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SCP-3490 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-3490
Expected annual
$20.5M
One-time setup
$50.6M
Annual recurring
$20.2M
Personnel
30
Up-front capital is dominated by habitat module fabrication, a support vessel purchase and contingency reserves (~$50.6M one-time). Ongoing annual costs are driven by logistics/vessel operations, personnel, research/monitoring, and cover-up/legal activities (~$20.19M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $50.6M
Contingency Fund $20.0M
[#22] One-time contingency/emergency response reserve for large-scale neutralization, evacuation, heavy-lift chartering, or demolition.
Equipment $19.4M
[#2, #3, #4, #6, #8, #9, #12, #13, #19] Initial life-support systems, power generation & storage, purchase of support vessel, on-site medical kit, PPE kits, containment/interdiction gear, initial monitoring array & drone fleet, communications equipment, and initial waste-management hardware.
Facilities $10.2M
[#1, #18] Offshore habitable containment modules and initial environmental/structural fabrication and attachment-point work.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#11] Research lab fit-out, sample storage and basic analytical equipment for xenocultural/xenobiological study.
Medical Pharmacy Setup $250K
[#10] Secure pharmacy setup, Class-A amnestic storage, dispensing infrastructure and QA systems.
Training Program Setup $250K
[#7] Initial specialized training curriculum, simulators and facility for altered-gravity/wet-environment operations.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $20.2M/yr
Logistics And Transport $7.4M/yr
[#4, #14, #15] Support/command vessel operations, logistics/resupply (ship/helicopter rotations, refrigerated provisioning) and vessel/aircraft O&M, crewing and fuel for patrol & resupply fleet.
Staff Wages $3.6M/yr
[#5] Permanent/staff rotation pool pay for STF Beta-8 (30 FTEs fully burdened ~ $120k each).
Depreciation Reserve $2.0M/yr
[#23] Annual sinking fund for capital replacement and amortization of habitats, vessel and major equipment.
Research And Monitoring $1.9M/yr
[#11, #12, #24] Ongoing research personnel/consumables and monitoring subscriptions (satellite tasking, sensor maintenance, AIS/air-traffic feeds).
Cover Story And Legal $1.9M/yr
[#16, #25] Exclusion-zone enforcement, legal counsel, payments/reimbursements to local authorities, PR and misinformation campaigns to maintain cover stories.
Medical Services And Medevac $1.1M/yr
[#6] On-site medical staffing/supplies and contracted/dedicated medevac (helicopter or standby charter).
Supplies And Consumables $662K/yr
[#3, #7, #8, #9, #10, #13, #19] Generator fuel/maintenance, recurring training/drill consumables, PPE replacements, containment spares, amnestic inventory usage, comms bandwidth/maintenance, and waste disposal/transport.
Covert Ops And Civilian Interaction $600K/yr
[#17] Budget for on-the-spot amnestization, witness relocation, compensation and field interception operations.
Recruitment And Replacement Reserve $500K/yr
[#21] Recruitment, screening, expedited replacement training and reserve to cover attrition/mortality replacements.
Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr
[#2, #18] Ongoing life-support system O&M and environmental/attachment-point corrosion control and repairs.
Psychological Support And Rotation Costs $200K/yr
[#20] Counseling, decompression leave, family liaison and associated travel allowances.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $20.2M/yr
89.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents.
routine rotations scheduled maintenance standard research activities
🚨 Minor Incident $20.7M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Small unauthorized entry or medical incident requiring local response, amnestics and limited repairs.
unauthorized civilian/boat entry single-person injury or contamination localized equipment damage
🚨 Major Breach $25.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach requiring large-scale repair, sustained medevac/medical treatment, and diplomatic/cover-up expenditures.
multi-person exposure substantial habitat damage international attention/diplomatic incident
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $45.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Severe event requiring emergency evacuation, heavy-lift charters, potential demolition or full asset replacement.
facility loss large-scale hostile behavior from SCP-3490-1 mass exposure or international revelation
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 [#5] STF Beta-8 rotation pool to maintain 10 on-site personnel (30 FTEs estimated for rotation and replacements).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates and ranges; however several large choices (purchase vs charter, contingency sizing, frequency of incidents) require judgment, so overall confidence is medium.
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