SCP-3706 — SCP-3706 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3706 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-3706

Expected annual

$202.3M

One-time setup

$370.8M

Annual recurring

$192.5M

Personnel

1220

Initial capital setup is approximately $266,750,000 one-time; ongoing operations are roughly $192,500,000 per year, driven primarily by large payrolls (site staff, MTF, implanted academics), site operations/maintenance, and contingency/reserve funding.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $370.8M

Facilities $144.5M

[#8, #9, #11, #12, #20] Site 212A capital upgrades, Site 212B demolition chamber build, conservative capital-ship containment platform build estimate, power/redundancy upgrades, and on-site medical facility build; summed per-note mid/selected estimates.

Capital Ship Containment Platform $100.0M

[#11] Conservative lower-bound one-time estimate for bespoke mooring/platform engineering to fully contain a >100m capital ship (note: realistic range $100M–$1B+).

Contingency Reserve Seed $50.0M

[#23] Establishment of a self-insurance/contingency reserve fund (minimum recommended seed).

Extraordinary Event Seed Fund $50.0M

[#30] Initial liquid rapid-response/exposure fund seed (recommendation ~ $50M).

Equipment $7.5M

[#3, #16, #24, #25] Regional surveillance deployment (buoys/ROVs), secure data infrastructure hardware, simulation rigs, and machine-shop/fabrication capital equipment.

Containment Small Craft Bays $7.0M

[#10] One-time outfitting of multiple small wet/dry sealed bays for small-craft containment (assumed batch outfitting at average per-bay cost).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.0M

[#13] Analytical lab equipment (XRD/SEM/Raman) and mid-range crystal-production line; lab setup for reverse-engineering and corundum production.

Regional Surveillance Deployment $2.0M

[#3] Deployment costs for coastal sensors, hydrophones and initial small ROV/drones fleet.

Implantation And Cover Setup $1.2M

[#2] Surgical implantation (if required), creation of false identities and initial covert placement costs.

Simulation Rigs Setup $1.0M

[#24] One-time setup cost for training/simulation rigs.

Machine Shop $1.0M

[#25] Capital purchase of CNC, exotic-material printers and fabrication equipment.

Secure Credentialing System $500K

[#15] One-time development/purchase of secure credentialing and Level 5 access systems.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $192.5M/yr

Staff Wages $110.2M/yr

[#1, #6, #7, #9] Salaries for implanted academics (~50 @ $200k), MTF staffing (~150 @ $120k), Site-212A operational payroll (~1000 @ $80k), Site-212B staff/demolition salaries.

Facilities Maintenance $30.5M/yr

[#7, #9] Site-212A housing/food/operations and utilities/maintenance plus Site-212B facility operations.

Research And Monitoring $10.9M/yr

[#4, #13, #14] Reverse-engineering R&D baseline (program budget), satellite/imagery subscriptions and per-crystal replacement/analysis budget.

Cover Story And Legal $8.5M/yr

[#18, #19, #26] Disinformation/media management, government relations/diplomacy/legal retainer and FOIA/litigation support retainers.

Logistics And Transport $6.5M/yr

[#5, #28] Standby recovery/salvage contracts and staff/rotation transport (helicopter/charters/boat transfers).

Contingency Fund Allocation $5.0M/yr

[#23] Annual allocation into contingency/reserve fund.

On Site Medical Operations $5.0M/yr

[#20] Operating budget for on-site medical facility (staffing, round-the-clock services, isolation wards and amnestic administration).

Power And Energy $3.5M/yr

[#12] High-energy facility operating costs for redundant power plants, generators, cooling and containment energy draw.

Mtf Training And Gear $2.0M/yr

[#6] MTF training, equipment replacement, per-diem and drill costs.

Environmental Compliance $2.0M/yr

[#21] Annual reserve for hazardous-waste disposal, contaminated-material handling and routine cleanups.

Thaumaturgic Demolition $2.0M/yr

[#22] Annual consumables and ritual costs for demolition/disposal experts.

Training And Simulation $1.5M/yr

[#24] Ongoing training budget and simulation facility operation costs.

Local Community Relations $1.2M/yr

[#27] Community payments, hiring offsets and local infrastructure programs to reduce exposure risk.

Secure Data Operations $750K/yr

[#16] Operations/maintenance for air-gapped servers, backups, SIEM and secure comms.

Regional Surveillance Maintenance $600K/yr

[#3] Annual maintenance and data contracts for hydrophones, buoys, coastal cameras and small ROV fleets.

Amnestic Production $500K/yr

[#17] Class-A amnestic manufacture/admin and medical monitoring (example: ~$5k/person; baseline incidents modeled).

Forensic And Artistic Conservators $500K/yr

[#29] Specialist conservation, translation and recording of inscriptions/artwork.

Clearance Administration $500K/yr

[#15] Background checks, psychological screening and clearance administration staffing/monitoring.

Containment Small Craft Maintenance $500K/yr

[#10] Annual maintenance for small wet/dry bays, environmental control and monitoring per-bay aggregated.

Machine Shop Consumables $300K/yr

[#25] Consumables for fabrication and prototyping (exotic substrate consumables).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Extraordinary Event Topups $0/yr

[#30] Recurring top-ups to the extraordinary event fund (initial seed handled one-time); unspecified baseline top-ups = $0 here.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $192.5M/yr

82.5% probability / year

Normal operational year with routine recoveries, ongoing R&D, maintenance and staffing; no major breaches or large-scale containment programs.

routine_recoveries regular_research no_major_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $194.5M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Small discovery/recovery events requiring multiple small recoveries, per-event amnestics, limited salvage and increased PR/disinformation activity.

multiple_small_recoveries localized_exposures extra_disinformation_and_cleanup

🚨 Major Breach $592.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$400.0M vs baseline

Containment breach or accidental activation with significant damage/exposure (similar in scale to recorded Incident I-3706-01), requiring emergency response, reparations, mass amnestics and litigation.

weapon_activation mass_casualties major_legal_fallout

🚨 Major Containment Program $492.5M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$300.0M vs baseline

Deliberate attempt to fully recover/reactivate or build ocean-platform-level containment for a capital-class SCP-3706 (>100 m), incurring massive one-time engineering and monitoring costs.

capital_ship_recovery_program large_engineering_contracts long-term_monitoring_scaleup

👥 Personnel 1220 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Embedded Academic	50	[#1] Foundation-embedded archaeologists/paleontologists implanted in regional institutions.
MTF Agent / Recovery Specialist	150	[#6] MTF-Sigma-32 rapid-response Recovery Wizards staffing used in salary totals.
Site 212A Operational Staff	1000	[#7] Permanent Site-212A staff complement (operations, housing, food, labs, security support included in site payroll).
Security Officer	15	[#9] Site-212B permanent security staff; salary included in staff totals.
Thaumaturgic Demolition Specialist	5	[#9, #22] Specialized demolition/ritual experts for disposal operations.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide many line-item estimates and ranges, particularly for staffing and site operations; however several high-end items (capital-ship containment, per-bay counts, frequency of discoveries) are highly uncertain and required conservative assumptions, so overall confidence is medium.

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