SCP-3698 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3698
Expected annual
$4.0M
One-time setup
$7.6M
Annual recurring
$3.9M
Personnel
8
Estimated initial one-time capital for containment and specialized equipment is approximately $7.58M, with annual operating costs around $3.877M. Main cost drivers are bespoke equipment (drones, SAM units, HMDs), logistics/MTF deployments (helicopter/field ops) and contingency/legal reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.6M
Equipment $3.9M
[#4, #5, #8, #9, #10, #11, #19, #20, #21, #22, #28] Hardware and installed systems: electrification and grounding, PTZ camera system, Bachelly-Wurmann SAM units, head-mounted HMDs, pressure suits procurement, X5-Gatherer drones and spares, remote-control/servers/hardened consoles, vehicle procurement (vehicle portion), solar/battery/generator hardware, flamethrower system installation, and hardened archival hardware.
Contingency Fund $1.5M
[#30] Initial contingency/reserve fund (20–30% of capitalized containment costs) reserved for rapid escalation, emergency infrastructure expansion, large-scale incinerations, legal/ethical contingencies and unforeseen capital needs.
Facilities $1.1M
[#1, #3, #6, #14, #18, #20, #32] Physical construction and structural work: Wing 6 lockdown upgrades, inner bulletproof-glass barrier installation, exterior chain-link fence (road/terrain prep portion), pressurized humanoid cell, HVAC retrofits for cold-capable containment rooms, and budgeted decommissioning contingency.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#7, #12, #13, #27] Research/lab buildout and one-time research items: amnestic R&D/formulation, initial production/stock of triple-strength vials, Kant-counter procurement and field kits, and initial amnestic stockpile/R&D.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.9M/yr
Logistics And Transport $930K/yr
[#11, #17, #20] Recurring logistics: drone maintenance/fuel/spares, MTF Chi-5 covert replacement deployments and associated transport costs, and routine vehicle/helicopter insertion and transport ops.
Staff Wages $760K/yr
[#2, #15, #19] Salaries and benefits for recurring FTEs: Wing 6 inspection technicians (2 FTE), SCP-3698-2 caretakers and associated on-call medical/psych support, and remote control/monitoring operators.
Contingency Reserve $500K/yr
[#30] Annual reserve for unexpected containment escalations, mass-response funding, and long-term research contingencies.
Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr
[#23, #26] Legal, PR, cover-story and permit costs: controlled incineration program costs (permits, crews, ecological mitigation) and legal/PR retainers, payments to local authorities and cover-story maintenance.
Facilities Maintenance $345K/yr
[#4, #5, #8, #18, #21, #22, #28] Annual maintenance and operations of installed infrastructure: electrification testing/pat, camera upkeep and storage, SAM unit maintenance, HVAC power and upkeep, power-generation (fuel/maintenance), flamethrower system maintenance, and archival system operations.
Supplies And Consumables $307K/yr
[#7, #9, #10, #12, #16, #27] Consumables and recurring equipment upkeep: fence amnestic application, HMD software updates and patches, pressure-suit maintenance/replacements, vial QA and replacement, sapling procurement/grow-out costs, and amnestic replenishment/use.
Research And Monitoring $265K/yr
[#13, #24, #31] Ongoing monitoring, calibration and environmental/research tasks: Kant-counter calibration and field kit upkeep, environmental monitoring/remediation and lab analysis, and long-range detection (satellite imagery/aerial sweeps).
Medical Program $250K/yr
[#25] Medical and psychiatric follow-up program: treatment for exposed staff, hospital stays, long-term psychiatric care, casualty handling and mortuary/biometric processing.
Training And Drills $120K/yr
[#29] Recurring specialized training, drills and certifications for HMD use, pressure-suit operations, incendiary protocols, drone ops, Kant-counter use and cognitive hazard response.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.9M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, maintenance, staffing and no major containment incidents.
regular maintenance scheduled deployments no breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $4.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Small-scale discovery of SCP-3698-1 outside a zone requiring controlled incineration, limited medical exposures and local PR/legal costs.
single tree found outside zone localized incineration response minor staff exposure
🚨 Major Breach $5.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant breach or multiple discoveries requiring sustained field MTF operations, large-scale incineration, heavy medical/psych support and increased legal/PR activity.
multiple SCP-3698-1 instances outside perimeters several staff exposures extended MTF deployment and remediation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $8.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Severe containment failure with mass exposures, major public exposure, large litigation/PR fallout and emergency infrastructure expansion.
site-scale breach public/political exposure mass casualties/exposures
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Technician / Inspection 2 [#2] Two trained technicians assigned to twice-daily Wing 6 airlock and seal inspections (2 FTE total).
Research Scientist / Caretaker 2 [#15] Caretakers for SCP-3698-2 (1–2 FTE total); counted as 2 to cover rotations and on-call duties.
Medical Officer 1 [#15, #25] Part-time/on-call medical/psychiatric staff supporting caretaking and follow-up care; counted as 1 head (0.25–0.5 FTE equivalent budgeted).
Remote Operator / Control Center 3 [#19] Operators for remote monitoring, camera/drone control and SAM/Security management (2–4 FTE; counted as 3).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and plausible ranges, but many costs scale strongly with unknown perimeter length, number of zones, and operational tempo; bespoke and legal contingencies carry high uncertainty, so medium confidence is appropriate.
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