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SCP-7203 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7203
Expected annual
$43.5M
One-time setup
$334.6M
Annual recurring
$43.0M
Personnel
33
One-time establishment costs are dominated by large contingency and R&D allocations (totaling several hundred million USD), while annual operations run tens of millions per year driven by time-stasis maintenance, contingency replenishment, and specialized staff. Baseline recurring costs are roughly $43M/yr; catastrophic timeline-mitigation events could add hundreds of millions in a given year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $334.6M
Contingency Reserve Bvk $200.0M
[#14] Multi-year contingency fund / reserve for BVK-Class mitigation research (one-time allocation or initial tranche).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $75.0M
[#3, #11, #13, #30, #18] R&D and initial lab/instrumentation: Burleson-Lockingweigh R&D, indirect-detection R&D, high-performance compute setup, scientific instruments/cleanroom setup and initial secure/timeline archive establishment.
Insurance Reserve Establishment $20.0M
[#19] Establishment of an internal insurance/self-insurance reserve for anomalous personnel & public liability.
Redundant Containment Replication $20.0M
[#15] One-time cost to replicate minimal redundancy (additional containment-ready suites / duplicate stasis capability).
Equipment $7.2M
[#9, #12, #10] Capital procurement: armored/modified vehicles & aircraft mounts, initial non-sentient robotic retrieval systems and initial per-experiment handling hardware.
Public Exposure Response One Time $5.0M
[#28] One-time contingency for major public-exposure response, relaunch, legal settlements or large-scale amnestic campaigns (initial allocation).
Time Lock Initial Production $3.0M
[#3] Initial procurement/production of Burleson-Lockingweigh localized time-lock units (first production run / prototypes purchased).
Decommissioning Protocols $2.5M
[#27] One-time costs for decommissioning / safe termination protocols, evidence purging and staff reallocation.
Amnestic Initial Stockpile $1.0M
[#17] Initial procurement/stockpile of amnestic/psychotronic agents and training for safe administration.
Facilities $900K
[#1] Construction/modification of a human-rated containment suite with redundant life support, shielding, HVAC, medical bay, decontamination airlocks and secure locks.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $43.0M/yr
Contingency Fund Replenishment $10.0M/yr
[#14] Annual replenishment/top-up to BVK-Class mitigation contingency fund (programmatic set-aside).
Black Ops And Escrow $10.0M/yr
[#29] Ongoing covert budget for clandestine interventions, extraction, bribes and geopolitical contingency operations.
Facilities Maintenance $5.0M/yr
[#2, #15, #1] Ongoing time-stasis site energy and maintenance, environmental monitoring and calibration; maintenance of redundant containment suites and facility upkeep.
Staff Wages $4.8M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #20, #21] Salaries/benefits for specialized personnel: senior/temporal researchers, containment/security team, temporal operators/technicians, compensation/retainer for SCP-7203, and oversight staff.
Crisis Evacuations Reserve $3.0M/yr
[#23] Annual reserve allocation for evacuation/containment of local populations, temporary housing and secrecy measures.
Research And Monitoring $2.2M/yr
[#11, #13, #25] Ongoing indirect-detection maintenance, high-performance compute operations/licensing, and long-term observational follow-up/record-keeping.
Insurance Replenishment $2.0M/yr
[#19] Annual replenishment funding for internal insurance/self-insurance reserve to cover anomalous liabilities.
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#16] Annual costs to maintain cover stories, shell companies, legal counsel and information control (baseline ongoing activity).
Supplies And Consumables $760K/yr
[#8, #10, #30] Red-team/blue-team exercise consumables, per-experiment consumables and general scientific consumables for downstream research.
Communications And Counterintelligence $750K/yr
[#22] Secure comms, counter-surveillance, OPSEC training and monitoring for hostile actors.
Logistics And Transport $600K/yr
[#9] Operations costs for secure transport capabilities: armored vehicular/airlift ops, pilots/crew, and covert movement logistics.
Hardware Spares And Operations $600K/yr
[#24] Routine replacement parts for stasis machines, time-locks, computing hardware, backup power systems, PPE and evidence storage.
External Contractors $500K/yr
[#26] Fees for contracted specialists, external physicists, engineers and legal/technical consultants.
Public Exposure Retainer $500K/yr
[#28] Annual retainer/fund for ongoing public exposure mitigation and rapid-response reputational controls.
Secure Data Storage $300K/yr
[#18] Off-site/off-time immutable backups, archival maintenance and costs to protect timeline archives against alteration.
Amnestic Replacement And Training $300K/yr
[#17] Annual replacement, stock rotation and training costs for amnestic/psychotronic agents.
Time Lock Maintenance And Spares $250K/yr
[#3] Maintenance, replacements and spares for localized time-lock hardware and certified components.
Medical And Psychiatric $200K/yr
[#7] Regular medical care, psychiatric monitoring, counseling and occupational compensation for SCP-7203 as a human subject.
Robotics Maintenance $125K/yr
[#12] Maintenance, spare parts and upkeep for non-sentient robotic retrieval systems and drones.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $43.0M/yr
92.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine research, maintenance, staffing and contingency replenishment proceed as planned.
no breach no large incidents routine operations
🚨 Minor Incident $44.5M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized security incident or technical failure requiring emergency response, overtime, minor repairs and targeted amnestic campaign.
localized breach attempt equipment failure limited public exposure
🚨 Major Breach $68.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or capture attempt leading to broad mitigation, large-scale public suppression, litigation and major equipment losses.
coordinated external attack significant timeline perturbation large-scale exposure
🚨 Bvk Class Timeline Mitigation $243.0M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Realization of a BVK-Class universal timeline superposition risk requiring full activation of mitigation protocols and large contingency drawdowns.
cascade paradox realization timeline superposition risk full-scale mitigation research needed
👥 Personnel 33 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Temporal Researcher 6 [#4] Senior/temporal researchers, chronologists and postdocs assigned to SCP-7203 research.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 14 [#5] Armored rapid-reaction guards and containment/security team with 24/7 rotations and hazard pay.
Engineer / Maintenance / Temporal Operator 8 [#6] Technicians and operators for time-stasis, time-lock hardware, diagnostics and emergency relocation.
Medical Officer 1 [#7] Medical and psychiatric staff responsible for monitoring SCP-7203 and affected personnel.
Administrative Staff 2 [#16, #21] Administrative and legal/cover-story support for project management and compliance.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#1, #2] Senior site-level leadership responsible for containment posture and coordination with timeline stasis sites.
SCP-7203 (compensated subject) 1 [#20] The employee who is the SCP; receives compensation/retainer and hazard incentives as part of containment/research arrangements.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to the anomalous, speculative and high-tail-risk nature of SCP-7203 (temporal containment, uncertain R&D paths, and contingent BVK-Class exposures). Many line items have wide ranges and scenario-dependent costs.
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