SCP-1612
Safe
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medium confidence
SCP-1612
Expected annual
$2.4M
One-time setup
$2.2M
Annual recurring
$2.4M
Personnel
18
One-time capital costs ~ $2.15M driven by nursery retrofit, vehicles/transport units, and contingency; recurring annual costs ~ $2.36M driven by staffing (MTF + nursery + security), HVAC/energy, and field retrieval logistics.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $2.2M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $2.4M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$2.4M/yr
Normal operational year with routine maintenance, staffing, scheduled research, and an assumed small number of field retrievals.
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scheduled_research
limited_field_retrievals
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Minor Incident
$2.4M/yr
Localized containment incident (small uncontrolled flare or minor nursery fire) requiring overtime, minor equipment replacement, medical treatment and localized remediation.
minor_fire
medical_treatment
local_equipment_repair
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Major Breach
$3.4M/yr
Larger uncontrolled grove ignition or containment failure requiring emergency mass retrievals, contracted remediation, temporary expanded containment and significant legal/liaison action.
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mass_retrieval
contracted_remediation
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Catastrophic Breach
$7.4M/yr
Widespread discovery/activation of many groves leading to multi-region eradication campaigns, extended diplomatic/legal operations and large-scale remediation.
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multi-continent_operations
large_scale_remediation
Personnel
18 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MTF Agent | 6 | [#10] Core Mobile Task Force Pi-3 operatives for retrievals and field operations. |
| Research Scientist | 3 | [#18] Full-time botanists/scientists managing experiments and R&D. |
| Laboratory Technician | 4 | [#18] Technicians and caretakers for daily watering and monitoring. |
| Security Officer | 5 | [#19] Dedicated nursery perimeter and seed-storage guards. |
Confidence Notes
Containment requirements and many cost drivers are well-described (facility retrofits, staffing, HVAC, suppression systems) but the frequency of field deployments and number of wild groves is uncertain, producing moderate confidence in annualized figures.