SCP-001-ROUNDERHOUSE-GOLD-PROPOSAL Unknown ? low confidence
ROUNDERHOUSE's Gold Proposal
Expected annual
$213.1M
One-time setup
$838.9M
Annual recurring
$206.3M
Personnel
200
Estimated one-time setup costs are ~USD 704M driven by reactor repairs, BSL-4 and lab buildouts, forensics/foundry tooling, and a large data/asset write-off; recurring annual costs are ~USD 206M driven by staff payroll, large classified R&D programs, reactor fuel/maintenance and ongoing BSL-4 / laboratory operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $838.9M
Data Loss Asset Writeoff $275.0M
[#24] One-time write-off/asset replacement & personnel losses should a catastrophic data/asset loss occur (book-value replacement).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $126.2M
[#6, #8, #9, #11, #22, #26, #28] High-energy experiment containment/test rigs and redundant telemetry (#6), BSL-4 laboratory construction (#8), medical & prosthetics surgical suites and R&D outfitting (#9), forensics / reverse-engineering labs & instruments (#11), implant/foundry tooling and lab start-up (#22), artifact conservation/vault/digitization set-up (#26), specialized metallurgy / foundry facilities (#28).
Bsl4 Build $75.0M
[#8] Build cost for BSL-4 biological containment and associated quarantine wards (capital).
Public Disaster Contingency Fund $52.5M
[#30] One-time contingency reserve for deniable humanitarian response / mass public exposure scenarios.
Reactor Repair And Installation $42.5M
[#5] One-time repair/commissioning and shielding work for Mekhanite reactors / cold-fusion infrastructure (capital & shielding).
Facilities $38.5M
[#2, #7, #14, #27] ARF-01/02 site establishment and modular erection (#2), heavy excavation & structural stabilization capital works (#7), rail/intra-city transport refurbishment capital (#14), one-off environmental/reactivation works (#27).
Insurance Reserve Fund $27.5M
[#18] One-time recommended insurance/liability reserve fund for accidental deaths, settlements and equipment replacement.
Search Surge Fund $27.5M
[#20] Single-year surge fund for global search & recovery operations if SCP relocates (ad hoc surge budget).
Reputational Risk Reserve $27.5M
[#40] One-time reputational/psychological contingency reserve to cover leadership disruption, PR and oversight settlements.
Black Budget Retrieval Ops $26.0M
[#35] One-time/adhoc black-budget allocation for covert retrieval/capture operations of rogue personnel or GoI assets.
Isotope Procurement Initial $25.1M
[#12] Initial procurement, secure transport and storage of heavy isotopes / exotic fuels (tritium/deuterium equivalents) - highly variable depending on quantity.
Rapid Reaction Cache $16.5M
[#19] One-time pre-positioned strike / recapture munitions cache and special ordinance purchases.
High Energy Safety Infrastructure $14.0M
[#6] One-time bespoke containment, Faraday/psychoactive shielding, emergency shutdown hardware and sacrificial test rigs for high-energy experiments.
Forensics Lab Buildout $11.5M
[#11] One-time outfitting for vacuum labs, electron microscopes, cryo/thermal rigs and radiation-safe handling facilities.
Medical Facility Outfitting $9.5M
[#9] Capital cost to outfit surgical suites, prosthetics R&D and trauma care facilities.
Excavation And Structural Stabilization $7.0M
[#7] Heavy excavation, shoring, tunnel stabilization, bridge-building capital for undercity access (per major zone allocations aggregated).
Rail Infrastructure Refurbishment $6.5M
[#14] One-time rehabilitation/refurbishment of Mekhanite rail/maglev intra-city transport infrastructure.
Equipment $5.3M
[#10, #15, #33] Secure translation/compute & air-gapped server infrastructure (#10), communications / hardened uplink hardware (#15), archivist / IT hardware & air-gapped backups (#33).
Local Economy Mitigation Fund $5.2M
[#34] One-time fund for local resettlement, compensation and economic mitigation if operations displace civilians.
Artifact Storage And Digitization $4.5M
[#26] One-time secure removal & storage, conservation labs and digitization infrastructure for cultural artifacts.
Initial Recon Ops $3.2M
[#1] Initial reconnaissance and secure insertion (aircraft sorties, forward operating base, probes, CTM/sonar mapping, medevac standby).
Foundry And Fuladh Tooling $3.2M
[#22] One-time tooling and CNC/foundry start-up for fuladh/implant fabrication.
Major Airlift Campaign $2.8M
[#13] Single major heavy-lift airlift campaign (Skycrane/tiltrotor/cargo hire) for modules, reactors or large equipment.
Communications Infra $2.8M
[#15] One-time hardened/leyspace/satellite comms infrastructure and anti-jamming hardware.
Research Simulation And Foundation Programming Setup $2.2M
[#37] One-time buildout for training & simulation environment (HPC, software, hardware) for Throne/memory testing simulations.
Archivist It Infra $850K
[#33] One-time archival IT, air-gapped backups and cryptosealing infrastructure.
Ppe And Decon Initial $275K
[#32] Initial stockpile of specialized PPE, decontamination stations and hazmat consumables.
Cover Story Setup $150K
[#16] One-time incorporation/setup costs for front organizations and shell companies.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $206.3M/yr
Research And Monitoring $147.3M/yr
[#6, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #20, #23, #25, #26, #28, #31, #33, #37, #38, #39] Recurring costs for R&D programs, BSL-4 operating, medical & prosthetics operations, translation & compute operations, forensics & reverse-engineering labs, isotope replenishment, search programs while active, psych/ethical oversight, large classified multi-year research grants, artifact curation maintenance, foundry operations, continuous automated-entity monitoring, IT operations, simulation maintenance, red-team safety assessments, and long-term human-capital pipeline funding.
Staff Wages $14.0M/yr
[#3] Payroll for permanent personnel (approx. 200 FTEs) including hazard/psych pay, benefits, housing and rotation/transit costs.
Mtf Operations $10.5M/yr
[#4] Mobile Task Force training, vehicles, weapons, munitions, spare gear, and rapid-response readiness (dedicated MTFs assigned to site).
Cover Story And Legal $8.1M/yr
[#16, #17, #29, #36] Ongoing legal/cover-up and front-entity operations (#16), local geopolitical mitigation and liaison payments (#17), internal ethics/insider-risk oversight (#29), and media/psychological ops and PR (#36).
Logistics And Transport $7.8M/yr
[#13, #14, #15] Recurring heavy-lift contracts / fleet availability and fuel/maintenance (#13), rail/maglev operations and maintenance (#14), and communications operation costs (leyspace session energy and satellite/shortwave maintenance) (#15).
Facilities Maintenance $5.8M/yr
[#7, #27] Ongoing structural repairs, shoring, tunnel maintenance (#7) and environmental/HVAC/water/sewage operations once reactors are online (#27).
Reactor Fuel And Maintenance $5.2M/yr
[#5] Recurring fuel costs, specialist maintenance and operational licensing/handling for Mekhanite reactors (tritium/deuterium or alternatives).
Rapid Reaction Readiness $3.0M/yr
[#19] Recurring readiness & maintenance costs for pre-positioned recapture ordnance and air support contracts.
Supplies And Consumables $2.8M/yr
[#22, #32, #33] Consumables including implant spare parts and sterile surgical supplies (#22), PPE resupply (#32), and minor IT/backup consumables (#33).
Personnel Training $1.8M/yr
[#21] Recruitment, specialized training, retraining, implant/augment maintenance training and simulation training programs.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $206.3M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; ongoing research, containment and maintenance only.
no major breaches routine research activity stable containment
🚨 Minor Incident $211.3M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Localized incident (lab accident, small breach, or short-term isotope/fuel contamination) requiring emergency response, temporary surge staffing and repairs.
laboratory accident small containment breach emergency repairs / medevac
🚨 Major Breach $506.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$300.0M vs baseline
Major containment failure, large-scale data/asset loss or hostile assault leading to personnel losses, large asset write-offs and sustained recovery operations.
city-wide breach / large-scale theft activation or misuse of Mekhane's Kiss catastrophic data/asset loss
👥 Personnel 200 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 70 [#3, #11, #25] Archaeologists, paratech engineers, linguists, materials scientists and R&D staff supporting translation, forensics and classified research.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 50 [#3, #4] Permanent site security and rotating Mobile Task Force personnel for response and perimeter security.
Engineer / Maintenance 30 [#3, #5, #7] Power systems, reactor specialists, excavation crews and facility maintenance technicians.
Archivist & IT / Linguists 20 [#10, #33, #26] Secure data processing, translation teams, archival staff, and IT operators for air-gapped systems and backups.
Medical Officer / Surgeon 10 [#9, #23] Trauma surgeons, prosthetics specialists, medical support and long-term psychiatric/counseling staff.
MTF Specialists (pilots, heavy-lift crews) 10 [#13, #4] Pilots, Skycrane/tiltrotor crew and heavy-lift logistics personnel for regular rotations and emergency lifts.
Administrative Staff / Management 10 [#3, #16] Administrative, logistics coordinators, legal/cover-liaison and project management to run the initiative and front organizations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoint values from wide, speculative ranges provided in analyst notes. Many items (reactor fuel, isotope procurement, classified R&D, contingency pools and catastrophic write-offs) are highly variable and scenario-dependent; containment stability and political factors are uncertain, so confidence is low.
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