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SCP-2270 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-2270
Expected annual
$14.9M
One-time setup
$38.5M
Annual recurring
$14.7M
Personnel
32
First-year (one-time setup + initial operations) costs are estimated at $38,518,000, driven primarily by a recommended catastrophic contingency reserve and construction of hardened archival and experimental facilities. Ongoing annual costs are estimated at $14,671,000/yr, driven mainly by MTF readiness, staff wages, containment R&D, and global monitoring/logistics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $38.5M
Catastrophic Reserve $30.0M
[#19] Insurance/asset replacement reserve and catastrophic contingency fund (recommended reserve).
Facilities $5.1M
[#1, #14] Vault upgrades and construction: secure archival vault upgrades and fail-safe ritual chamber construction (construction & specialized systems).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.8M
[#12] Biohazard/forensic lab setup (BSL-2/3 capability, waste disposal, PPE, specialist lab equipment).
Equipment $718K
[#3, #4, #16, #17, #24] Faraday/TEMPEST and sensor suites, air-gapped digitization hardware, containment verification sensors, data-sanitization/forensic IT initial systems, initial PPE and protective equipment.
Offsite Cold Storage $450K
[#2] Vault redundancy & off-site cold-storage copy (hardened separate location, transport cases).
Amnestic Setup $250K
[#10] Amnestic production and secure dispensing setup (pharmacy equipment, secure storage, training setup).
Global Monitoring Setup $225K
[#8] Initial global monitoring / OSINT system build (web crawlers, feeds, detection pipelines).
Dedicated Small Sat $0
[#15] Dedicated small-sat mission (optional). Set to $0 in this baseline (data subscriptions chosen instead).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $14.7M/yr
Staff Wages $3.6M/yr
[#5, #6, #8, #11, #13] Salaries + benefits for conservators, security officers, OSINT analysts, clinicians, and research scientists (includes 30% benefits where noted).
Mtf Readiness $3.0M/yr
[#7] Mobile Task Force readiness, vehicles, training, equipment maintenance, and forward-deployed logistics (recurring operations and maintenance).
Containment R And D $1.8M/yr
[#28] R&D into memetic filters, safe-read protocols, counter-incantations, and experimental containment technologies.
Research And Monitoring $1.3M/yr
[#4, #8, #12, #15, #16, #17, #25] Ongoing OSINT/cloud compute/licenses, satellite/data subscriptions, biohazard lab operating costs, digitization maintenance, sensor upkeep, data-sanitization incident response, and long-term archival/research/publication programs.
Logistics And Transport $1.2M/yr
[#9] Field operations, travel, covert ops logistics, short-term lodging, temporary safehouses, and cross-border retrieval operations.
Public Safety Liaison $1.0M/yr
[#20] Liaison costs, joint exercises, and covert agreements with civil defense and governments.
Intelligence Informants $600K/yr
[#22] Payments and support for undercover human assets in antiquities markets and occult communities.
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#18] Legal fees, takedowns, cover-story creation, public relations, and payments to hosts/third parties for containment of public information.
Ritual Chamber Operations $375K/yr
[#14] Ongoing operations, training, emergency readiness, and specialized consumables for controlled experimental program if used.
Amnestic Program $250K/yr
[#10] Per-treatment budget, clinical staff support, pharmacy operations and controlled dispensing (~50 treatments/yr budget + staff).
Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr
[#1, #14] Ongoing facility upkeep, HVAC/climate-control maintenance, and specialized-system servicing for vaults and experimental chamber.
Oversight Board Operations $200K/yr
[#26] Ethical, legal, and oversight board operations and review panels.
Incident Simulation Exercises $125K/yr
[#27] High-priority incident response simulation and tabletop exercises.
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#24] Consumables and PPE replenishment, basic archival supplies and general-purpose consumables.
Security Training And Certifications $100K/yr
[#6] Ongoing training, certifications, and vetting costs for Site-81 security staff.
Medical Facility Operations $100K/yr
[#11] Facility operating costs for pre/post-amnestic evaluation spaces, monitoring equipment, and medical support not captured in clinician salaries.
Training And Drills $100K/yr
[#21] Education, memetic-awareness drills, and routine staff training on recognition and response.
Evidence Procedures Retainers $50K/yr
[#23] Contractor retainers and procedural budgets for secure destruction or sequestration of seized materials.
Containment Sensor Maintenance $35K/yr
[#16] Maintenance and calibration of optical/thermal/mass sensors and AI-based anomaly detection systems.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $14.7M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; regular monitoring, staffing, maintenance, and planned R&D continue.
routine operations regular field ops ongoing R&D
🚨 Minor Incident $16.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Local leak or small-scale exposure requiring targeted field ops, amnestics, legal takedowns and short-term MTF deployment.
unauthorized distribution detected small public exposure single-site ritual attempt
🚨 Major Breach $24.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or coordinated dissemination requiring large-scale MTF operations, international logistics, extended legal/PR, and reserve drawdown.
widespread leak coordinated ritual completion international publicity
🚨 Catastrophic Manifestation $130.0M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$115.3M vs baseline
Manifestation of SCP-2270-B (solar strike) or equivalent catastrophic ritual outcome requiring immediate global emergency response and large reserve expenditure.
successful full ritual completion direct manifestation from astronomical source major uncontrolled exposure
👥 Personnel 32 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 18 [#6] 18 security staff for 24/7 armed security (3 shifts) at Site-81; wages included in staff_wages.
Conservator / Archivist 2 [#5] 1–2 full-time conservators for handling, preservation and authentication; wages included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 5 [#13] Linguistics, antiquities and occult researchers (4–6 FTE range aggregated to 5); wages included in staff_wages.
OSINT / Analyst 4 [#8] Analysts for global monitoring and triage; wages included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer / Psychiatric Staff 3 [#10, #11] Clinicians for pre/post-amnestic care and memetic monitoring; wages included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges for nearly every line item, allowing mid-point aggregation; uncertainty remains around the frequency of incidents, whether a dedicated satellite is procured, and the real-world cost of major breaches or manifestations, so overall confidence is medium.
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