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SCP-3920 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-3920
Expected annual
$5.0M
One-time setup
$7.6M
Annual recurring
$4.8M
Personnel
26
Estimated capital (one-time) setup is ~$7.58M driven by facility upgrades, heavy equipment and contingency reserves; ongoing annual costs are roughly $4.82M/yr driven primarily by a standby helicopter contract, dedicated staff wages, logistics and research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.6M
Containment Expansion Reserve $3.0M
[#27] Capital reserve for potential one-time containment expansion if SCP-3920 frequency escalates (additional facilities, heavy equipment, staff expansion).
Equipment $2.0M
[#2, #3, #6, #17, #22] Field drone fleet purchase, remote sensor deployment hardware, heavy-lift/crane/trailed equipment purchases or retainer setup, IT hardware/systems, and specialist PPE/robots/X-ray gear procurements.
Incident Response Reserve $1.5M
[#15] Liquid contingency / incident insurance reserve fund held for large demil/medical/legal expenses.
Facilities $675K
[#5, #7] Field operations / staging site construction and on-site armored/secure munitions storage upgrades (modular compound, utilities and certified magazine construction).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K
[#16] Initial specialized ballistics/forensics lab setup and instrumentation for anomalous materials and munitions analysis.
Amnestics Initial Stockpile $62K
[#12] Initial purchase/stockpile of approved amnestic compounds, sedatives and single-use medical gear.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.8M/yr
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#9, #10, #11] Salaries, benefits, travel and certification for EOD specialists, armed field security guards, and amnestic/medical clinicians/med techs.
Logistics And Transport $1.3M/yr
[#1, #6, #21, #19] Standby helicopter contract (MEDEVAC/rapid response), annualized heavy-lift per-move retainer/ops, routine transportation coordination, and terrain access/temporary helipad/repair budgets.
Research And Monitoring $580K/yr
[#16, #4, #23] Ongoing ballistics/material forensics research, commercial ISR/satellite imagery subscriptions used for monitoring and long-term witness/archival monitoring overhead.
Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr
[#13, #14, #25] Baseline legal/diplomatic liaison, cover-story funding, PR/narrative maintenance and media takedown/monitoring budget.
Facilities Maintenance $125K/yr
[#5, #7] Utilities, repairs and regular maintenance for remote field stations and munitions storage overhead.
Incident Response Replenishment $100K/yr
[#15] Annual replenishment contribution to the incident response reserve when used.
Emergency Medical Contingency $100K/yr
[#24] Budgeted annual contingency for emergency medevac, covert hospital arrangements, and per-incident casualty care.
Supplies And Consumables $90K/yr
[#11, #12] Drugs, medical consumables, per-patient administration kits and recurring amnestic replenishment.
Training And Drills $75K/yr
[#18] Regular cross-training exercises, EOD/medical/ISR drills and compliance training.
Sensors Maintenance $60K/yr
[#3] Maintenance, communications backhaul (satellite) and site support for the remote sensor grid.
It Operations $60K/yr
[#17] Hosting, licensing, secure communications, incident management systems and geospatial database upkeep.
Demil Reserve $50K/yr
[#8] Annual budget for controlled disposal / demilitarization events and related environmental remediation contingencies.
Specialist Equipment Maintenance $50K/yr
[#22] Maintenance, consumables and replacement parts for PPE, robots, X-ray gear and specialized disassembly tools.
Archive And Armament Transfer $50K/yr
[#26] Administrative overhead for cataloguing, secure-transfer and integration or certified destruction of recovered howitzers.
Drones Operations $30K/yr
[#2] Operations, maintenance, spares and training for quadcopters/VTOL UAS field fleet.
Environmental Remediation $30K/yr
[#20] Baseline provisioning for environmental assessment and minor remediation following incidents.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.8M/yr
64.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine monitoring, occasional small responses, and no major multi-site incidents.
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🚨 Minor Incident $5.0M/yr
30.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Single-site event requiring one heavy-lift move, controlled demil of a small number of shells, modest PR/legal response and extra medevac(s).
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🚨 Major Incident $5.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Multi-howitzer spawn or event with multiple casualties, international/diplomatic engagement, extended remediation and larger demil/transport operations.
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🚨 Catastrophic Breach $14.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Large-scale or clustered spawns, wide media exposure, major casualties and requirement for containment expansion and capital replacement.
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👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
EOD and Explosive Ordnance Specialists 8 [#9] Dedicated EOD team for recovery, render-safe and demil operations; salaries included in staff_wages.
Field Security Guards 10 [#10] Armed guards and escorts for scenes, convoys and remote sites; salaries included in staff_wages.
Amnesticization Clinicians 4 [#11] Clinicians trained in memory alteration protocols; salaries included in staff_wages.
Medical Technicians / Nurses 4 [#11] Med techs and nurses to administer amnestics, triage and medevac support; salaries included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide many line-item ranges and operational detail allowing mid-range estimates, but event frequency, per-incident scale, and diplomatic/legal outcomes are highly uncertain, producing moderate overall confidence.
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