SCP-3682 — SCP-3682 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3682 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-3682

Expected annual

$946K

One-time setup

$2.1M

Annual recurring

$893K

Personnel

Initial one-time setup and potential containment upgrades drive costs (~$2.09M one-time), while ongoing perimeter security, research staffing, and logistics dominate annual spending (~$893k/yr). Main cost drivers are a possible specialized lab retrofit, multi-shift remote security staffing, and project research contracts.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.1M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M

[#18] Specialized containment laboratory retrofit (BSL-3/containment-ready HVAC, negative pressure, waste treatment) one-time build/retrofit estimate.

Escalation Relocation Contingency $500K

[#30] Contingency budget for large-scale relocation/secure transport or temporary secure facility build/transport crates (worst-case uplift).

Facilities $199K

[#1, #11, #15, #24] Site boarding/lockdown, small secure vault retrofit, archaeological excavation campaign, and structure stabilization (roof/drainage) one-time construction/stabilization work.

Equipment $145K

[#3, #5, #6, #22] Remote CCTV/sensor and comms install hardware, field-camp gear (tents/kitchen/etc.), basic PPE/hazmat kit, and secure database/server hardware buildout (one-time purchases/installs).

Emergency Contingency Initial Reserve $50K

[#19] Initial reserve fund for rapid aviation lift, quarantine activation, hazardous removal or emergent response.

Media Analysis And Translation $40K

[#13] Audio/video forensic analysis, linguistic translation, metadata recovery, and narrative reconstruction contractor time.

Remote Sensing Survey $30K

[#14] Aerial LIDAR/drone survey, multispectral imagery, GPR and geophysics for the valley/site.

Forensic Autopsy And Pathology $25K

[#7] Forensic autopsy, anthropological analyses, histology/toxicology and specialist pathology work.

Legal And Liaison Initial $20K

[#16] Initial legal fees, permit facilitation, local authority liaison and modest cover-story setup costs.

Microbial Pathogen Testing $15K

[#10] BSL-2/3 microbial screens, pathogen work-ups, and potential metagenomic sequencing (contracted testing).

Artifact Conservation $15K

[#25] Conservation of knife (ivory), metal objects, textiles, paper, and specialist restoration.

Vhs Conservation And Digitization $14K

[#12] Tape conservation (bake/dry/repair) and high-quality forensic digitization and frame restoration for damaged VHS media.

Dna Sequencing And Kinship $12K

[#8] Short/long-read sequencing, SNP genotyping, degraded-sample handling, and kinship/database searches.

Cultural Mitigation Initial $10K

[#23] Initial cultural/religious sensitivity mitigation, small community negotiations or restitution budgeting.

Psychological Mitigation Initial $10K

[#26] Initial psychiatric evaluation/therapy or witness-protection relocation budgeting for affected civilians/witnesses.

Radiocarbon And Material Analysis $5K

[#9] Radiocarbon (C14) and isotopic/material analyses across multiple samples.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $893K/yr

Research And Monitoring $300K/yr

[#20] Ongoing/annualized research campaign staffing and contractor budgets (anthropology, forensics, archaeology, linguistics, video analysis) for active investigation periods.

Staff Wages $280K/yr

[#2] Multi-shift perimeter security staffing (4 guards as baseline rotation) and a remote monitoring/operator post (salaries + benefits + rotation/hardship pay).

Logistics And Transport $74K/yr

[#4, #2] Secure transport costs (armored couriers/ground escorts or helicopter lifts averaged over expected transfers per year) plus travel/housing logistics for remote rotations.

Insurance $50K/yr

[#28] Annual high-risk operations insurance and liability coverage (premiums scaled to perceived operational risk).

Emergency Contingency Reserve $50K/yr

[#19] Ongoing reserve replenishment for rapid-response needs and unexpected containment expenditures.

Supplies And Consumables $49K/yr

[#5, #21, #6, #27] Field-camp consumables (fuel/food), sample shipping and cold-chain, PPE replacement and training consumables, and hazardous waste disposal contracts.

Facilities Maintenance $33K/yr

[#11, #24, #29] Vault/climate-control utilities and maintenance, ongoing structure/site stabilization/repairs, and long-term archival environmental control costs.

Cover Story And Legal $25K/yr

[#16, #17, #23] Ongoing legal/liaison retainers, media monitoring/OPSEC, public narrative management and modest community relations follow-up.

Psychological Support And Witness Protection $10K/yr

[#26] Annual costs for continuing psychiatric care, travel/relocation allowances and witness-protection style services where applicable.

Remote Cctv And Comms Maintenance $9K/yr

[#3] Recurring bandwidth, solar/battery upkeep, sensor maintenance and encrypted comms data-plan fees for remote CCTV/sensor arrays.

Evidence Database Hosting $8K/yr

[#22] Secure hosting, backups, encrypted database maintenance and IT support for cataloging/digitization systems.

Cultural Mitigation $5K/yr

[#23] Ongoing community relations, restitution payments or controlled access facilitation as needed.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $893K/yr

92.0% probability / year

Normal year with investigative activity and ongoing maintenance; no major incidents or containment escalations.

routine_research_campaigns regular_maintenance no_exposure_events

🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Limited containment incident or exposure requiring emergency response, medical checks, additional cleanup and short-term increased staffing.

limited_exposure local_media_leak transportation_accident

🚨 Specialized Containment Required $1.9M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Discovery of genuine anomalous biohazard or memetic risk requiring rapid upgrade/retrofit to containment lab (BSL-3/4-level work) and increased long-term security.

anomalous_bio_properties_confirmed requirement_for_BSL3_or_higher sustained_research_scale-up

🚨 Major Breach $3.4M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline

Large-scale breach or public exposure forcing evacuation/relocation, major containment relocation/export, large cover operations and significant legal/compensation costs.

widespread_exposure forced_relocation public_exposure_and_litigation

👥 Personnel 5 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	4	[#2] Multi-shift perimeter guards assigned to remote post; rotation and hardship pay included in staff_wages.
Monitoring Operator	1	[#3] Remote CCTV/sensor operator for 24/7 monitoring and comms oversight included in staff_wages estimate.

📋 Confidence Notes

Significant uncertainty: the object is EE with unknown recurrence and ambiguous anomalous properties. Many line items are range-based estimates and depend on whether SCP-3682 is non-anomalous or requires high-level biocontainment; thus aggregate cost estimates have low confidence.

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