SCP-3935 — SCP-3935 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3935 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-3935

Expected annual

$23.7M

One-time setup

$148.8M

Annual recurring

$22.2M

Personnel

150

Estimated one-time setup and contingency reserves are large (~$149M) driven primarily by property buyouts, road/civil works, and a large contingency/escalation reserve; annual recurring operations are substantial (~$22.2M/yr) driven by security payroll, medical/monitoring, and research. Major cost drivers: property acquisition, long-term recurring staffing, monitoring & emergency reserves.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $148.8M

Contingent Escalation Reserve $100.0M

[#30] Escalation envelope reserved for full-scale evacuation, federal coordination, research acceleration if containment fails.

Property Acquisition And Resettlement $20.0M

[#3] Eminent-domain buyouts / evacuation compensation for displaced households and businesses.

Emergency Contingency Fund $10.0M

[#22] Dedicated emergency rapid-response fund and deployable assets reserved for large-scale mitigation.

Road Work Civil Works $4.5M

[#2] Demolish/close roads into Salvation, reroute and construct/upgrade alternate routes, signage and traffic control.

Perimeter Quarantine Fencing $2.5M

[#1] Install secure fencing, vehicle gates, checkpoints for ~2 km radius quarantine.

Research Lab Setup $1.5M

[#15] Lab buildout and specialized instruments for anomalous research (one-time lab/setup costs).

Environmental Remediation $1.5M

[#19] Plausible remediation work (soil sampling, staged cleanup, contractor manifests) to support cover story.

Specialized Fabrication $1.5M

[#26] Prototype shielding/containment fabrication and high-precision machining for anomalous containment materials.

Vehicles And Drones Purchase $1.2M

[#9] Purchase SUVs, armored vans, ATVs, drones and support trailers sized for continuous patrols and responses.

Site Stabilization Structural $1.0M

[#4] Stabilize collapsed sub-basement, shore up pool area, construct reinforced access enclosure/hatch, emergency shoring.

Legal Reserve One Time $1.0M

[#18] One-time legal reserves for permits, settlements, indemnities and upfront legal actions.

Cover Story Initial Rollout $800K

[#17] Initial cover-story rollout expenses: consultants, fake reports, initial reimbursements to authorities.

Business Continuity One Time $750K

[#25] Upfront subsidies/reimbursements to local businesses & lost tax-base mitigation initial payments.

Monitoring Network Purchase $700K

[#7] Purchase & install ground sensors, GPR/geophones, CCTV/IR cameras, fiber/wireless backbone and tamperproof enclosures.

Temporary Site Setup $600K

[#11] Lease/convert building for Temporary Site-81-5: exam rooms, observation suites, containment cells, HVAC/EMP shielding as needed.

Tactical Unit Equipment $550K

[#6] One-time procurement of specialized armored/rescue/containment equipment for tactical unit (procurement portion).

Utilities Upgrades One Time $300K

[#20] Dedicated power feed upgrades, generators, UPS and initial fuel/storage setup.

Archaeology Inscription Analysis $150K

[#16] Contract linguists, imaging, sample analysis for inscription/archaeology.

Classd Setup $125K

[#14] One-time secure housing and transport setup costs for Class-D pool.

Data Infrastructure One Time $125K

[#23] One-time secure storage hardware, encrypted archive setup, redundancy/offsite backup infrastructure.

Facilities $0

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Equipment $0

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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $22.2M/yr

Staff Wages $9.8M/yr

[#5, #8, #12, #15] Salaries and loaded personnel costs: continuous security payroll, monitoring analysts/techs wages, temporary site medical/security salaries, research staff salaries (portion of recurring staffing costs).

Medical Monitoring $3.5M/yr

[#13] Medical evaluation, long-term monitoring and mental health support for displaced/affected individuals (population-dependent recurring costs).

Administrative Overhead $2.9M/yr

[#28] Administrative overhead (15% of annual operating recurring subtotal as covert program management, procurement, auditing).

Supplies And Consumables $1.5M/yr

[#6, #21] Tactical training/ammo/consumables and ongoing PPE/hazmat/decontamination consumables.

Research And Monitoring $1.4M/yr

[#7, #8, #15, #23] Monitoring maintenance, sensor calibration & repairs, non-wage research recurring costs, secure data storage costs.

Logistics And Transport $1.1M/yr

[#10, #14, #25] Vehicle & air fleet maintenance/fuel, Class-D operational recurring costs, business continuity transport & reimbursements.

Cover Story And Legal $800K/yr

[#17, #18] Ongoing cover-story management, PR, liaison payments and ongoing legal support.

Temporary Site Operation $500K/yr

[#11, #12] Non-wage recurring operating costs for Temporary Site-81-5 (utilities, consumables, facility lease/maintenance portion).

Facilities Maintenance $325K/yr

[#20, #24] Utilities maintenance, vegetation control, fence repairs, snow removal and perimeter upkeep.

Staff Healthcare $300K/yr

[#27] Staff healthcare programs, rotation medical support and psychological services.

Long Term 30Yr Planning $0/yr

[#29] Long-term (30+ year) present-value planning guidance reflected in narrative; not an annual charge by itself.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $22.2M/yr

87.5% probability / year

Normal operational year with ongoing containment, monitoring, and routine admin/legal/cover activities; no major incidents.

no breach routine monitoring standard staffing levels

🚨 Minor Incident $24.2M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Localized incident requiring surge security, short-term medical surge, temporary repairs and small settlements; containment maintained.

localized breach/unauthorized access injuries or medical surge minor infrastructure repairs

🚨 Major Breach $47.2M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline

Significant containment breach or spread requiring mass evacuation, large legal settlements, major repairs and accelerated research.

major breach mass evacuation large litigation/settlements

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $172.2M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$150.0M vs baseline

Containment failure or anomaly escalation that triggers full activation of the contingency/escalation envelope and national-level response.

containment collapse anomaly expansion beyond quarantine federal-level emergency response

👥 Personnel 150 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	90	24/7 perimeter checkpoints, roving patrols and building guards; matches security payroll component [#5].
Research Scientist	10	Anomalous-physics and multidisciplinary research staff (portion of research salaries) [#15].
Field Technician / Analyst	6	Sensor technicians and data analysts for monitoring network (wage portion included) [#7, #8].
Medical Officer	4	Medical staff supporting Temporary Site-81-5 and long-term monitoring clinics [#11, #12, #13].
Engineer / Maintenance	4	Facility, utilities and fleet maintenance personnel [#20, #10].
Administrative Staff	6	Program management, procurement and liaison staff (part of administrative overhead) [#28].
Class-D Personnel	30	On-hand Class-D pool for restricted exploration (operational costs recurring) [#14].

📋 Confidence Notes

Wide ranges in analyst estimates, major sensitivity to number of displaced inhabitants/property buyouts, civil works scope, and unpredictable anomalous behavior make these figures order-of-magnitude only; contingency reserves reflect this uncertainty.

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