Data Integrity Storage $28K/yr
[#19] Off-site backups, immutable timestamping and verification storage costs.
Amnestic Administration Reserve $20K/yr
[#14] Expected annual budget for administration of amnestics/memetic countermeasures in minor incidents.
Facilities Maintenance $15K/yr
[#2] Routine cell repairs, HVAC, power for continuous monitoring and environmental controls.
Archival Annual $12K/yr
[#15] Annual archival/cataloging and evidence handling operations and small-item turnover costs.
Vetting Surveillance $12K/yr
[#22] Ongoing personnel monitoring, reinvestigations and memetic screening refreshers for staff with access.
Per New Item Analysis Reserve $12K/yr
[#15, #23] Budget reserved for analysis of newly discovered SCP-8853-like items (assumes modest discovery rate).
Training Refresher $10K/yr
[#8] Recurring refresher training budget for staff (memetic/linguistic protocols and 'no-wish' rules).
Ppe Restock $6K/yr
[#21] Annual restocking of PPE, emergency medications and procedural medical supplies.
Locker Maintenance And Audit $4K/yr
[#4] Periodic verification, lock servicing, environmental calibration and chain-of-custody logging per initial locker complement.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#20] Consumables, cleaning, costume preservation supplies and routine single-use items.
Per Item Maintenance $2K/yr
[#23] Annual maintenance per additional SCP-8853-like artifact (locker/environmental upkeep), scaled for expected new-item storage.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.0M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Routine year with no significant incidents; only scheduled operations, maintenance, staffing and controlled research occur.
no breach no major public exposure only planned maintenance/research
🚨 Minor Incident $3.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring MTF response, limited amnestic administration, PR/legal outlays and short-term contingency usage.
localized containment breach single-site external exposure limited public evidence requiring remediation
🚨 Major Breach $18.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or wish-driven reality alteration requiring large-scale remediation, deployment of reality-stabilization devices, mass amnestic campaigns, infrastructure repairs and contingency fund drawdown.
widespread wish propagation CK-class restructuring indicators mass civilian exposure or infrastructure-level effects
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Senior Researcher 1 [#5] Dedicated assigned senior-level researcher responsible for approvals and primary interlocutor with SCP-8853.
Backup Senior / Level-4 1 [#6] Trained alternate for continuity and oversight duties.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#7] On-site guards for rotation and access control (minimum complement assumed).
Research Scientist 2 [#16] Supporting researchers for constrained/approved testing and analysis.
Monitoring / AV Technician 1 [#9, #19] Staff to manage continuous AV/audio monitoring, filtering and off-site backups.
Medical Officer / Psych Services Liaison 1 [#17, #21] On-call medical/psych support for subject care and staff counseling coordination.
Administrative Staff 1 [#27] Administrative/ethics/HR support for vetting, documentation and oversight.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates combine cataloged recurring costs and analyst ranges, but major uncertainty remains due to the object's wish-based reality-alteration tail-risk and unknown frequency/severity of incidents; contingency items dominate one-time uncertainty.
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