SCP-727 — SCP-727 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-727 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-727

Expected annual

$1.8M

One-time setup

$2.0M

Annual recurring

$1.7M

Personnel

Initial setup and containment infrastructure are moderate (one-time ~$2.0M) driven by vault construction, access controls and contingency seed; recurring annual costs are substantial (~$1.73M/yr) driven primarily by staffing, medical care, research, and contingency replenishment.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.0M

Facilities $732K

[#1, #5, #16] Perimeter fence and site prep (#1), single-person interlock/vestibule construction (#5), containment room 727-H / vault construction (#16).

Contingency Seed Fund $600K

[#27] Initial contingency / emergency remediation seed fund (recommended 10–25% of program as seed).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $275K

[#19] Initial analytical campaign (SEM, XRD, mass spec, contracted labs and destructive sampling) to begin materials analysis.

Equipment $130K

[#2, #7, #17] CCTV/intrusion hardware and installation (#2), on‑site medical/rescue equipment (#7), containment/transport crates (#17).

Initial Hospital Placement Fee $110K

[#13] Initial large hospital placement / indemnity payments for a major incident (one-time per major incident reserve).

Public Relations Initial $42K

[#22] Initial PR/misinformation campaign setup (fake surveys, engineered reports, initial community outreach).

Training And Protocols Development One Time $42K

[#24] One-time development of SOPs, simulation exercises and initial training for single-person entry/extraction protocols.

Backup Generator Installation $38K

[#26] One-time backup generator and installation for vault/sensors.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.7M/yr

Staff Wages $360K/yr

[#4, #18, #3] Full-time local guard and benefits (#4), curatorial/cataloging team salaries (#18), contracted/part-time monitoring staff portion (#3).

Contingency Replenishment $225K/yr

[#27] Annual replenishment to contingency/emergency fund (estimated ~15% of operating budget).

Research And Monitoring $150K/yr

[#19] Ongoing analytical research budgets (external lab fees, consumables) excluding per-test operational costs.

Acute Medical Treatment $150K/yr

[#9] Emergency surgeries, ICU stays and initial reconstructive operations for survivors (budgeted per-year average for expected incidents).

Logistics And Transport $100K/yr

[#15] Secure transfers, charter/ground transport, containers and customs/legal cover for regular transfers.

Hospital Indemnities And Contracts $100K/yr

[#13] Ongoing indemnities, hospital placement contracts and non-disclosure payments to support cover story.

Testing Runs $100K/yr

[#20] Per-test operational costs (staffing, medics, monitoring, legal oversight) budgeted for several tests per year.

Disposal Archival $100K/yr

[#25] Secure destruction, storage or archival of failed large-project artifacts; annual contingency for item-specific remediation.

Cover Story And Legal $90K/yr

[#21, #22] Legal retainer, diplomacy, permits and recurring PR to maintain geological-instability cover.

Administrative Overhead $75K/yr

[#28] Administrative program costs, contract management, secure records, payroll and audit reserves.

Site Security Event Support $50K/yr

[#6] Overtime, travel and per-diem for Site-██ personnel deployed for escorts/testing events (2–4 personnel per event budgeted annually).

Long Term Rehabilitation $50K/yr

[#10] Ongoing physio/OT, prosthetics and lifetime care budgeted as an expected annual burden for survivors.

Class B Amnestics $50K/yr

[#12] Procurement, administration, documentation falsification and secure storage for Class-B amnestics.

Psychiatric Care $35K/yr

[#11] Counseling for survivors and staff EAP allocations.

Contracted Ambulance And Ems $30K/yr

[#8] Contracted ambulance/EMS standby fees and per-deployment charges for scheduled entries/testing.

Energy And Utilities $15K/yr

[#26] Power, generator fuel, climate-control energy for vault and monitoring systems.

Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr

[#1, #16] Ongoing fence, vault and site maintenance, minor structural repairs and access-road upkeep.

Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr

[#7, #23] Medical consumables, PPE, splints, sterile supplies and baseline consumables for interventions.

Autopsy And Biohazard Disposal $10K/yr

[#14] Autopsy, forensic exam, testing and secure disposal or incineration of deceased subjects.

Training Refreshers $10K/yr

[#24] Annual refresher training and protocol updates for staff and medics.

Cctv And Alarms Maintenance $6K/yr

[#2, #3] Camera bandwidth, replacement parts, tamper alarm maintenance and contracted monitoring services.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.7M/yr

82.0% probability / year

Uneventful year with routine testing, maintenance, and expected medical/research costs.

scheduled_tests routine_research standard_medical_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Single unplanned severe incident (one or a few survivors) increasing acute medical, transport and PR costs.

single_survivor_medical_evacuations unplanned_public_report additional_hospital_placement

🚨 Major Incident $2.7M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Large incident: multiple survivors or discovery requiring significant emergency payouts, multiple surgeries, large hospital placements and major PR/legal response.

mass_exposure multi-survivor_event significant_media_exposure

👥 Personnel 5 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	1	[#4] One local full-time guard stationed at the entrance (salary + benefits included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist	1	[#19] One on-site research lead (salary portion included in staff_wages; additional contracted analysis in research_and_monitoring).
Curator / Collections Technician	2	[#18] Curator and one technician for intake, cataloging and chain-of-custody (salaries included in staff_wages).
Monitoring / CCTV Operator (contracted)	1	[#2, #3] Part-time/contract monitoring staff for CCTV and alarm shifts (included in staff_wages and cctv_maintenance).

📋 Confidence Notes

Article and analyst notes provide detailed operational needs and ranges for most line items, but incident frequency and per‑survivor medical/lifetime costs are highly variable, so estimates use mid-range assumptions.

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