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SCP-6753 Neutralized ~ medium confidence
SCP-6753
Expected annual
$6.4M
One-time setup
$8.9M
Annual recurring
$6.4M
Personnel
7
One-time setup costs for a conservative research+archive program are approximately $8.87M, driven by BSL-2+/BSL-3 retrofit, instrumentation, memorial centre fit-out and specialized storage. Annual operating costs for an active program are about $6.355M/yr, dominated by fully loaded research staff, museum operations, security/logistics and institutional opportunity costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.9M
Facilities $2.5M
[1] Moderate BSL-2+/BSL-3 retrofit / controlled HVAC, negative pressure, autoclave and structural work estimated at $2.5M (mid-range of $1.5M–$4.0M).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.8M
[3] Core research instrumentation (sequencer, LC-MS, HPLC, microscopes, PCR and ancillary lab equipment) budgeted at $1.8M (mid-range $1.0M–$3.0M).
Memorial Center Fitout $1.2M
[14] Capital fit-out for Museum/Lycanthrope Memorial Center and archive operations estimated at $1.2M (range $500k–$3.0M).
Veterinary Setup $750K
[11] Initial animal facility build-out, climate control and surgical suites estimated at $750k (range $500k–$2.0M).
Procurement Black Market One Time $500K
[17] Initial clandestine procurement or acquisition contingency (rare/illegal materials) budgeted at $500k (variable; single acquisitions $50k–$1.0M+).
Long Term Storage $400K
[2] Museum-grade cold/chemical storage, inert-gas archival vaults and redundant power estimated at $400k (range $200k–$1.0M).
Fermentation Pilot Line $400K
[4] Benchtop-to-pilot bioreactors and downstream pilot purification equipment budgeted at $400k (range $150k–$1.0M for pilot line).
Necrochemical One Time $300K
[18] Necrochemical/necrophysical equipment and secure space estimated at $300k (range $100k–$1.0M).
Decommissioning $300K
[27] Decommissioning and archival-only transition (decontamination, secure archiving) estimated at $300k (range $100k–$1.0M).
Analytical Development One Time $250K
[10] One-time assay development, reference standards and validation budgeted at $250k (range $100k–$500k).
Pseudo Lunar Unit One Time $150K
[15] Prototype Astrological Pseudo-Lunar Radiation Unit development/testing budgeted at $150k (range $50k–$500k).
Data Management One Time $120K
[21] Secure classified digital repository and air-gapped backups setup estimated at $120k (range $50k–$200k).
Waste Management One Time $100K
[19] Initial autoclave/incinerator hookups and effluent pretreatment connections estimated at $100k (range $50k–$200k).
Theoretical Relocation One Time $100K
[25] Theoretical study and feasibility papers for cross-dimensional/relocation research budgeted at $100k (range $50k–$300k; practical relocation unquantifiable).
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.4M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[5] Core research team payroll (PI, senior scientists, technicians, bioprocess engineer) budgeted at $1.2M/yr (reflects loaded wages; note base payroll estimated $700k–$1.0M before benefits/overhead).
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[10,11,15,16,18,24] Recurring costs for assay runs and QA/QC (~$100k), veterinary/animal operations (~$400k), pseudo-lunar trial runs (~$75k), human-subject monitoring (~$100k), necrochemical experiments (~$200k), and noosphere/anthropology research (~$200k) totaling $1.075M/yr.
Opportunity Costs $1.0M/yr
[28] Internal opportunity cost valuation for diverted institutional resources estimated at $1.0M/yr (intangible; range $0.5M–$3M/yr).
Logistics And Transport $690K/yr
[6,23] On-site security staffing and armored transport (~$540k/yr) plus international liaison and secure field recovery travel (~$150k/yr) totaling $690k/yr.
Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr
[12,13,26] Ethical/legal oversight, Judicial consultations and counsel (~$200k/yr), cover-up/misinformation and interagency coordination (~$200k/yr), and public-relations monitoring (~$150k/yr) totaling $550k/yr.
Museum Operations $500K/yr
[14] Memorial center operating costs including curators, archivists, climate control and visitor management estimated at $500k/yr (range $200k–$1.0M).
Procurement Black Market $300K/yr
[17] Ongoing clandestine procurement contingency and rare acquisitions budgeted at $300k/yr (highly variable).
Insurance And Overhead $300K/yr
[22] Specialized insurance premiums, classified accounting overhead and slush funds estimated at $300k/yr (range $100k–$1.0M).
Supplies And Consumables $250K/yr
[8] Media, disposables, sequencing reagents, HPLC solvents and routine consumables estimated at $250k/yr (range $150k–$500k).
Facilities Maintenance $230K/yr
[2,7,19] Ongoing costs including long-term storage electricity/maintenance (~$30k), energy/utilities and generator maintenance (~$140k), and waste disposal contracts (~$60k) totaling $230k/yr.
Contingency Response $150K/yr
[20] Annual retainer and planning for incident response and remediation drills estimated at $150k/yr (range $50k–$300k).
Data Management And Cybersecurity $60K/yr
[21] Ongoing secure storage operations, encrypted backups and cyber-security monitoring estimated at $60k/yr (range $30k–$100k).
Synthetic Biology Services $50K/yr
[9] Commercial gene synthesis and outsourced plasmid construction estimated at $50k/yr (range $10k–$200k).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.4M/yr
93.9% probability / year
Normal year of archive, limited R&D and routine operations with no major incidents.
steady archival operations routine experiments within safety limits
🚨 Minor Incident $6.9M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Containment/technical incident requiring localized remediation, short shutdowns and limited PR/legal work.
localized contamination small-scale equipment failure minor data exposure
🚨 Major Breach $9.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or major illegal-acquisition exposure requiring multi-month remediation, legal action and replacement of assets.
facility breach large-scale sample loss major legal/diplomatic incident
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $31.4M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Severe, multi-site exposure or political fallout requiring massive remediation, program suspension, long-term litigation and replacement of infrastructure.
wide dissemination of anomalous agents major political exposure / interagency collapse
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Principal Investigator / Research Lead 1 [5] Senior PI overseeing program.
Senior Research Scientist 2 [5] Two senior scientists for molecular biology and analytical chemistry.
Laboratory Technician 3 [5] Three technicians for tissue culture, sample prep and routine assays.
Bioprocess Engineer 1 [5] Engineer to design and run fermentation/pilot line activities.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most costs, enabling moderate-confidence point estimates; however several items (black-market procurement, pseudo-lunar R&D, necrophysics and opportunity costs) are speculative and highly variable, lowering overall confidence.
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