SCP-3075 — SCP-3075 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3075 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-3075

Expected annual

$3.4M

One-time setup

$1.4M

Annual recurring

$3.4M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup dominated by secure IT, vehicle/MTF kit, and contingency reserves (~$1.36M). Annual operating costs are driven by staff wages (MTF readiness and monitoring), legal/PR, and research—totaling roughly $3.37M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M

Contingency Reserve $500K

[#20] Reserve fund for litigation/crisis/emergency operations; lower-end reserve allocated for small program.

Incident Operation Capital $200K

[#25] Putative one-off emergency mobilization fund to cover a single large operation (mid-range of per-operation estimate).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K

[#11] Initial quarantine/decontamination and lab testing setup (isolation suite, reagents, lab bench equipment) chosen mid-range.

Transport Vehicles $130K

[#8] Purchase/retrofit of an inconspicuous armored/rapid-response van (mid-range).

Mtf Equipment Initial $100K

[#7] Initial tactical / MTF kit (gear, PPE, containment crates) for one mobile team (mid-range).

Cybersecurity Setup $75K

[#18] Initial secure-communications and OPSEC/IT hardening (servers, encrypted comms, intrusion detection) mid-range.

Initial Training $57K

[#17] Initial training courses for personnel (assumed ~19 staff × ~$3,000 average).

Facilities $50K

[#9] Capital cost to add a secure suite/containment/storage for recovered SCP-3075-A instances; mid-range program estimate.

Compensation One Time $50K

[#14] One-time compensation/support payments to affected households/orphanages (assumed 5 sites × ~$10k).

Equipment $32K

[#1] Covert surveillance installation (5 sites assumed): cameras, microphones, concealment housings, wiring and installation labor (approx. $6,500/site).

Background Checks Initial $19K

[#16] Initial background checks / security clearances for program staff (~19 personnel × ~$1,000 each).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.4M/yr

Staff Wages $2.0M/yr

[#4, #6, #12, #15] Salaries and benefits for monitoring operators, MTF on-call rotation, research staff, social worker(s), medical and maintenance staff (breakdown in personnel section).

Cover Story And Legal $350K/yr

[#13, #19] Ongoing legal counsel, cover-story generation, liaison with authorities, PR/ misinformation retainer and content creation.

Research And Monitoring $300K/yr

[#12] Research project budget (non-salary equipment, protocols, subject research costs) for a small dedicated study.

Logistics And Transport $168K/yr

[#5, #8] Periodic covert site-check visits (monthly for 5 sites) and standby transport/vehicle operating costs for rapid response.

Compensation And Support $100K/yr

[#14] Ongoing support/grants/temporary relocation assistance for affected households (assumes program-level recurring support across sites).

Cybersecurity Operations $75K/yr

[#18] Ongoing OPSEC/IT operations, intrusion monitoring, and secure comms upkeep.

Ethical Oversight And Audits $75K/yr

[#21] Internal/external ethics reviews, compliance auditing and oversight for work involving minors.

Personnel Healthcare And Trauma Support $75K/yr

[#23] Counseling, EAP services, and trauma support for staff regularly exposed to disturbing material.

Contingency Replenishment $50K/yr

[#20] Annual replenishment to maintain contingency/reserve levels over time.

Long Term Custodial Care $50K/yr

[#26] Ongoing custodial/medical costs for any recovered SCP-3075-A instances requiring supervised care (assumed one person in care for budgeting).

Mtf Equipment Replenishment $20K/yr

[#7] Annual replenishment and consumables for MTF kits (PPE, restraints, expendables).

Public Safety Mitigation $20K/yr

[#27] Community-level mitigation, temporary sheltering, and liaison staffing for public-safety responses.

Training Refreshers $19K/yr

[#17] Annual refresher training for personnel (~19 staff × ~$1,000 avg).

Medical And Forensic Per Recovery $16K/yr

[#10] Expected medical, forensic, and initial psychological assessment costs (assumes ~1 recovery/year: ~$6k immediate + ~$10k first-year therapy/support).

Record Retention And Foia $15K/yr

[#22] Long-term archiving, redaction services, and FOIA/legal disclosure management.

Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr

[#9, #24] Recurring security/maintenance, HVAC and utilities for added secure storage/suite and associated overhead.

Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr

[#2] Annual replacement and upkeep of surveillance hardware, batteries, concealment repairs (5 sites assumed).

Lab Testing And Reagents $5K/yr

[#11] Per-sample testing and reagent costs (low expected sample volumes for small program).

Data Storage And Backups $2K/yr

[#3] Encrypted archival storage and offsite backups for 5-site high-resolution feeds (small-scale per-site storage assumption).

Background Checks Recurring $2K/yr

[#16] Ongoing vetting/renewal costs and periodic rechecks for staff.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.4M/yr

91.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine monitoring, research, and readiness; no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $3.7M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$334K vs baseline

Single-site recovery or discrete extraction requiring emergency mobilization, extra legal/PR activity, and short-term care.

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🚨 Major Breach $4.9M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Widespread surveillance failure or multi-site disappearance triggering large-scale recovery operations, litigation, long-term care, and major PR/contingency spending.

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👥 Personnel 19 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	10	[@#6] Core mobile task force personnel on rotation to maintain readiness; primary driver of MTF salary expense.
Research Scientist	2	[@#12] Full-time researchers dedicated to SCP-3075 analysis and study.
Surveillance Operator / Analyst	3	[@#4] Live-monitoring operators to provide 24/7 coverage (small cluster size assumed).
Social Worker	1	[@#15] Child-protection liaison and social-services coordination under cover.
Medical Officer	1	[@#10, #11] Provides medical/forensic assessments and oversight for recovered instances.
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[@#2, #18] Maintains surveillance hardware, servers, and OPSEC infrastructure.
Administrative Staff	1	[@#13, #22] Program administration, legal liaison, and records/FOIA handling.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and a small-program (≈5-site) assumption; costs scale strongly with program size and incident frequency so uncertainty is moderate.

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