SCP-3847 — SCP-3847 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3847 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-3847

Expected annual

$483K

One-time setup

$424K

Annual recurring

$481K

Personnel

Estimated one-time startup capital is approximately $424,000, with annual operating costs about $450,250 driven primarily by staffing, supervision, secrecy/PR, and ongoing research and monitoring.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $424K

Contingency Capital Reserve $100K

[#20] Liquid contingency reserve for rapid escalation, emergency hires, urgent equipment or legal crises.

Equipment $83K

[#4, #5, #6] CCTV/audio capture systems, communications hardware, and power system hardware (solar + generator battery/bank).

Facilities $57K

[#2, #3] Perimeter fencing and outpost construction (fence ~400m + small modular outpost).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K

[#10] Portable acoustics/linguistic analysis equipment, servers, specialist microphones and initial software/hardware for analysis.

Vehicles Purchase $38K

[#9] Purchase of a 4×4 SUV/pickup for site travel, resupply, and emergency response (per-vehicle purchase).

Land Access And Cover Acquisition $35K

[#1] Payment/lease/compensation to landowner(s), initial hush-money, and establishment of plausible cover location.

Legal And Cover Setup $28K

[#15] Establishing front company/cover story, legal fees, permits and initial local liaison setup.

Medical Baseline Screening $15K

[#14] Initial baseline medical and psychological screening for staff prior to deployment.

Emergency Response Setup $10K

[#19] Development of emergency response plans, initial caches, portable encryption/removal kits and setup costs for drills.

Non Lethal Equipment $6K

[#18] Radios, megaphones, bodycams, uniforms, non-lethal deterrents and initial training equipment.

Wildlife Permits Assessment $3K

[#17] One-time wildlife permit fees and initial ecological assessment.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $481K/yr

Staff Wages $330K/yr

[#7, #8] 24/7 outpost staffing (6 guards) plus partial FTEs / periodic deployments from Site-143 (supervisory/technical time), includes wages, benefits and payroll overhead.

Cover Story And Legal $42K/yr

[#15, #16] Local liaison & permit renewals plus annual contingency for information suppression/PR takedown actions.

Research And Monitoring $38K/yr

[#10, #11, #12] Recurring research costs including software licenses/compute, human subject testing budget, and data archival/analysis.

Human Subjects $25K/yr

[#11] Payments/compensation, recruitment and travel reimbursements for experimental subjects.

Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr

[#13] Batteries, PPE, small tools, janitorial, fence repairs, consumables and generator fuel components included elsewhere.

Medical Annual $10K/yr

[#14] Annual medical and psychological checkups and monitoring for staff.

Data Storage $6K/yr

[#12] Ongoing storage, replication, archiving and bandwidth/storage management for multi-channel recordings.

Vehicle Running Costs $4K/yr

[#9] Fuel, insurance and maintenance for site vehicle(s).

Wildlife Monitoring $4K/yr

[#17] Ongoing ecological surveys and liaison with wildlife authorities.

Drills And Restocks $4K/yr

[#19] Annual drills, restocking emergency caches and encryption/removal kit maintenance.

Power Fuel And Maintenance $2K/yr

[#6] Generator fuel, periodic battery/solar maintenance.

Communications Bandwidth $2K/yr

[#5] Satellite/4G bandwidth, VPN costs for continuous uplink to Site-143.

Training Refreshers $2K/yr

[#18] Annual training refreshers for guards (non-lethal equipment, first-responder tasks).

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $481K/yr

89.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, regular research, and no major incidents.

no breach routine research standard community relations

🚨 Minor Incident $480K/yr

10.0% probability / year +$-1000 vs baseline

Localized event: curious civilian posting evidence, minor vandalism, or short downtime requiring repairs and PR response.

unauthorized civilian access viral social media post small-scale equipment damage

🚨 Major Breach $650K/yr

1.0% probability / year +$169K vs baseline

Significant containment compromise or public exposure requiring emergency escalation, rapid deployment, legal response and larger repairs.

public breach/exposure sustained sabotage/vandalism need for emergency research scale-up

👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#7] Outpost must be continually manned (2 on duty), staffing pool of 6 to cover shifts, leave, and overtime.
Research Scientist / Site Supervisor	2	[#8] 2 part-time/site-deployed supervisory or technical staff from Site-143 (periodic visits and incident response).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are drawn from detailed analyst notes with ranges; core recurring drivers (staffing, supervision, secrecy) are well-identified but local price variation, staffing policy choices, and incident frequency introduce uncertainty.

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