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SCP-3051 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-3051
Expected annual
$25.8M
One-time setup
$27.1M
Annual recurring
$25.2M
Personnel
154
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $27.1M driven primarily by land acquisition, lab buildouts, sensors, and aviation/vehicle procurement; recurring annual operations are approximately $25.2M/yr driven mainly by security payroll, containment reserve contributions, research operations, and personnel overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $27.1M
Facilities $13.8M
[#1, #2, #3, #19, #27, #13] Land acquisition, perimeter barrier installation, watchtower construction, initial roadworks, outer-ring signage, and on-site quarters refit.
Equipment $5.9M
[#6, #7, #8, #10, #11, #17, #23] Sensor arrays, recording/NVR hardware, transmitter buildout + clandestine install, power generators/UPS, vehicles/aviation fleet, hardened comms hardware, and compute hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.0M
[#15, #22] Laboratory buildout and specialized instrumentation for temporal research plus decontamination/safe-handling lab construction.
Containment Failure Initial Fund $2.0M
[#21] Initial one-time capitalization / set-aside for emergency response and remediation reserve.
Legal Cover Setup $275K
[#18] One-time establishment of cover company/front, initial legal filings, and early compensation to local authorities.
Training Development $62K
[#20] One-time development of SOPs and initial training curriculum/simulations.
Content Acquisition $55K
[#9] One-time sourcing/digitization and rights work for 1980 broadcast content and fabrication.
Copyright And Archival $30K
[#29] One-time archival/copyright acquisition fees for duplicated broadcast material.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $25.2M/yr
Staff Wages $12.5M/yr
[#4, #5, #12, #13, #15, #23] Security payroll (guards & supervisors), remote surveillance/operators, rapid-response tactical team salaries, on-site stipend for Dr. Faust, and core research personnel wages.
Personnel Support Overhead $2.5M/yr
[#26] HR, payroll processing, benefits administration, clearances, and pension contributions (20–30% of payroll).
Research And Monitoring $2.4M/yr
[#15, #14, #16, #23, #20, #28] Research operations, recurring medical/psychiatric oversight contracts, specialized instrument recalibration funding, compute/analysis staffing support, recurrent training exercises, and area-monitoring analysis.
Annual Contingency $2.3M/yr
[#30] Annual contingency (approx. 10% of recurring operations) for unexpected costs, fuel spikes, equipment failures, and ad-hoc research spending.
Containment Failure Reserve $2.0M/yr
[#21] Annual set-aside / reserve contribution for catastrophic containment incidents, remediation, relocation, or litigation (kept available as contingency).
Supplies And Consumables $1.7M/yr
[#6, #7, #16, #11, #25, #10, #8, #9] Sensor/ camera repairs and replacements, data storage growth, instrument spare parts/consumables, vehicle fuel & maintenance, PPE/office consumables, generator fuel, transmitter upkeep, and small content updates.
Facilities Maintenance $662K/yr
[#2, #3, #19, #27, #13, #10] Perimeter and watchtower maintenance, road upkeep, signage upkeep, on-site utilities, and structural/power system maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $400K/yr
[#11, #17] Fuel, maintenance, hangar/insurance and aviation logistics for patrols and deployments.
Cover Story And Legal $325K/yr
[#18, #24, #29, #28] Ongoing cover entity costs, PR/legal retainers, insurance/legal defense pool, and low-profile local compensation/licensing maintenance.
Archive Compute Operating $250K/yr
[#23] Recurring compute, storage growth, and analysis platform costs for archival/time-series processing.
Decon Lab Operating $125K/yr
[#22] Operating costs for decontamination and safe-handling laboratory work (consumables, staffing, validation).
Demographic Monitoring $100K/yr
[#28] Ongoing low-level socioeconomic and local-population monitoring to preserve cover and detect interest.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $25.2M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal year with regular weekly loops, routine maintenance, and no major containment incidents.
weekly_loop_operations routine_maintenance scheduled_research
🚨 Minor Incident $25.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Small localized breach or equipment failure requiring emergency deployments, replacement of sensors, and limited medical evacuation(s).
localized_breach sensor_or_power_failure single_deployment_medical_evac
🚨 Major Breach $30.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant hostile incursion (e.g., GoI-176-style attack) causing equipment loss, staff casualties, temporary cover compromise, and substantial remediation.
hostile_assault equipment_destruction civilian_exposure
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $35.2M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Severe containment failure with mass equipment loss, prolonged operational disruption, major legal/PR fallout, or need for site relocation.
large_scale_detonation_event sustained_hostile_operation mass_civilian_exposure
👥 Personnel 154 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 80 [#4] Front-line guards for towers, roadblocks, and patrol rotations (midpoint of 70–100).
Security Supervisor 5 [#4] Supervisory cadre for security shifts and tower/roadblock coordination.
Remote Surveillance Operator / Watch Officer 30 [#5] Operators and analysts providing 24/7 monitoring and alarm triage (midpoint 20–40).
Rapid Response Tactical Team 12 [#12] Trained tactical agents maintained on-call for deployments and extractions.
Research Scientist 6 [#15] Temporal/research team (midpoint 4–8) assigned to study loops and run experiments.
Engineer / Maintenance 6 [#6, #10, #11, #17] Facility, power, vehicle, sensor, and communications maintenance staff.
Archive / Data Science Staff 4 [#23] Compute/analysis personnel for time-series, archival, and anomaly detection workloads.
Medical Officer 1 [#14] On-call medical staff to manage routine and emergency care for on-site personnel.
Psychiatrist / Mental Health Consultant 1 [#14] Regular psychiatric oversight for Dr. Faust and staff exposure management.
Pilots / Aviation Crew (contracted or full-time) 2 [#11] Aviation crew for helicopter/airlift operations and rapid response.
Administrative Staff (HR / Payroll / Legal liaisons) 6 [#18, #25, #26] Administrative support for HR, payroll, legal, and cover maintenance.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#13, #15] Senior oversight and executive coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates and ranges for most categories, allowing a reasoned midpoint-based estimate; major remaining uncertainties are land acquisition price variability, degree of aviation and remote-sensor density, and the unpredictable frequency/severity of GoI interactions which affect reserve sizing.
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