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SCP-2722 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2722
Expected annual
$12.0M
One-time setup
$17.5M
Annual recurring
$11.8M
Personnel
73
Initial capital outlay is approximately $17.5M one-time to acquire land, build containment infrastructure, purchase heavy equipment and establish research capabilities; recurring operations are roughly $11.76M/year driven primarily by security and excavation payroll, research/compute, and continuous monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $17.5M
Equipment $5.5M
[#5, #6, #7, #12, #14, #10, #18, #25, #26] Long-range sensors, autonomous/robotic systems, purchase of heavy excavation fleet, secure transport vehicle purchases, initial data-comm hardware, emergency equipment, initial PPE, forensic facility mods, and archival hardware.
Facilities $3.7M
[#1, #2, #20, #18, #19] Land acquisition and easements for a 5 km exclusion zone, perimeter construction (fencing/gates/checkpoints), on-site staff accommodations construction, environmental engineering works (stabilization/erosion control), and fixed site power infrastructure.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.7M
[#15, #16] Initial supercomputing/language analytics hardware and software plus seed funding and specialized lab buildout for memetic/cognitive countermeasure R&D.
Escalation Reserve $2.0M
[#30] Large contingency allocation reserved for catastrophic/high-risk response and international coordination.
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#24] Seed reserve for incidents, fatalities, lawsuits and urgent replacements.
Site21 Storage Mods $500K
[#13] Dedicated vault/mods at Site-21 for received artifacts and memetic-safe handling.
Airspace Mitigation One Time $500K
[#23] Initial costs for permanent airspace changes, airline coordination, or route rerouting setup where required.
Demobilization Fund $500K
[#29] Fund reserved for future decommissioning, remediation and archive/dismantling costs.
Legal Setup One Time $100K
[#21] Initial legal/cover-story setup, permits and liaison contracts.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.8M/yr
Staff Wages $6.3M/yr
[#3, #8, #15, #17, #9, #10, #13] Security payroll and benefits (armed guards), excavation crew payroll with hazard premiums, research/linguist/ML engineer payroll, long-term observation team payroll, psychiatrists/therapists payroll, on-site medic staffing, and Site-21 storage/handling staff.
Research And Monitoring $1.9M/yr
[#5, #14, #15, #16, #26, #9, #28] Ongoing sensor/LIDAR/calibration maintenance, data bandwidth and secure storage, recurring compute/ML costs, memetic research program funding, archival storage maintenance, continuous biometric/psych monitoring systems, and public-health surveillance studies.
Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr
[#21, #22] Ongoing legal/liaison costs, hush payments, PR/cover operations, and public-monitoring/counter-disclosure response.
Insurance And Replacement $550K/yr
[#11] Additional worker life/disability insurance premiums and replacement/hiring reserve allocations.
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#12, #10] Recurring convoy/secure transport operations (fuel, drivers, maintenance) and medevac contract/ambulance readiness.
Facilities Maintenance $400K/yr
[#2, #20, #19] Ongoing perimeter/site maintenance, accommodations operations, and generator/utility maintenance.
Aerial Patrols $400K/yr
[#4] Recurring costs for contracted aerial patrols/ISR to enforce restricted airspace and drone mitigation.
Site21 Storage Ops $300K/yr
[#13] Staffing and operations for off-site storage/cataloging at Site-21.
Supplies And Consumables $205K/yr
[#18, #19] PPE & filter replacement, fuel and basic consumables for site operations.
Airspace Mitigation $200K/yr
[#23] Recurring costs associated with maintaining altered flight paths, TFRs, and airline coordination where applicable.
Oversight And Audit $150K/yr
[#27] Internal memetic containment / ethical oversight board operations and compliance auditing.
Robotics Maintenance $125K/yr
[#6] Maintenance, spare parts, and recurring software updates for autonomous/robotic inspection systems.
Forensic And Mortuary $100K/yr
[#25] Operational costs for forensic autopsy support, secure mortuary procedures, and decontamination.
Escalation Readiness $100K/yr
[#30] Recurring readiness funding for large-scale response planning, international liaison drills, and rapid mobilization readiness.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.8M/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal operation year with continuous monitoring, planned excavation activity, and no major incidents.
routine_excavation scheduled_research normal_staff_rotation
🚨 Minor Incident $12.3M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized psychological incidents or small unauthorized approach requiring additional medevac, short-term legal/PR response, and limited overtime replacement hires.
localized_suicide_events minor_breach_by_civilian small_equipment_failure
🚨 Major Breach $16.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or mass psychological event causing multiple casualties, large legal exposure, major replacement hiring and equipment loss.
mass_psychological_incident unauthorized_entry_within_half_km aircraft_incident
🚨 Escalation Event $21.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Catastrophic expansion of effects or international-scale incident requiring evacuation, international coordination, and full contingency drawdown.
widespread_spillover airspace_catastrophe international_emergency_response
👥 Personnel 73 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 24 [#3] 24 armed guards across 3 shifts to enforce the 5 km exclusion zone and perform patrols.
Excavation Crew / Operators 20 [#7, #8] Core excavation crew to support one-day-on/three-day-off rotations with hazard pay and backups.
Research Scientist / Linguist / ML Engineer 8 [#15, #16] Linguists, computational linguists, and ML engineers for OCR/translation and memetic research payroll.
Long-term Observation Team / Archivist 8 [#17] Researchers, archivists and analysts monitoring text additions and maintaining logs.
Psychiatrist / Therapist 2 [#9] On-site psychiatrists/therapists providing evaluations and crisis intervention.
Medical Officer / Paramedic 1 [#10] On-site medic and coordination with medevac contracts for emergency response.
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#6, #7, #19] Robotics/operators and equipment maintenance personnel for excavation, generators and robotic systems.
Administrative Staff / Site Director 2 [#20, #21] Administrative, logistics and site-director level staff managing operations, logistics, and legal liaison.
Site-21 Storage & Handling Staff 4 [#12, #13] Staff at Site-21 responsible for receiving, cataloging, and managing transported artifacts.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges for most cost drivers, enabling a defensible estimate; site-specific land values, choices between purchase vs rental of heavy equipment, and incident frequency introduce uncertainty, so confidence is medium.
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