[#12, #14, #26] One-time laboratory and specialized fabrication setup: wet-lab/BSL upgrade and associated instrumentation (#12), initial translation/research stipend for Daozang work (#14), and specialized fabrication/materials lab setup (#26).

[#2, #9, #10] One-time costs for controlled landslide/road isolation (#2), construction/retrofit of Anomalous Vehicle Sector bays at Site-316 (#9), and one-time HVAC/filtration installation for vehicle bays (#10). Estimates use midpoints of provided ranges.

[#24] One-time emergency/legal contingency reserve as noted for large settlements or emergency buyouts.

[#5, #8, #19, #21, #27, #30, #17] One-time purchase/installation of surveillance/sensor array (#5), secure ignition-key locker/safe (#8), test instrumentation (#19), onsite fuel storage unit (#21), IT/secure-comms hardware (#27), occasional cold-storage unit capital (#30), and compliance-enforcement simulator/device hardware (#17).

[#7] One-time setup costs for front company establishment, initial legal counsel and local fixer/bribery contingencies for cover.

[#4, #13] Salaries for on-site security force and scientific staff (security guards 4–8; research specialists 3–10). Estimate uses midpoints of provided salary ranges and assumed staffing levels.

[#15] Recurring costs to maintain D-class program: housing, processing, security escorts and program overhead. Midpoint of provided range used.

[#6, #20, #21, #22] Secure transport/extraction of instances (#6), field clearance crews (#20), fuel/tyres and vehicle consumables (#21), and recovery/long-range tracking operations including air assets when needed (#22). Assumes a moderate number of activations/year (baseline scenario) to convert per-event ranges into annual costs.

[#12, #26, #19, #14] Ongoing lab staffing and supplies (#12), fabrication lab operations (#26), data/storage/maintenance for test instrumentation (#19), and recurring translation/cultural research stipends (#14).

[#24] Worker insurance, liability reserves and ongoing legal contingency funding (annual insurance/reserve portion).

[#1, #7, #29] Ongoing front-company registration/fees/local taxes and small cover staff (#1), ongoing legal/PR retainer and local fixes (#7), and retainer for public-incident response/PR (#29).

[#29] Portion of public-incident contingency budget allocated as an annual retainer for rapid-response PR/INTEL and black-ops contingencies.

[#23] On-call medics, trauma care provisioning, routine medical screening and incident medical costs (baseline).

[#3, #10] Ongoing slope/closure monitoring and maintenance (#3) plus HVAC/filtration energy & maintenance (#10).

[#16] Per-test consumables and PPE replaced per activation (#16). Assumes a moderate activation tempo and median per-activation consumable cost.

[#11] Recurring hazardous-waste contractor costs and per-vehicle disposal fees. Includes median annual contractor costs plus per-activation disposal assumptions.

[#28] Annual training, SOP development and live drills for anomalous vehicle protocols.

[#25] Regular deodorization, fumigation and deep-clean operations for vehicle interiors; includes per-intense-clean costs converted to an annual baseline.

[#30] Long-term storage and archival costs for samples, documents and retired vehicles. Recurring cold/dry storage and cataloguing.

[#27] Recurring IT, secure comms subscriptions, backups, intrusion monitoring and remote link maintenance.

[#5] Recurring maintenance and communications/backhaul costs for remote surveillance and sensor arrays.

[#18] Data plans, SIMs and replacement trackers for GPS telemetry per test. Assumes reusable hardware and typical data-plan costs.