SCP-2919 — SCP-2919 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2919 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-2919

Expected annual

$9.2M

One-time setup

$49.1M

Annual recurring

$9.0M

Personnel

Initial capital/setup costs are dominated by site acquisition, facility hardening, sensor arrays and large strategic reserves (~$49.1M one-time). Ongoing annual operations (personnel, monitoring, R&D, logistics and contingency replenishment) are ~ $9.0M/year.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $49.1M

High Severity Reserve One Time $20.0M

[#30] High-severity failure / strategic reserve for catastrophic spatial events and international response (large-scale political/amnestic campaigns).

Strategic Reserve Capital $10.0M

[#19] Crisis contingency & evacuation fund reserved capital (initial set-aside for large rapid-response procurement and regional operations).

Equipment $6.3M

[#4, #6, #7, #8, #14, #16] Capital purchase and installation of Minkowski spacetime monitor array, redundant sensor suite, secure communications/data center, power generation/hardware, remote/hardened robotics, and PPE/personal safety gear.

Facilities $5.4M

[#1, #2, #3] Covert site acquisition/land control, Provisional Site-31 structural refurbishment and discreet access infrastructure (helipad build chosen as lower-visibility option). Includes title/OPSEC premiums and construction/hardening work.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.3M

[#15, #23] Initial experimental containment R&D program and compute/analysis infrastructure (prototype development, HPC, software licenses, initial lab instrumentation).

Decommissioning Reserve $1.0M

[#29] Long-term decommissioning and site remediation contingent budget.

Transport Mobilization $500K

[#28] One-off heavy-equipment mobilization and specialized transport (heavy-lift helos/cranes/seasonal access logistics).

Legal Cover Initial $300K

[#18] Initial legal/diplomatic/cover-story operations and covert permit/liaison setup.

Public Relations Initial $150K

[#27] Initial public-relations / local community mitigation / cover-story establishment costs.

Amnestic Stock Initial $150K

[#17] Initial stock, secure administration suite setup and training for Class-A amnestics and Mnestic supplies.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.0M/yr

Staff Wages $3.0M/yr

[#9, #10, #11, #12] Salaries & benefits for security (24/7 shifts), scientific staff, technical/maintenance crew, and onsite support (medic/admin/catering).

Research And Monitoring $1.9M/yr

[#5, #6, #15, #23, #26, #24] Routine monitoring and sensor maintenance (Minkowski monitors, redundant suite), ongoing experimental containment R&D, compute/software recurring costs, replacement/refresh cycle budget and training/drills.

High Severity Reserve Annual $1.0M/yr

[#30] Annual contribution to long-term high-severity strategic reserve for catastrophic events and large-scale international operations.

Insurance Reserve $500K/yr

[#22] Internal reserve/escrow to cover legal fallout, liability and third-party damages.

Repairs Contingency $500K/yr

[#20] Annual contingency for repairs and structural remediation after localized gravitational distortion events.

Logistics And Transport $400K/yr

[#13] Helicopter charters/transport operations for personnel rotation, emergency evacuation and heavy-lift support (if roads are not used).

Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr

[#2, #3] Routine structural upkeep, OPSEC-sensitive maintenance for hardened structures and access infrastructure.

Crisis Replenishment $300K/yr

[#19] Routine replenishment of the crisis contingency fund and rapid-procurement readiness.

Supplies And Consumables $250K/yr

[#21, #16] Ongoing consumables: food, fuel, cryogens, spare parts, PPE replacements, lubricants, medical consumables.

Robotics Maintenance $250K/yr

[#14] Maintenance, replacements and consumables for tethered/hardened robotics, sondes and winch systems.

Cover Story And Legal $235K/yr

[#18, #27] Ongoing legal/diplomatic liaison, covert permits, local payments and public-relations funding to sustain cover stories and community mitigation.

Power Fuel Maintenance $165K/yr

[#8] Fuel, generator maintenance, battery/solar upkeep and winter heating costs for arctic operations.

Communications And Storage $80K/yr

[#7] Recurring bandwidth, cloud/archive storage, satellite uplink costs and cybersecurity upkeep.

Amnestic Replenishment $60K/yr

[#17] Annual replenishment of amnestic stocks, training refresh and post-administration care supplies.

Incident Response $50K/yr

[#25] Average annual budget for incident response, forensics, cleanup and per-incident amnestic/cover implementation (averaged across years).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.0M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Normal year with steady monitoring, routine maintenance, staff wages and regular R&D activity; no major incidents.

steady_operations no_breach routine_maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $9.3M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Localized anomalous event or trespass causing sensor damage, small structural repairs, limited amnestic use and incident forensics.

localized_gravitational_event trespasser_fatality sensor_damage

🚨 Major Breach $16.0M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$7.0M vs baseline

Significant spatial distortion or containment-affecting event requiring large repairs, major amnestic campaign, emergency procurement and amplified PR/legal response.

large_spatial_distortion multi-site_response regional_exposure

👥 Personnel 30 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	12	[#9] 3-shift model, ~8–12 guards on site including supervisors; covers perimeter and screening with minimal direct engagement.
Research Scientist	8	[#10] Gravitational physicists, lead SCP-2919 researcher, experimentalists and rotating specialists.
Engineer / Maintenance	6	[#11] Electronics technicians, HVAC/cryogenics techs, vehicle operators and sensor maintenance staff.
Medical Officer	1	[#12] Onsite medic trained for trauma, evacuation coordination and post-amnestic care.
Administrative Staff	2	[#12, #18] Admin, logistics coordination, and cover-story liaison support.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#9, #10] Senior on-site manager with clearance and liaison responsibilities.

📋 Confidence Notes

Ranges in the analyst notes are wide (particularly for reserves, R&D scale and contingency funds). Many line items are contingency/reserve decisions and depend on policy choices; personnel and monitoring costs are better defined, giving medium overall confidence.

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