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SCP-7031 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7031
Expected annual
$533K
One-time setup
$975K
Annual recurring
$504K
Personnel
6.3
One-time startup costs for containment retrofit, specialized temporal research instruments, and contingency reserves are ~$975,000; recurring baseline operations (security, research staff, amnestics, monitoring and maintenance) run about $503,700/yr, with major cost drivers being dedicated security and specialized research personnel/equipment and potential incident response.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $975K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $390K
[#11, #13] Temporal/physics research instruments (high-speed imaging, atomic clocks, quantum/temporal sensors) (#11 $350k) and initial data-storage/compute hardware (#13 $40k).
Contingency Fund $200K
[#17] Contingency reserve for unexpected temporal consequences and rapid response.
Facilities $100K
[#1] Containment-chamber retrofit and hardening (reinforced door, tamper-proof CCTV, Faraday cage, internal restraint points, environmental monitoring).
Decommissioning And Transfer $100K
[#21] Planning & execution reserve for possible transfer or decommissioning.
Equipment $85K
[#2, #3, #5] Redundant UPS/generator hookup and power hardware (#2 initial $25k), secure immutable logging/off-site backup hardware (#3 initial $40k), security equipment & ballistic PPE/resraint gear (#5 initial $20k).
Initial Amnestic Stockpile $50K
[#6] Class-A amnestic stockpile (100 doses @ ~$500/dose).
Staff Amnestic Reserve $25K
[#14] Separate emergency amnestic reserve for staff (50 doses @ ~$500/dose).
Legal Cover Setup $25K
[#16] Initial cover-story/legal/disinformation front-company setup and false-records creation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $504K/yr
Staff Wages $385K/yr
[#4, #12, #8, #9] Dedicated security personnel (5 guards, $250k/yr) (#4), temporal research personnel (senior scientist + technician, $110k/yr) (#12), on-site therapist sessions and staff counseling ($13k/yr) (#8), medic/EMT partial FTE for tests/medical support (wage component approx $12k/yr) (#9).
Research And Monitoring $32K/yr
[#13, #18] Ongoing data-storage/compute maintenance/cloud (~$12k/yr) (#13) and periodic memetic/methodology audits and memetic containment oversight (~$20k/yr) (#18).
Supplies And Consumables $24K/yr
[#7, #9, #5, #19] Class-A amnestic operational usage (~$10k/yr) (#7), food and non-staff medical consumables (~$3,700/yr) (#9), security training/ammo (~$5k/yr) (#5 recurring), ammunition/armory maintenance (~$5k/yr) (#19).
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#20] Transportation and secure transit readiness (armored transport, containment crates, escorts) budgeted at ~$20k/yr.
Emergency Drills $15K/yr
[#10] Regular tabletop and live drills; annual multi-department exercises (~$15k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#16] Ongoing legal, cover-story, and disinformation maintenance (~$10k/yr).
Forensic Cleanup $10K/yr
[#15] Forensic analysis, scene remediation and hazardous-material handling baseline (~$10k/yr).
Offsite Backup And Courier $5K/yr
[#3] Secure immutable logging rotation, air-gapped backups and courier/storage costs (~$5k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr
[#2] Maintenance for redundant power/UPS systems and generator connection (~$3k/yr).
Potential Exponential Testing Risk $0/yr
[#22] Long-term/unbounded risk from repeated fatal testing attempts; no fixed annual estimate provided — treated as policy/risk item rather than quantified recurring cost.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $504K/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing and no major incidents; all recurring programs operate at planned levels.
no breach standard testing cadence routine maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $564K/yr
15.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline
Small containment-related incident or anomalous test requiring elevated response (extra amnestics, overtime, added forensic work).
localized breach/incident additional testing artifact minor facility remediation
🚨 Major Breach $904K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Significant containment failure or research accident requiring site-level response, mass amnestics, replacement equipment, legal/cover mobilization.
major containment breach mass exposure requiring amnestics site remediation and equipment replacement
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $3.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Rare catastrophic sequence (cascading temporal effects, repeated fatal-test loop) producing large, multi-year remediation and replacement costs.
cascading temporal consequences facility-wide failure policy-breaching iterative fatal testing
👥 Personnel 6.3 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 5 Five guards to provide 24/7 dedicated coverage at Level-2 clearance; cost included in staff_wages (#4).
Research Scientist (senior physicist) 0.5 0.5 FTE senior physicist dedicated to temporal research; cost included in staff_wages (#12).
Experimental Technician 0.5 0.5 FTE experimental technician for instrumentation and experiments; cost included in staff_wages (#12).
Therapist / Counselor 0.1 On-site therapist time for weekly sessions and staff counseling (contracted hours reflected in recurring costs) (#8).
Medic / EMT (partial) 0.2 Partial FTE medic/EMT support for tests and medical checks; wage component included in staff_wages (#9).
📋 Confidence Notes
Most line items are explicitly estimated in the analyst notes (facility retrofit, equipment, personnel), but the retrocausal nature of SCP-7031 creates significant uncertainty around incident frequency and potential runaway costs (note #22), so precision is limited.
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