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SCP-7091 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7091
Expected annual
$79.7M
One-time setup
$20.7B
Annual recurring
$41.6M
Personnel
48
Estimated one-time capital costs are approximately $20.66B, dominated by experimental FTL/mission R&D, shield and remediation research, and major equipment (satellite, robotics, cryo). Recurring annual costs are approximately $41.65M, driven by specialized staff wages, ongoing R&D/monitoring, maintenance of containment systems, and secrecy/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $20.7B
Initial Research And Lab Setup $20.3B
[#1, #7, #16, #17] One-time R&D/capital for experimental FTL/Sarian-warp drive reverse engineering (~$20B), ash/particulate detection lab outfitting, establishment of remediation/BSL-4/5-equivalent research facilities, and initial shield research program funding.
Equipment $212.2M
[#4, #5, #6, #8, #9, #12, #15, #19, #22, #25] Cryogenic systems, robotic automata procurement + software, incinerator & scrubber installation, environmental/HVAC installation, power generation hardware, hazmat suits procurement, one dedicated small satellite mission hardware, remote termination hardware, secure comms/archival deployment, compute/storage cluster.
Facilities $75.0M
[#3] Construction of Site-82 subterranean cryogenic hermetic vault; realistic ballpark estimate used (~$75M).
Contingency Reserve $50.0M
[#23] Contingency / black-budget reserve (10–30% recommended of program scale); initial reserve allocated here.
Escalation Reserve One Time $50.0M
[#29] One-time high-risk physics/engineering escalation reserve for sudden specialty hardware procurement or prototype work.
Breach Response Reserve $10.0M
[#13] Set-aside reserve for containment breach response assets (mobile incinerators, quarantine trailers, rapid-deploy kits).
Decommissioning Costs $10.0M
[#28] Decontamination and facility turnover / remediation reserve for eventual decommissioning.
Security Vetting Program $500K
[#11] One-time expansion of classified-clearance vetting program and biometric systems.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $41.6M/yr
Research And Monitoring $12.0M/yr
[#15, #16, #17, #25, #29] Ongoing astrophysical monitoring data analysis, remediation R&D program funding, shield research operations, long-term archival/compute operations, and small annual allocation for high-risk physics follow-on work.
Staff Wages $7.2M/yr
[#10, #11, #13, #30, #26] Salaries for specialized scientists/engineers, security staff, standby rapid response teams, program managers/admin, and partial staffing for psychological/monitoring programs (estimated 48 FTE at ~$150k loaded).
Contingency Overhead $5.0M/yr
[#23] Annual black-budget overhead and contingency reserve to cover unforeseen escalations and covert operations.
Escalation Fund Annual $5.0M/yr
[#29] Annual reserve to cover sudden high-cost physics/engineering escalation needs before tapping larger one-time reserves.
Automata Replacement And Spares $3.0M/yr
[#5, #21] Annual replacement rate, spares, specialty alloys and software updates for expendable research automata and related consumables.
Cover Story And Legal $2.5M/yr
[#14, #18, #19, #24] Annual budget for amnestic deployment follow-up, ethics/legal operations, damage-control/resettlement per smaller incidents, and long-term community manipulation/discreditation programs.
Public Relations Ops $2.0M/yr
[#24, #14] Ongoing PR/scientific-community manipulation budget and episodic discreditation campaigns.
International Ops $2.0M/yr
[#27] Ongoing covert global asset maintenance, diplomatic cover costs and safe transit support.
Facilities Maintenance $900K/yr
[#4, #8, #9] Ongoing LN2/electricity and monitoring for cryogenic systems, filter replacements and HVAC calibration, and onsite generator/fuel maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#2, #20, #27] Routine logistics for mission/robotics hardware transport, hazardous-waste transport & disposal logistics, and limited support for covert international asset movement.
Incinerator Maintenance $300K/yr
[#6] Annual maintenance, consumables and emissions-treatment consumables for high-temperature incinerator and scrubber.
Secure Comms And Archival Ops $300K/yr
[#22] Hardened communications, classified data handling and archival ops (air-gapped storage maintenance, secure telemetry ops).
Psych Support Program $300K/yr
[#26] Psychological monitoring, counseling, counter-memetic research and human-factors programs for exposed personnel.
Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr
[#7, #12, #21] Laboratory reagents/consumables, PPE replacement cycles, and general expendables (baseline lab & PPE consumables).
Breach Response Standby Ops $200K/yr
[#13] Operational standby costs for rapid-reaction teams (equipment upkeep, deployment drills, mobile assets readiness).
Long Term Data Ops $200K/yr
[#25] Annual costs to operate archival storage, compute clusters and analysis pipelines.
Program Management Ops $200K/yr
[#30] Administrative program management, audits and inter-division coordination operational costs.
Hazardous Waste Monitoring $50K/yr
[#20] Ongoing environmental monitoring and post-disposal testing of disposal sites.
Ftl Mission Ops Per Mission $0/yr
[#1] Per-mission experimental FTL / interstellar operational cost is large ($500M–$5B per mission); not included in baseline recurring (handled in scenarios).
Deep Space Craft Mission Costs Per Mission $0/yr
[#2] Dedicated mission hardware and crew-support per-mission costs ($200M–$2B); excluded from baseline recurring and accounted for in mission scenarios.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $41.6M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents or interstellar mission launches; routine ops, maintenance, monitoring and R&D continue at baseline levels.
no_mission_launch stable_containment routine_operations
🚨 Mission Launch $741.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$700.0M vs baseline
A Foundation-led interstellar mission (use of experimental FTL) is funded and executed in a given year.
prometheus_followup target_retrieval_or_investigation
🚨 Minor Incident $51.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Small containment mishap requiring localized response, additional incineration cycles, amnestics and limited environmental testing.
localized_ash_release limited_personnel_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $241.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach with broad contamination requiring large-scale incineration, international operations, heavy remediation and extended monitoring.
widespread_contamination public_exposure_or_multi-site_events
👥 Personnel 48 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 20 [#11] On-site armed security and clearance-monitoring staff; count chosen to meet high-availability, multi-shift security posture.
Research Scientist 10 [#10, #16] Scientists for xenobiology, remediation research, astrophysics analysis and countermeasure development.
Robotics Engineer / Operator 6 [#5] Designers/operators responsible for automata fleet, remote operations, maintenance and software.
Xenobiologist / BSL Specialist 3 [#16] Specialists for handling anomalous biological/nano threats and oversight of high-containment lab work.
Astrophysicist 2 [#15] Staff to run astrophysical monitoring, telescope/satellite tasking and spectral analysis.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#4, #6, #9] Facilities, cryo, HVAC, incinerator and power system maintenance staff.
Medical Officer 1 [#26, #19] Medical oversight for exposure assessments, clinical monitoring and emergency triage.
Program Manager / Administrative Staff 3 [#30] Program management, audits, inter-division coordination and administrative support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates cover speculative, high-uncertainty items (experimental FTL, planetary/spaceborne shields, exotic remediation). Range of possible scales spans several orders of magnitude and many figures are programmatic judgments rather than firm line items, so confidence is low.
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