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SCP-5708 Prodest1 ~ medium confidence
SCP-5708
Expected annual
$6.0M
One-time setup
$9.9M
Annual recurring
$5.7M
Personnel
24
Estimated one-time setup is approximately $9.87M driven by facility upgrades, equipment (nanofab and accelerators), and initial R&D; recurring annual costs are ~ $5.735M driven mainly by staff wages, security, ongoing R&D, supplies, and site overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.9M
Facilities $3.2M
[#1, #4, #7, #9] Laboratory-2 high-containment fit-out, electrical/site upgrades, remote test-range site prep, and BSL-3/4 retrofit costs aggregated.
Equipment $2.1M
[#3, #6, #8, #17] Nanofab/microrepair tool purchases, replacement/custom accelerator modules, safety interlock hardware, and secure data-storage/analysis hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.9M
[#2, #5] Cleanroom and precision assembly area buildout and initial unknown-fuel R&D / analysis program (laboratory buildout and instrument commissioning).
Long Term Storage $1.0M
[#22] Preparatory safe sequestration / long-term inert storage capability (geological vault or sequestered facility) budgeted conservatively.
Contingency Fund $1.0M
[#23] One-time contingency/reserve fund (recommended minimum reserve) for catastrophic events/cover-up or replacement needs.
Emergency Preparedness One Time $300K
[#21] One-time purchase/deployment of decontamination trailers, emergency power trailers and initial rapid-response equipment.
Cover Story Initial $200K
[#19] Initial legal/cover-story setup, counsel and initial contingency for secrecy/legal posture.
Regulatory Compliance One Time $50K
[#20] Up-front permits, licensing applications, and environmental/regulatory review setup fees.
Medical Initial Procedures $15K
[#11] Autopsy/pathology one-time costs for SCP-5708/A-6 and initial medical procedures.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.7M/yr
Staff Wages $2.5M/yr
[#12, #13] 24/7 security detail and supervisory staff plus research scientists, engineers and cleared technical staff salaries.
Research And Monitoring $660K/yr
[#5, #7, #25] Ongoing unknown-fuel R&D, remote test instrumentation operations/data analysis, and forensic/provenance research budgets.
Misc Site Overhead $500K/yr
[#28] Pro-rated Site-Q7 overhead allocation: utilities, perimeter security, admin and shared infrastructure attributable to SCP-5708.
Specialized Contractors $300K/yr
[#14] Occasional high-cost contractors/consultants (accelerator physicists, exotic-fuel chemists, nanofab specialists) averaged annually.
Humanoid Housing Operations $250K/yr
[#10] Daily care, housing maintenance, meals, monitoring and staff supervision for five humanoid subjects (SCP-5708/A).
Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr
[#9, #15] BSL consumables, vacuum seals, cryogens, filters, gloves, and routine replacement parts/consumables.
Energy Consumption $200K/yr
[#4, #16] Increased electricity/utilities for accelerators, environmental controls and occasional high-power activations (operational energy premium).
Contingency Replenishment $200K/yr
[#23] Periodic replenishment of contingency/insurance reserves or staged payouts as used.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#19, #27] Ongoing legal counsel, cover-story maintenance, NDAs, monitoring and baseline PR/misinformation posture.
Nanofabrication Outsourcing $150K/yr
[#3] Recurring outsourced nanofab/microrepair fees if not purchased in-house (annual contracted usage estimate).
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#18] Routine secure movements, occasional heavy-lift/crane operations and hazardous-material shipments (per-year average).
Medical Support $100K/yr
[#11] Ongoing medical monitoring, vaccinations, prophylaxis, sample storage and emergency medical readiness.
Secure It $100K/yr
[#17] Air-gapped data storage operations, encrypted backups, compute cluster maintenance and secure archival costs.
Decontamination And Disposal $100K/yr
[#26] Per-test biohazard disposal and decontamination averaged annually (assumes several small-scale events per year).
Facilities Maintenance $80K/yr
[#2, #8] Cleanroom and safety-system maintenance, periodic testing and HVAC/HEPA/EM shielding upkeep.
Emergency Response $75K/yr
[#21] Annual drills, training, hazmat supplies and rapid-response readiness budgets.
Psychological Support $50K/yr
[#24] Counseling, cultural integration and social programs for alternate-reality human subjects.
Regulatory Compliance Recurring $20K/yr
[#20] Annual permit renewals, compliance monitoring and oversight fees.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.7M/yr
89.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine testing, staffing, and no major incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_testing no_containment_incident
🚨 Minor Incident $6.0M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Contained activation or equipment failure requiring emergency response, limited repairs and PR/legal actions.
contained_activation minor_contamination equipment_failure
🚨 Major Breach $15.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or contamination event requiring extensive emergency operations, equipment replacement, long-term remediation and major PR/legal action.
full_containment_breach radiological_or_bio_contamination public_exposure
🚨 Research Breakthrough Scaleup $8.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Successful reverse-engineering/validation leads to approved pilot plant and scale-up of fuel synthesis requiring capital investment.
validated_fuel_synthesis approval_for_pilot_plant major_funding_for_scaleup
👥 Personnel 24 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 24/7 armed guard detail and supervisors dedicated to SCP-5708 (#12).
Research Scientist 8 Physicists, fuel/chemistry specialists, and senior researchers for repair and R&D (#13).
Engineer / Maintenance 2 Electrical, accelerator and facilities maintenance staff (included in staff_wages #13/#12).
Medical Officer 1 On-call medical support for subject monitoring and quarantine procedures (#11).
Administrative Staff 1 Project admin, clearance management and coordination (costs allocated in staff_wages and misc overhead #28).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, but several high-impact items (unknown-fuel synthesis, pilot-plant, destructive disposal) are highly uncertain and can shift costs by orders of magnitude.
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