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SCP-2790 BFF ~ medium confidence
SCP-2790
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$708K
Annual recurring
$1.4M
Personnel
10
Initial capital outlay is moderate (roughly $700k) driven by tank construction, life‑support, and transport equipment; ongoing annual costs are driven by staff wages, security, research, and outreach logistics (~$1.37M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $708K
Facilities $370K
[#1, #4, #30] Construction and site work: custom deep-water containment tank (incl. foundation/mounting), room/structural modifications, and decommissioning/transfer costs.
Equipment $322K
[#2, #3, #5, #6, #18] Major installed hardware: life-support system, environmental instrumentation, backup power/generator, specialized transport container, and initial emergency toolkit.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $15K
[#22] Initial SOP development and training module buildout / initial research setup related documentation and first-run training materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.4M/yr
Staff Wages $625K/yr
[#8, #9, #11] Salaries + benefits for full-time aquarists, research staff (scientists & techs), and on-site security staffing.
Research And Monitoring $110K/yr
[#10, #17, #22, #23] Human-subjects compliance/participant compensation, surveillance/data storage, recurring training updates, and microbiological/zoonotic screening.
Opportunity Cost Productivity Loss $110K/yr
[#21] Productivity loss and staff time diverted for outreach, enforced interaction, and associated lost output.
Cover Story And Legal $105K/yr
[#12, #24] Legal/HR oversight and behavioral-management training plus cover-story/administrative secrecy maintenance costs.
Logistics And Transport $102K/yr
[#6, #20] Portable LSS/transport per-transfer costs and travel/permits/escort costs for outreach (assumes ~3 outreach events/year).
Facilities Maintenance $89K/yr
[#2, #5, #26, #27] Ongoing LSS maintenance/parts, generator fuel/testing, amortized capital replacement set-aside, and pro-rated site utilities/overhead.
Veterinary Care And Pathology $56K/yr
[#7, #19] Routine veterinary care, pathology, emergency procedures, and sedatives/medications/pharmaceutical stock rotation.
Supplies And Consumables $46K/yr
[#3, #14, #15, #16, #28] Instrument calibration & replacement parts, food/enrichment consumables, water-treatment media/spares, biohazard disposal contracts, and PPE/tools.
Contingency And Response $35K/yr
[#18] Annual drills, rapid-response equipment replenishment, response-team training and readiness costs.
Occupational Health And Counseling $30K/yr
[#13] Counseling, medical screening, occupational-health follow-ups for personnel involved in interactions/grafting/experiments.
Insurance And Risk Reserve $30K/yr
[#25] Annual provisioning to internal risk reserves / contingency funds for lawsuits, cleanup, or major incidents.
Reputation And Morale Program $28K/yr
[#29] Event organization, morale measurement and related administrative costs when SCP-2790 is used for staff morale programs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.4M/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, scheduled outreach events, and no containment incidents.
scheduled outreach routine maintenance regular research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Small containment or health incident requiring emergency response, overtime, limited repairs, and additional vet/medical testing.
minor breach attempt localized equipment failure staff exposure or infection
🚨 Major Breach $2.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant containment failure or large-scale medical/legal fallout requiring major repairs, possible relocation or replacement, large legal/PR costs.
catastrophic tank failure extended multi-site contamination major litigation or public exposure
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Aquarist / Animal Care Staff 2 [#8] Full-time skilled cephalopod/aquarium biologists for daily care, feeding, enrichment and permitted contact.
Research Scientist 2 [#9] Behavioral scientists leading skin-to-skin protocol research and oversight.
Research Technician 2 [#9] Supporting technicians for experiments, samples, and data collection.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#11] On-site guards to enforce touching policy and provide security during outreach/transfer events.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling midpoint estimates, but site-specific quotes (tank size, staffing patterns, number of outreach events) and uncertain behavioral/medical incident rates introduce moderate uncertainty.
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