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SCP-199 Plant ~ medium confidence
SCP-199
Expected annual
$6.3M
One-time setup
$3.9M
Annual recurring
$5.8M
Personnel
11
Initial setup is a few-million-dollar program dominated by containment engineering, communications/RF monitoring infrastructure, and an incident response seed fund; annual operations are multi-million-dollar driven by field response teams, legal/cover costs, and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.9M
Incident Response Seed Fund $1.0M
[#26] Seed reserve for large accidental releases, mass decontamination and emergency infrastructure replacement.
Facilities $850K
[#1, #18] Sealed ventilated containment room construction plus blast/structural reinforcement to withstand hydrogen detonations and contain testing bays.
Rf Monitoring Network Initial $400K
[#19] Seed funding to deploy long-range RF monitoring nodes across key urban areas (hardware and secure comms setup).
Genetic Resistance Program Seed $300K
[#21] Initial genetic/pesticide resistance testing program setup and small-molecule screening seed budget.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#8, #22] Laboratory benches/microscopes/sequencer outsourcing plan and secure sample/seedbank setup (cold/dry storage).
Faraday Cage $150K
[#2] Full-room RF shielding (mesh/continuous conductive skin, filtered penetrations, certified doors).
Environmental Control Systems $150K
[#4] HVAC/humidification/dehumidification, HEPA/chemical filtration and integrated environmental controls (one-time installation cost).
Decontamination And Waste Systems $150K
[#9] Autoclave/incinerator purchase and site integration for plant material and contaminated media.
Communications Security Initial $150K
[#27] Air-gapped server hardware, secure storage and initial encryption/translation tooling.
Epidemiology Project Seed $125K
[#20] Initial modeling project funding, datasets and contractor modelers to prioritize surveillance.
Drone Fleet $120K
[#16] Initial fleet of inspection drones, tethered camera systems, manipulators and spares.
Electrified Grate Engineering $85K
[#3] Electrified ceiling grate design/installation, current limiting, flame arrestors and blast-safety integration.
Spectrum Monitoring Equipment $60K
[#7] Spectrum analyzers, antennas, logging servers and secure isolated network (initial hardware and setup).
Portable Faraday Containment $50K
[#17] Shielded transport crates, Faraday bags and climate-control transport crates (initial procurement).
Grow Lighting And Irrigation $35K
[#5] LED grow lights, PAR sensors, automated drip/misting lines and reservoirs (installation).
Pesticide Initial Stocks $20K
[#14] Initial stocks of pesticides, approved destruction equipment and fire-suppression/destruction tools.
Equipment $0
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Analyst Ballpark One Time $0
[#32] Analyst summary ballpark (not added to avoid double-counting individual line items).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.8M/yr
Field Response Teams $1.2M/yr
[#15] Field containment/removal teams for ~5 major cities (vehicles, salaries, equipment and operations).
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#23] Legal/cover-story, local liaisons, PR, damage payments and liaison budgets for multi-city incidents.
Staff Wages $800K/yr
[#10, #11, #12] On-site staffing: security (4 guards + supervision), research scientists (2–4), and technical maintenance staff; salaries + benefits.
Program Overhead $500K/yr
[#30] Program management, auditing, procurement and Site-19 resource allocation.
Public Infrastructure Mitigation $400K/yr
[#28] Proactive chimney cleaning and urban vegetation management contracts at limited scale in priority cities.
Research And Monitoring $325K/yr
[#7, #8, #20, #27] Ongoing research supplies, spectrum monitoring maintenance, epidemiology model updates and communications/translation analyst time.
Liability Compensation $250K/yr
[#29] Annual budget for property damage, telecom interference and ad-hoc compensations.
Logistics And Transport $210K/yr
[#17, #24] Ground transport climate-control vans operations and international travel logistics baseline (sample transport, visas, travel).
Rf Monitoring Network Operations $200K/yr
[#19] Ongoing operations, network security, data analysts and node maintenance for urban RF monitoring.
Genetic Resistance Program Ongoing $200K/yr
[#21] Continued pesticide resistance testing, sequencing, and small-scale R&D.
International Travel $200K/yr
[#24] Travel, secure transport of samples and multilingual staffing for overseas coordination.
Epidemiology Updates $100K/yr
[#20] Annual model updates, computing and contractor analysis to refine spread mitigation.
Incident Response Top Up $100K/yr
[#26] Annual top-up to the incident response contingency reserve.
Training And Drills $75K/yr
[#25] Regular tabletop and field exercises, SOP updates and bilingual documentation costs.
Facilities Maintenance $70K/yr
[#4, #6] HVAC and environmental control maintenance plus ongoing energy/utility bill estimates (includes climate control power).
Communications Operations $60K/yr
[#27] Ongoing secure logging, translations (Mandarin) and data handling operations.
Drone Upkeep $30K/yr
[#16] Maintenance, spares, insurance and operator costs for drone inspection fleet.
Supplies And Consumables $26K/yr
[#5, #13] Bulb/sensor replacements, irrigation consumables, growth media, PPE and routine consumables.
Pesticide Replenishment And Certification $12K/yr
[#14] Annual replenishment, certification and safe-storage costs for pesticides and approved chemicals.
Portable Faraday Operations $10K/yr
[#17] Operational costs for portable Faraday crates, routine certification and replacements.
Sample Storage Maintenance $8K/yr
[#22] Climate-control, inventory management and CCTV/access monitoring for seedbank and samples.
Waste Disposal $5K/yr
[#9] Annual biohazard waste removal and disposal contracts after autoclaving/incineration.
Total Ballpark Recurring $0/yr
[#31] Analyst recurring-ballpark summary (not added to avoid double-counting detailed recurring line items).
Cover Story And Legal Duplicate Note $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.8M/yr
74.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine field removals and program activity.
routine_field_removals scheduled_research routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $6.1M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized urban outbreak requiring expanded field response and small liability/cleanup costs.
single-city_patch localized_release minor_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $9.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$4.0M vs baseline
Multi-site outbreak or high-severity release requiring major emergency response, scaling field teams and significant liability payouts.
multi-city_patches mass_release variant_behavior
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $25.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Severe hazardous variant release (acidic slime / casualties) or wide-scale establishment requiring large-scale reconstruction, compensation and international operations.
SCP-199-B_like_variant mass_casualties widespread_establishment
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 5 [#10] 4 guards plus supervisory allocation for 24/7 coverage (rotation and clearance premium).
Research Scientist 3 [#11, #8] Botanists/plant physiologists and RF analysts conducting experiments and analysis.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#12] Electrical/HVAC/mesh and equipment technicians for regular and emergency repairs.
Administrative Staff 1 [#30] Program administration, procurement and liaison coordination (fractional/site allocation).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude based on analyst ranges and the article; many items (field teams, legal payouts, variant behaviors) are variable so totals have moderate uncertainty.
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