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SCP-7068 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7068
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$6.4M
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
6
Initial one-time capital and setup costs are approximately $6.36M driven mainly by the optional long-term exploration reserve and contingency funding; baseline annual operations are roughly $1.31M/yr driven by security payroll, exploration operations, conservation staffing, and administrative overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.4M
Long Term Exploration Initial $5.0M
[#27] Optional/speculative initial fund to initiate sustained interior occupation or large infrastructure buildout (conservative lower-bound $5,000,000 included as a one-time allocation).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $562K
[#13, #15, #17, #19, #20, #22] Initial medical/amnestic kit ($10,000), initial hazard assessment and baseline testing (~$50,000), exploration equipment (drones/tethers/LIDAR ~ $325,000), initial conservation lab setup (~$137,500), digital cataloging/imaging station (~$27,500), and initial PPE/decon kit (~$12,500).
Contingency And Emergency Reserve $550K
[#26] Initial contingency/emergency remediation reserve (midpoint of $100k–$1M range used as $550,000).
Facilities $130K
[#1, #4] Property acquisition (~$120,000 assumed) and immediate exterior structural hazard mitigation (~$9,500 midpoint) for stabilizing and presenting the site as a demolition property.
Equipment $90K
[#5, #6, #7, #9, #10, #11, #12] Access-control door and locks (~$16,500), blackout curtains/window concealment (~$1,750), perimeter fencing/signage/lighting (~$5,250), vehicle purchase ($35,000), CCTV hardware (~$14,000), intrusion/alarm hardware (~$6,500), and backup generator/UPS hardware (~$11,000).
Legal And Closure Fees $16K
[#2] One-time legal fees for covert acquisition, shell setup, permits, NDAs and fake contractor paperwork (~$16,500 midpoint).
Communications Setup $12K
[#23] Initial communications-security setup and OPSEC training / encrypted comms (~$12,500 midpoint).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Staff Wages $340K/yr
[#8, #14] Security staffing payroll (~5 guards/supervisor at $50k avg = $250,000) plus on-call medical/nursing staff estimated as full-time equivalent (~$90,000) summed and reflected here as staff wages (~$340,000).
Exploration Operations $320K/yr
[#18] Costs for controlled exploration missions (teams, consumables, comms, medics) estimated at ~$10k–$50k per mission with 4–12 missions/yr; midpoint program ~ $320,000/yr.
Administrative Overhead $140K/yr
[#25] Program management, HR, accounting and overhead budgeted at a midpoint (~20%) of direct program costs; estimated here as ~$140,000/yr (analyst midpoint).
Conservation Storage And Staff $132K/yr
[#19, #21] Off-site climate-controlled storage rental and conservator/research personnel (conservator salaries + storage) combined (~$132,500/yr midpoint covering 1–2 conservators and storage).
Cover Story And Legal $105K/yr
[#23, #24, #30] Ongoing communications/opsec monitoring and PR (~$30,000/yr), local cover/front company costs (~$25,000/yr), plus an annualized allocation for incident/legal reserve (~$50,000/yr) aggregated.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#9] Rapid-response vehicle maintenance and driver cost estimated at ~$5,000/yr maintenance plus ~$45,000/yr driver salary (or dedicated allowance) aggregated here (~$50,000/yr).
Contingency Replenishment $50K/yr
[#26] Annual replenishment target for the emergency contingency fund (if used) estimated at ~$50,000/yr.
Incident Response Reserve $50K/yr
[#30] Annual set-aside for records destruction/legal cover-up and incident remediation (~$50,000/yr allocation toward potential per-incident reserve).
Psychological Support $38K/yr
[#28] Counseling, rotation logistics and psychiatric care allocation (~$37,500/yr midpoint).
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#13, #22] Annual medical/amnestic consumables ($5k–$20k range, midpoint ~$12,500) plus PPE/decon consumables and biohazard disposal (~$7,500) combined.
Research And Monitoring $19K/yr
[#16] Ongoing environmental monitoring and periodic resampling (air, surface, memetic checks) estimated at ~$19,000/yr (midpoint of $8k–$30k).
Intrusion Monitoring Services $13K/yr
[#11] Alarm/IDS monitoring and central SOC or contracted monitoring ($6k–$20k/yr; midpoint ~$13,000).
Medical Amnestics And Consumables $12K/yr
[#13] Ongoing drugs, disposables and administration consumables for amnestic incidents (~$12,500/yr midpoint).
Digital Cataloging Maintenance $5K/yr
[#20] Annual IT support, backups and storage for digital catalog (~$2k–$8k; midpoint ~$5,000).
Site Maintenance $5K/yr
[#29] Ground and approach maintenance to maintain cover / basic groundskeeping (~$5,000/yr midpoint).
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#3, #12] Ongoing property taxes/municipal fees (~$1,900/yr) and backup power fuel/maintenance (~$2,000/yr) and minimal security system upkeep (~$1,000/yr) aggregated.
Surveillance Maintenance And Offsite Storage $2K/yr
[#10] Annual CCTV maintenance (~$1,000/yr) and offsite encrypted storage (~$1,500/yr).
Long Term Exploration Operations $0/yr
[#27] Recurring operational costs for a sustained interior occupation are speculative (~$1M+/yr according to notes) and are NOT budgeted in baseline recurring costs here (set to $0 baseline; exercised in escalation scenario).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, exploration missions at planned cadence, and no major incidents or escalations.
Routine operations Planned explorations No major incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Local civilian trespass or small-scale encounter requiring additional amnestic administrations, legal mitigation, and PR response.
Trespasser encounter Single-dose amnestic administrations Local PR/legal response
🚨 Major Breach $2.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant breach or structural failure with many civilians involved or large-scale contamination requiring emergency remediation and heavy legal/PR/amnestic expenditures.
Large-scale trespass Structural collapse or widespread exposure Extensive remediation and legal action
🚨 Long Term Exploration Scaleup $7.3M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Decision to initiate sustained, large-scale occupation/exploration of the interior, requiring major one-time infrastructure investment and a large recurring operations budget.
Policy decision to occupy interior Approval of major infrastructure program Sustained life-support and logistics deployment
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 5 [#8] Minimal staffing model: ~4 guards (rotations) + 1 supervisor; count reflects employed/security personnel on-site payroll used to compute security wage estimate.
Medical Officer 1 [#14] On-call/licensed nurse or medic (FTE-equivalent cost reflected in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Significant uncertainty due to the anomalous and potentially unbounded nature of the interior; many line items (exploration scale-up, contingency needs, frequency of incidents) are speculative and assigned midpoints or conservative estimates.
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