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SCP-3421 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-3421
Expected annual
$7.0M
One-time setup
$8.0M
Annual recurring
$6.8M
Personnel
28
Initial capital outlay is roughly $8.0M driven by construction of Faraday cages, site upgrades, heavy-recovery fleet and lab buildout. Recurring costs are dominated by multi-role personnel, legal/liaison budgets and an international contingency pool, totaling roughly $6.76M/year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.0M
Equipment $3.6M
[#3, #6, #7, #10, #18, #19, #22] Covers heavy-recovery fleet purchase (crane, excavator, line truck, flatbeds), initial Faraday bags/lockers, transport crates/trailer, initial spectrum/sensor node hardware and NOC comms hardware, initial secure storage hardware, neutralization equipment authorizations, and initial PPE procurement.
Facilities $3.1M
[#4, #5] Includes construction of purpose-built Faraday enclosures for full specimens (2 cages assumed for baseline) and Site-66 wing upgrades/integration work (foundations, drainage, secure routes, perimeter).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $900K
[#11, #12] RF lab and anechoic chamber setup plus initial controlled-maturation/containment research program startup (greenhouse rigs, simulated power-line rigs, compute/storage).
Mtf Training And Kitting $225K
[#2] Initial MTF-Theta-4-1 training, mission kits and consumable equipment (insulated tools, Faraday field bags, PPE, specialty kits).
Backup Power Installation $140K
[#17] One-time installation of UPS/generator/grounding/EMI suppression per baseline cages (assumes 2 cages at midpoint costs).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.8M/yr
Staff Wages $2.5M/yr
[#1, #10, #11, #8] Payroll + benefits for permanent teams: MTF-Theta-4-1 operators (~12 FTEs), NOC/24-7 signal analysts, research staff (RF engineers/computational linguists), and recurring maintenance labor for stored specimens.
International Contingency Pool $1.5M/yr
[#21] Contingency fund for international/regional forward deployment, travel, local hiring and short-term facility rental (baseline pool maintained).
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#13, #20] Annual retainer and operational budget for telecom liaison, legal defense, PR/cover-story maintenance and public-risk mitigation programs.
Emergency Repair Reserve $500K/yr
[#9] Annual reserve fund for 24-hour-response repairs, contractor mobilization and rapid parts procurement.
Insurance And Overhead $350K/yr
[#23] Insurance/contingency/overhead budget (apportioned as program cushion against liability and catastrophic exposure).
Facilities Maintenance $320K/yr
[#4, #5, #8, #17, #16] Bi-weekly specimen maintenance, HVAC/filter replacement, Faraday mesh repairs, generator/UPS fuel & maintenance, and allocated site overhead for cages/wing upkeep.
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#10, #11, #12, #18, #20] Non-pay recurring research expenses: compute/storage maintenance, experiment consumables, sensor upkeep, field-detection program operational costs and secure data stewardship.
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#2, #6, #22] Ongoing replacement of MTF field consumables, Faraday bags, PPE replacement and occupational-health monitoring consumables.
Mtf Training And Kitting $75K/yr
[#2] Annual refresher training and kit replacement for MTF deployments.
Logistics And Transport $60K/yr
[#7, #14, #15] Fuel & maintenance for shielded trailers/transport, average annual utility-coordination costs and routine soil/evidence excavation support.
Storage Recurring $40K/yr
[#18] Recurring secure storage, backup and cybersecurity costs for recorded transmissions and metadata.
Heavy Recovery Rental $30K/yr
[#3] Occasional per-operation rental costs (overflow or specialized equipment) averaged annually.
Disposal Fund $20K/yr
[#19] Annual allocation for occasional specimen disposal/neutralization contracts and environmental remediation readiness.
Admin Processing $15K/yr
[#24] Miscellaneous per-item processing costs: chain-of-custody, cataloguing and administrative time.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.8M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with planned monitoring, maintenance and no major incidents.
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🚨 Minor Incident $7.0M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized emergency (single-specimen repair, modest excavation, utility work and limited legal/repair payouts).
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🚨 Major Breach $9.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment/repair event or public exposure requiring multi-day heavy-lift operations, major infrastructure replacements and substantial PR/legal costs.
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🚨 Proliferation Outbreak $11.5M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$4.7M vs baseline
Rapid multi-site maturation of SCP-3421-1 into numerous full specimens requiring expedited containment scale-up (new cages, wing retrofit, extra transport and surge staffing).
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👥 Personnel 28 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#1] Dedicated MTF-Theta-4-1 operators (telecom specialists, linemen, arborists, medics, RF engineers) — permanent 12-person team.
NOC Analyst / Signal Analyst 6 [#10] 24/7 spectrum monitoring and NOC shift coverage for detection and initial triage.
Research Scientist 4 [#11, #12] RF engineers, computational linguists and containment researchers assigned to analysis and mitigation R&D.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#8, #9, #17] On-call electricians, RF technicians and structural maintenance staff for bi-weekly maintenance and 24-hour repair response.
Administrative Staff 2 [#13, #24] Legal/liaison administrators, recordkeeping and cover-story management support.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 Site-level management and coordination for the SCP-3421 program.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges, but wide uncertainty remains around incident frequency, per-incident severity, and proliferation dynamics (SCP-3421-1 → SCP-3421). Many items use midpoints of broad ranges; international deployments and outbreak probability are especially uncertain.
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